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]
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- 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.
