Laurence Pay was an English priest in the 17th century."Art, Literature and Religion in Early Modern Sussex: Culture and Conflict" Hadfield, A: London; Routledge; 2016
Pay was educated at Christ Church, Oxford.1104–1131 Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714, Pace-Payton He held livings at West Stoke, Pulborough and Birdham. He was archdeacon of Chichester from 1634 until 1939.
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