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Floruit: 1580–1609
floruit 1580 (A)—1609 (B); Male
Life Events
| Event |
Date |
Source
|
| Death |
- before 30 Jan 1609 |
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Livery Companies
| Company |
Source
|
| Stationers' Company |
|
Occupations (1)
| Occupation |
Comment
|
| Bookseller |
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
|
Was Apprentice to Master(s): (1)
Had Apprentice(s): (6)
Addresses (2)
| Date |
Address |
Trade at Addr |
Source |
Comment
|
| 1580, (1580-1582) |
St Paul's Churchyard |
|
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910) |
- Great North Door
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| 1580, (1580-1582) |
Ludgate Hill |
|
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910) |
- the Lamb
|
Events (4)
Sources and References
| Original Sources |
Comments
|
| 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.84
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), p.141
HOLME or HOLMES (WILLIAM), junior, (?) bookseller in London, 1580-2; (1) Great North Door of St. Paul's; (2) The Lamb, Ludgate Hill. Son of Richard Holme of Tranmere, co. Chester. This stationer was one of John Harrison the elder's { HARRISON, John ( - 1616) ‹ LBT 07614 › } apprentices and was admitted a freeman of the Company of Stationers on July 22nd, 1580 [Arber, ii. 683]. It is clearly this stationer and not William Holmes, senior { HOLMES, William ‹ LBT 07749 › }, who was one of the defendants in the Star Chamber case of Day v. Roger Ward { WARDE, Roger ( - 1598) ‹ LBT 08076 › } and William Holmes, for William Holmes in his defence says, "forasmuche this Defendant beinge a yonge man lately come owt of his yeares, etc.," which could not apply to William Holmes, senior, who was made free certainly not later than 1572 [Arber, ii. 755]. Roger Ward admitted having sold 500 copies of the A B C to Holmes and the latter pleaded that he received them as a set-off to a debt of £10 14s. What his punishment was we are not told, but nothing more is heard of him. Another stationer William Holme {probably HULME, William ‹ LBT 07766 › }, 1589-1615, has been confused with him.