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Floruit: 1589–1603
floruit 1589 (A)—1603 (B); Male, married
Life Events
| Event |
Date |
Source
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| Death |
- after 24 Oct 1603 <Will> - before 26 Dec 1603 <Probate> |
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Will
| Will (Ref., Piece, Image) |
Will Dates |
Intestate |
Probate Dates |
Administration Dates |
Comments
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PROB 11/102, Bolein: 57-111, 711/1208
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1603-10-24
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1603-12-26
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PRO - Stationer of London. --- McKerrow, R. B. &c. (1910)
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Executors
| Executor |
Relation |
Comment
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| COLTYE, Miles |
Uncle |
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| DEXTER, Nicholas |
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| EGERTON, Stephen |
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Family Relationships
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): (1)
Had Apprentice(s): (5)
Addresses (1)
| Date |
Address |
Trade at Addr |
Source |
Comment
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| 1590, (1590-1603) |
St Paul's Churchyard |
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STC. vol.3, (1991) |
- at Brazen Serpent (dw)
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Events (6)
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.54
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), pp.91-2
DEXTER (ROBERT), bookseller in London, 1590-1603; The Brazen Serpent, St. Paul's Churchyard. Son of Robert Dexter of Ipswich, sailor. Apprentice to Francis Coldock ( COLDOCK, Francis ( - 1603) ‹ LBT 08163 › } for nine years from Michaelmas, 1580, and made a freeman on June 25th, 1589 [Arber, ii. 102, 705]. Robert Dexter made his first entry in the Registers on January 20th, 1589/90 [Arber, ii. 538]. He is believed to have succeeded Andrew Maunsell { MAUNSELL, Andrew ‹ LBT 00132 › }, the bookseller, at the Brazen Serpent, which was formerly the printing house of Reginald Wolfe { WOLF, Reginolde ( - 1574) ‹ LBT 08802 › }. On November 2nd, 1590, he entered fourteen works [Arber, ii. 566], one of them being Thomas Johnson's Pathway to Reading. This book had also been licensed to Richard Jones { JONES, Richard ‹ LBT 07865 › }; but on complaint made by Dexter, the Court of Assistants cancelled the entry to Jones and ordered him to deliver up the remainder of the books in his hands, about three hundred, Dexter to pay him 6s. 8d. a reame for them, and to give him the printing of any future edition [Herbert, p. 1047]. Dexter continued to publish extensively during his lifetime. He used as a device a right hand pointing with the forefinger to a star. He made his will on October 24th, 1603, and it was proved on December 26th, 1603. Amongst his bequests were the following :- “ Mistress Bing {Alice BURTON, Alice (mar. COLDOCK) ( - 1616) ‹ LBT 05090 ›, formerly Coldock’s wife} sometime my mistress I give fortye Shillings to make her a ring." “To Peter Colldock and Isabell his sister fortye shillinges a piece." To the Company he left the sum of twenty pounds to be lent out to poor young men freemen of the Company for three years at a time, and he desired that his books should be sold by Mr. Bishop { BISHOP, George ( - 1610) ‹ LBT 08608 › }, Mr. Man { MAN, Thomas ( - 1625) ‹ LBT 07630 › }, Mr. Bing { BINGE, Isaac ( - 1604) ‹ LBT 07343 › } and Mr. Ponsonby { PONSONBY, William ( - 1603) ‹ LBT 08175 › }, and the money so made to go to the payment of his debts and legacies. [Plomer, Wills, pp. 37, 38.].
