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Richard Grafton d. c.1572, London publisher and printer. In 1539 with Edward Whitchurch he printed the Great Bible in black letter (see type ). He printed the first edition of the Book of Common Prayer also in black letter. Grafton was printer to King Edward VI, and a protégé of Thomas Cromwell. He earned a minor place among English chroniclers.

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Grafton, Richard (c.1507–73), printer. An enthusiastic supporter of the Reformation, c.1536 he arranged with E. Whitchurch for the printing at Antwerp of Matthew's Bible (1537). He was then responsible for the printing of the Great Bible at Paris; when this was suspended by the Sorbonne, he escaped to England. He also printed the 1549 and 1552 BCP.

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