WYTHES, Andrew ‹ LBT 08479 ›

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Floruit: 1581–1605

  floruit 1581 (A)—1605 (A);  Male

Livery Companies

Company	Source
Stationers' Company

Occupations (1)

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

Was Apprentice to Master(s): (2)

Name	Premium	Paid By	Comments
SMYTHE, Henry ‹ LBT 08473 ›
BRADESHAW, Thomas ( - 1610) ‹ LBT 08598 ›

Had Apprentice(s): (3)

Name	Premium	Paid By	Date	Event	Comments
FAULKNER, Francis ( - 1650) ‹ LBT 08789 › (fl. 1605-1650)				Bound
ROCKET, Henry ( - 1611) ‹ LBT 08790 › (fl. 1594-1611)				Bound
WYSE, Henry ‹ LBT 08791 › (fl. 1602-1602)				Bound

Addresses (1)

Date	Address	Trade at Addr	Source	Comment
1589, (1589-1603)	St Paul's Churchyard, The Angel		McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)

Events (7)

Date	Event type	Description
25 Mar 1580	Bound	to Henry Smith (LBT/08473)
25 Mar 1581	Turned-over	first - to Thomas Bradshaw of Cambridge
26 Jun 1589	Freed - Servitude
25 Dec 1593	Appr - Binding	Henry Rocket (LBT/08790) - subsequently rebound to Cuthbert Burby (LBT/08823)
24 Jun 1596	Appr - Binding	Henry Wyse (LBT/08791)
24 Jun 1598	Appr - Binding	Francis Falkener <Fawlkenor> (LBT/08789)
7 Oct 1605	Appr - Freedom	Francis Fawlkenor <Falkener> (LBT/08789)

Sources and References

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

SOURCES & TRANSCRIPTIONS

Transcriptions

/ WITHES / WYTHES, S.T.C., (1991), vol.3, p.185

McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), p.296

WISE or WYTHES (ANDREW), bookseller in London, 1589-1603; The Angel in St. Paul's Churchyard. This stationer whose name is frequently written in the Registers as Wythes or Withes, was the son of Henry Wythes of Ollerton Mallyveres, co. York, yeoman, and was apprentice to Henry Smith { SMYTHE, Henry ‹ LBT 08473 › }, stationer of London, for eight years from March 25th, 1580, but on April 10th, 1581 was transferred to Thomas Bradshaw {of Cambridge}, by whom he was made free on May 26th, 1589 [Arber, ii. 96, 104, 705). He appears to have taken over the business of John Perrin { PERRYN, John ( - 1593) ‹ LBT 07163 › } and in 1593 published Thomas Nashe's Christ's tears over Jerusalem, which having originally been entered to Alice Charlewood { CHARLEWOOD, Alice (mar. ROBERTS) ‹ LBT 03094 › } was printed for Wise by James Roberts { ROBERTS, James ( - 1618) ‹ LBT 08339 › }. Andrew Wise is chiefly remembered as a publisher of Shakespeare's works. On August 29th, 1597, he entered The tragedye of Richard the Second [Arber, iii. 89], and on October 20th of the same year, The tragedie of kinge Richard the Third with the death of the Duke pf Clarence [Arber, iii. 93]. On February 25th, 1598, Wise entered The history of Henry the IVth, and on August 23rd, 1600, Henry IV, Part ii, and the play Much ado about Nothing [Arber, iii. 105, 170]. Andrew Wise transferred his copyrights to Mathew Law { LAW, Mathew ( - 1629) ‹ LBT 07969 › } on June 25th, 1603, and is not heard of again [Arber, iii. 239].