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Floruit: 1518–1541
Floruit 1518 (A) — 1541 (B); Male, married
Life Events
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Date |
Source
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| Death |
- before 8 Feb 1541 <Probate> |
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Will
| Will (Ref., Piece, Image) |
Will Dates |
Intestate |
Probate Dates |
Administration Dates |
Comments
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PROB 11/28, Alenger:, 398/283
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Sep 1539
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PRO - Stationer of London. --- Duff, E.G. (1905) - into three parts two to go to his wife Ursula, and the third to his children who are not mentioned by name. - William Bonham [ST/0:0248] ---
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Family Relationships
Livery Companies
| Company |
Source
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| Tin Plate Workers' Company |
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Occupations (1)
| Occupation |
Comment
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| Stationer |
Duff, E.G. (1905); Will
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Addresses (2)
| Date |
Address |
Trade at Addr |
Source |
Comment
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| 1518, (1518) |
St Paul's Churchyard |
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Duff, E.G. (1905) |
- at the sing of the Trinity
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| 1541-02-08 |
London |
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Will |
- late of
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Events (1)
| Date |
Event type |
Description
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| 1525 |
Warden |
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SOURCES & TRANSCRIPTIONS
Transcriptions
Bib.Soc., Hand-lists (1913), contrib. E.G.Duff.
Duff, E.G. (1905), pp.119-20
PEPWELL (HENRY), printer and stationer in London, was born at Birmingham. In 1518 he began to print at the sign of the Trinity in St. Paul's Churchyard, a shop occupied from 1506 to 1512 by H. Jacobi { JACOBI, Henry ‹ LBT 28411 › }. He printed there up to the beginning of 1524, issuing eight books of a popular character, but after that date he appears to have confined himself to his business as a stationer. In 1525-26 he was Warden of the Company of Stationers along with Lewis Sutton { SUTTON, Lewis ‹ LBT 28290 › }. In 1531 he published an edition of the Enchiridion locorum communium adversus Lutheranos of Eckius printed at Antwerp of which "John Harrison" [John Bale] writes in his Yet a course at the Romish Fox [Zurich, 1543, 8vo, p. 55] "No lesse myght harrye pepwell in Paules church yearde have out of Michael Hillenius' howse at Antwerp at one tyme than a whole complete prynte at the holye request of Stokyslaye." Bagford in one of his note books [Sloane MS., 893] enters "Paules Accidence printed att Antwarpe 1533 for pepwill" and this very likely refers to an edition, wanting the colophon, in the Pepys collection, bound up with another edition of 1534 and two later grammars printed by Pepwell. In 1535 he received a legacy of £4 in printed books from W. de Worde { WORDE, Wynkyn de ( - 1534) ‹ LBT 02699 › }. In 1538 he stood bail for Bishop Stokeslaye for 500 marks. In 1539 he printed two small grammars for the use of St. Paul's School, which in spite of the definite statement of the colophon as to their having been printed in London, have every appearance of being the work of an Antwerp printer. In September of the same year he made his will, which was proved on February 8th, 1541. He divided his estate into three pacts, two to go to his wife Ursula { PEPWELL, Ursula ‹ LBT 06418 › }, and the third to his children who are not mentioned by name. William Bonham { BONHAM, William (1497 - 1557) ‹ LBT 06973 › } the stationer was appointed a supervisor for which he received 6s. 8d. One of the children no doubt was the Arthur Pepwell { PEPWELL, Arthur ( - 1569) ‹ LBT 08225 › } mentioned later on in the Stationers' Registers. Roger Shedmore { SHEDMORE, Roger ‹ LBT 30092 › } who was an assistant to Pepwell is not mentioned in the will. Pepwell used four devices (1) the cut of the Trinity which had been used by Jacobi, with the name cut out. (2) A larger cut of the Trinity having at the foot the name Henry Pepwell and on the left of the name his mark. (3) An oblong block containing a ribbon with the name Henry Pepwell above which are the initials H. P. with the trade mark in the centre. (4) A border-piece with his mark on a shield. [Bibliographica, I, pp. 175-193. D.N.B.]