Some New Light on the Early Career of William Thynne, Chief Clerk of the Kitchen of Henry VIII and Editor of Chaucer
- 1 March 2003
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Library
- Vol. 4 (1) , 3-15
- https://doi.org/10.1093/library/4.1.3
Abstract
Scholars have wondered how William Thynne, a career bureaucrat in the service of Henry VIII, could have had the time to edit the 1532 edition of Chaucer while holding a variety of official positions. This essay reassesses the work involved in these posts on the basis of a fresh examination of original documents, and shows that Thynne almost certainly did not assume at least two of his appointments until well after the 1532 edition had been printed. It speculates also about Thynne's motives in undertaking the edition.Keywords
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