Edward Whitchurch

The title-page of the Great Bible; "Prynted by Rychard Grafton & Edward Whitchurch"

Edward Whitchurch (died 1561) was a London printer and publisher of Protestant works.

Whitchurch jointly published the first complete version of the Bible in English in 1539. Other published works included the 1547 A Treatise of Morall Phylosophie, contayning the Sayinges of the Wyse, by William Baldwin.

Merton Abbey was closed by Henry VIII as part of the Dissolution of the Monasteries[1] and the estate sold. Edward Whitchurch and Lionel Dutchet purchased it, but left for Europe when Queen Mary came to the throne. The site then came into the ownership of the Garth family.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ "A Conversation and Management Plan for Merton Priory and Merton Abbey Mills, p. 7.
  2. ↑ "A Condensed History of Morden and St Lawrence", Church of St Lawrence official website, accessed 17 April 2017.
Attribution
  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Whitchurch, Edward". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.


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