Sayer

Today's generation of the Sayer family bears a name that was brought to England by the migration wave that was started by the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Sayer family lived in Essex. Their name, however, is a reference to St. Saire, Normandy, the family's place of residence prior to the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. Alternatively, the name could have been a trade name for someone who was "an assayer of metals."