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Simon Martynson
Martynson was a stationer who flourished in London between 1535 and 1538. Duff (pp. 101, 174) thinks that he may be the servant "Simon" to whom Wynkyn De Worde made a bequest in his will of 1534. Martynson did not die until 1552, when his will was probated in the Archdeaconry Court of London (Guildhall Library MS. 9051/2, fol. 66v). On 24 July 1552, he described himself in the document as "Symonn Martynsonn of the parryshe of saincte magnus Stacyoner sycke in bodye" (the extant parish registers of St. Magnus Martyr begin in 1560). He leaves £3. 6s. 8d. to his kinswoman Mary Jacobbe on the day of her marriage, and the residue of his estate to his wife Agnes, whom he names sole executrix. Witnesses to the will were George Myllman, leatherseller, and John Leavyn, tallowchandler. Martynson's widow probated the will on 18 October 1552.
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