Henry Jaye (died 1643) was an English Catholic exile in the
Southern Netherlands
The Southern Netherlands, also called the Catholic Netherlands, were the parts of the Low Countries belonging to the Holy Roman Empire which were at first largely controlled by Habsburg Spain (Spanish Netherlands, 1556–1714) and later by the ...
. He became printer to the city of
Mechelen
Mechelen (; ; historically known as ''Mechlin'' in EnglishMechelen has been known in English as ''Mechlin'', from where the adjective ''Mechlinian'' is derived. This name may still be used, especially in a traditional or historical context. T ...
.
Life
The earliest record of Jaye is in 1606, when the English ambassador in Brussels, Sir
Thomas Edmondes, had him summoned before
Jean Richardot in an attempt to have him punished by the authorities in the Low Countries for slandering
James I of England
James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 unti ...
. He had allegedly spoken "certain very lewd and infamous words against his Majesty", namely:
A pockes of god of the kinge of Ingland yf you terme him kinge I hope to see him hanged, he is none of my prince nether doe I knowledge him to be my prince. Nether a trewe anoyntted Prince nor never was or shalbe.
In 1607 Jaye opened an account with the
Plantin Office as a bookseller in Brussels. By 1609 he was married to Catharina vande Zetten, a daughter (or perhaps step-daughter) of Pieter Simons, and by November 1610 they were living in Mechelen, where their daughter was baptized in
St Rumbold's Cathedral.
His first known publication is ''The Lyf of the Mother Teresa of Jesus'' (1611) – the first English translation of the autobiography of
Teresa of Avila, by
Michael Walpole. This was printed for him in Antwerp, but by 1612 he was operating his own press in Mechelen. In 1613 he printed the codification of the customary law of the city and
lordship of Mechelen – ''Costumen, usancien ende styl van procederen der stadt, vryheyt ende jurisdictie van Mechelen'', which he reprinted in 1633.
In 1619 he printed the statutes and procedures of the
Great Council of Mechelen, the highest court of appeal in the
Spanish Netherlands
The Spanish Netherlands (; ; ; ) (historically in Spanish: , the name "Flanders" was used as a '' pars pro toto'') was the Habsburg Netherlands ruled by the Spanish branch of the Habsburgs from 1556 to 1714. They were a collection of States of t ...
, ''Ordonnances, statuts, stil, et manière de procéder faictes, & décretées par le roy nostre sire, pour le grand conseil'', and in the 1630s a number of sentences and decisions of the same court.
In 1620 a performance poetry competition was held in Mechelen between a number of
chambers of rhetoric (civic drama guilds). Jaye printed the competing poems and
rebus
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es under the title ''De Schadt-kiste der Philosophen ende Poeten''.
[Marc Van Vaeck,]
''De Schadt-Kiste Der Philosophen Ende Poeten'' (Mechelen 1621): een blazoenfeest aan de vooravond van het einde van het Bestand
, ''De zeventiende eeuw'' 8 (1992): 75–83
It is not clear when he was appointed printer to the city, but he was using that title on his imprints from the later 1630s. He died in 1643.
Device
One of his printing devices was a tower on a rocky island, with the motto ''Turris fortitudinis nomen domini'' (The name of the lord is a tower of strength).
Publications
*1611: ''The Lyf of the Mother Teresa of Jesus'' (printed in Antwerp for Henry Jaye) – the autobiography of
Teresa of Avila
*1613: John Alberto Buronzo (in fact
Nicolo Berzetti), ''The practice of meditating with profit''
*----: ''Costumen, usancien ende styl van procederen der stadt, vryheyt ende iurisdictie van Mechelen'' – a re-edition of the 1535 codification of the customary law of the city and liberty of Mechelen
available on Google Books*1614: ''By de Eertzhertogen: Onser rentmester van onse domeynen des landts van Mechelen''
*----:
Thomas Wright, ''Quatuor Colloquia'' â€
available on Google Books*1615: ''The Primer, or office of the Blessed Virgin Marie'' – a translation of the
Tridentine Primer
*1616: ''Manuductions to the pallace of truth''
*----:
Thomas a Kempis
Thomas may refer to:
People
* List of people with given name Thomas
* Thomas (name)
* Thomas (surname)
* Saint Thomas (disambiguation)
* Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church
* Thomas the ...
, ''
The following of Christ'', translated by
Anthony Hoskins
*1617:
Regnerus Bruitsma, ''Iatricum votum in publicae salutis''
*----: ''Plausus in sacerdotale Iubilaeum illustrissimi ac reverendissimi Dni. D. Matthiae Hovii Archiepiscopi Mechliniensis: acclamati a iuventute Collegii Mechliniensis Societatis Iesu'' – a celebration of the 50-year jubilee of the priestly ordination of
Mathias Hovius, held at the Jesuit college in Mechelen
*----: R. V. (
Richard Rowlands), ''Neder-duytsche epigrammen op verscheyden saecken'' – a volume of epigrams
available on Google Books*1618: ''Rules of the English sodalitie of the Immaculate Conception of the most glorious Virgin Mary Mother of God''
*----: ''Theodoricus. Tragedie a representer par la jeunesse du College de la Société de Jesus à Malines le xi de Septembre l'an 1618''
*----:
Peter of Alcantara, ''Instructie om wel te mediteren'', translated by Jan Snellinck
*----: Juan Castaniza, ''Den Gheestelycken Strydt, Met reden ghenoemteen Gulden Tractaetken vande volmaecktheyt''
*1619: ''An abstracte of the life and martirdome of Mistres Margaret Clitherowe'' – a life of
Margaret Clitherow
Margaret Clitherow (''née'' Middleton, ''c.'' 1556 – 25 March 1586) was an English Catholic recusant known as The Pearl of York. She was pressed to death for refusing to enter a plea to the charge of harbouring Catholic priests. She was can ...
*----: ''Ordonnances, statuts, stil, et manière de procéder faictes, & décretées par le roy nostre sire, pour le grand conseil de Sa Maiesté, le 8 jour d'aougst 1559'' – the statutes and procedures of the
Great Council of Mechelen
*1620: ''Copye vuyt den Mandemente, aen-gaende den Statuten onlanckx gemaekt''
*----: Andrew Cryghton, ''A treatise of Antichrist''
*----: William Paterson, ''The Protestants theologie''
*----: (
Thomas Worthington Thomas or Tom Worthington may refer to:
*Thomas Worthington (Douai) (1549–1627), English Catholic priest and third President of Douai College
*Thomas Worthington (Dominican) (1671–1754), English Dominican friar and writer
*Thomas Worthington (g ...
), ''The second part of an Anker of Christian Doctrine''
*----: J. de Bonilla, ''Een cort tractaet, daer inne verclaert wort hoe nootsaeckelijcken dat de vrede der zielen is'' â€
available on Google Books*1621: ''Apologia ofte Bescherm-redenen teghen het kekelen van de onredelijcke vyanden, ende oock de tegenraeders, van de Berghen van Bermherticheyt'' – a verse justification for the
low-interest loan banks founded by
Wenceslas Cobergher in Brussels and elsewhere
available on Google Books*----:
Antonio de Molina, ''Spiritual exercises'' (reprinted 1623)
*----: ''De Schadt-kiste der philosophen ende poeten'' â€
available on Google Books*----: R. V. (Richard Rowlands), ''De spiegel der Nederlandsche elenden'' â€
available on Google Books*----:
Jan Thieullier
Jan Thieullier (active in the early 17th century) was a Flemish poet, residing in Mechelen, about whom very little is known.
Life
Thieullier was a silversmith who has been said to have been born in Mechelen, but the evidence for this is unclear.C ...
, ''Porphyre en Cyprine treur-spel verthoont by de redenrijcke gulde die Peoen'' – a tragedy staged by the
chamber of rhetoric Peoene in Mechelen on 3 May 1620
available on Google Books*1622: Jean Martini, ''Het leven van den H. P. Franciscus Xaverius, apostel van Indien, ende Japonien, priester der Societeydt Iesu'' – a life of St
Francis Xavier
Francis Xavier, Jesuits, SJ (born Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta; ; ; ; ; ; 7 April 15063 December 1552), venerated as Saint Francis Xavier, was a Kingdom of Navarre, Navarrese cleric and missionary. He co-founded the Society of Jesus ...
*1623: Antonio Fonseca, ''De epidemia febrili grassante in exercitu regis catholici in inferiori palatinatu, anno 1620 et 21'' – an account of the epidemic that decimated the
Army of Flanders
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in the
Palatinate campaign
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of 1620–1621
available on Google Books*----: ''The application of the lawes of England for Catholike priesthood, and the Sacrifice of the Masse''
*----: ''A Toung-combat, lately happening, between two English soldiers''
*1624: ''Het heijligh Leven ende seer wonderlycke wercken van den heylighen Vader Petrus van Alcantara''
*1625: ''Statuta omnium curiarum ecclesiasticarum provinciae Mechliniensis'' â€
available on Google Books*----: Adrianus Huberti, ''Manuale pro directionequarumdam Confraternitatum''
*1628: ''Literae aethiopicae scriptae ab ipsomet patriarcha aethiopiae R.P. Alphonso Mendez, societatis Iesu Doctore Theologe, & in Academia Eborensi quondam professore kalendis Iunij 1626''
*----: ''Jaerlijcken brief van Japonien van het jaer 1624'' – a Dutch translation of the Jesuit annual letter from Japan for 1624
available on Google Books*1633: Regnerus Bruitsma, ''Nova-antiqua schola salerna''
*----:
Godefridus Vereycken, ''Tractatus de cognitione et conservatione sui''
*1634: ''Copie de la sentence donnée contre le comte Henry de Bergh à Malines le 13 de mars 1634'' – the sentence pronounced upon
Hendrik van den Bergh for his part in the
Conspiracy of Nobles
*1635:
Robert Bellarmine
Robert Bellarmine (; ; 4 October 1542 – 17 September 1621) was an Italian Jesuit and a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was canonized a saint in 1930 and named Doctor of the Church, one of only 37. He was one of the most important figure ...
, ''An ample Declaration of the Christian Doctrine'', translated by R. H.
*----: ''Copie des Arrests rendus au grand Conseil de sa Majesté le 2. de May 1635, contre le Prince d'Espinoy, & Charles de Pienne''
available on Google Books
*1636: ''Copie de l'arrest contre le Conte de Hennin''
*1638:
Joannes Wachtendonck, ''Vita, passio, et miracula S. Rumoldi archiepiscopi Dublinensis, Apostoli Mechliniensis & martyris''
*1639:
Joannes Wachtendonck, ''Het leven 't lyden ende mirakelen vanden H. Rombout'', a Dutch translation of the previous by Franchoys vanden Bossche
*----: ''Gloriosus B. Matris Theresæ de Subacto Mundo Triumphus''
*----: ''Arrest du Grand Conseil du roy, rendu contre le comte d'Egmont. Le xv. Juillet 1639''
*----: Joannes Antonius a Gurnez, ''Vita et martyrium S. Liberti Malinatis'' – a life of
Libert of Saint-Trondavailable on Google Books
References
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1643 deaths
17th-century printers
17th-century English publishers (people)
Book publishers (people) from the Spanish Netherlands
English book publishers (people)