WILSON, Robert ‹ LBT 06971 ›

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Floruit: 1609–1642

floruit (A) 1609 - 1642 ;  Male, married

Family Relationships

LBTNumber	Name	Relationship	Occupation
3079	Placeholder	spouse

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
BOLTON, Robert ‹ LBT 07291 ›
SMITH, John ‹ LBT 06768 ›

Had Apprentice(s): (3)

Name	Premium	Paid By	Comments
MORE, Edward ‹ LBT 09014 ›
LANE, Phillip ‹ LBT 11148 ›
WALBANCK, Mathew ( - 1661) ‹ LBT 11149 ›

Addresses (3)

Date	Address	Trade at Addr	Source	Comment
1610, (1610-39)	Holborn		McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
1610, (1610-39)	Gray's Inn Gate		McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
1610, (1610-39)	Fleet Street, or Chancery Lane		McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)

Events (8)

Date	Event type	Description
24 Jun 1600	Bound	to John Smith (LBT/06768) - apparently bound retrospectively - after the following event - entered 1 Sep 1600
11 Aug 1600	Employed	by Robert Bolton (LBT/07291) - ordered to be put away as a supernumerary
02 May 1609	Freed - Servitude
01 Mar 1610	Appr - Binding	Matthewe Walbanke (LBT/11149)
04 Dec 1615	Appr - Re-binding	Edward Moore (LBT/09014) originally bound to Thomas Harper (LBT/06993) and later to John Bill (LBT/08152)
15 May 1619	Appr - Cancelled	Edward Moore (LBT/09014) - discharged
04 Aug 1634	Appr - Binding	Phillip Lane (LBT/11148)
07 Nov 1642	Appr - Freedom	Phillip Lane (LBT/11148)

Sources and References

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

SOURCES & TRANSCRIPTIONS

Transcriptions

S.T.C., (1991), vol.3, p.1184

McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), p.294

WILSON (ROBERT), bookseller in London, 1610-? 1639; (1) Holborn ; (2) Gray's Inn Gate; (3) Fleet Street or Chancery Lane. Son of Robert Wilson of Egginton, co. Derby, yeoman. Apprentice to John Smith { SMITH, John ‹ LBT 06768 › }, stationer of London, for nine years from June 24th, 1600, and took up his freedom in the Company on May 2nd, 1609 [Arber, ii. 248; iii. 683]. Robert Wilson made his first book entry in the Registers on November 9th, 1610, and ten days later John Bache { BACHE, John ‹ LBT 10597 › } assigned to him five copies [Arber, iii. 448, 449]. He published a few plays including L. Barrey's Ram Alley and Beaumont and Fletcher's Scornful Ladie, 1639. In 1628 his name is mentioned in a list of second-hand booksellers who were ordered to submit catalogues of their books to the Archbishop of Canterbury [Dom. State Papers, Chas. I, vol. 117 (9)]. His widow Anne { KIRLES, Lucy (mar. BEARDWELL) ( - 1726) ‹ LBT 03709 › } appears to have carried on the business for a short time after his death [Arber, iv. 512].

MLT Note: Mentioned in a list of second hand booksellers who, in 1628, were ordered to submit catalogues of their books to the Archbishop of Canterbury [Dom.S.Papers, Chas. 1, vol.117. (9) quoted by McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)]