Sancroft, William, an English prelate, born in Suffolk; rose through a succession of preferments to be Archbishop of Canterbury; was with six other bishops committed to the Tower for petitioning against James II.'s second Declaration of Indulgence; refused to take the oath of allegiance to William and Mary, and was driven from his post, after which he retired to his native place (1616‒1693).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Sanchoniathon * Sand, George