SELMAN, Mathew ‹ LBT 08136 ›

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Floruit: 1589–1633

floruit (A) 1589 - 1633 ;  Male, married

Family Relationships

LBTNumber	Name	Relationship	Occupation
5606	Placeholder	spouse
6674	Placeholder	spouse

Livery Companies

Company	Source
Stationers' Company

Occupations (2)

Occupation	Comment
Stationer	Chester, L.M. (1887), vol.2
Bookseller	McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)

Was Apprentice to Master(s): (2)

Name	Premium	Paid By	Comments
NEWMAN, Thomas ‹ LBT 08132 ›
ROBERTS, James ‹ LBT 08339 ›

Addresses (3)

Date	Address	Trade at Addr	Source	Comment
1594, (1594-1627)	Fleet Street, next the Inner Temple Gate		McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
1594, (- later)	Fleet Street, near Chancery Lane		McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
1621-01-30	St Dunstan in the West		Chester, L.M. (1887), vol.2	- Parish of

Events (14)

Date	Event type	Description
01 Sep 1587	Bound	to Thomas Newman (LBT/08132)
01 Sep 1589	Turned-over	first -
03 Sep 1594	Freed - Servitude
06 Oct 1595	Appr - Binding	Bartholomew Clothier (LBT/08392)
03 Feb 1601	Appr - Binding	Ephraim Dawson (LBT/08393)
29 Sep 1605	Appr - Binding	Samuel Joslyn (LBT/10784)
07 Mar 1608	Appr - Freedom	Ephraim Dawson (LBT/08393)
09 Mar 1612	Appr - Binding	George Flanfeild (LBT/10782)
24 Jun 1616	Appr - Binding	John Greene (LBT/10783)
30 Jan 1621	Marriage Licence	- to Jane Browne (LBT/05606)
01 Mar 1622	Appr - Binding	Richard Firris <Ferrers> (LBT/10781)
24 Jun 1626	Appr - Binding	Henry Dochen (LBT/10780)
03 Oct 1627	Appr - Turn-over/Out	Henry Dochen (LBT/10780) to Ephraim Dawson (LBT/08393)
01 Jul 1633	Appr - Freedom	Henry Dochen (LBT/10780)

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.151

McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), p.239

SELMAN (MATTHEW), bookseller in London, 1594-1627; (1) In Fleet Street, next the Inner Temple Gate; (2) In Fleet Street, near Chancery Lane. Son of John Selman of Ken, co. Devon, smith. Apprentice to Thomas Newman { NEWMAN, Thomas ‹ LBT 08132 › }, stationer of London, for seven years from September 1st, 1587, and took up his freedom in the Company on September 3rd, 1594 [Arber, ii. 153, 714]. Matthew Selman made his first entry in the Registers on October 13th, 1600 [Arber, iii. 174]. Amongst his publications was George Chapman's translation of Petrarchs Seven Penitentiall Psalms, 1612 [Hazlitt, H. 82]. In 1627 he was appointed by Edward Latymer, founder of the Latymer School, one of the first trustees of that institution [P.C,C, 15, Skynner].