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Salesbury (William)

  • c. 1520–c. 1584
  • scribes, authors, scholars
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.
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>


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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Oxford dictionary of national biography, Online: Oxford University Press, 2004–present. URL: <http://www.oxforddnb.com>. 
comments: General editors include Lawrence Goldman, et al.
Jones (R. Brinley) [id. 24546. ‘Salesbury [Salisbury], William (b. before 1520, d. c. 1580)’] direct link
Welsh biography online, Online: National Library of Wales, 2009–present. URL: <https://biography.wales>.
Mathias (W. Alun) [id. s-SALE-WIL-1520. ‘SALESBURY, WILLIAM (1520? - 1584?), scholar and chief translator of the first Welsh New Testament’] direct link
Mathias, W. Alun, “Gweithiau William Salesbury”, Journal of the Welsh Bibliographical Society 7:3 (July, 1952): 125–143.
– Welsh Journals Online: <link>

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