BYDDELL, John ( - 1545) ‹ LBT 28368 ›
floruit 1533 (B)—1545 (B); Male
Life Events
| Event | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Death | possibly- 1545 STC | Duff, E.G. (1905) |
Occupations (2)
| Occupation | Comment |
|---|---|
| Printer | Duff, E.G. (1905) |
| Bookseller |
Addresses (2)
| Date | Address | Trade at Addr | Source | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1535, (1535) | Fleet Street | Duff, E.G. (1905); STC. vol.3, (1991) | - Sign of our Lady of Pity | |
| 1535, (1535) | Fleet Street | Duff, E.G. (1905), STC. vol.3, (1991). vol.3, (1991) | - Sign of the White Hare, next to the conduit |
Events (1)
| Date | Event type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 19 Jan 1535 | Executor | Will of Wynkyn de Worde (LBT/02699) |
SOURCES & TRANSCRIPTIONS
Transcriptions
Bib.Soc., Hand-lists (1913), contrib. H.R.Plomer.
Duff, E.G. (1905), p.20
BYDDELL, or SALISBURY (JOHN), printer in London, was for some time an assistant to Wynkyn de Worde { WORDE, Wynkyn de ( - 1534) ‹ LBT 02699 › }. The first four books which he issued were all printed by De Worde between November 15th, 1533, and March 21st, 1534, but after this he printed for himself. In 1535 he was one of the executors of De Worde who, in his will, remitted all his debts. In the same year he left his former house in Fleet Street with the sign of Our Lady of Pity and moved to De Worde's house, The Sun. Here he printed steadily until 1544, issuing altogether, as far as is known at present, fifty different books. In 1543 he was imprisoned in the Poultry Compter for printing unlawful books [Acts of the Privy Council, N.S., vol. i, pp. 107, 117], but was liberated after a fortnight's detention. Byddell probably died in 1545, for his last dated book was issued in November, 1544, and he was succeeded at the Sun by Edward Whitchurch { WHITCHURCH, Edward ( - 1562) ‹ LBT 02612 › } before June, 1545. Byddell used several devices, all containing a heart-shaped mark with his initials. The most ambitious was copied from a device of Jean Sacon, of Lyons, which, in its turn, was copied from an illustration in a work by Bernardino Corio printed at Milan by Alexander Minutianus in 1503. [Bibl. Soc. Handlists.]