Wynkyn de Worde
was the first afsistant, and
successor of Caxton. He was born in the dukedom
of Lorraine, and became a denizen of
England in 1496.
Throughout the whole
range of our ancient typographers, there is
scarcely one whose memory beams with greater
effulgence than that of Wynkyn de Worde:
he gained this high distinction not only from
the number of his publications, but also from
the typographical excellence which they exhibit.
On the death of Caxton, he successfully
practised the art of printing on his own account
in his master’s house.
In this office he appears
to have continued until the year 1499, when
he removed to the “sign of the Golden Sun,
in the parish of St. Bride, in the Fletestrete,
London,”
He does not appear to have left
this neighbourhood, as in his will he directs
his body to be buried in the parochial church
of St. Bride, Fleet Street, before the high altar
of St. Katharine.
He died in 1534.