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Floruit: 1577–1604
floruit 1577 (A)—1604 (B); Male, married
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): (4)
Addresses (4)
| Date |
Address |
Trade at Addr |
Source |
Comment
|
| 1578, (1578-) |
St Paul's Churchyard |
|
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910); STC. vol.3, (1991) |
- over against the Blazing Star
|
| 1580 |
|
|
STC. vol.3, (1991) |
- shop next to the Holy Lamb
|
| 1581, (1581) |
Old Exchange |
|
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910); STC. vol.3, (1991) |
- at the Three Conies
|
| 1589 |
Old Exchange |
|
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910); STC. vol.3, (1991) |
- at the Cat & Fiddle (dw)
|
Events (6)
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.37
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), p.62
CARRE (HENRY), bookseller in London, 1578-1604; (1) St. Paul's Churchyard, over against the Blazing Star, 1578-93; (2) The Three Conies, Old Exchange, 1581 ; (3) The Cat and Fiddle, Old Exchange, 1583-93. Son of John Carre of Berwick, draper. Apprentice to Henry Kyrham {Kirkham KYRKHAM, Henry ( - 1593) ‹ LBT 08088 › }, stationer, for seven years from Michaelmas, 1569 [Arber, i. 397]. His first entry in the Registers appears in 1578, and he dealt almost wholly in ballad literature. The last book entry under his name occurs in 1604. Carre was another of those against whom Richard Day { DAY, Richard (1552 - 1607) ‹ LBT 07331 › } brought an action in the Court of Star Chamber for the infringement of John Day's { DAY, John (1522 - 1584) ‹ LBT 07316 › } patents [Arber, ii. 790 et seq.]