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other persons to rede. Imprinted by Rycharde 

 Pynson, &c. 4to. (1523) 



1323. Here Begynnetb a right frutefiill mater, and hath U 

 name The Boke of Surveying and Improvements.rJ 

 Imprinted by Rycharde Pynson. The yere of oui 

 lorde god. MDXXIII. the XV day of July. 4to. 



Although the last of these works bears the name of Pynsoaj 

 as Printer, there is little doubt that he was employed by Ber-J 

 thek't another Printer to execute the work for him, for Ber- 

 thelet was in the habit of employing the Presses of others even] 

 at Paris (Johnson's Typographia p. 504.), and to this work is\ 

 attached an address from *' Thomas Berthelet to the reders of 

 this lytell boke." These two works are very rare; I have! 

 never seen either of them. I am inclined to consider them as 

 the first editions of Fitzherbert's Book of Husbandry, though 

 there is some reason for doubting this, 



SIR ANTHONY FITZHERBERT, was born at Norbury, 

 in Derbyshire. — After studying at Oxford, he removed thence 

 to one of the Inns of Court, and was called to be a Serjeant-at- 

 Law in 1511. He was created a Knight in 1516, and seven 

 years subsequently he was raised to the dignity of a Justice of 

 the Court of Common Pleas. He followed Husbandry as a 

 recreation for forty years. He was a great opponent to the 

 influence of Cardinal Wolsey, and lived to see the disgrace of 

 that ambitious Churchman, not dieing- until 1538. He was 

 buried at Norbury. His Law Works are numerous, of which 

 his "Grand Abridgement" is the most noted.* The works 

 for which he deserves notice here, are 



1, The book of Husbandry, very profitable and necessary 

 * Biogiapliia Brilannica» 



