Abstracts from the Wills of English printers and stationers : from 1492 to 1630 / by Henry R. Plomer.

  • Plomer, Henry R. (Henry Robert), 1856-1928.
Date:
1903
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Abstracts from the Wills of English printers and stationers : from 1492 to 1630 / by Henry R. Plomer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    21/84 (page 9)
    Bequests: To Hybbylthwaites “cosyn,” goods and x\s. Laundesdale “ cosyn.” William Lewes “cosyn ” vis. \md. Lucy Greston “ goddaughter” vis. viii</. John Chambre xs. Nicholas Dixon, “sometyme my servant,” vis. viiid. John Cawood’s1 child, “god-daughter” vis. viiid. Robert Holder and Edward Sutton,2 “late my servants,” xxs. a piece. Robert Knight of Bromley, xxs. Oliver Knight “godson” an “angelot in gold.” Thomas Argali, goods and x\s. Robert Johnson, one of the proctors of the Arches, goods. Peter Johnson, “ godson, an angelot of gold.” Arthur Johnson, vis. viiid. John Lewes “cosyn” one of the proctors of the Arches, goods. Joanne Lewes, “ cosyn,” goods. Fraunces Lewes, god-daughter, “an angelot of gold.” Doctor Cooke. Mistress Assheley. Mistress Talkarn. Mistress Kydd. Faith Sutton, vis. viiid. Executors : Robert Johnson and John Lewes. Overseer : Thomas Argali. Witnesses : Roger Hunt, Robert Warmington, John Goodman, John Chamber. [P.C.C. 40. Populwdl.] There is a list of minor bequests placed just before the probate. Mention is made of “ Reyner Woolf’s child.” (1) . As John Cawood, the eminent stationer, is several times mentioned in this volume, and no will of his has been found, the following brief note of his career may be useful. He came of a Yorkshire family, was born in 1514, and apprenticed to John Reynes. He was Warden of the Company in the years 1554, 1555-7, and was Master in 1561, 1562, and 1566. Cawood was printer to Queen Mary, and in Elizabeth’s reign was joined with Richard Jugge in the patent. He died April 1st, 1572. By his first wife he had three sons and four daughters. Two of his sons, John and Edmund, died in 1570, and the third, Gabrieli, succeeded to the business. His daughter, Mary, married George Bishop, printer (,q.v.). Isabel married T. Woodcock, stationer; Susannah married Robert Bullock, and Barbara married Mark Norton. (2) . See will of John Reynes, p. 6. RICHARD KEALE, or KELE (1546 ?-i5S2 ?). The Long Shop in the Poultry. Dated ioth September, 1552. Proved 19th October, 1552. Testator to be buried in the parish church of St. Mary Wolchurch, “where I now dwell.” b 2