Frank Sayers

Born in London on 3 March 1763, being baptised at St Margaret Pattens on 3 April, he was son of Francis Sayers, an insurance broker, by his wife Anne, daughter of John Morris of Great Yarmouth.

In October 1778 his mother's father died, leaving him a small estate, and he went to learn farming at Oulton.

Subsequently he attended John Hunter's surgery lectures in London, where he saw much of his cousin James Sayers, the caricaturist.

A mural monument was erected to his memory in Norwich Cathedral by his heir, James Sayers.

Sayers left benefactions to local institutions, and bequeathed his library to the dean and chapter.

Two German translations appeared, one in blank verse by Friedrich David Gräter, with notes, and another in rhyme by Valerius Wilhelm Neubeck (1793).

Walter Scott, writing on 20 June 1807 to acknowledge a copy of his collected poems, said he had long been an admirer of his ‘runic rhymes.’ In July 1801 Southey expressed to Taylor his indebtedness to Sayers for the metre of Madoc.