1643 JENNER, Thomas 

Thomas Jenner (fl.1618-73) a print seller, publisher, puritan and parliamentarian is best known for two cartographic works; the reissue of Mathew Simons’ A Direction for the English Traviller which he issued in 1643, having reworked the plates used by Simons (BB9) in 1635-36, the maps being redrawn at twice the original scale with place names shown in full; John Norden’s distance table remains although the border and London mileage line were partly erased. The order in which the maps were revised makes it seem likely that these maps were issued to meet the demands of the armies in the Civil War. A Direction for the English Traviller is without text; loose maps of A Book of the Names can only be distinguished by the text listing the hundreds and parishes below the map (each 100 mm square) and on the reverse (BB10).

 

Illustration courtesy of C A Burden Ltd.

A Direction for the English Traviller
London. Thomas Jenner. 1643. London. (and) John Garrett (1677), (1680). (BL, RGS, FB).

Reissued as before but with a list of Hundreds preceding the map and new title:

A Booke of the Names of all the Hundreds contained in the Shires of The Kingdom of England ...Usefull for Quartermasters, Brief Gatherers ...
London. Thomas Jenner: 1644. (CB).

Reissue in 1657; County names and page numbers inserted above the map. A printed list of towns starts below the plate and is continued on the reverse. (BL, RGS, B).

A further state in 1662 shows minor map reworking and alterations to spelling (BL, RGS), in 1668 the text titles are incorrect. (BL).

This reissue was also published by John Garett in 1677. (BL, RGS).

Illustration courtesy of Altea Gallery London.

Illustration courtesy of Sanders of Oxford, UK.