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Authors of the 
1562 English and 1564 Scottish Psalters

Information from:
 Rev. J. W. MacMeeken; "The Scottish Metrical Psalms"; 
 Lesmahagow; Glasgow: McCulloch & Co., Printers, 1872
"Printed for Subscribers only"

Cr. - John Craig
Ke. - William Kethe
Hop. - John Hopkins
Mar. - John Markant
Nor. - Thomas Norton
  
Po.- Robert Pont
St. - Thomas Sternhold
Pul.- John Pullain
Wh. - William Whittingham
Wis. - Robert Wisdom
 

1549
44 Psalms

1556
51 Psalms

1560
65 Psalms

1561
87 Psalms

1562
Daye's

1564
Scottish

1

St.

St.

 St. St. St. St.

2

 St. St. St. St. St. St.

3

 St. St. St. St. St. St.

4

 St. St. St. St. St. St.

5

 St. St. St. St. St. St.

6

 St. St. St. St. St. St.

7

 St. St. St. St. St. St.

8

 St. St. St. St. St. St.

9

 St. St. St. St. St. St.

10

 St. St. St. St. St. St.

11

 St. St. St. St. St. St.

12

 St. St. St. St. St. St.

13

 St. St. St. St. St. St.

14

 St. St. St. St. St. St.

15

 St. St. St. St. St. St.

16

 St. St. St. St. St. St.

17

 St. St. St. St. St. St.

18

         St. St.

19

 St. St. St. St. St. St.

20

 St. St. St. St. St. St.

21

 St. St. St. St. St. St.

22

         St. St.

23

   Wh. Wh. Wh. St. Wh.

24

         Hop. Cr.

25

 St. St. St. St. St. St.

26

         Hop. Hop.

27

       Ke. Hop. Ke.

28

 St. St. St. St. St. St.

29

 St. St. St. St. St. St.

30

 Hop. Hop. Hop. Hop. Hop. Hop.

31

         Hop. Hop.

32

 St. St. St. St. St. St.

33

 Hop. Hop. Hop. Hop. Hop. Hop.

34

 St. St. St. St. St. St.

35

         Hop. Hop.

36

       Ke. Hop. Ke.

37

     Wh. Wh. Wh. Wh.

38

         Hop. Hop.

39

         Hop. Hop.

40

         Hop. Hop.

41

St.

St.

St.

St.

 St. St.

42

 Hop. Hop. Hop. Hop. Hop. Hop.

43

St.

St.

St.

St.

 St. St.

44

St.

St.

St.

St.

 St. St.

45

         Hop. Hop.

46

         Hop. Hop.

47

      

Ke.

 Hop. Ke.

48

         Hop. Hop.

49

St.

St.

St.

St.

 St. St.

50

    

Wh.

Wh.

 Hop. Wh.

51

  

Wh.

Wh.

Wh.

Wh. Nor

 Wh.

52

Hop.

Hop.

Hop.

Hop.

 Hop. Hop.

53

         Nor. Nor.

54

      

Ke.

 Hop. Ke.

55

         Hop. Hop.

56

         Hop. Cr.

57

         Hop. Po.

58

      

Ke.

 Hop. Ke.

59

         Hop. Po.

60

         Hop. Hop.

61

         Hop. Hop.

62

      

Ke.

 Hop. Ke.

63

St.

St.

St.

St.

 St. St.

64

         Hop. Hop.

65

         Hop. Hop.

66

         Hop. Hop.

67

    

Wisdom Wh.

Wh.

 Hop. Wh.

68

St.

St.

St.

St.

 St. St.

69

         Hop. Hop.

70

      

Ke.

 Hop. Ke.

71

    

Wh.

Wh.

 Hop. Wh.

72

         Hop. Hop.

73

 St. St. St. St. St. St.

74

         Hop. Hop.

75

         Nor. Cr.

76

         Hop. Po.

77

         Hop. Hop.

78

 St. St. St. St. St. St.

79

 Hop. Hop. Hop. Hop. Hop. Hop.

80

         Hop. Po.

81

         Hop. Po.

82

 Hop. Hop. Hop. Hop. Hop. Hop.

83

         Hop. Po.

84

         Hop. Hop.

85

       Ke. Hop. Ke.

86

         Hop. Hop.

87

         Hop. Hop.

88

       Ke. Hop. Ke.

89

         Hop. Hop.

90

       Ke. Hop. Ke.

91

       Ke. Hop. Ke.

92

         Hop. Hop.

93

         Hop. Hop.

94

       Ke. Hop. Ke.

95

     anon   Hop. Hop.

96

         Hop. Hop.

97

         Hop. Hop.

98

         Hop. Hop.

99

         Hop. Hop.

100

       Ke. *** Ke.

101

       Ke. Nor. Ke.

102

         Nor. Cr.

103

 St. St. St. St. St. St.

104

       Ke. Ke. Ke.

105

         Nor. Cr.

106

         Nor. Nor.

107

       Ke. Ke. Ke.

108

         Nor. Cr.

109

         Nor. Nor.

110

         Nor. Cr.

111

       Ke. Ke. Ke.

112

       Ke. Ke. Ke.

113

       Ke. Ke. Ke.

114

   Wh. Wh. Wh. Wh. Wh.

115

   Wh. Wh. Wh. Nor. Wh.

116

         Nor. Nor.

117

         Nor. Cr.

118

         Mar. Cr.

119

     Wh. Wh. Wh. Wh.

120

 St. St. St. St. St. St.

121

     Wh. Wh. Wh. Wh.

122

       Ke. Ke. Ke.

123

 St. St. St. St. St. St.

124

     Wh. Wh. Wh. Wh.

125

     Wis. Ke. Ke. Ke.

126

       Ke. Ke. Ke.

127

     Wh. Wh. Wh. Wh.

128

 St. St. St. St. St. St.

129

     Wh. Wh. Nor. Wh.

130

   Wh. Wh. Wh. Wh. Wh.

131

         Markant Mar.

132

         Mar. Cr.

133

   Wh. Wh. Wh. Wh. Wh.

134

       Ke. Ke. Ke.

135

         Mar. Mar.

136

         Nor. Cr.

137

   Wh. Wh. Wh. Wh. Wh.

138

       Ke. Nor. Ke.

139

         Nor. Nor.

140

         Nor. Cr.

141

         Nor. Cr.

142

      

Ke.

 Nor. Ke.

143

         Nor. Cr.

144

         Nor. Nor.

145

         Nor. Cr.

146

 Hop. Hop. Hop. Hop. Hop. Hop.

147

         Nor. Nor.

148

     Pul. Pul. Pul. Pul.

149

     Pul. Pul. Nor. Pul.

150

         Nor. Nor.

 
The Psalters
1549 Original Thomas Sternhold versifications, with introduction and 7 Psalms by Hopkins.
1556 First Geneva edition. Seven new Psalms by Whittingham.
1560 Second Geneva edition. Additional Psalms by Whittingham, Pulain and Wisdom
1561 Final Geneva edition. First Psalms by Kethe.A version was also being published in England by this date.
1562 Complete English Psalter, published by Daye in London. This is the one we now know as Sternhold and Hopkins or "The Old Version. Published in hundreds of editions for almost 300 years.
1564 Complete Scottish Psalter. Last edition published in 1635. Replaced by the 1650 Scottish Psalter.
*** attribution of Psalm 100 in the 1562 English Psalter .
 

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