Lekprevik, Robert
Identifiant de la noticecni00055312
URIhttp://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cni00055312
Dernière modification2014-03-14
Note générale
In December 1562, the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland lent Robert Lekprevik printer, £200 Scots to help to buy irons, ink and paper, and to fee craftsmen for printing of the “Psalmes”. In 1565, he obtained a licence under the Privy Seal to print “The Acts of the Parliaments of Queen Mary and her predecessors” and “The Psalmes of David in Scottis meter”. Appointed King's Printer 14 January 1568. Three months later he received a special licence to print the 'Inglis Bibill' in the Geneva version for twenty years. However he did not produce a Bible. On 2 June 1570 Nicol Fylder became cautioner under the sum of 100 marks for Lekprevik that he 'sall nocht fra this furth prent bukis balettis without the licence of the provest baillies and counsale.' He printed for Henry Charteris 1570-71. In 1570, the Church granted him 'fiftie punds to be payit yearlie' In 1571, Maitland of Lethington, who had just changed sides from the Reformers to the Queen's Party, was afraid that George Buchanan's satire on him “Chamaeleon” was being printed by Lekprevik, sent Captain Melvin down from the Castle to the printer's house at 11 o'clock on 14 April, to sieze him and the manuscript. The printer, being warned, evaded capture. On the 6th of August he was printing in Stirling. In 1572-73 he was at St Andrews, but was back in Edinburgh before the end of the year. At the beginning of 1574, he printed a poetical tract without licence and was imprisoned in Edinburgh Castle. He probably remained there until June 1581. He printed two books in 1581 and one in 1582, from his old address, but with a depleted and worn stock of types. He was also a bookbinder (DE.205). Used Davidson's large block of the Scottish Royal Arms, and a woodcut which belonged to Scot.