Richard Jugge
Richard Jugge (died 1577) was an eminent English printer, who kept a shop at the sign of the Bible, at the North door of Old St Paul's Cathedral, though his residence was in Newgate market, next to Christ Church Greyfriars in London. He is generally credited as the inventor of the footnote.[1] His business was run under the name of his widow Joan Jugge after he died.
Life
It is thought that Richard Jugge was born in
One of Jugge's printer's devices consisted of a massive architectural panel adorned with wreaths of fruit, and bearing in the centre an oval, within which is a pelican feeding her young. On the left of the oval stands a female figure, having a serpent twined round her right arm, who is called on the tablet beneath her Prudencia, and upon the left is another female figure with a balance and a sword, called Justicia.
Jugge died in 1577, and his will was proved on 23 October that year. His business was carried on by his widow Joan Jugge [maiden name perhaps Joan Merrye],[3] who continued the business until at least 1585[3] printing under her own name, dying in 1588.[4] John Jugge who was Richard's son, appears to have inherited the rights to some titles but never printed independently.[3]
References
- ISBN 1931229058.
- ^ "Jugge, Judge, Richard (JG531R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/15160.required.)
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