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Floruit: 1550
floruit 1550 (B)—1550 (B); Male
Livery Companies
| Company |
Source
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| Stationers' Company |
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Occupations (2)
| Occupation |
Comment
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| Printer |
McKerrow, R.B. &c (1910)
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| Feltmaker |
McKerrow, R.B. &c (1910)
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Events (2)
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
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), pp.87-8
DE HORSE, or DE HORST (JOHN), printer in London, 1580-3; Blackfriars, 1583. A feltmaker by trade and a French refugee. He came to England and took out letters of denization on October 29th, 1550. On November 7th, 1580, he was admitted a “brother" by the Company of Stationers on payment of 10s. [Arber, ii. 683], and on July 4th, 1581, he paid 10s. for the entry of some books, the titles of which were not given [Arber, ii. 396]. In the Return of Aliens made in 1582-3 De Horse was reported to be "a free denizen, and useth selling of pictures and making of brushes" [Worman, Alien Members of the book-trade, pp. 32, 33], and in 1583 be was returned as having one press [Arber, i. 248]. Henry Johnson, alias De Horst { }, mentioned as a stationer of London in 1576 was perhaps a son [Arber, ii. 68]