STANDISH, John ‹ LBT 07234 ›

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Floruit: 1587–1611

floruit (A) 1587 - 1611 ;  Male, married

Introduction

John Standish was an English bookseller and stationer active in London during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Apprenticed to William Cooke in 1576, he gained his freedom in 1587 and was admitted to the Livery of the Stationers' Company in 1598. Standish published notable works including Sir John Davies' Nosce Teipsum (1599) and the Hymns of Astrea, and served as Under Warden of the Stationers' Company in 1607 and 1609. He was buried at St Dunstan in the West in February 1613.

Life Events

Event	Date	Source
Death	- <Burial>
Burial	St Dunstan in the West

Will

Will (Ref., Piece, Image)	Will Dates	Intestate	Probate Dates	Administration Dates	Comments
PROB 11/121, Capell: 1-65, 254/226					PRO - John Standishe or Standish, Stationer of London. ---

Family Relationships

LBTNumber	Name	Relationship	Occupation
30755	STANDISH, (Unknown) ‹ LBT 30755 ›	spouse
33070	STANDISH, Henry ‹ LBT 33070 ›	parent	Yeoman

Livery Companies

Company	Source
Stationers' Company

Stationers' Company Titles (1)

Title	From	To	Notes
Assistant	1607-08-03	1609-07-24	Chosen; First attendance; Last attendance

Occupations (2)

Occupation	Comment
Bookseller	McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
Stationer	Will

Was Apprentice to Master(s): (1)

Name	Premium	Paid By	Comments
COOKE, William ( - 1598) ‹ LBT 07225 ›

Addresses (1)

Date	Address	Trade at Addr	Source	Comment
1613-03-08	London		Will	- late of

Events (17)

Date	Event type	Description
25 Dec 1576	Bound	to William Cooke (LBT/07225)
16 Jan 1587	Freed - Servitude
01 May 1588	Appr - Binding	Maurice Powell (LBT/08495)
25 Mar 1597	Appr - Binding	Edmond Yate (LBT/08496)
01 Jul 1598	Cloathed
29 Sep 1599	Appr - Binding	Robert Meade (LBT/10449)
26 Mar 1604	Renter Warden	fined -
29 Sep 1605	Appr - Binding	William Bacon (LBT/10882)
07 Oct 1605	Appr - Freedom	Edmon Yate (LBT/10451)
03 Aug 1607	Court	Chosen as an Assistant - no record found - Attended - first
03 Aug 1607	Court	Chosen as an Assistant - no record found - Attended - first
03 Oct 1608	Appr - Freedom	Robert Meade (LBT/10449)
24 Jul 1609	Court	Attended - last
24 Jun 1611	Appr - Binding	William Bett (LBT/10883)
13 Fep 1613	Court	Died before this date
25 Feb 1613	Buried	St Dunstan in the West
04 Apr 1614	Appr - Turn-over/Out	William Bett (LBT/10883) to Robert Meade (LBT/08494)

Attendance prior to 5 Apr 1685 remains to be listed.

Further Notes

Assistantship - Standish seems to have been one of the last four men --- to have become a member of the Court in the old manner, by vitue of being chosen Under Warden at the Court elections of late Jun or early Jul 1607 (see G & B, xxiii). ---

Sources and References

Original Sources	Comments
St.Co. Archive - Binding and Freedom records - extracted by Prof. J.A. Lavin

SOURCES & TRANSCRIPTIONS

Transcriptions

at St Dunstan in the West

S.T.C., (1991), vol.3, p.160

McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), p.256

STANDISH (JOHN), bookseller in London, 1599-1608. Son of Henry Standish of Kingscliffe, Northampton, yeoman. Apprentice to William Cooke { COOKE, William ( - 1598) ‹ LBT 07225 › }, citizen and stationer of London, for ten years from December 25th, 1576: took up his freedom January 16th, 1586/7 [Arber, ii. 75., 699]. On March 26th, 1604, he paid £10 in lieu of serving as Renter of the Company [Arber, ii. 837]. Standish was admitted into the Livery on July 1st, 1598 [Arber, ii. 873]. His first book entry occurs on April 14th, 1599, being Sir John Davies' Nosce Teipsum, and in the same year he published the Hymns of Astrea by the same writer. He served the office of Under Warden in 1607 and 1609. Standish died before January 20th, 1617. when his copyrights were transferred by his widow { STANSBY, Elizabeth ‹ LBT 03299 › } to Richard Hawkins { HAWKINS, Richard ( - 1635) ‹ LBT 08091 › } [Arber, iii. 601]. His address has not been found.