Known hard facts:
Richards Death: Early Jul 1593
Wife Name: Joan Grafton
Son William and only Heir was 33 at Dad's death. ->b.1560 +/- 1.

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Conjectured Data Richards Birth Probabily 18 Yrs before his indentureship, in 1547 -> C. 1529
After he took over the printing house of Henry Smithe’s death in 1550, Richard Tottel married Joan Grafton
This fits with William being born in 1560, and also with all prior children being female.
1559 On the 12th of January, Richard’s common-law privilege was renewed by Elizabeth I effectively for life or for as long ‘as he shall behave and demesne him selfe well in using of the said priviledge’. It was around this time that he married Jane, (also referred to as Johan or Joan), daughter of Richard Grafton who had been the king’s printer during the reign of Edward VI.
1560 Tottel’s son, William was born. William entered Middle Temple in 1576 and later became one of six clerks in chancery. Richard’s other known children were Alice, James, Anne, Judith and Richard. Source:https://bibliotechal.wordpress.com/life-work/biography/

Needs a full re-write below here, I am working on this slowly so as not to loose any data(LSZ):

Richard Tottel

The most detailed account of Tottel’s life is a talk by H.J. Byrom that was given to the Bibliographical Society in March 1927 and subsequently published as Richard Tottell – His Life and Work in the journal, The Library the same year.
1528-30 Richard Tottel was born the third son of William Tothill [Tottel] and Elizabeth (née Matthew) of Exeter. His father was a fishmonger who eventually became mayor of Exeter in 1552. Tottel had seven sisters and three brothers.

.Richard Tothill, described in the pedigree as one of the justices of the peace of Castle Gwys (Wiston in Pembrokshire) and London; was a printer and stationer of London, where he resided for forty years at the sign of the Hand and Star, in Fleet street, near Temple Bar, during which period he printed 78 books, chiefly on law. His first license dated April 12 1549, to print books on common law for seven years; renewed May 3, 1556, for seven years; renewed for life Jan. 12, 1558.

• '..... After his retirement the London business was carried on by his son.
• '....(His monogram reads Richard Tottel)

Richard Tothill m. Joan, dau. of Richard Grafton; i.

1. . Jane, m. Andrew Kowldhurst.
2. . Ais, m. Thomas Kowldhurst.
3. . Mary, m. Jesse Snyder.
4. . Susan, m. James Hawley, s. of James, s. of William.
5. . William.
6. . James, m. ellen, dau. of William Goch.
7. . Richard.
8. . John.
9. . Elizabeth, m. William Bradshaw.
10. . Judith,
11. . Ann.

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[*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Tottel Richard Tottel] Wikipedia Article.

• 'Richard Tottel (died 1594) was an English publisher and influential member of the legal community. He ran his business from a shop was located at Temple Bar on Fleet Street in London. The majority of his printing was centered around legal documents, but he is most known for a collection he edited and published in 1557 called Songes and Sonnettes

Early life

'Son of William Tothill (the more common spelling of the family name) and Elizabeth Matthew, Richard Tottel’s early life is not one easily deciphered. Tottel’s father was a wealthy citizen of Exeter, England and held many public offices in his life span including bailiff in 1528, sheriff in 1529, and eventually mayor in 1552. Tottel was the third child of eleven, having three brothers and seven sisters.[1][2]

At some point, approximately 1540, Tottel was indentured to a William Middleton, a printer of law books in London. Towards the end of Tottel’s indentureship, in 1547, William Middleton died. Middleton’s wife remarried within seven months to William Powell, another printer of Law books. The new Mrs. Powell and William Powell freed Tottel, who then went on to take over the printing house of Henry Smithe at the Sign of the Hand and Star after Smithe’s death in 1550. Sometime after, Richard Tottel married Joan Grafton who bore him one son, William, and several daughters.[2]

Professional Career and Midlife

Tottel’s career leapt forward when he was granted a patent that would allow him to print all authorized books dealing with common law. This patent was originally granted in April of 1553 and was to last seven years. In 1556, the patent was renewed for another seven years and, in 1559, Tottel's patent was granted to him for life.[3]

Tottel’s publishing played a large role in the founding of the Worshipful Company of Stationers. Upon receiving its royal charter in 1557, the Stationers' Company of London named him as a the sixty-seventh member of their charter out of ninety-four. Tottel would later rise in the ranks of the Stationers' Company including the title of warden, upper warden, and master from 1578 to 1584. Due to Tottel's failing health he was continually absent to his duties within the company and was excluded from their ranks. He was still fairly loved and admired within the company and at liberty to attend their meetings whenever he was in the area.[4][3]

Tottel’s published works mainly include law documents as he was the sole publish from 1553 until he died. However, he did publish a variety of other books ranging from literary works to books on animal husbandry. The book that gained him a lasting place in history is his publication and editing of Songes and Sonettes, also known as Tottel’s Miscellany.[4]

Though not a full list, Tottel’s published works include:

1. William Baldwin’s A Treatise of Morall Phylosophye Contaynyng the Sayinges of the Wise (1547)
2. Thomas More's Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulations (1553)
3. John Lydgate's Fall of Princes (1554)
4. Stephen Hawes' Pastime of Pleasure (1555)
5. Translation of Cicero's De Officiis by Nicholas Grimald (1556)
6. Translations of the second and fourth books of Virgil's Aeneid by *Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1557)
7. Thomas More’s Works (1557)
8. A Hundreth Good Points of Husbandry (1557)
9. Tottel's Miscellany
10. First edition (1557), second edition (July 31, 1557), third edition (1558), fourth edition (1565), fifth edition (1567), and sixth edition (1574)
11. Arthur Brooke’s Romeus and Juliet (1562)
12. William Painter’s The Palace of Pleasure (1566–1567)
13. Sir James Dyer’s Collection of Cases (1586)[3][4]
14. Death and legacy

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Tottel’s death came as no surprise. He died in early July of 1593 after suffering little less than a decade of infirmity brought on by old age. As the sole owner of the printing patent for law books in the Kingdom of Queen Elizabeth a huge legal battle ensued upon his decease. Eventually the patent was dissolved and the rights to printing such volumes were free to any publisher.[2]

• 'Though Tottel printed several volumes unrelated to law, the bulk of his publications were legal pieces. In light of this, it is ironic that he is most well known for the compilation he edited and printed known as Tottel’s Miscellany or Songes and Sonnets. Tottel’s treatment of this piece is both careful and bold. His accuracy and ability are seen to be of scientific quality in an age where neither was of great importance. Now, hundreds of years passed and eight editions later he is still praised for his work on this and many other works of English literature.[2]

References

1. Byrom, H. J. "Richard Tottell—His Life and Work." Library 4th ser. VIII.2 (1927): 199. Print.
2. a b c d Kinney, Arthur F., and David W. Swain, eds. "Tottel, Richard." Tudor England: An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland, 2001. 699-700. Print.
3. a b c Stephen, Leslie, and Sidney Lee, eds. "Tottel, Richard." The Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. XIX. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1973. 1001-002. Print.
4. a b c Knott, Christopher A. "Richard Tottell." The British Literary Book Trade, 1475-1700. Ed. James K. Bracken and Joel Silver. Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol. 170. Detroit: Gale Research, 1996. Literature Resource Center. Gale. Web. 5 Oct. 2009.

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• Dictionary of National Biography
• 'TOTTEL, RICHARD (d.1594)',
• http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofnati57stepuoft#page/74/mo...
• Tottel's daughter Anne married on 18 Dec. 1594, William Pennyman (Marriage Licences of the Bishop of London, (1520-1610, Harl. Soc. p. 220).

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• Typographical antiquities. History, origin, and progress, of the art of printing, from its first invention in Germany to the end of the seventeenth century; (1797)
• http://www.archive.org/stream/typographicalan00lemogoog#page/n76/mo...
• 'RICHARD TOTTEL', a very considerable printer of law, ...........

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• Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society By Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society (Great
• http://books.google.com/books?id=ZXhHAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA285&lpg=PA285&dq...
• Pg. 285 Chart.

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• Full text of "Abstracts from the wills of English printers and stationers, from 1492-1630"
• http://www.archive.org/stream/abstractsfromwil00plomuoft/abstractsf...
• 'RICHARD TOTTELL or TOTHILL' (1552-1593).
• Hand and Star in Fleet Street.
• Inquisition held at Buckingham in the County of Buckingham on the 21st March 36 Eliz (1594) before Walter Curzon. Ar. Peter Palmer ar. and Robert Spencer, ar. escheator of the county aforesaid by virtue of a commission
• 34 WILLS OF ENGLISH PRINTERS AND STATIONERS.
• from the king, etc., etc. The jury find that the said 'Richard Tottell' was seized of the manor of Wedon Hill and divers lands in Wedon Hill, Chessham, Amersham, and Little Missenden, and of the manor or farm of Mantell or Mantells, with its appurtenances in Little Missenden aforesaid, and of divers lands and tenements situated in Wendover, And of the farm called Brasiers End with appurtenances in Cholsbury Bucklands in the said county of Bucks. As well as in the manor of Lapflod with appurtenances in Brideford [i.e. Bideford] co. Devon. And of a capital messuage called Greenlinch with appurtenances in Silverton in co. Devon and of divers houses and cellars in the town of Topsham in the said county of Devon. As well as of one messuage formerly divided in two, situated in Fleet Street formerly in the occupation of William Tothill, all which property he by virtue of an agreement made 29 August 34 Eliz. (1592) he made over to William Kindesly of London, and William Tothill for the use of William Tothill and his heirs for ever. 'Richard Tothill died ist September 35 Eliz. (1593) at Wiston in co. Pembroke'. The jury find that the lands in Wedon Hill and Amersham were held by 'Richard Tothill' of Carye. Ar. as of his castle of Berkhampstead, in free socage. The land in little Missenden of Peter Palmer gen., by grant of Edward Earl of Oxibrd as part of his manor of Whitchurch in the aforesaid county of Bucks but for what service the jury could not say and that the residue of the manors of Wedon Hill, Chesham and Little Missenden were held by 'Richard Tothill' of Milone Sands ar., as of his manor of Chesham Higham, in the said county, but for what service the jury were ignorant. The said manor of Wedon Hill, premises in Wedon Hill, Chesham, Amersham and Little Missenden were of a total value of 13// 6s. Zd. That the aforesaid manor of Mantells was held of the Queen for great serjeantry that is to say to act as naparius at her coronation and its value was about 5// a year. The lands and premises in Wendover were held of William Hawtry ar, as of his manor of Wendover in free socage, and its clear yearly value was 20 shillings. The farm of Brasiers End was also held for the performance of some service but the jury are unable to say what, its value was 20^. The Manor of Lapflod in co. Devon was held of Richard Champernowne. Its value was 33.^. ^d. The capital

WILLS OF ENGLISH PRINTERS AND STATIONERS.

• messuage of Greenlinch was held of Richard Hales ar, as of his manor of Kenydon in co. Devon but for what service the jury could not say and its clear yearly value was 20s. The houses and cellars in Topsham were held of Anna Countess of Warwick as of her manor of Topsham in free socage and their clear yearly value was five shillings. The messuages in Fleet Street were held of the Queen for a part of a knights fee and were valued at four pounds per annum. The jurors finally say that William Tothill was son and heir of the said 'Richard Tothill' and at the time of his death was aged thirty three years and upwards. [A?"* J'- ^- Eliz. Vol. 240. No. Zc?.]
• (i.) As no will of this eminent printer can be traced, the above Inquisition, which shows the extent and whereabouts of his property, is substituted.

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William Tothill & Elizabeth Mathew

The descendants of William and Elizabeth Tuttle, who came from old to New England in 1635, and settled in New Haven in 1639, with numerous biographical notes and sketches : also, some account of the descendants of John Tuttle, of Ipswich; and Henry Tuthill, of Hingham, Mass. (1883)
http://www.archive.org/stream/descendantsofwil01tutt#page/n53/mode/2up

36 children not from one wife. Elizabeth Mathew of Vorganwg, dau. of Geoffrey Mathew of Glamorganshire, mother of:

1. Geoffrey,
2. John,
3. Robert,
4. Richard, and perhaps several more.
   

• http://www.archive.org/stream/descendantsofwil01tutt#page/n55/mode/2up

Of the 36 children of William Tothill, the names on record of only 12 are known to us, and the order of these not certain:

1. . Joan, m. John Hulse, (2) Richard Hokeley.
2. . Grace.
3. . Geoffrey, m. Joan Dillon.
4. . John.
5. . Alice, m. William Parsons.
6. . Juliana, m. Richard de Burnbary.
7. . Amy, m. ___ Hill.
8. . Elizabeth, m. Thomas Stukeley of Pulam.
9. . Richard, m. Joan Grafton.
10. . Robert.
11. . Daughter, m. Thomas Walker (2) Thomas Cranston. Katharine, m. William Kingsley; (2) Nicholas Drake.

• http://www.archive.org/stream/descendantsofwil01tutt#page/n59/mode/2up