BRETTON, William ( - 1526) ‹ LBT 02590 ›
floruit 1506 (B)—1526 (B); Male
Life Events
| Event | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Death | possibly - 1526 STC |
Will
| Will (Ref., Piece, Image) | Will Dates | Intestate | Probate Dates | Administration Dates | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| See SB 32 (1979), 49-50, abstract of will. |
Livery Companies
| Company | Source |
|---|---|
| Grocers' Company | Duff, E.G. (1905) |
Occupations (2)
| Occupation | Comment |
|---|---|
| Merchant | Duff, E.G. (1905) - Staple in Calais |
| Publisher | Duff, E.G. (1905) |
Further Notes
Duff, E.G. (1905) - Merchant of the Staple in Calais. ---
SOURCES & TRANSCRIPTIONS
Transcriptions
S.T.C., (1991), vol.3, p.28
DUFF, E.G. (1905), p.18
BRETTON (WILLlAM), publisher in London, was a wealthy merchant, a member of the Grocers' Company and of the Staple of Calais. He was interested in the publication of liturgical books and others relating to Church matters, for which, he was praised at length by the editor of the Pupilla Oculi. He paid altogether for the publication of six books. Three of these, the Psalterium cum hymnis, the Sarum Horae, and the Constitutiones of Lyndewode and Athon, were printed in 1506 by W. Hopyl at Paris and sold in London by H. Jacobi { JACOBI, Henry ‹ LBT 28411 › } and J. Pelgrim { PELGRIM, Joyce ‹ LBT 30076 › }. The last three, the Pupilla Oculi, the Speculum Spiritualium, and another edition of the Sarum Horae, were also printed at Paris in 1510, the first two by Hopyl, the last by Th. Kerver, and were to be sold in London by Jacobi at the sign of the Trinity.
Bretton used a very fine device, containing his coat of arms supported by two unicorns, which, after it had been used in the first books, was found to be wrongly engraved, and a new shield with the correct arms had to be cut and inserted in the block. A copy of this device was used later by E. Gourmont, the Paris printer. [Bibliographica, I, pp. 93-113.]