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Floruit: 1602–1633
floruit (A) 1602 - 1633 ; Male
Introduction
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.
Livery Companies
| Company |
Source
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| Stationers' Company |
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Occupations (2)
| Occupation |
Comment
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| Bookseller |
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
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| Bookbinder |
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
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Was Apprentice to Master(s): (1)
Had Apprentice(s): (6)
Events (11)
Sources and References
| Original Sources |
Comments
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| St.Co. Archive - Binding and Freedom records - extracted by Prof. J.A. Lavin |
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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.]
