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Floruit: 1586–1609
floruit 1586 (A)—1609 (B); Male
Life Events
| Event |
Date |
Source
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| Death |
1609 STC |
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Livery Companies
| Company |
Source
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| Stationers' Company |
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Occupations (1)
| Occupation |
Comment
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| Printer |
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
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Had Apprentice(s): (1)
Addresses (2)
Events (1)
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.9
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), p.16
BALLARD (HENRY), printer in London, 1597-1608; The Bear [in the Strand] over against St. Clement [Danes] Church, without Temple Bar [Arber, v. 197]. On August 25th, 1586, Richard Tottell { TOTTELL, Richard ( - 1593) ‹ LBT 08571 › } presented Henry Ballard to the freedom of the Company of Stationers, from which it may be assumed that Ballard was one of Tottell's apprentices. Sir John Lambe surmised that he succeeded to the business of Valentine Simmes { SYMMES, Valentine ‹ LBT 08531 › } in 1604, but he gives no authority for the suggestion [Arber, iii. 703], and Simmes was in business long after this date. In 1597, Ballard is found printing heraldic books for Richard Tottell. Then nothing more is heard of him until 1604, when he enters his first apprentice on September 3rd [Arber, ii. 283]. During 1608 he is found printing several books, notably Sir John Davies Nosce Teipsum and the play of the Merry Devil of Edmonton. His place of business is not given in the imprints of these later books.