Walter Lynne (fl.
Lynne lived at Somers Quay, near Billingsgate in London, and also seems to have kept a shop at the sign of the Eagle, near St Paul's School.
As his dedications and prefaces show, he was an ardent reformer; he printed and translated works of a religious kind and enjoyed the patronage of Thomas Cranmer.
His mark consisted of a ram and a goat, with the letters W. and L.[1] Lynne's major published translations were:[1] Among Lynne's publications was The true Beliefe in Christ and his Sacramentes set forth in a Dialogue, London, 1550; a translation from Dutch by William Roy, with a dedication to Anne, Duchess of Somerset, by Lynne, who perhaps only printed the title-page and first three leaves; the rest was printed abroad.
He also published the following:[1][3] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed.