John Watson
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John Watson , D.D. was a priest and academic inthelate fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries.
Watsonwas educated at Christ's College, Cambridge, graduating B.A. in 1498; MA in 1501; and B.D. in 1513. He held livings at Elsworth, White Notley and St Mary Woolnoth in the City of London. He wasFellow of Christ's from 1501 to 1516; andMaster of Christ's from 1517 to 1531. He was twice Vice Chancellor of the University of Cambridge: from 1518 to 1520, and from 1530 to 1532.
He died in March 1537.