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Day, John, 1522-1584 (printer and bookseller)

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Biography

John Day (1522-1584), printer, printed the first church music-book in English and the first psalm-tunes published in England. He became master of the Stationers' Company in 1580. His children included John Day (1546-1628), divine, vicar of St Mary's, Oxford, 1609-1622, and Lionel Day (1570-1640), B.D., rector of Whichford, Warwickshire, and father of John Day (1611-1631).

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John Day: Library Catalogue

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4508
Scope and Contents

Transcript made by J.J. Green of a catalogue of books bequeathed in 1627 to John Day, son of Lionel Day, by John Day the divine, 29 folios. The books were probably for the most part from the library of John Day the printer. On fos 1-3 are notes on a manuscript commonplace book of Lionel Day (Phillipps MS 2404), which was in the possession of J.J. Green in 1906. On fos 23 and 24 are further notes on Lionel Day and his family, and on fos 25-28 notes on the printer John Day and his family.

Dates: 1906
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