Mr. Cunningham, in his _Handbook for London_ (vol. i. p. 17.), says,--

"The first printing-press ever seen in England was set up in

this almonry under the patronage of _Esteney_, Abbot of

Westminster, by William Caxton, citizen and mercer (d. 1483)."

Esteney succeeded Milling in the Abbacy of Westminster, but the latter

did not die before 1492. On p. 520. of his second volume, Mr. Cunninghan

gives the date of Caxton's death correctly, i.e. 1491.

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