PELGRIM, Joyce ‹ LBT 30076 ›
floruit 1504 (B)—1506 (A); Male
Occupations (1)
| Occupation | Comment |
|---|---|
| Stationer | Duff, E.G. (1905) |
Addresses (1)
| Date | Address | Trade at Addr | Source | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1506, (1506) | St Paul's Churchyard | Duff, E.G. (1905) | - Sign of St Anne probably on the east side of |
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ODNB - article by E.G.Duff, rev. Anita McConnell
Duff, E.G. (1905), pp.117-18
PELGRIM (JOYCE), stationer in London, was probably a native of the Low Countries. In 1504 an edition of the Ortus Vocabulorum was printed for him at Paris by Jean Barbier. Soon afterwards he joined in business with Henry Jacobi { JACOBI, Henry ‹ LBT 28411 › } and in 1506 they issued a Psalterium cum hymnis, a Sarum Horae and the Constitutiones of Lyndewode and Athon, the cost of all three being borne by William Bretton { BRETTON, William ( - 1526) ‹ LBT 02590 › } a London merchant. In 1507 they issued the Liber synonymorum of Garlandia and in 1508 the Theodulus, both being printed at Antwerp, probably by Thierry Martens. Bagford in a note [Harl. MS., 5904, p. 5] mentions a third book "a dialogue in Latin and English" also printed by Martens at Antwerp without date, but no copy is at present known. After 1508 we do not find Pelgrim connected with the publication of any books, but he is mentioned in 1511 and 1512 by Erasmus in several of his letters as "Judocus the bookseller." In 1510 he was connected with the Oxford book trade, for in that year he brought an action in the University Court against John Walker the University carrier concerning the carriage of some books. [Univ. Archives, Reg. F., f. 123r.] In 1514 he went to Oxford as agent for William Bretton to administer the effects of Henry Jacobi who had died there. Pelgrim carried on business at the sign of St. Anne during 1506, but his address after this is not mentioned. His shop was most probably on the east side of St. Paul's Churchyard and may have been one of the "lowe houses of boke-bynders" mentioned in the Monumenta Franciscana [vol. ii, p. 185] as having been cleared away in 1510-12 to make room for St. Paul's School. Pelgrim seems to have had no device of his own but used "Nosce teipsum," on one side are the initials and mark of Jacobi, on the other those of Pelgrim. [Bibliographica, I, pp. 93-113, 499. D.N.B.]