SEARE, JOHN, son of Michael Seare, Tring Grove, Herts., and Mary, sister of Sir John Peachey, Bart. (qv); b.; adm. (aged 13) Jan 1747/8 (Durand's); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 11 Jun 1752; of Marsworth, Bucks.; High Sheriff, Hertfordshire 1766; m. 18 May 1758 Mary Stevens (IGI); d. 1 Jul 1792.

SEARANCKE, THOMAS; b. c. 1653 (aged 27 in 1680); adm.; KS 1669; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1671, adm. pens. 15 Jun 1671, scholar 1672, matr. 1674/5; BA 1674/5; MA 1678; ordained priest (London) 23 Dec 1677; Rector of Billingford, Norfolk 1679-1703; Rector of Ashley, Cambs., from 1682; Rector of Chieveley, Bucks., from 1703; m.; d. 1730. [perhaps son of Thomas Searancke, Hatfield, Herts., and Elizabeth --- (IGI)]

SEAMAN, DUTTON, eldest son of Dutton Seaman, Rotherby Hall, Leics., Comptroller of the City of London, and Elizabeth, dau. of Mark Bowes; b. 9 Aug 1733; adm. (aged 14) Jan 1747/8 (Hawkins'); left 1750; adm. Gray’s Inn 14 Jun 1754; tenant of chambers, Inner Temple 26 Nov 1761 – 31 May 1791, when chambers sold; inherited Rotherby Hall estate on death of father 1785; d. Dec. 1804.

SEALY, WILLIAM, son of Rev. William Sealy, Rector of Wishford, Wilts.; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1711 (as William Swabey); QS (aged 16) 1712; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1716, matr. 8 Jun 1716, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1716 – void 6 Dec 1729 (expiry year of grace as R. Allington from 26 Oct 1728); BA 1720; MA 1723; ordained deacon 30 Jul 1721 (Rochester), priest 22 Sep 1723 (Oxford); Rector of Allington, Wilts., from 1728; Rector of Bighton, Hampshire, from 16 Mar 1732/3; m. (by 1729) Margaret ---; d. 1 Feb 1767 [will PCC 15 Jul 1767]

SEALY, WILLIAM, son of William Sealy (qv); bapt. Basingstoke 16 Oct 1729; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1742; Capt. of the School 1746; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1747, matr. 26 Jun 1747, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1747 – res 18 Dec 1751; severely punished by Dean and Chapter of Christ Church for his complicity with Richard James (qv) in celebration of the Pretender’s birthday 10 Jun 1750; BA 1751; penitential speech and suspension from degree for a year for riot 15 Nov 1751; ordained deacon (Norwich, lit. dim. from Winchester) Mar 1754. [Rev. William Sealy, clerk, Swarraton, Hampshire, will PCC 16 May 1768]

SEALY, ROBERT WALPOLE, son of Edward Urch Vidal (qv); b. 3 Sep 1853; adm. 26 Jan 1867 (G); QS (Capt. ) 1868; Capt. of the School 1872; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1872, matr. 23 May 1872; BA 1876; MA 1879; played Association Football for Oxford Univ. 1874 and for England v. Scotland 1873; ordained deacon 1877, priest 1878 (Salisbury); Curate, St. Edmund’s, Salisbury, Wilts., 1877-8; Vice-Principal, Ely Theological Coll. 1878-81; Curate, Holy Trinity, Ely, Cambs., 1880-1; Vicar of Abbbotsham, Devon, from 1881; assumed surname of Sealy in lieu of Sealy Vidal 26 May 1892; Prebendary of Exeter 1914; m. 1st, 2 Jun 1881 Lucy Christina, dau. of T. Fortescue Carter, Wood Park, Neston; m. 2nd, 15 Jul 1885 Gertrude, elder dau. of Major-Gen. Hickman Thomas Molesworth, Royal Artillery, Abbotsham, Devon; d. 5 Nov 1914.

Seal, Esmond Francis Seymour, son of Francis Joseph Seal FBHI, stockbroker, and Margaret Alice Seymour, d. of Seymour John Bennett JP, of Tasmania; b. 25 Feb. 1919; adm. Sept. 1931 (H); left July 1937; St John's Coll. Oxf., matric. 1937, BA 1941; Aux. Fire Service 1940-5; film industry 1945-51; BBC TV 1951-4, chief film editor TV News 1954; m.; d. 9 Dec. 1981.

SEAGRAVE, JOHN YOUNG, eldest son of Rev. Samuel Young Seagrave, Vicar of Tysoe, Warwickshire, and Henrietta, dau. of Henry Tooke, Wakefield, Yorks.; b. 13 Jul 1825; adm. 1 Feb 1838 (Scott's); QS (Capt. ) 1839; Capt. of the School 1842; rowed v. Eton 26 Jul 1842; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1843, matr. 9 Jun 1843, Westminster Student; BA 1847; MA 1850; ordained deacon 1849, priest 1850; Curate, Lovington and Castle Cary, Somerset; Vicar of Bramham, Yorks., 1852-62; m. 9 Aug 1853 Frances Henrietta, youngest dau. of Benjamin Johnson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; d. 14 Nov 1891.

SCUDAMORE, JAMES, son of John Scudamore, Kentchurch, Herefs., and Elizabeth, dau. of Sir William Cooke, Kt, Highnam, Gloucs.; b.; adm.; KS 1658; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1661, matr. 22 Aug 1661, aged 19, Westminster Student from 10 Feb 1662; BA 1665; mentioned in letter of 27 Jun 1663 written by his grandfather to Richard Busby (qv) (Nichols, Literary Illustrations, iv, 395); author, Homer à la Mode, a mock poem upon the First and Second Books of Homer’s Iliads, 1664; drowned in river Wye at Hereford 12 Jul 1666.

SCRIVENER, SAMUEL; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1628, scholar 1629, matr. Easter 1631; BA 1632/3; MA 1636; ordained; Rector of Westhorpe, Suffolk 1636-43, sequestered; of Thurton, Norfolk; m. Elizabeth ---; d. Feb or Mar 1657/8 (will proved 10 Mar 1657/8).