Background
Payne was born at Hutton, Essex, was educated at Brentwood free school, and went on to Magdalene College, Cambridge, in May 1665, graduating Bachelor of Arts in 1669, and Master of Arts
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Payne was born at Hutton, Essex, was educated at Brentwood free school, and went on to Magdalene College, Cambridge, in May 1665, graduating Bachelor of Arts in 1669, and Master of Arts
In 1672. He was in the same year presented to the livings of Frinstead and Wormshill (where he resided) in Kent. On 29 June 1682 he was chosen to preach before the first annual feast instituted at Brentwood school. After the accession of William and Mary in 1689, Payne, who in that year took the degree of Doctor of Divinity 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.
In 1693 Doctor Payne was appointed, by a commission under the great seal, "visitor-royal" over certain London churches sometimes called ""lawless churches", because they were exempt from visitation by the bishop, and were subject solely to the King.
The appointment, however, caused resentment at Doctors" Commons, and in 1694 he resigned lieutenant He died, on 20 February 1696.
Payne married Elisabeth, daughter of John Squire, vicar of Saint Leonard"s, Shoreditch, London. Their son Squier Payne, fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge (Bachelor 1694, and Master of Arts 1698), was son-in-law to and biographer of Richard Cumberland.
Made archdeacon of Stow in 1730, he held the post till 1751.
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Royal Society.