CALY, Robert ‹ LBT 28245 ›
floruit 1553 (B)—1553 (B); Male
Livery Companies
| Company | Source |
|---|---|
| Stationers' Company |
Occupations (1)
| Occupation | Comment |
|---|---|
| Printer | Duff, E.G. (1905) |
Addresses (4)
| Date | Address | Trade at Addr | Source | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christ Hospital | Duff, E.G. (1905); STC. vol.3, (1991) | |||
| 1551 | France - Rouen | STC. vol.3, (1991) | ||
| 1553-06-01 | Greyfriars | - Precinct of dissolved | ||
| 1558 | Christ's Hosptial | STC. vol.3, (1991) | - Precinct of |
Events (1)
| Date | Event type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1559 | Freed - | - Duff, E.G. (1905) CHECK |
SOURCES & TRANSCRIPTIONS
Transcriptions
Bib.Soc., Hand-lists (1913), contrib. E.G.Duff.
DUFF, E.G. (1905), pp.21-2
CALY (ROBERT), printer in London, commenced business there in 1553. He was a strong Catholic and was probably abroad during Edward's reign. There are some reasons for believing that he printed abroad. The copy of Gardiner's Explication and assertion of the true Catholique fayth, 1551, in the Bodleian, has a printed slip with the following words pasted on the title, "And nowe aucthorised by the Queens hignesse Counsale. Imprinted at Roan by Roberte Calye, and are to be solde in Paules churcheyard at the signe of the Byshoppes head." This looks as though the book, previously without name of place or printer, had been acknowledged immediately on Mary's accession. From 1553 to 1558 Caly printed continuously, issuing a large number of books all on the Catholic side. The accession of Elizabeth, and consequent change of religion, caused the cessation of his press. In 1557, although not a member of the Stationers' Company, he was fined for printing a book without license. In 1559, after giving up printing, he took the freedom of the Company, but is only once mentioned afterwards in the registers, when he paid a fine in 1565-66. Caly printed "within the precincte of the late house of the Grey Friars, nowe converted into an hospital called Christ Hospitall." This was the address which Grafton { GRAFTON, Richard ( - 1573) ‹ LBT 02592 › } also used, so that Caly may have succeeded him there, a surmise rendered more probable by Caly's having used Grafton's device with monogram.