A grandson of John Sammes, lord of the manor of Little Totham, Essex, and son of Thomas Sammes by his wife Mary (née Jeffrey), he was born at Kelvedon in Essex about 1636. His father"s younger brother, Edward, married into the Aylett family of Rivenhall.
On 3 July 1655 he was admitted a fellow-commoner of Christ"s College. He graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1657, was admitted to the Inner Temple on 28 October in the same year, and proceeded Master of Arts, probably at Cambridge about 1659, though there appears to be no record of the fact.
He was incorporated Master of Arts at Oxford on 10 July 1677. Sammes died before the completion of his major work, probably in 1679. Hostile views Other works.
