McCann, T. J. (1979). William Bullaker, 1531-1608, Grammar and Phonetician, a Biographical Study. Sussex Archaeological Collections 117. Vol 117, pp. 173-184. https://doi.org/10.5284/1086507. Cite this via datacite

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Title:		 William Bullaker, 1531-1608, Grammar and Phonetician, a Biographical Study
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Issue:		 Sussex Archaeological Collections 117
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Page Start/End:		 173 - 184
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Abstract:		 William Bullaker is important as the author of the first English grammar, and as a tireless advocate of spelling reform in a number of works written in his own phonetic system at the end of the sixteenth century. His literary input has been much studied recently, notably by the School of English at the University of Leeds in the 1960s. This paper is an attempt at writing a biography of Bullaker based on the evidence of his own writings and surviving documentary material. Four main sources have been used. The evidence in the Petworth inclosure dispute proves for the first time that Bullaker received his education in Petworth, and identifies the source of his spelling and pronunciation. The election dispute in Chichester in 1586 shows Bullaker as one of the leaders of the radical group in the city prepared to oppose the Mayor and Corporation. Bullaker's poems and introductions to his own works give information about his military service, his study of civil law and his educational interests, as well as giving glimpses of his personal delight in nature. Finally, the harassment that he and his family received on account of their persistent catholic recusancy, enables a fairly detailed account of the whereabouts and movements of the Bullaker family to be constructed from the papers of the ecclesiastical courts in Chichester.
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Author:		 Timothy J McCann
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Year of Publication:		 1979
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Parish: Petworth
District: Chichester
County: West Sussex
Country: England
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Created Date:		 08 Jun 2021