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Floruit: 1585–1586
floruit 1585 (A)—1586 (B); Male, married
Life Events
| Event |
Date |
Source
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| Death |
1586 |
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Family Relationships
Livery Companies
| Company |
Source
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| Stationers' Company |
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Events (1)
| Date |
Event type |
Description
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| 1 Mar 1585 |
Translation |
- from the Grocers' Company to the Stationers' Company
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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
Joan prev. KINGSTON
S.T.C., (1991), vol.3, p.146
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), p.230
ROBINSON (GEORGE), printer and bookseller in London, 1585-7; (?) West door of St. Paul's Churchyard. Originally a member of the Company of Grocers. Transferred to the Stationers on March 1st, 1584/5 [Arber, ii. 693). He married the widow { KINGSTON, Joan (mar. ORWIN) ‹ LBT 03236 › } of John Kingston (1553-84) { KINGSTON, John ‹ LBT 02596 › }. In July, 1586, he is returned as having two presses [Arber, v. lii). His first book entry is found on October 6th, 1586 [Arber, ii. 457], and the only other entry under his name is on November 28th in the same year. But in 1585 he issued Thomas Wilson's Art of Rhetorique, probably from Kingston's house at the West door of St. Paul's Churchyard [Arber, v. 139]. He died apparently in 1586, and his widow married as her third husband Thomas Orwin { ORWIN, Thomas ( - 1593) ‹ LBT 08300 › }, to whom the copyright of the Art of Rhetorique and other copyrights of John Kingston's were transferred on May 7th, 1593 [Arber, ii. 630].