John Byddell first carried on business at the sign of "Our Lady of Pity," and seems to have borrowed his device from one of the earlier pages of Corio's History of Milan, 1505. Subsequently he removed to the "Sun," in Fleet Street, formerly occupied by Wynkyn de Worde. This printer died somewhere about 1544, having published 29 volumes, according to Ames, most of which are of a serious character.
Prymer in Englishe, with Calendar and Almanake (1535-54), black letter, title in fac-simile, russia extra, 16th June, 1535, 4to, £97.
Bible in English (by R. Tavener), black letter, several leaves mended, morocco extra, by Bedford, folio, 1539, £57.
RICHARD GRAFTON, 1537.
Richard Grafton, the king's printer, was at one time a citizen and grocer of London, and seems to have been brought up as a merchant. He commenced business as a printer with Edward Whitchurche in or about the year 1537, and from that date to 1541 they continually printed in partnership. The dissolution was probably due to the persecution to which they were subjected on account of the Act of the Six Articles. Whitchurche, whose device is given below, is said to have married the widow of Archbishop Cranmer, and is known to have been living in 1560. Grafton, who was continually in difficulties, and on one occasion narrowly escaped with his life, is supposed to have died about the year 1572.
Boke of Common Praier, black letter, blue morocco extra, by Rivière, August, 1552, folio, £60.
Primer in Englishe (black letter) and Latyn (roman type), brown morocco extra, by Bedford, 1545, 4to, £28.
Orarium seu Libellus Precationum, woodcuts, blue morocco, 16mo, 1546, £20 10s.
Marbeck's Concordance of the Bible, black letter, title inlaid, russia, small folio, 1550, £1 6s.
Halle's Chronicle, black letter, russia extra, by Bedford, folio, 1550, £9.
Harding's Chronicle, black letter, morocco extra, by Bedford, 1543, 4to, £11 5s.
The Order of the Communion, black letter, wanted title, morocco, 8th March, 1548, sm. 4to (the only copy known), £55.
EDWARD WHITCHURCHE, 1537.
Byble in Englyshe (Cranmer's), black letter, cut down at the top, morocco extra, by Bedford, folio, 1541, £50.Booke of Common Prayer, black letter, first edition of Edward VI.'s Prayer Book, with the rare order for the price, a fine copy in blue morocco extra, folio, 1549, £155.
Boke of Common Prayer, second edition of Edward VI.'s Prayer Book, a fine copy in blue morocco, folio, 1552, £100.
Book of Prayers used in the Queen's (Catherine Parr's) House, black letter, a fragment of an unknown edition, 32mo, 1550, £2.