ELDE, George ( - 1624) ‹ LBT 06969 ›

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Floruit: 1600–1624

  floruit 1600 (A)—1624 (B);  Male, married

Life Events

Event	Date	Source
Death	1624	McKerrow, R. B. &c. (1910)

Family Relationships

Relationship	Name	Occupation	Comments	Conf
spouse:	SIMPSON, Frances (mar. READE) ‹ LBT 03175 ›			95
parent:	ELDE, John ‹ LBT 33051 ›	Carpenter		60

Livery Companies

Company	Source
Stationers' Company

Occupations (1)

Occupation	Comment
Printer	McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)

Was Apprentice to Master(s): (1)

Name	Premium	Paid By	Comments
BOLTON, Robert ‹ LBT 07291 ›

Had Apprentice(s): (7)

Name	Premium	Paid By	Date	Event	Comments
NORTON, Luke ‹ LBT 07414 › (fl. 1612-1640)				Bound
ROWORTH, Nicholas ‹ LBT 07415 › (fl. 1611-1611)				Bound
CALFHILL, John ‹ LBT 08970 › (fl. 1628-1628)				Bound
PURSIVANT, Morgan ‹ LBT 08971 › (fl. 1615-1615)				Bound
RAVEN, Richard ‹ LBT 08972 › (fl. 1619-1619)				Bound
RHODES, Matthew ‹ LBT 08973 › (fl. 1619-1622)				Bound
WETHERELL, Anthony ‹ LBT 08975 › (fl. 1626-1626)				Bound

Addresses (2)

Date	Address	Trade at Addr	Source	Comment
1607, (1607-15)	Fleet Lane		STC. vol.3, (1991)	- Sign of the Printer's Press
1621, (1621)	Little Britain		STC. vol.3, (1991)

Events (12)

Date	Event type	Description
25 Dec 1592	Bound	to Robert Bolton (LBT/07291)
13 Jan 1600	Freed - Servitude
24 Jun 1604	Appr - Binding	Nicholas Roworth (LBT/07415)
3 Dec 1604	Appr - Binding	Luke Norton (LBT/07414)
7 Oct 1605	Appr - Freedom	Thomas Watkins (LBT/08713)] originally bound to Richard Watkins [[LBT/8278] turned-over to Frances Simpson [LBT/] subsequently the wife of Elde.
15 Dec 1608	Appr - Binding	Morgan Pursivant (LBT/08971) 'Entred by direccon from or mr & mr ward Hooper under their hands'.
5 Nov 1610	Appr - Freedom	Samuel Sympson [LBT/] by patrimony but presented by Elde and his wife Frances (LBT/03175)
24 Jun 1611	Appr - Binding	Richard Raven (LBT/08972)
2 Mar 1612	Appr - Feedom	Luke Norton (LBT/07414)
29 Oct 1612	Appr - Binding	Mathue Rodes (LBT/08973)
25 Dec 1619	Appr - Binding	Anthonie Wetherell (LBT/08975) 'This appr is crost out of the booke by order of a Courte'.
6 Aug 1621	Appr - Binding	John Calfhill (LBT/08970)

Sources and References

Original Sources	Comments
St.Co. Archive - Binding and Freedom records - extracted by Prof. J.A. Lavin

SOURCES & TRANSCRIPTIONS

Tanscripts

McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), p.98

ELD or ELDE (GEORGE), printer in London, 1604-24; The Printer's Press, Fleet Lane, 1615. Sun of John Elde of Scrapton, co. Derby, carpenter. Apprentice to Robert Bolton { BOLTON, Robert ‹ LBT 07291 › } for eight years from Christmas, 1592; took up his freedom on January 13th, 1599/1600 [Arber, ii. 185. 725]. Sir John Lambe in his notes upon the master printers stated that George Eld married the widow {Frances SIMPSON, Frances (mar. READE) ‹ LBT 03175 › } of Richard Reade { HANNYS, Richard ‹ LBT 07824 › } who had previously been The wife of Gabriel Simpson { SIMPSON, Gabriel ( - 1600) ‹ LBT 07908 › }, and so succeeded to the business. On May 9th, 1615 Eld was returned as having two presses [Arber, iii. 699].

A large number of books came from his press, amongst them Stow's Annales, Camden's Remains and Bolton's Elements of armorie. George Eld died of the plague in 1624 and was succeeded by Miles Flesher or Fletcher { FLESHER, Miles ( - 1664) ‹ LBT 07401 › } [Arber, iii. 689].