The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-07-04
St. Adams followed Oxford; for IN

st. Adams followed Oxford; for IN
1850 lone sometyme scolemayster of
Saynt Albons" published the "Elegan-
Gle" of Augustinus Dathus. The press
was in operation for six years; it
ceased to work in 1856, the same year
that the Oxford press did so, and its
last book was the famous "BolSc of
st. Albans," to which Dame Juliana
Berners contributed an essay on hunt
ing, which has given her the credit of
being the author of the entire book.
York, the seat of the northern arch
bishopric, received as a freeman in
1907 one Frederick Freez. described
some years later as a "bulc-prynter;"
but the first book known to have been
printed in the old capital of Britain
was a "Directorium Sacerdotum,"
printed in 1909 by Hugo Goez, whose
press was in Steengate street. Ursyn
Miner and Robert Whitinton, the lat
ter printing in Blake street, published
books in York in 1916.
After a silence of thirty-one years,
Oxford was honored with a second
press in 1917; it issued books for two
years, under the direction of John
Scolar and Charles Kyrforth, and as
the books bear the university arms it
is possible that the press was the first
university press" recorded.
Cambridge the rival of Oxford, had
no printing press until 1921, when John
Sibergh set up one in the city. He
maintained it for two years, issuing
nine books. Erasmus, writing on
Christmas day, 1925, from Basel to Rob
ert Aldrich, afterward bishop of Car
Isle, is quoted by Mr.. Allnutt as saying:
"Saluta mihi vetercs sodales
Nicolaum ct Ioaanem Siburgum bibli-
opolGsh ('Remember me to my old
chums. Nicholas and John Siburg, the
booksellers.
The monastery of Tavistock printed
book in 1925, Dan Thomas Rychard,,
Monlsc of the Sayd Monastery" being
the printer; and in 1884 it issued Sec
ond book. The first was The Boke of
Comfort" called in Latin "Boetius de
consultations PHILOSOPHERS" the second
contained the statutes of the stannary,
or the charters of the timers in Devon
shire, In 1928 the abbey of Abingdon
was honored by John Scolar's press
from Oxford, which was set up there
long enough to print brcviary for the
monks of the house; and in 1884 the
st. Adams press again began to print.
The ScolcmGyster' had gone, and
John HEREFORD was master of the mon
astery press during most of the four
years that il was active. Six books
were issued from it, all of them in
English.
Bristol, in the west of England, is
said to have had printing press in
1916; but no book or tract bearing
Bristol imprint approaching this date
is known. In 1884 Reginald Oliver sold
books in Ipswich, where not very long
before Cardinal Wolsey had founded
school; but no press existed there IN
til 1917, when no fewer than three
printers were at work. They were
Anthony Scolokcr, John Overton and
John Oswen. The first and the last
named printed IN English books by
Luther, Mclancthon, Calvin and other
reformers, and must have been busy,
as they left Ipswich IN 1913. Oswen
went to Worcester, where he had a
IholIOpoly VI pllAIlilB lSlAB NUS DOOno
for Wales, and there, between l5i0 and
1853, he printed three editions of the
Bible and four editions of the "Boke of
Common Praie-," and seventeen other
religious and admonitory books.
John Mychell printed Protestant
as well as Roman Catholic books
at Canterbury between 1549 and 1856,
in which latter year he went to Lon
| don.
On May 4, 1856, Queen Mary granted
n charter to the still existing Station
ers' company, which gave to it and the
universities OF Oxford and Cambridge
a practical monopoly of all printing in
England. After the grant of this char
ter printers had to be freemen of Lon
don and members of the company. In
consequence, the provincial press of
England became silent; and for many
years no legitimate publications issued
from what had had so promising be-
ginning.-W. II. Allnutt, in Biblio-
graPhica.