when was paper first used in england
Evidence for the history of paper-making in England is extremely scanty. The first maker whose name is known is John Tate, who is said to have set up a mill in Hertford early in the 16th century.
Almost all of the paper used by printers in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland before the end of the 17th century was, however, made in paper mills in France or Holland and imported, and after Tateâs death in 1507, there were relatively few mills in England until the 1670s.