Richard Pynson (born 1448 in
Normandy, died 1529) was one of the first
printers of
English books.He was born in 1448 in Normandy and may have been a
glover (Plomer, 1922/23, pp. 49-51) and/or a pouchmaker before he turned to printing (Plomer, 1925, p. 110). It is possible that he is identical with one Richard Pynson who was enrolled as a student in
Paris in 1464 (Plomer, 1925, p. 109). He is also mentioned as being a
bookbinder, although he probably did not bind the books himself (Plomer, 1925, p. 148). It has been suggested (Painter, 1976, p. 190) that Pynson at one time worked as an assistant to
William Caxton – whom he once called "my worshipful master" (Duff, 1906, p. 57) – but this is now considered highly unlikely.
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