William Winterbotham

(1763-1829)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Winterbotham, William, 1763-1829 DNB: Winterbotham, William (1763–1829), Baptist minister and political prisoner LBT ID: WiWinte1829 VIAF ID: 29831994 LOC ID: n85247746	B/BAP: 1763-12-15 DIED: 1829-03-31
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Originally a silversmith, he was assistant preacher at How's Lane Baptist Church, Plymouth when convicted of sedition in 1793. On one account, Robert Southey visited him in prison and left him the manuscript of Wat Tyler which was surreptitiously transcribed from his copy in 1817.
REFERENCES TO William Winterbotham: Robert Southey to the Editor of the Courier, 28 February 1817 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 2: ¶ 3 ¶ 4 Robert Southey to Humphrey Senhouse, 22 March 1817 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1: ¶ 1 Charles Cuthbert Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Ch. XXII. 1817 Found 3: ¶ 7 ¶ 14 ¶ 15 Vol. IV Appendix Found 1: ¶ 9