The pamphlets were printed at a secret press established by John Penry, a Welsh puritan, with the help of the printer Robert Waldegrave, about midsummer 1588, for the issue of puritan literature forbidden by the authorities.
Penry however was not found, and in September issued from Wolston or Haseley The Protestation of Martin Marprelate, the last work of the series, though several of the anti-Martinist pamphlets appeared after this date.
John Penry then fled to Scotland, but was later apprehended in London, charged with inciting rebellion, and hanged (May 1593).
See also articles on John Penry and Job Throckmorton in Dict.
On it were printed Penry's Exhortation to the governours and people of Wales, and View of.