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GB 2156 TSC/G/03/Norton
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John Norton's Charity
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John Norton was one of the most prolific booksellers of the late Elizabethan and Jacobean period. He died in 1612 a wealthy man. He left 1000 pounds to the Stationers’ Company as part of a larger bequest. Other stipulations of his will included leaving 150 pounds to the churchwardens of St Faith’s to buy land and property, the rent of which might be split between the poor of St Faith’s parish and poor stationers. Norton’s bequest further included the weekly dispensation of a penny loaf and two pence apiece to six poor stationers and six poor members of the parish. He also provided for an annual Ash Wednesday sermon, celebrated with cakes, wine, and ale at Stationers’ Hall.
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Latin
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