William Payne (priest)

Payne was born at Hutton, Essex, was educated at Brentwood free school, and went on to Magdalene College, Cambridge, in May 1665, graduating B.A.[2] In June 1681, Payne received the rectory of Whitechapel, and speedily won a reputation among the London clergy as a preacher.at Cambridge, was appointed to the lectureship of the Poultry Church in the City of London, and received the post of royal chaplain in ordinary.[2] Payne strongly supported the comprehension scheme, brought forward in 1689 for facilitating the inclusion of English Dissenters in the established church.[2] During the last two years of his life Payne preached a series of sermons on behalf of William Sherlock, who was then defending the dogma of the Trinity against Robert South.
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