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Floruit: 1526–1543
floruit 1526 (B)—1543 (B); Male, married
Life Events
| Event |
Date |
Source
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| Death |
1543 |
Duff, E.G. (1905)
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Will
| Will (Ref., Piece, Image) |
Will Dates |
Intestate |
Probate Dates |
Administration Dates |
Comments
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PCC 132, Story
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Duff, E.G. (1905)
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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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| Stationer |
Duff, E.G. (1905)
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Addresses (5)
| Date |
Address |
Trade at Addr |
Source |
Comment
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St Bride |
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STC. vol.3, (1991) |
- Parish of
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Lombard Street |
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STC. vol.3, (1991) |
- nr Stocks Market at Mermaid
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| 1526-08-01 |
Fleet Street |
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Duff, E.G. (1905) |
- Sign of the Seven Sisters, St Mary Savoy
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| 1532-06-01 |
Cheapside |
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STC. vol.3, (1991) |
- at Paul;s Gate in
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| 1542 |
Smart's Quay |
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STC. vol.3, (1991) |
- next Billingsgate (dw)
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Events (1)
| Date |
Event type |
Description
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| 4 May 1557 |
St.Co. Charter |
no. - 55
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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
DUFF, E.G. (1905), pp.58-9
GOWGHE, GOUGE, or GOUGH (JOHN), stationer in London, began business on his own account in 1526 in Fleet Street. In 1528 he was examined on suspicion of dealing in heretical books and in his examination stated that he had only been in business for two years and before that was servant to another. [Letters and papers of Henry VIII, vol. iv, pt. ii, p. 1803.] By 1532 he had moved to Cheapside at the sign of the Mermaid, Rastell's {John RASTELL, John ( - 1536) ‹ LBT 28539 › } old shop, and in that year W. de Worde { WORDE, Wynkyn de ( - 1534) ‹ LBT 02699 › } printed two books for him. In 1535 he was an overseer of De Worde's will and received a legacy of four pounds in books, besides forgiveness of debts. In the year following he was a witness to John Rastell's will. The majority of Gough's books were printed for him by J. Nicholson { } or John Mayler { MAYLER, John ‹ LBT 02597 › } and he seems to have done little or no practical printing himself. In 1540 he is described as living "in Lombardstrete, at the sygne of the Marmayde, agaynste the stockes market." In 1541 he got into trouble for resorting to Thomas Lancaster who brought over prohibited books [Foxe, vol. v, p. 448] and on January 8th he was sent to the Fleet for printing and selling seditious books. [Acts of the Privy Council, vo!. vii, p. 107.] He died in 1543 and his will is preserved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. [132 Story.] His son John was vicar of Braintree in Essex from 1554 to 1556 and of St. Peter's Cornhill from 15th November, 1560, to 1567. [Diary of Machyn, p. 269, and note. D.N.B.]