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Christopher Betham

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Christopher Betham, of Adwell

Dates: flourished 1566; alive 1581

Biography

A Roman Catholic Oxfordshire gentleman who obtained possession of Adwell after a disputed family settlement and sold the manor and advowson in 1580-1581.

Notes / Sources

His wife was Margaret, daughter of Edmund Symeon of Pyrton.

Research sources:
- Victoria County History, Oxfordshire, volume VIII (1964), pp. 7-10; Stephen Dugdale, discussion citing VCH Oxfordshire VIII and Betham-related records. — https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/files/34506097/533572.pdf

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