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floruit (A) 1600 - 1600 ; Male
Introduction
Thomas Fisher was a bookseller in London and member of the Stationers' Company. He was admitted a freeman of the Stationers' Company on 3 June 1600, having translated from the Drapers' Company, and operated a shop at the White Hart on Fleet Street. Fisher is notable for entering the registration of Shakespeare's A Midsommer nightes Dreame on 8 October 1600, and for co-entering Marston's Antonio & Mellida with Mathew Lownes in 1601.
Livery Companies
| Company |
Source
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| Stationers' Company |
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Occupations (1)
| Occupation |
Comment
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| Bookseller |
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
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Had Apprentice(s): (2)
Addresses (1)
| Date |
Address |
Trade at Addr |
Source |
Comment
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| 1600, (1600) |
Fleet Street |
|
STC. vol.3, (1991) |
- Shop at White Hart
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Events (1)
| Date |
Event type |
Description
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| 03 Jun 1600 |
Translation |
- from the Drapers' Company to the Stationers' Company
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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
S.T.C., (1991), vol.3, p.64
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), p.105
FISHER (THOMAS), draper and bookseller in London, 1600-2; The White Hart, Fleet Street. Translated from the Company of Drapers and admitted a freeman of the Stationers on June 3rd, 1600 [Arher, ii. 725]. On October 8th, 1600, he entered Shakespeare's A Mydsommers nightes Dreame; [Arber, iii. 174], and on October 24th, 1601, with Mathew Lownes, Marston's Antonio & Mellida [Arber, iii. 193]. Nothing more is known of bim. He used the device of a kingfisher.