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William Winterbotham
(1763-1829)
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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
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
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.
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