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Salesbury (William)

  • c. 1520–c. 1584
  • scribes, authors, scholars
See also: Richard DaviesDavies (Richard)
(d. 1581)
Welsh bishop, first of St Asaph, later of St Davids; a scholar whose achievements included translating parts of the New Testament into Welsh and writing the Epistol at y Cembru.
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Welsh biography online, Online: National Library of Wales, 2009–present. URL: <https://biography.wales>.
Evans, Geraint, “William Salesbury and Welsh printing in London before 1557”, in: Ruth Kennedy, and Simon Meecham-Jones (eds), Authority and subjugation in writing of medieval Wales, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. 251–266.
Oxford dictionary of national biography, Online: Oxford University Press, 2004–present. URL: <http://www.oxforddnb.com>. 
comments: General editors include Lawrence Goldman, et al.
Ifans, Dafydd, William Salesbury and the Welsh laws, Pamffledi Cyfraith Hywel, Aberystwyth, 1980.
Mathias, W. Alun, “Gweithiau William Salesbury”, Journal of the Welsh Bibliographical Society 7:3 (July, 1952): 125–143.
– Welsh Journals Online: <link>
Flower, Robin, “William Salesbury, Richard Davies, and Archbishop Parker”, The National Library of Wales Journal 2:1 (Summer, 1941–1942/1941): 7–14.
Journals.library.wales: <link>
Lewis, Henry, “Llythyr William Salesbury at Ruffudd Hiraethog”, Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies 2:2 (1924, 1923–1925): 113–118.
Jones, Robert, “William Salesbury and his dictionary”, Y Cymmrodor 1 (1877): 107–125.
Internet Archive – vol. 1: <link> Google Books – vols 1–2 (incl. supplements): <link> HathiTrust: <link>
Salesbury, William, A dictionary in Englyshe and Welshe: moche necessary to all suche Welshmen as wil spedly learne the Englyshe togue, Menston: Scolar Press, 1969.
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Salesbury, William, A dictionary in Englyshe and Welshe: moche necessary to all suche Welshmen as wil spedly learne the Englyshe togue, London: The Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1877.
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Salesbury, William, Kynniver llith a ban or yscrythur lan ac a đarlleir yr Eccleis pryd Commun, y Sulieu a’r Gwilieu trwy’r vlwyddyn, London: Roberte Crowley, 1551.
National Library of Wales: <link> National Library of Wales: View in Mirador
Salesbury, William, A Brief and plain introduction, London: Robert Crowley, 1550.
Salesbury, William, A dictionary in English and Welsh, London: John Waley, 1547.
Internet Archive – Available on loan: <link> Lexicons of Early Modern English – Plain-text version: <link>
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