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Floruit: 1558–1559
Floruit 1558 (A) — 1559 (A); Male
Livery Companies
| Company | Source |
|---|---|
| Stationers' Company |
Occupations (1)
| Occupation | Comment |
|---|---|
| Bookseller |
Addresses (1)
| Date | Address | Trade at Addr | Source | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1559, (1559-1566) | Cow Lane | McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910) | - above Holborn Conduit - over against the Plough |
Events (1)
| Date | Event type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1558 | Freed | - by Richard Harvey (LBT/07686), apparently never formally bound |
Sources and References
| Original Sources | Comments |
|---|---|
| St.Co. Archive - Binding and Freedom records - extracted by Prof. J.A. Lavin |
SOURCES & TRANSCRIPTIONS
Transcriptions
S.T.C., (1991), vol.3, p.107
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), p.175
LEWES (WILLIAM), bookseller in London, 1559-66; (1) Over against the Plough in Cow Lane; (2) Dwelling in Cow Lane above Holborn Conduit, over against the sign of the Plough. This stationer was presented for his freedom by Richard Harvey { HARVEY, Richard ‹ LBT 07686 › } in the year ending July l0th, 1559, and in the same year he paid 6d. towards a benevolence for the muster [Arber, i. 97, 105]. In 1566 he entered The monstrous chylde which was borne in Buckenham shyre [Arber, i. 310], and he published other broadsides of a similar character [Hazlitt, H. 66].