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Floruit: 1578–1584
floruit 1578 (A)—1584 (B); Male
Life Events
| Event |
Date |
Source
|
| Birth |
c.1549 |
O.D.N.B.
|
| Death |
- on 11 Jan 1584 STC, vol.3, (1991) = 1584. |
McKerrow, R. B. &c. (1910)
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Livery Companies
| Company |
Source
|
| Stationers' Company |
|
Occupations (1)
| Occupation |
Comment
|
| Printer |
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910); O.D.N.B.
|
Was Apprentice to Master(s): (1)
Addresses (2)
| Date |
Address |
Trade at Addr |
Source |
Comment
|
| 1578, (1578-q) |
Tower Hill |
|
STC. vol.3, (1991) |
- (shop/dw-q)
|
| 1583, (1583-q) |
Holborn Bridge |
|
STC. vol.3, (1991) |
|
Events (5)
| Date |
Event type |
Description
|
| 2 Feb 1563 |
Bound |
to John Cawood (LBT/07101)
|
| 11 Jan 1584 |
Died |
- by execution 'drawne from Newgate to Tyborne, and there hanged, bowelled, and quartered'
|
| 1585 |
Martyr |
- catalogued from this year
|
| 1886 |
Venerable |
- declared by Pope Leo XIII
|
| 1987 |
Beatified |
- by Pope John Paul II
|
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
ODNB - article by Ian Gadd
S.T.C., (1991), vol.3, p.37
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), p.62
CARTER (WILLIAM), printer in London, ? 1580-4, Son of Robert Carter, draper, of London. Apprentice to John Cawood { CAWOOD, John (1514 - 1572) ‹ LBT 07101 › }, printer, from February 2nd, 1562/3, for ten years [Arber, i. 196]. William Carter was a Roman Catholic, and worked secret presses in various places, being several times imprisoned [Arber, ii. 749]. On December 30th, 1579, Aylmer, bishop of London, wrote to Burghley that he had found in Carter's house copies of a very dangerous book called the Innocency of the Scottish Queen. Finally on January 10th, 1583/4, Carter was condemned on a charge of high treason for printing a work called A Treatise of Schisme, and was hanged at Tyburn on the following day. [Stow's Annals, ed. 1600, pp. 1176-7; Gillow's Dict. of Catholics; D.N.B.]
MLT Note: - clandestine Catholic printer