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Floruit: 1612–1613
floruit (A) 1612 - 1613 ; Male
Introduction
Benjamin Lightfoot was a bookseller and member of the Stationers' Company in London. He was apprenticed to William Cotton from 1604 and gained his freedom in the Company on January 20, 1612. Lightfoot conducted his business at the upper end of Gray's Inn Lane in Holborn and was notably the publisher of Thomas Heywood's Silver Age in 1613.
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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Was Apprentice to Master(s): (1)
Had Apprentice(s): (1)
Addresses (1)
| Date |
Address |
Trade at Addr |
Source |
Comment
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| 1612, (1612-1613) |
Gray's Inn Lane, Holborn |
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McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910) |
- upper end
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Events (3)
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.107
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), p.175
LIGHTFOOT (BENJAMIN), bookseller in London, 1612-13; At the upper end of Gray's Inn Lane, in Holborn. Son of Richard Lightfoote of St. Albans, co. Herts. clerk. Apprentice for nine years to William Cotton { COTTON, William ( - 1609) ‹ LBT 07973 › }, stationer of London, from Christmas, 1604. Took up his freedom in the Company on January 20th, 1612 [Arber, ii. 287; iii. 683]. Benjamin Lightfoot entered two books during the year 1613 [Arber, iii. 523, 534], and he was also the publisher of Thomas Heywood's Silver Age, 1613.