William Parron

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William Parron (b. c. 1460, fl. 1500) was an Italian astrologer, who worked for Henry VII of England, from 1498 to 1503.^[1] An author of almanacs and prognostications, he produced also in 1499 De astrorum vi fatali, a private printed prediction for Henry^[2], and engaged in investigative work on the background of Perkin Warbeck^[3].

He was printed by Wynkyn de Worde and Richard Pynson; his almanac is said to be the first printed in English.[3]; the one for the year 1500 survives^[4] His prediction that Henry’s queen would live to age 80 backfired when she died young, and he left the court.^[5]

[edit] References

• Armstrong (C. A. J.), An Italian astrologer at the court of Henry VII, in Jacob (E.F.), Italian Renaissance Studies. A Tribute to the late C. M. Ady, London, 1640, 433-454.

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Dates from Jonathan Hughes, Arthurian Myths and Alchemy p.307.
2. ^ Ann Wroe, Perkin: A Story of Deception (2003) p.435.
3. ^ Wroe, p.356
4. ^ [1]; see [2].
5. ^ Wroe p.453