SAY, WILLIAM
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[Dialogi sex. Antverpiae, 1566.]
William Say (born c. 1604, died c. 1666) was the second son of William Say of Ickenham, Middlesex. He was educated at Oxford, and was a Bencher of the Middle Temple. Mr. Say was a Member of Parliament for Camelford, and signed the death warrant of Charles I. For a time, in the absence of Speaker Lenthal, Say acted as Speaker in the House of Commons.
At the Restoration Say had to leave England, and found refuge in Holland, where he died.
