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Floruit: 1557–1565
floruit (A) 1557 - 1565 ; Male, married
Introduction
Giles Huke was a stationer and officer of the Stationers' Company in London. An original member of the Stationers' Company at its charter in 1557, Huke took on apprentices in the book trade but subsequently fell into poverty and became a porter to the Company. His professional involvement with the Company is documented through the 1580s.
Family Relationships
| LBTNumber |
Name |
Relationship |
Occupation
|
| 6394 |
Placeholder |
spouse |
|
Livery Companies
| Company |
Source
|
| Stationers' Company |
|
Occupations (2)
| Occupation |
Comment
|
| Stationer |
Duff, E.G. (1905)
|
| Porter - Stationers' Company |
Duff, E.G. (1905)
|
Had Apprentice(s): (1)
Addresses (1)
| Date |
Address |
Trade at Addr |
Source |
Comment
|
| 0000 |
London |
|
Duff, E.G. (1905) |
|
Unable to interpret the "0000" input value as valid date or time component with "There is no year 0 in Gregorian and Julian calendars." being reported.
Events (2)
Sources and References
| Original Sources |
Comments
|
| St.Co. Archive - Binding and Freedom records - extracted by Prof. J.A. Lavin |
|
SOURCES & TRANSCRIPTIONS
Transcriptions
SOURCE & TRANSCRIPTS
DUFF, E.G. (1905), p.78
HUKE or HUCKE (GILES), stationer in London, was an original member of the Stationers' Company in 1557. He is mentioned in the Registers as taking an apprentice in 1565 but he appears to have fallen into poverty and became porter to the Company. The last entry relating to him occurs in 1580-81. "Item paide to Giles Huke the porter towarde the buriall of his wife { HUKE, (Unknown) ‹ LBT 06394 › }, v.s." [Arber, I, 490.]
