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Nicholas Williamson
English lawyer and Catholic recusant. / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nicholas Williamson was an English lawyer and Catholic recusant in the 1590s. He was arrested in 1595 after planning a visit to the court of James VI of Scotland. The Jesuit William Crichton had hoped that Williamson would encourage the ambition of James VI for the throne of England.
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