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Floruit: 1586–1594
floruit (A) 1586 - 1594 ; Male
Introduction
John Gypkin was a bookbinder and member of the Stationers' Company in London. He was freed by patrimony on 11 April 1586 following the death of his father John Gybkyn, a stationer, though he was not sworn into the company due to being deaf and mute. Gypkin took on four apprentices in the binding trade between 1586 and 1594, establishing himself as an active practitioner in the London book trade during the late sixteenth century.
Family Relationships
Livery Companies
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Source
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| Stationers' Company |
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Had Apprentice(s): (4)
Events (5)
Sources and References
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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
- said to be dead at the time of the child's bindi
Cf. DUFF, E.G. (1905), p.62
GYBKYN (JOHN), stationer in London { SMITH, Frederick ‹ LBT 27268 › - this mans father}, ... we learn from the following curious entry April IIth, 1586 [Arber, Il, 696], "John Gypkin sonne of John Gypkyn Cytizen and Stationer of London Deceased, Admytted a freman [per patronagium] the Day and yere abouesaid but not swome 'quia surdus et mutus est.'"