Gamaliell Pye

 

Key events in his life

 

c 1514  Born, Blyth, Nottinghamshire

c 1548  Freeman, Worshipful Company of Butchers

1551  Imprisoned for selling meat at illegally high prices

1555 Fined for selling meat from animals that had not been killed in a licensed abbatoir

1560  First elected Warden, Worshipful Company of Butchers. By 1560 Married Margaret

1575  First elected Senior Warden, Worshipful Company of Butchers

1576  Prosecuted for contravening regulations on meat-processing

c 1596  Died. Buried Christ Church Newgate

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