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Floruit: 1581–1605
floruit 1581 (A)—1605 (A); Male
Livery Companies
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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): (2)
Had Apprentice(s): (3)
Addresses (1)
Events (7)
Sources and References
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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
/ WITHES / WYTHES,
S.T.C., (1991), vol.3, p.185
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), p.296
WISE or WYTHES (ANDREW), bookseller in London, 1589-1603; The Angel in St. Paul's Churchyard. This stationer whose name is frequently written in the Registers as Wythes or Withes, was the son of Henry Wythes of Ollerton Mallyveres, co. York, yeoman, and was apprentice to Henry Smith { SMYTHE, Henry ‹ LBT 08473 › }, stationer of London, for eight years from March 25th, 1580, but on April 10th, 1581 was transferred to Thomas Bradshaw {of Cambridge}, by whom he was made free on May 26th, 1589 [Arber, ii. 96, 104, 705). He appears to have taken over the business of John Perrin { PERRYN, John ( - 1593) ‹ LBT 07163 › } and in 1593 published Thomas Nashe's Christ's tears over Jerusalem, which having originally been entered to Alice Charlewood { CHARLEWOOD, Alice (mar. ROBERTS) ‹ LBT 03094 › } was printed for Wise by James Roberts { ROBERTS, James ( - 1618) ‹ LBT 08339 › }. Andrew Wise is chiefly remembered as a publisher of Shakespeare's works. On August 29th, 1597, he entered The tragedye of Richard the Second [Arber, iii. 89], and on October 20th of the same year, The tragedie of kinge Richard the Third with the death of the Duke pf Clarence [Arber, iii. 93]. On February 25th, 1598, Wise entered The history of Henry the IVth, and on August 23rd, 1600, Henry IV, Part ii, and the play Much ado about Nothing [Arber, iii. 105, 170]. Andrew Wise transferred his copyrights to Mathew Law { LAW, Mathew ( - 1629) ‹ LBT 07969 › } on June 25th, 1603, and is not heard of again [Arber, iii. 239].