Elizabethan seafarer. With Robert Bell he co-founded the St Mary Rotherhithe Free School, to educate the sons of local seafarers.
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Peter Hill
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St Mary Rotherhithe Free School
{On the plaque between the two charity scholars:} St Mary Rotherhithe free sc...
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Emanuel School
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Westminster School
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Charles Laughton - W1
W1, Percy Street, 15
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Melanie Klein
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Sebright - William Sebright
E2, Coate Street
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Barry Evans
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