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George Snell was an Anglican priest in the Sixteenth Century.[1]

Snell was educated at the University of St Andrews. He was Incorporated at Oxford in 1621.[2] He held livings at Wallasey, Great Smeaton and Waverton. He was Archdeacon of Chester until his death on 5 February 1556. He was buried at St Mary's Church in Chester.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum" p522: London; King George; 1808
  2. ^ Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Smith-Sowton
  3. ^ "History of the city of Chester, from its foundation to the present time : with an account of its antiquities, curiosities, local customs, and peculiar immunities ; and a concise political history" Hemingway, J Chester' J. Fletcher; 1831 p326


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