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Floruit: 1605
floruit (B) 1605 - 1605 ; Male
Introduction
John Browne was a bookbinder and bookseller active in London during the early seventeenth century, primarily located in Little Britain and near St Bartholomew's Gate. He was bound as an apprentice to William Holton in 1597 and admitted freeman of the Stationers' Company on 2 July 1605. Browne made his first book entry in 1612 and was involved in publishing, including possibly John Minsheu's Dictionaries in 1617, and was known to distribute various publications including popish books through the 1620s.
Livery Companies
| Company |
Source
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| Stationers' Company |
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Occupations (2)
| Occupation |
Comment
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| Bookbinder |
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
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| Bookseller |
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
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Was Apprentice to Master(s): (1)
Addresses (4)
| Date |
Address |
Trade at Addr |
Source |
Comment
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| 1615 |
Little Britain |
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McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910); STC. vol.3, (1991) |
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| 1615 |
St Bartholomew's Gate, over against |
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STC. vol.3, (1991) |
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| 1617 |
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STC. vol.3, (1991) |
- shop
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| 1620 |
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STC. vol.3, (1991) |
- shop nr Duck Ln end
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Events (2)
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.30
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), p.52
BROWNE (JOHN), junior, bookseller and (?) bookbinder in London, 1612-28; Little Britain. Admitted freeman of the Company of Stationers on July 2nd, 1605 [Arber, ii. 739]. His first book entry, a pamphlet concerning the burning of some witches abroad, was made on September 26th, 1612. He perhaps published John Minsheu's Dictionaries in 1617 [see John Browne, senior { BROWN(E), John ( - 1622) ‹ LBT 08125 › }]. He was no doubt identical with the John Browne mentioned in John Gee's Foot Out of the Snare, 1624, as a disperser of popish books, and also with the bookseller of that name who is mentioned in 1628 in a list of those who were ordered to submit catalogues of their books to the Archbishop of Canterbury [Dom. S. Papers, Chas. I, Vol.117 (9)].