BLOWER, Ralph ( - 1626) ‹ LBT 08574 ›

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Floruit: 1594–1626

  floruit 1594 (A)—1626 (B);  Male, married

Life Events

Event	Date	Source
Death	- before 22 Jun 1626	McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)

Family Relationships

Relationship	Name	Occupation	Comments	Conf
spouse:	BLOWER, (Unknown) ‹ LBT 03261 ›			95
parent:	BLOWER, William ‹ LBT 33178 ›	Husbandman		60

Livery Companies

Company	Source
Stationers' Company

Occupations (2)

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

Was Apprentice to Master(s): (1)

Name	Premium	Paid By	Comments
TOTTELL, Richard ( - 1593) ‹ LBT 08571 ›

Had Apprentice(s): (5)

Name	Premium	Paid By	Date	Event	Comments
BREWER, Hugh ‹ LBT 06953 › (fl. 1608-1613)				Bound
CHAUNDLER, Thomas ( - 1600) ‹ LBT 06954 › (fl. 1600-1600)				Bound
LAWRENCE, John ‹ LBT 06955 › (fl. 1602-1602)				Bound
GRIFFIN, Richard ‹ LBT 08923 › (fl. 1620-1620)				Bound
LECHE, William ‹ LBT 08924 › (fl. 1614-1614)				Bound

Addresses (2)

Date	Address	Trade at Addr	Source	Comment
1595	Fleet Street		McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910); STC. vol.3, (1991)	- near the Middle Temple Gate
1613	Lambeth Hill nr Old Fish Street		STC. vol.3, (1991)

Events (10)

Date	Event type	Description
1 Oct 1587	Bound	to Richard Tottell (LBT/08571)
3 Oct 1594	Freed - Servitude
1 Nov 1595	Appr - Binding	John Lawrence (LBT/06955)
7 Jun 1596	Appr - Discharged	John Lawrence (LBT/06964) - to serve out of the Company
24 Jun 1598	Appr - Binding	Thomas Chaundler (LBT/06954) - dead by 7 Jun 1600
7 Jul 1600	Appr - Binding	Hugh Brewer (LBT/06953)
10 Nov 1606	Appr - Binding	Willam Leche (LBT/08924)
2 Mar 1607	Fined	- to pay 30s 'to the scottishman that was his journeman'.
3 Oct 1608	Appr - Freedom	Hugh Brewer (LBT/06953)
6 Dec 1613	Appr - Binding	Richard Griffin (LBT/08923) - Blore fined for keeping Griffin unpresented

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.24

McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), pp.39-40

BLOWER or BLORE (RALPH), printer in London, 1595-1618; Near the Middle Temple Gate, Fleet Street. Son of William Blowre of Worthen, co. Salop, husbandman. Apprentice to Richard Tottell { TOTTELL, Richard ( - 1593) ‹ LBT 08571 › } for seven years from October 1st, 1587, and took up his freedom on October 3rd, 1594 [Arber, ii. 152, 715]. He would appear to have been originally a bookseller, but in 1600 he printed for Isaac Jaggard { JAGGARD, Isaac ( - 1627) ‹ LBT 09049 › } a pamphlet of six leaves concerning Sir Anthony Shirley's Voiage. On May 9th, 1615, he was returned as having one press [Arber, iii. 699]. His last entry in the Registers was on March 14th, 1617/8, and on June 22nd, 1626, his widow { BLOWER, (Unknown) ‹ LBT 03261 › } made over to William Jones {Cf. JONES, William ( - 1626) ‹ LBT 08783 › } her estate in his copyrights [Arber, iv. 161).