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Floruit: 1596–1622
floruit 1596 (A)—1622 (B); Male, married
Life Events
| Event |
Date |
Source
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| Death |
- before 13 Dec 1622 STC, vol.3, (1991) = 1622. |
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
|
Family Relationships
Livery Companies
| Company |
Source
|
| Stationers' Company |
|
Occupations (1)
| Occupation |
Comment
|
| Bookseller |
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
|
Was Apprentice to Master(s): (1)
Had Apprentice(s): (8)
Addresses (3)
| Date |
Address |
Trade at Addr |
Source |
Comment
|
| 1599 |
St Paul's Churchyard |
|
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910); STC. vol.3, (1991) |
- the sign of the Flower-de-Luce
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| 1601 |
St Paul's Churchyard |
|
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910); STC. vol.3, (1991) |
- the sign of the Flower-de-Luce & Crown
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| 1603 |
St Paul's Churchyard |
|
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910); STC. vol.3, (1991) |
- the sign of the Crane
|
Events (11)
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.32
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), p.56
BURRE (WALTER), bookseller in London, 1597-1622; (1) The Flower-de-Luce, St. Paul's Churchyard, 1597-1601; (2) The Flower-de-luce and Crown, 1601; (3) The Crane, St. Paul's Cburchyard, 1604. Son of a yeoman of South Mimms, co. Herts. Apprentice to Richard Watkins { WATKYNS, Richard ( - 1599) ‹ LBT 08278 › }, stationer of London, for nine years from June 24th, 1587, and became a freeman of the Company on June 25th, 1596 [Arber, ii. 148, 716.] His first book entry occurs in the Registers on September 2nd, 1597 [Arber, iii. 90]. He was the publisher of Thomas Mlddleton's A Mad World, My Masters, 1608, and several of Ben Jonson's plays. His last entry in the Registers was made on December 11th, 1621, and his death took place during the next twelve months, as on December 13th, 1622, his widow { BURRE, (Unknown) ‹ LBT 03286 › } transferred her rights in Sir W. Ralegh's History of the World to Matthew Lownes { LOWNES, Matthew ( - 1625) ‹ LBT 07992 › } and George Latham { LATHAM, George ( - 1658) ‹ LBT 10376 › }. She held the remainder until 1630, when she transferred them to John Spencer { SPENCER, John ‹ LBT 09590 › } [Arber, iv. 87].
