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BOWEN (JOHN), bookseller in London, 1586-90; (?) St. John's Street, Clerkenwell. Son of William Bowen, of Hereford, capper. Apprentice to Thomas Dawson { [[DAWSON, Thomas ( - 1620) ‹ LBT 07918 ›]] } for seven years from September 29th, 1578: took up his freedom on January 31st, 1585/6 [Arber, ii. 87, 696]. On October 17th, 1588, he entered in the Registers a ''Catechism'' by Patrick Galloway, used in the families of Scottish noblemen then resident in Newcastle [Arber, ii. 503). Herbert (p. 1168) in his notice of Edward Aggas { [[AGGAS, Edward (1549 - 1625) ‹ LBT 08597 ›]] } mentions this work as printed for him and John Bowen { }, and it was presumably on the strength of this entry that Mr. Arber placed it in his ''Bibliographical Summary'' (vol. v, p. 148). Watt had apparently seen a copy of this catechism. In 1590 Bowen was associated with John Morris { [[MORRIS, John ‹ LBT 08703 ›]] } and issued the Rev. Edward Harris's ''Sermon preached at Hitchen'' in 1587. Their joint address was then St. John's Street, Clerkenwell. Both men disappear after this date.
BOWEN (JOHN), bookseller in London, 1586-90; (?) St. John's Street, Clerkenwell. Son of William Bowen, of Hereford, capper. Apprentice to Thomas Dawson { [[DAWSON, Thomas ( - 1620) ‹ LBT 07918 ›]] } for seven years from September 29th, 1578: took up his freedom on January 31st, 1585/6 [Arber, ii. 87, 696]. On October 17th, 1588, he entered in the Registers a ''Catechism'' by Patrick Galloway, used in the families of Scottish noblemen then resident in Newcastle [Arber, ii. 503). Herbert (p. 1168) in his notice of Edward Aggas { [[AGGAS, Edward (1549 - 1625) ‹ LBT 08597 ›]] } mentions this work as printed for him and John Bowen { }, and it was presumably on the strength of this entry that Mr. Arber placed it in his ''Bibliographical Summary'' (vol. v, p. 148). Watt had apparently seen a copy of this catechism. In 1590 Bowen was associated with John Morris { [[MORRIS, John ‹ LBT 08703 ›]] } and issued the Rev. Edward Harris's ''Sermon preached at Hitchen'' in 1587. Their joint address was then St. John's Street, Clerkenwell. Both men disappear after this date.
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Floruit: 1586–1590

  floruit 1586 (A)—1590 (A);  Male

Livery Companies

Company Source
Stationers' Company

Occupations (2)

Occupation Comment
Printer - journeyman
Bookseller McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)

Was Apprentice to Master(s): (1)

Name Premium Paid By Comments
DAWSON, Thomas ( - 1620) ‹ LBT 07918 ›

Addresses (1)

Date Address Trade at Addr Source Comment
1590, (1590) St John's Street McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910); STC. vol.3, (1991) - dw, w/J. Morris

Events (2)

Date Event type Description
29 Sep 1578 Bound to Thomas Dawson (LBT/07918)
31 Jan 1586 Freed - Servitude

Sources and References

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

SOURCES & TRANSCRIPTIONS

Transcriptions

- said to be dead at the time of the child's bindi S.T.C., (1991), vol.3, p.27

McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), p.45

BOWEN (JOHN), bookseller in London, 1586-90; (?) St. John's Street, Clerkenwell. Son of William Bowen, of Hereford, capper. Apprentice to Thomas Dawson { DAWSON, Thomas ( - 1620) ‹ LBT 07918 › } for seven years from September 29th, 1578: took up his freedom on January 31st, 1585/6 [Arber, ii. 87, 696]. On October 17th, 1588, he entered in the Registers a Catechism by Patrick Galloway, used in the families of Scottish noblemen then resident in Newcastle [Arber, ii. 503). Herbert (p. 1168) in his notice of Edward Aggas { AGGAS, Edward (1549 - 1625) ‹ LBT 08597 › } mentions this work as printed for him and John Bowen { }, and it was presumably on the strength of this entry that Mr. Arber placed it in his Bibliographical Summary (vol. v, p. 148). Watt had apparently seen a copy of this catechism. In 1590 Bowen was associated with John Morris { MORRIS, John ‹ LBT 08703 › } and issued the Rev. Edward Harris's Sermon preached at Hitchen in 1587. Their joint address was then St. John's Street, Clerkenwell. Both men disappear after this date.