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Floruit: 1579–1588
floruit (A) 1579 - 1588 ; Male, married
Introduction
Humfrey Bate was a bookseller and stationer active in London during the 1580s. He was made free of the Stationers' Company in October 1579, having previously been a member of the Clothworkers' Company. Bate was based at locations including St Michael ad Bladum (1580) and Paternoster Row at the Black Horse (1587), and took on multiple apprentices in the binding trade between 1580 and 1588.
Family Relationships
Livery Companies
| Company |
Source
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| Clothworkers' Company |
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
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| Stationers' Company |
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
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Occupations (2)
| Occupation |
Comment
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| Bookseller |
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
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| Stationer |
Chester, L.M. (1887) vol.1
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Had Apprentice(s): (3)
Addresses (2)
Events (5)
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.15
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), p.27
BATE (HUMPHREY), bookseller in London, 1586-9. Is believed to be identical with the Humphrey Bate who was made free of the Company of Stationers by Master Harrison the Warden, on October 8th, 1579 [Arber, ii. 681]. He was previously a member of the Clothworkers' Company [Arber, ii. 96]. His first book entry occurs on November l0th, 1586 [Arber, ii. 459], his last on September 8th, 1587; but he is found taking apprentices till May 10th, 1589 [Arber, ii. 157].
