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Floruit: 1542
Floruit 1542 (A) — 1542 (A); Male, married
Life Events
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Date |
Source
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| Death |
- after 8 Apr 1542 <Will> - before 26 Feb 1545 <Probate> |
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| Burial |
Will - to be buried in Pardon churchyard. |
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Will
| Will (Ref., Piece, Image) |
Will Dates |
Intestate |
Probate Dates |
Administration Dates |
Comments
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PROB 11/30, Pynnyng:, 341/246
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PRO - John Raynes, Stationer of London. --- Plomer H.R. (1903), pp.6-7. ---
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Executors
| Executor |
Relation |
Comment
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| REYNES, Lucy |
Wife |
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Family Relationships
Livery Companies
| Company |
Source
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| Stationers' Company |
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Occupations (3)
| Occupation |
Comment
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| Bookbinder |
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| Bookseller |
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| Stationer |
Duff, E.G. (1905); Will
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Had Apprentice(s): (5)
Addresses (1)
SOURCES & TRANSCRIPTIONS
Transcriptions
Dictionary of National Biography - article by E.G.Duff, rev. Anita McConnell
DUFF, E.G. (1905), pp.135-6
REYNES (JOHN), stationer in London, obtained letters of denization on June 7th, 1510, in which he is described as a native of Wagenyng in Gueldres. The first mention of him as a stationer is in the Returns of Aliens for 1523 where he is spoken of as "stacyoner and denysen," his goods being valued at £40 3s. 4d. In the following year he appears in another capacity as supplying cloth and cotton at the funeral of Sir Thomas Lovell. In 1527 a very fine edition of the Polycronycon was printed for him by Peter Treveris { TREVERIS, Peter ‹ LBT 30106 › } at Southwark with Reynes' mark in red on the titlepage. He was then carrying on business in St. Paul's Churchyard at the sign of St. George. In the same year he shared with W. de Worde { WORDE, Wynkyn de ( - 1534) ‹ LBT 02699 › } and L. Suethon { SUETHON, Ludovicus ‹ LBT 30101 › } the cost of an edition of the Sarum Graduale which was printed for them at Paris by Nicolas Prevost. In 1530 a Sarum and York Psalterium cum hymnis was printed for him abroad. About 1540 Nicholas Bourman { BOURMAN, Nicholas ‹ LBT 06975 › } printed for him An introductorie for to lerne to rede ... Frenche by Giles Duwes some time librarian to Henry VIII and teacher of French to him and his daughter the Princess Mary. In 1541 and 1544 Reynes again occurs in the Returns of Aliens, his valuation having risen to £ 100. An apprentice or assistant of his named James Foxe { FOXE, James ‹ LBT 28462 › } is also mentioned. In 1542 Reynes appears to have joined with some other stationers in publishing editions of Fabyan's Chronicles and Chaucer's Works in folio. These editions have variant colophons containing the names of the different stationers for whom they were printed, but it is clear that Reynes must have borne a leading part in the expense as his initials are cut in the capitals. In 1544 a Processionale ad usum Sarum, the last book in which his name occurs, was printed for him at Antwerp by the widow of Christopher van Ruremund. Reynes is however better known as a bookbinder, and his work is the best known and commonest of all early English stamped work. His most important panel, inscribed "Redemptoris Mundi Arma," contains the symbols of the Passion treated heraldically upon a shield supported by unicorns, while in the upper corners are two small shields with Reynes' mark and initials. The companion panel, divided into two parts, contains the arms of England supported by the dragon and greyhound, and the Tudor rose supported by angels. Another pair of panels have pictures of the Baptism of Christ and the fight of St. George with the dragon within an enclosure round which run huntsmen and animals. A third pair have medallions of warriors' heads in a later renaissance style. In the centre between the medallions is the binder's mark. Reynes also used a broad roll containing his mark and figures of a hound, a falcon and a bee with sprays of flowers and foliage. Reynes died in 1544 and his will dated April 8th, IS42, was proved on February 26th, 1544. His two apprentices Thomas Holwarde { HOWARDE, Thomas ‹ LBT 28271 › } and Edward Sutton { SUTTON, Edward (bap. 1569 - ) ‹ LBT 08522 › } were to receive one hundred shillings' worth of books valued according to the rate fixed by Arnold { BIRCKMAN, Arnold ‹ LBT 28244 › } and John Birckman { BIRCKMAN, John ‹ LBT 28358 › }. Edward Wright { WRIGHT, Edward ‹ LBT 28293 › } and Robert Holder { HOLDER, Robert ‹ LBT 08322 › }, his assistants were left ten pounds in books on condition they assisted the widow to realise the stock. [Plomer, Wills, pp. 6-7, 8-9.] His widow Lucy Reynes { REYNES, Lucy ( - 1548) ‹ LBT 05089 › } did not long survive, for her will dated April 28th, 1548, was proved October 25th, 1549. She was buried, like her husband, in the Pardon churchyard by St. Paul's Cathedral. [D.N.B.]
