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Floruit: 1582–1603
floruit 1582 (A)—1603 (B); Male
Life Events
| Event |
Date |
Source
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| Death |
circa- 3 Sep 1603 |
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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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| Bookseller |
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
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Was Apprentice to Master(s): (2)
Had Apprentice(s): (1)
Addresses (1)
| Date |
Address |
Trade at Addr |
Source |
Comment
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| 1586 |
Norfolk - Norwich |
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McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910); STC. vol.3, (1991) |
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Events (3)
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.43
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), p.74
COLMAN (NICHOLAS), bookseller at Norwich, 1586; St. Andrews Churchyard. Son of Henry Colman of Harrington in the co. of Northampton. Apprentice to Arthur Pepwell { PEPWELL, Arthur ( - 1569) ‹ LBT 08225 › } for eight years from March 25th, 1565 [Arber, i. 258]; afterwards set over to Augustin Laughton { LAWTON, Austen ‹ LBT 07966 › }. Made free on July 7th, 1579 [Arber, ii. 680]. On December 13th, 1586, he entered a ballad entitled The lamentation of Beccles a market towne in Suffolk on Saint Andrew's Day last past being burnt with fire to the number of lxxx houses and losse of xx m li [i.e., £20,000] [Arber, ii. 461]. It was printed for him in the same year by R. Robinson { ROBINSON, Robert ( - 1597) ‹ LBT 08395 › } [Hazlitt, 1. 405-6].
MLT Note: - also at Norwich