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GRAFTONS ABRIDGEMENT OF THE CHRONICLES OF ENGLANDE. Newly and Diligently Corrected, and Finished the last of October. 1570. The contentes whereof apeareth in the next page of this lefe. Seene and allowed, according to an order taken.

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GRAFTONS ABRIDGEMENT OF THE CHRONICLES OF ENGLANDE. Newly and Diligently Corrected, and Finished the last of October. 1570. The contentes whereof apeareth in the next page of this lefe. Seene and allowed, according to an order taken.

by Grafton, Richard

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In aedibus Richardi Tottyll. Cum priuilegio, London: []., 1570 Standard collation: [36], 200, [4] leaves. 16 mo. 137mm. OUR COPY: Lacks: Title page; a leaf from the table *1; and at the end Bb7-8; and Cc1-4. Other leaves with a few old repairs, dampstain, and darkening, without much loss. **Nice manuscript ownership of Robert Jones, 1580: "Rober Jonnes oweith this bocke. The iiiith of maye. Anno - 1580." Other ms. notes. Xlib. 19th century half leather binding. STC (2nd ed.) 12151. ESTC records, in America, only the copies at Folger and Huntington. Richard Grafton, (ca. 1513-1573), English chronicler and printer of the Great Bible (1539) and the first and second Book of Common Prayer. XLib. He was King's Printer under Henry VIII and Edward VI, and Queen's Printer for Lady Jane Grey 's proclamation that made her titular queen. For this he was cast into prison by Mary I. Grafton's career as a printer ended. In prison Grafton compiled an Abridgement of the Chronicles of England, which he published in 1563. John Stow and Grafton had a running battle over their rival chronicles after Stow justifiably accused Grafton of copying his own work. STC Small Box.. Hardcover.

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GRAFTONS ABRIDGEMENT OF THE CHRONICLES OF ENGLANDE. Newly and Diligently Corrected, and Finished the last of October. 1570. The contentes whereof apeareth in the next page of this lefe. Seene and allowed, according to an order taken.
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Grafton, Richard
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In aedibus Richardi Tottyll. Cum priuilegio, London: [].
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1570
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