DAY, John (1522 - 1584) ‹ LBT 07316 ›
floruit 1547 (A)—1584 (B); Male, married
Life Events
| Event | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Birth | c.1522 - in Dunwich, Suffolk | Duff, E.G. (1905) |
| Death | - on 23 Jul 1584 | Duff, E.G. (1905) |
| Burial | Little Bradely, Suffolk | O.D.N.B. |
Will
| Will (Ref., Piece, Image) | Will Dates | Intestate | Probate Dates | Administration Dates | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
PROB 11/67 |
1584-08-30 | 21 Watson - unchecked --- O.D.N.B. - administration granted to Alice, his widow --- |
Family Relationships
| Relationship | Name | Occupation | Comments | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| spouse: | DAY, (Unknown) ‹ LBT 03113 › | 95 | ||
| spouse: | LEHUNTE, Alice (mar. DAY) ( - 1612) ‹ LBT 06384 › | 95 | ||
| child: | DAY, Richard (1552 - 1607) ‹ LBT 07331 › | Bookseller, Clergyman, Editor, Printer | 100 | |
| child: | DAY, John ‹ LBT 34963 › | Comment for child John DAY: O.D.N.B. - (1566-1628) - Aristotelian scholar and Church of England clergy man | 60 | |
| child: | DAY, John ‹ LBT 36672 › | Comment for child John DAY: O.D.N.B. - (1566-1628) - Aristotelian scholar and Church of England clergyman | 60 |
Livery Companies
| Company | Source |
|---|---|
| Stationers' Company |
Stationers' Company Titles (1)
| Title | From | To | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master | 1580-07-01 | 1581-07-01 |
Occupations (1)
| Occupation | Comment |
|---|---|
| Printer | Duff, E.G. (1905) |
Was Apprentice to Master(s): (1)
| Name | Premium | Paid By | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| (unknown -- ref: Q) |
Had Apprentice(s): (12)
| Name | Premium | Paid By | Date | Event | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASPLIN, Thomas ‹ LBT 07317 › (fl. 1574-1574) | Bound | ||||
| DANTER, John ( - 1599) ‹ LBT 07318 › (fl. 1588-1599) | Bound | ||||
| DOWDELL, Newell ‹ LBT 07319 › (fl. 1590-1590) | Bound | ||||
| GILES, George ‹ LBT 07320 › (fl. 1584-1584) | Bound | ||||
| HOLYWAY, Leonerde ‹ LBT 07321 › (fl. 1572-1572) | Bound | ||||
| MANFEILD, Peter ( - 1590) ‹ LBT 07322 › (fl. 1585-1590) | Bound | ||||
| MANTELL, John ‹ LBT 07323 › (fl. 1576-1576) | Bound | ||||
| PENNE, George ‹ LBT 07324 › (fl. 1564-1584) | Bound | ||||
| ROBYNSON, Edward ‹ LBT 07325 › (fl. 1568-1568) | Bound | ||||
| ROGERS, John ‹ LBT 07326 › (fl. 1568-1568) | Bound | ||||
| WOLFE, John ‹ LBT 07327 › (fl. 1579-1598) | Bound | ||||
| GEYSON, Gysberd ‹ LBT 28474 › (fl. 1549-1549) | QUERY | Bound |
Addresses (7)
| Date | Address | Trade at Addr | Source | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1547, (1547-9) | St Sepulchre | Duff, E.G. (1905) | - the sign of the Resurrection | |
| 1547, (1547-9) | a little above Holbron conduit | STC. vol.3, (1991) - probably the same as above | ||
| 1549, (1549) | New Shop by little Conduit, Cheapside | Duff, E.G. (1905); STC. vol.3, (1991) | ||
| 1550, (1550-3) | Cheapside | STC. vol.3, (1991) - probably same as above | - Shop at sign of the Resurrection by little conduit | |
| 1550, (1550-84) | Aldersgate beneath St Martin's | STC. vol.3, (1991) | ||
| 1560, (1560-80) | Aldersgate | STC. vol.3, (1991) | - Shop under | |
| 1576, (1576-9) | St Paul's Churchyard | STC. vol.3, (1991) | - Shop at West door 0f |
Events (14)
| Date | Event type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Feb 1550 | Translation | - from the Bowyers' Company to the Stationers' Company [Oastler, p.4] |
| 4 May 1557 | St.Co. Charter | no. - 56 |
| 6 Jul 1561 | Cloathed | |
| 25 Mar 1562 | Appr - Binding | John Wolfe (LBT/07327) |
| 1 Nov 1564 | Appr - Binding | George Penne (LBT/07324) |
| 25 Dec 1565 | Appr - Binding | Leonard Holyway(LBT/07321) |
| 25 Mar 1567 | Appr - Binding | Thomas Asplyn (LBT/07317) |
| 25 Jul 1569 | Appr - Binding | John Mantell (LBT/07323) |
| 29 Sep 1577 | Appr - Binding | George Giles (LBT/07320) |
| 25 Mar 1578 | Appr - Binding | Peter Manfeild (LBT/07322) |
| 1580 | Master | |
| 29 Sep 1582 | Appr - Binding | John Danter (LBT/07318) |
| 5 Aug 1583 | Appr - Binding | Newell Dowdell (LBT/07319) |
| 23 Jul 1584 | Died |
Sources and References
| Original Sources | Comments |
|---|---|
| St.Co. Archive - Binding and Freedom records - extracted by Prof. J.A. Lavin |
SOURCES & TRANSCRIPTIONS
Transcriptions
at Little Bradely, Suffolk - funeral monument was erected ODNB - article by Andrew Pettegree
Bib.Soc., Hand-lists (1913), contrib. A.W.Pollard.
S.T.C., (1991), vol.3, pp.51-2
DUFF, E.G. (1905), pp.38-9
DAY (JOHN), printer in London, was born in 1522, at Dunwich, in Suffolk. At an early age he was apprenticed to Thomas Reynoldes, or Raynold { }, the printer, but by 1540 he had left him. In 1546 he began to print in partnership with William Seres { SERES, William ( - 1580) ‹ LBT 08396 › }, at the sign of the Resurrection, a little above the Conduit in Holborn, and shortly after this they had another shop, with the same sign, by the little Conduit in Cheapside. In 1549 John Day moved to Aldersgate, but still kept the shop in Cheapside.
On the accession of Mary, Day ceased printing, and is generally stated to have gone abroad. An entry in Machyn's Diary [p. 72] throws a different complexion on the case. "1554. The xvi day of October cam rydyng owt of Northfolke on John Day prynter and ys servand, and a prest and anodur prynter, for pryntyng of noythy bokes, to the Towre." How long he was imprisoned is not known, but he did not begin printing again until 1557. On the incorporation of the Stationers' Company in that year Day is entered fiftysixth on the list, which would about agree with the belief that he transferred himself from the Stringers' to the Stationers' Company in 1550.
When Elizabeth came to the throne Day commenced printing on a much more ambitious scale, and his work showed a very marked improvement. The excellence of his work. for the rest of his life was not due, as some suggest, to his having gone abroad and studied the art during Mary's reign, but to the great influx of refugee skilled workmen, many of whom he took into his employ. The patronage of Archbishop Parker was also of material assistance to Day who, owing to his generosity and encouragement, was enabled to cut new founts. About 1566 he issued a book printed in Saxon character, and in 1572 printed in a new Italic letter, at the private press at Lambeth, the work of Parker, De antiquitate Ecclesiae Britannicae, the first privately printed book issued in England, and limited, some say to fifty, others to twenty-five copies. In 1572 Day desired to build a little shop by St. Paul's Cathedral, a proceeding bitterly opposed by the other booksellers, but after considerable trouble, and with the aid of the Archbishop, he carried his point.
In 1573 Day's life was threatened by an apprentice named Asplyn { ASPLIN, Thomas ‹ LBT 07317 › }, who had been concerned in printing prohibited books. In 1580 Day was Master of the Stationers' Company, and shortly after was concerned in several lawsuits relating to his patent for printing the A. B. C. and Catechism, which had been infringed by others.
Day died on July 23rd, 1584, at Walden, in Essex, and was buried at Bradley-Parva. He was twice married, and had twenty-two children, one of whom, Richard { DAY, Richard (1552 - 1607) ‹ LBT 07331 › }, was a printer. He used three devices. One shows two men looking at a skeleton on a tomb, from which springs a tree, upon which is the motto "Post funera virtus, vivet tamen." Another has a picture of a sleeper being awakened, with the inscription, "Arise, for it is day." The third has a tile supported by two hands, on which is a crucible in which a heart is burning; from a chain suspended from the wrists of the hands hangs a globe, below which is the sun, on either side are Day's initials and, on a ribbon between, the words "Horum charitas." [Plomer, English printing, pp. 79-100. D.N.B. Gentleman's Magazine, 1832, pp. 417-21]