Claim: Exton Sayer(c.1691-1731) was an English lawyer, politician and Fellow of Trinity Hall from 1714 to 1724 who served as proctor of Doctors’ Commons in 1718 and died from a riding accident.
Evidence: Exton Sayer (c.1691-1731), of Doctors' Commons, London, was an English lawyer and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1726 to 1731. He was awarded LL.B. in 1713, and was a Fellow of Trinity Hall from 1714 to 1724. In 1718 he was awarded LL.D. and succeeded his grandfather as proctor of Doctors' Commons. Sayer died without issue from a riding accident on 24 September 1731 and was buried in Durham Cathedral.