WELBY, William ‹ LBT 06870 ›

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Floruit: 1604–1617

  floruit 1604 (A)—1617 (A);  Male

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Company Source
Stationers' Company

Occupations (1)

Occupation Comment
Bookseller McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)

Had Apprentice(s): (8)

Name Premium Paid By Date Event Comments
JACKSON, William ‹ LBT 08731 › (fl. 1611-1611) Bound
BREWSTER, Edward ( - 1647) ‹ LBT 08939 › (fl. 1612-1647) Turned-over
MILBORNE, Robert ( - 1643) ‹ LBT 09316 › (fl. 1617-1643) before 28 Jan 1617 Turned-over Welby was fined on this day for not turnng over Milborne according to Order [Jackson 459]
RICKLYS, Hatfeild ‹ LBT 09593 › (fl. 1620-1620) Turned-over
CHAPLEN, William ‹ LBT 11095 › (fl. 1619-1619) Bound
HUNT, Thomas ‹ LBT 11096 › (fl. 1614-1614) Bound
LAMBERT, William ( - 1645) ‹ LBT 11097 › (fl. 1617-1645) Bound
MAN, Samuel (1587 - 1674) ‹ LBT 11098 › (fl. 1612-1674) Bound

Addresses (2)

Date Address Trade at Addr Source Comment
1605, (1605-8) St Paul's Churchyard, The Greyhound McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
1612, (1612-14) St Paul's churchyard, The Swan McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)

Events (11)

Date Event type Description
26 Mar 1604 Freed - no record of binding - Query connection with Richard Bankworth (LBT/06865)
24 Jun 1604 Appr - Binding William Jackson (LBT/08731)
25 Jul 1605 Appr - Binding Samuel Man (LBT/11098)
25 Mar 1607 Appr - Binding Thomas Hunt (LBT/11096)
27 Apr 1612 Appr - Turn-over/In Edward Brewster (LBT/08939) from Elizabeth Burby (LBT/03306)
28 Oct 1612 Appr - Binding William Chaplen (LBT/11095)
25 Dec 1614 Appr - Binding William Lambert (LBT/11097)
28 Apr 1615 Appr - Freedom Edward Brewster (LBT/08939) - originally bound to Elizabeth Burby (LBT/03306)
8 May 1616 Appr - Turn-over/In Hatfeild Beckles <Ricklys> (LBT/09593) from Francis Burton (LBT/06760)
28 Jan 1617 Fined - for not turning over a Robert Milborne according to order - probably (LBT/09316) originally bound to Michael Baker [LBT/]
6 Oct 1617 Appr - Turn-over/Out William Lambert (LBT/11097) to Edmond Weaver (LBT/08721)

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.180

McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), p.286

WELBY (WILLIAM), bookseller in London, 1604-18; (1) The Greyhound, St. Paul's Churchyard, 1605-9; (2) The Swan, St. Paul's Churchyard, 1612-14. William Welby was admitted a freeman of the Company of Stationers on March 26th, 1604; took his first apprentice on June 25th following, and made his first book entry in the Registers on October 11th in the same year [Arber, ii. 280, 736; iii. 272]. On October 16th, 1609, the widow of Cuthbert Burby {- Elizabeth BURBY, Elizabeth (mar. TURNER) ‹ LBT 03306 › } assigned over to him her rights in thirty-eight copies which included Ben Jonson's Every man in his humlour, and several other works of a lighter character [Arber, iii. 421].

Welby dealt largely in theological literature and also published many books relating to the English Colonies in the Bermudas; Guiana and Virginia. On March 2nd, 1617/8, he assigned over all his copyrights to Thomas Snodham { SNODHAM, Thomas ( - 1625) ‹ LBT 07409 › } [Arber, iii. 621, 622].