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Edward Layfield, D.D. was a Church of England priest in the 17th century. Layfield was educated at Merchant Taylors' and St John's College, Oxford. He held Livings at Ibstock, East Horsley, Wrotham, Chiddingfold, Barnes and All Hallows-by-the-Tower in the City of London. He became a Canon Residentiary of St Paul's Cathedral in 1633; and Archdeacon of Essex in 1634. He died in 1680.