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date: 18 January 2021

Saxton, Christopherlocked

(1542x4–1610/11)
  • David Fletcher

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Saxton, Christopher (1542x4–1610/11), map maker, was born at Sowood in the West Riding of Yorkshire, between 1542 and 1544. His father was probably Thomas Saxton (d. 1600), a man of sufficient means to be assessed for tax in 1567, and his mother's name was most likely ...

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British Library, London
, new ser., 46 vols. (1890–1964)