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<span id="flline">''[[How Floruit is Calculated |<span title="Grade of floruit confidence (A to E)">floruit (A)</span>]]'' '' 1602''  - '' 1633 ''; &nbsp;''Male'' </span>
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== Introduction ==
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Christopher Wilson was a bookseller and bookbinder active in London during the early seventeenth century. He was apprenticed to Francis Henson in 1595 and gained his freedom from the Stationers' Company in 1602. Wilson took on six apprentices in bookbinding between 1604 and 1626, and is documented in 1616 binding books for prominent booksellers including Bonham Norton, John Norton, and John Bill.
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Revision as of 21:16, 25 March 2026

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Floruit: 1602–1633

floruit (A) 1602 - 1633 ;  Male

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Company Source
Stationers' Company

Occupations (2)

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

Was Apprentice to Master(s): (1)

Name Premium Paid By Comments
HENSON, Francis ‹ LBT 08169 ›

Had Apprentice(s): (6)

Name Premium Paid By Comments
DUNSTALL, John ‹ LBT 08776 ›
JOHNSON, Thomas ‹ LBT 08777 ›
BINGLEY, Frauncis ‹ LBT 11142 ›
BLACKBORNE, Robert ‹ LBT 11143 ›
PEN, Thomas ‹ LBT 11144 ›
WALKER, Richard ‹ LBT 11145 ›

Events (11)

Date Event type Description
2 Feb 1595 Bound to Francis Henson (LBT/08169)
1 Jul 1602 Freed - Servitude
16 Apr 1604 Appr - Binding Thomas Johnson (LBT/08777)
7 Apr 1605 Appr - Binding John Dunstall (LBT/08776)
6 May 1611 Appr - Binding Frauncis Bingley (LBT/11142)
5 Jun 1611 Appr - Freedom Thomas Johnson (LBT/08777)
4 Dec 1615 Appr - Freedom John Dunstall (LBT/08776)
29 Sep 1616 Appr - Binding Rob Blackborne (LBT/11143)
6 May 1625 Appr - Binding Richard Walker (LBT/11145)
4 Oct 1626 Appr - Binding Thomas Pen<n> (LBT/11144)
7 Oct 1633 Appr - Freedom Thomas Pen<n> (LBT/11144) with Michael Franklyn (LBT/10186)

Sources and References

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

SOURCES & TRANSCRIPTIONS

Transcriptions

McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), p.293

WILSON (CHRISTOPHER), bookseller and bookbinder in London, 1603-16. Son of Ralph Wilson of Barmeby Moor, co. Nottingham, joiner. Apprentice to Francis Henson { HENSON, Francis ‹ LBT 08169 › }, stationer of London, for seven years from February 2nd, 1565, and became a freeman of the Company on July 1st, 1602 [Arber, ii. 200, 733]. He made his only book entry, a (?) translation of the Première Semaine of Du Bartas, on July 2nd, 1603 [Arber, iii. 37]. In 1616 he is mentioned in a suit in Chancery as binding books for the booksellers Bonham Norton { NORTON, Bonham ( - 1635) ‹ LBT 08173 › }, John Norton { NORTON, John ‹ LBT 06839 › } and John Bill { BILL, John ( - 1630) ‹ LBT 08152 › }. [Chan. Proc., Jas. I, B. 35. 10.]