John Watson (Master of Christ's College, Cambridge) explained

John Watson, D.D. was a priest and academic in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries.^[1]

Watson was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge, graduating B.A. in 1498; MA in 1501; and B.D. in 1513. He held livings at Elsworth, White Notley and St Mary Woolnoth in the City of London. He was Fellow of Christ's from 1501 to 1516; and Master of Christ's from 1517 to 1531.^[2] He was twice Vice Chancellor of the University of Cambridge: from 1518 to 1520, and from 1530 to 1532.^[3]

He died in March 1537.

Notes and References

1. [Alumni Cantabrigienses|Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900]
2. https://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/masters-christs-college-1505 Masters of Christ's
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20080221013506/http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/v-c/vicechancellors.html Vice Chancellors of the University of Cambridge