1514. Henricus Jacobi. On Dec. 11, 1514 administration of the effects of Henricus Jacobi, deceased, was granted (Oxf. Univ. Archives). Two imperfect leaves of an edition of the Formalitates de mente magistri Johannis Duns Scoti by Antonius Syrretus were found in New College Library at Oxford by R. G. C. Proctor, Esq., the first of which bears the words “Venundantur in vniuersitate Oxoniensi sub intersignio sanctissime Trinitatis ab Henrico Jacobi bibliopole Londoniensis.” See p. [228].
1518. John Scolar and (1519
20) Carolus Kyrfoth, printers, see pp. [5]–7, [263].
1521. John Dorne, bookseller. His day-ledger, showing what books he sold and at what prices, from 19 Jan.-23 Dec. 1520, is MS. Corpus Christi College, Oxford, no. 131; this and two leaves of a similar day-book of about 1518–19, found in a binding in the same College library, are printed in the Oxford Historical Society’s Collectanea volume, no. 1 (pp. 78–139) and 2 (pp. 457–62), where also it is shown that Dorne, who was certainly “a Dutchman,” and as such paid with others an alien tax at Oxford in 1524 (see Rogers’s Oxford City Documents, Oxf. Hist. Soc. xviii, 1891, p. 56, as Johan Thorn), may be the Johannes Dorn who printed at Brunswick in 1507–9. An Opus Insolubilium printed by Treveris was to be sold “apud I. T.”, which Mr. E. G. Duff thinks is probably I. Thorne.
1524. William Howberghe (Howbert or Hubbert), Douchman (Dutchman: he resigned his office as Stationer 11 Oct. 1532, see Boase’s Reg. Oxon., p. 171). Gerard Pylegreme, Douchman (his will is extant at Oxford, dated 7 Feb. “1537”: Oxf. Univ. Archives). Balthasar Churchyard, Douchman. Harry Renkens, Douchman. All these pay taxes as Dorne above, in 1524, in the capacity of Stationers or Booksellers. Richard Alcoke, bell-ringer, Margarete Page, Rose Cater, Henry Mancipull, and “Sir Person” are possible additions to this list.
About 1525. Gressop, bookbinder. In Bodl. MS. Rawl. G. 47 (N. C. 14778) there is a note that the volume, which had been presented to All Souls Library by bp. Goldwell, was “resarcitus per Gressopum”: the date must be about 1525.
1531, Oct. A commission from the bp. of Lincoln to search the booksellers’ stalls at St. Frideswide’s fair for heretical books (Brit. Mus. MS. Lansdowne 938).
1532. David Pratt, B.A., of Cambridge, is stationer from 10 March 1535/6 to Oct. 1536 (Boase’s Reg. Oxon., p. 171).
1534. A patent is issued to Cambridge (where printing had been exercised from 1521 to 1522) allowing the University to have three licensed stationers and printers or sellers of books, and authority to print books is granted to the Chancellor and three Doctors. No similar patent was issued to Oxford.
1552. Henry Mylward, stationer (Boase’s Reg. Oxon., p. xx). He retired on 11 Apr. 1597 from old age (Clark’s Register, i. 262, where it is suggested that his name appears as Miller in 1578
9, living in St. Mary’s Parish). In 1583 (July 12) Beef Hall was leased to him (Oxf. Univ. Archives, box O, no. 10. cf. A. no. 14).
1554, Nov. 14. Herman Evans admitted stationer, but pronounced “contumax” in Oct. 1563 (Clark’s Register, i. 261).