George Estye

George Estye (1566–1601) was an English clergyman.

Life

Estye was educated at Caius College, Cambridge, proceeding B.A. in 1580–1. He was afterwards elected a fellow of his college, graduated M.A. in 1584, and proceeded B.D. in 1591. In 1598 he was chosen preacher of St. Mary's, Bury St Edmunds.

He died at Bury on 2 August 1601, and was buried in his church, where a monument, with a Latin inscription composed by Dr. Joseph Hall, bishop of Norwich, was erected to his memory.

His widow, Triphosa, became the second wife of Matthew Clarke, M.A. of Christ's College, Cambridge, twice mayor of King's Lynn, and M.P. for that borough.

Works

He wrote:

All these works were printed in one volume, London, 1603.

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    Attribution

     This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Estye, George". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. 

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