HOOPER, Humphrey ‹ LBT 08584 ›

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Floruit: 1577–1613

floruit (A) 1577 - 1613 ;  Male, married

Life Events

Event Date Source
Burial St Dunstan in the West

Will

Will (Ref., Piece, Image) Will Dates Intestate Probate Dates Administration Dates Comments
PROB 11/124; Lawe Quire Numbers: 67-127; Img.Ref. 176/153; 9 Jul 1614 - Humphrey Hooper of Saint Dunstan in the West, City of London - CHECK

Family Relationships

LBTNumber Name Relationship Occupation
3103 Placeholder spouse

Livery Companies

Company Source
Stationers' Company

Stationers' Company Titles (1)

Title From To Notes
Assistant 1602-01-13 1613-10-02 Chosen; First attendance; Last attendance

Was Apprentice to Master(s): (1)

Name Premium Paid By Comments
TOTTELL, Richard ‹ LBT 08571 ›

Had Apprentice(s): (9)

Name Premium Paid By Comments
HAYDON, James ‹ LBT 07716 ›
ALKYN, Pate ‹ LBT 07777 ›
BLADON, Richard ‹ LBT 07778 ›
JAMES, John ‹ LBT 07779 ›
WATSON, Clement ‹ LBT 07780 ›
WENLOCK, John ‹ LBT 07781 ›
WOMBELL, Thomas ‹ LBT 07782 ›
BAKER, Samuel ‹ LBT 10192 ›
LONGE, Frauncis ‹ LBT 10193 ›

Events (20)

Date Event type Description
01 Nov 1561 Bound to Richard Tottell (LBT/08571)
08 Mar 1577 Appr - Freedom James Hooke (LBT/08556) with John Tisdale (LBT/08553) - no record of binding or turn-over
25 Mar 1590 Appr - Binding Clement Watson (LBT/07780)
01 Jul 1592 Cloathed No record of Freedom
29 Oct 1597 Appr - Freedom John Harbert (LBT/07189) - originally bound to Paul Connington (LBT/08401)
29 Sep 1598 Appr - Binding John James (LBT/07779)
06 Oct 1600 Appr - Binding Thomas Wombell (LBT/07782)
19 Jan 1601 Appr - Turn-over/In James Haydon (LBT/07716) from John Harbert (LBT/07189)
13 Jan 1602 Court Chosen Assistant
06 Sep 1602 Court Attended - first
23 Apr 1604 Under Warden fined -
25 Jul 1604 Appr - Binding Richard Bladon <Bladey> (LBT/07778) - to serve with John Symons (LBT/30232) bookbinder - not to count among Hooper's apprentices
26 Mar 1605 Appr - Binding John Wenlock (LBT/07781)
24 Jun 1605 Appr - Binding Pate Alkyn (LBT/07777)
24 Jun 1607 Appr - Binding Samuel Baker (LBT/10192)
03 Aug 1607 Appr - Turn-over/Out Richard Blady <Bladon> (LBT/07778) to John Browne (LBT/08125)
28 Nov 1608 Appr - Freedom James Haydon (LBT/07716) - originally bound to John Harbert (LBT/07189)
30 Jan 1609 Appr - Binding Frauncis Longe (LBT/10193) - cancelled '26 Janr 1609 by consent of his mr and his father'
02 Oct 1613 Court Attended - last
16 Jun 1614 Buried St Dunstan in the West

Sources and References

Original Sources Comments
St.Co. Archive - Binding and Freedom records - extracted by Prof. J.A. Lavin

SOURCES & TRANSCRIPTIONS

Transcriptions

- at St Dunstan in the West

Anne form. COOKE

S.T.C., (1991), vol.3, p.85

McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), p.143

HOOPER (HUMPHREY), bookseller in London, 1596-1613; The Black Bear in Chancery Lane. Apprentice to Richard Tottell { TOTTELL, Richard ‹ LBT 08571 › } for ten years from November 1st, 1561 [Arber, i. 172]. Admitted into the Livery of the Company in 1591-2 [Arber, i. 553]. He took his first apprentice on April 27th, 1590. He became Warden of the Company in 1604 [Arber, ii. 875]. His first book entry was on March 1st, 1596 [Arber, iii. 60], and his last on May 20th, 1613 [Arber, iii. 523]. Believed to have married Anne { COOKE, Anne (mar. HOOPER) ‹ LBT 03103 › } the widow of William Cooke { COOKE, William ( - 1598) ‹ LBT 07225 › }, stationer, whose will was proved in 1621 [P.CC, 101, Dale]. Humphrey Hooper was the publisher of the first edition of Francis Bacon's Essays in 1597.