Wynkyn de Worde was a printer and publisher in London known for his work with William Caxton, and is recognised as the first to popularise the products of the printing press in England.
Plaque to Wynkyn de Worde, Stationers Hall, London
William Caxton was an English merchant, diplomat and writer. He is thought to be the first person to introduce a printing press into England in 1476, and as a printer to be the first English retailer of printed books.
William Caxton
Printer's mark of William Caxton, 1478. A variant of the merchant's mark
A page from the Brut Chronicle (printed as the Chronicles of England), printed in 1480 by Caxton in blackletter
Caxton's 1476 edition of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales