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Watson, John, (1725-1783), Rector of Stockport Antiquary

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Surname: Watson
Forenames: John
Gender: Male
Date: 1725-1783
Biography: ODNB link for Watson, John (1725-1783) Rector of Stockport Antiquary
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P151851 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P29906 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1770-81: Cheshire collections
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS top Cheshire b 1, c 2 6-7, e 5, 7
2
1757-62: Lancashire collections
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS top Lancashire c 2-4, e 1
3
c1750: political letters, verses and commonplace books
Chetham's Library
MUN.A.3.89 and 95
NRA 17002 Chetham's L
4
1761-69: papers rel to Halifax
York Minster Archives
Add MS 203
NRA 30444 York Minster
5
corresp and papers
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society
MS 323, 332
6
papers rel to Bradshaw family and Stockport
Manchester University: University of Manchester Library
Eng MS 745
7
1776: copy of History of the Ancient Earls of Warren and Surrey with his MS notes, additions and corrections
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MS top Surrey d 1
8
1762-63: antiquarian notes and papers rel to north of England incl Yorkshire notes and collections
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MS top gen e 5; MS top Yorkshire e 2, f 1
9
copies of grants of arms
College of Arms
10
letters to John Charles Brooke
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Eng lett c 221-27, e 98-99; misc a 13, c 455; Top gen e 99-128; Yorks c 75
NRA 14027 Brooke
11
c1727-75: letters to Samuel Pegge the elder
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MS Eng lett d 45