Badges
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Floruit: 1564
floruit 1564 (A)—1564 (C); Male
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)
| Name |
Premium |
Paid By |
Comments
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| (unknown -- ref: ST/0:1904)
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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
- said to be dead at the time of the child's bindi
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), p.141
HOLME or HOLMES (WILLIAM), senior, (?) bookseller in London, 1571. Son of Roger Holmes of Hayles, co. Salop, gent. Apprenticed to John Hinde { HYNDE, John ( - 1605) ‹ LBT 07745 › }, stationer of London, for seven years from February 2nd, 1563/4 [Arber, i. 227]. The entry of his freedom which would have been ahout 1571 was probably made in thc lost Register 1571-6. The references given by Mr. Arber to the Star Chamber case of John Day v. Roger Ward { WARDE, Roger ( - 1598) ‹ LBT 08076 › } and William Holmes, refer to William Holmes { HOLME, William ( - 1609) ‹ LBT 07627 › }, junior, and not William Holmes, senior. No books have been found with his name in the imprint.