Life
A native of Durham, Watson was educated at St John's College, Cambridge, where he proceeded B.A. in 1566. [1] For some time he resided with Thomas Gawdy, then recorder of Norwich, at his residence Gawdy Hall in Harleston, Norfolk. He commenced M.A. in 1569, and his name occurs in the list of the opponents of the new statutes of the university in 1572. [2]
Watson was ordained deacon at Norwich in 1574. [1] It is supposed that he died before 12 June 1581, when the Stationers' Company licensed to Henry Carre "a lamentation for the death of Mr. Christofer Watson, mynister". [2] He has been tentatively identified with the Christopher Watson who was appointed rector of Bircham Newton, Norfolk, in 1573, and also resigned the rectory of Beechamwell in the same county before 1583. [1]
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Lee, Sidney, ed. (1899). "Watson, Christopher". Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 60. London: Smith, Elder & Co.