NICHOLSON, James ‹ LBT 30069 ›
floruit 1535 (B)—1536 (A); Male
Occupations (1)
| Occupation | Comment |
|---|---|
| Printer | Duff, E.G. (1905) |
Addresses (1)
| Date | Address | Trade at Addr | Source | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1536, (1536-) | St Thomas' Hospital, Southwark | Duff, E.G. (1905) |
SOURCES & TRANSCRIPTIONS
Transcriptions
Bib.Soc., Hand-lists (1913), contrib. E.G.Duff.
Duff, E.G. (1905), pp.110-11
NICHOLSON or NICOLAI (JAMES), printer in Southwark, was a native of the Low Countries. He was a strong friend to the reformed religion and began his career by publishing in 1535 the first edition of the English Bible, printed at Zurich by Christopher Froschauer but for which he printed titles and prefatory matter. In 1536 he began printing on his own account issuing A mirror or glasse for them that be syke [U.L.C.] and a work of Tindale's. Most of Nicholson's ordinary work appears to have been done for John Gowghe { GOUGH, John ( - 1543) ‹ LBT 07541 › }. In 1537 he printed two more editions of the Bible in folio and quarto, the latter calling forth strong complaints from Grafton { GRAFTON, Richard ( - 1573) ‹ LBT 02592 › } who had just expended £500 on his edition. In 1538 Nicholson issued two editions of the New Testament, one edited by John Hollybush, a refugee stationer most probably identical with Jan van Ruremond { RUREMOND, Hans van ‹ LBT 30086 › }, but these editions professing to be Coverdale's versions were severely censured by him because of their incorrectness. After 1538 Nicholson appears to have given up printing, though he was alive at a considerably later date and an elder of the foreign church in London. His printing office was in St. Thomas' Hospital and after the cessation of his business some of his material appears to have passed into the hands of John Mayler { MAYLER, John ‹ LBT 02597 › } and Edward Whitchurch { WHITCHURCH, Edward ( - 1562) ‹ LBT 02612 › }.