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Floruit: 1542–1557
floruit 1542 (A)—1557 (A); Male, married
Life Events
| Event |
Date |
Source
|
| Birth |
1497 |
|
| Death |
- after 4 Jul 1557 <Will> - before 27 Sep 1557 <Probate> |
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| Burial |
Will - to be buried in the parish church of All Saints, Colchester. |
|
Will
| Will (Ref., Piece, Image) |
Will Dates |
Intestate |
Probate Dates |
Administration Dates |
Comments
|
|
PCC 35, Wrastley
|
1557-07-04
|
|
1557-09-27
|
|
Plomer, H.R. (1903), pp.13-14. ---
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Executors
Family Relationships
Livery Companies
| Company |
Source
|
| Stationers' Company |
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Occupations (2)
| Occupation |
Comment
|
| Printer |
Duff, E.G. (1905)
|
| Bookseller |
Duff, E.G. (1905)
|
Addresses (4)
| Date |
Address |
Trade at Addr |
Source |
Comment
|
|
Cheapside |
|
Duff, E.G. (1905) |
- the Mermaid - sub-tenant of J. Rastell
|
| 1542, (1542-51) |
St Paul's Churchyard |
|
Duff, E.G. (1905); STC. vol.3, (1991) |
- the sign of the King's Arms
|
| 1549 |
St Paul's Churchyard |
|
Duff, E.G. (1905) - sold |
- south side, Holmes College
|
| 1550, (1550-1) |
St Paul's Churchyard |
|
STC. vol.3, (1991) |
- the sign of the Red Lion
|
Events (1)
| Date |
Event type |
Description
|
| 4 May 1557 |
St.Co. Charter |
no. - 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
[[LBT/06973-FG | Detail
S.T.C., (1991), vol.3, p.25
DUFF, E.G. (1905), pp.15-16
BONHAM (WILLIAM), printer in London, was born in 1497, and was the second son of Thomas Bonham who died in 1523. As early as 1520 Bonham had started as a bookseller and was twice a sub-tenant of John Rastell { RASTELL, John ( - 1536) ‹ LBT 28539 › } in part of the house called the Mermaid in Cheapside. (Plomer, English Printing, p. 74.] In 1539 Bonham, accompanied by H. Pepwell { PEPWELL, Henry ( - 1541) ‹ LBT 28281 › } and H. Tab { TABE, Henry ( - 1549) ‹ LBT 29168 › }, went down to St. Albans to enquire about the printing there of a seditious book. In 1542 three books, a Primer, a Chaucer, and Fabyan's Chronicles were issued in his name, though it is improbable that he was the printer. In 1545, with Tab, he was overseer of the will of Edward Ylle { YLLE, Edward ( - 1545) ‹ LBT 28259 › }, for which he received six shillings and eightpence. In 1549 he and his first wife {Joan BONHAM, Joan ‹ LBT 03080 › } sold some property in London. "Demise by William Bonham, stationer, and Joan, his wife, of their messuage called Holmes College, on the south side of St. Paul's." August 1st, 3 Edward VI. [Hist. MSS. Commission, IX Report, p. 13.] His last dated book was an edition of the Bible issued in 1551.
His address in 1542 was the King's Arms in St. Paul's Churchyard, and in 1551 the Red Lion in the same place. Bonham's will was dated July 4th, 1557, and was proved on the 27th September the same year. To his second wife, Margery { BONHAM, Margery (mar. BONHAM) ‹ LBT 03081 › }, who was a widow when he married her and whose first husband's name was Mayatt, he left his lands at Cliff, in Kent, and after her to his daughter Johane { BONHAM, Joan (mar. NORTON) ‹ LBT 03213 › }, wife of William Norton { NORTON, William (1527 - 1593) ‹ LBT 08157 › }, the mother of Bonham Norton { NORTON, Bonham ( - 1635) ‹ LBT 08173 › }. Other lands were left to his daughter Alice Savage. To his son John he left but little, and that little was to be forfeited should he attempt to dispute the will. He left also bequests to the poor of Colchester where he desired to be buried. [Plomer, Wills, pp. 13-14.] Bonham lived just long enough to be enrolled in the original list of the Company of Stationers, and made several gifts to them.
