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William Watson

· active 1400-11-18 · Watson family →

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  1. 1400-11-18 date: inferred auto-linked

    Pardon to the king's esquire Henry Maunsell, keeper of the king's gaol within the castle of York, of the escapes from the same of William Watson, smyth, of Marton, Roger Fleccher of Sutton by Auston, John Coke, chaplain,…

  2. 1400-11-18 date: inferred auto-linked

    Pardon to the king's esquire Henry Maunsell, keeper of the gaol within the castle of York, of the escapes of William Watson, smyth, of Thornton, alias William de Marton, Roger Fyssher, alias Fleccher, of Sutton by Auston…

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