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Floruit: 1580–1582
floruit (A) 1580 - 1582 ; Male
Introduction
Abraham Cotton was a bookseller in London and member of the Stationers' Company. He was apprenticed to Henry Kyrkham for seven years beginning at Christmas 1568, and took on his own apprentices in the 1580s. Cotton is documented as active in the London book trade between 1582 and 1585, with a book entry recorded in the Stationers' Registers in February 1584/5 for a ballad entitled 'A Warning to Witches'.
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): (2)
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
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McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), p.77
COTTON (ABRAHAM), bookseller in London, 1582-5. Son of John. Cotton of London, barber. Apprentice to Henry Kyrkham { KYRKHAM, Henry ( - 1593) ‹ LBT 08088 › }, stationer of London, for seven years from Christmas, 1568. The only book entry under his name in the Registers is on February 20th, 1584/5, when he entered a ballad entitled A Warning to Witches [Arber, ii. 440]. On November 26th, 1582, there is an entry in the accounts "gyven to Abraham Cotton, xs," but whether it was a payment of account or a benevolence is not clear [Arber, ii. 886].