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John Skot, 1530 -- Printer's Mark

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Date
1530
Description

Main (Thompson) Library location: North wing -- Third window. The earliest records concerning the career of John Skot (alternatively spelled Scott; c. 15-- – 1537) place him in the Parish of St. Sepulchre in 1521. In this same year, the first dated books attributed to him were published: The Body of

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Miringoff, Helen, 1916-1981 | Memorial Minute:

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Date
May 6, 1981
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Richard Grafton, 1537-1572 -- Printer's Mark

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Date
1537-1572
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Main (Thompson) Library location: North wing -- Third window. Richard Grafton (c. 1511-1573) was born in Shrewsbury in 1511 and was apprenticed to a grocer in 1526, through whom he became affiliated with the Grocers' Company in London. This involvement did not concern trade as much as it did

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