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Floruit: 1580–1604
floruit 1580 (A)—1604 (B); Male, married
Life Events
| Event |
Date |
Source
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| Death |
- before 6 Feb 1604 |
McKerrow, R. B. &c. (1910)
|
Family Relationships
Livery Companies
| Company |
Source
|
| Stationers' Company |
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Occupations (1)
| Occupation |
Comment
|
| Bookseller |
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
|
Was Apprentice to Master(s): (2)
Had Apprentice(s): (3)
Addresses (1)
| Date |
Address |
Trade at Addr |
Source |
Comment
|
| 1600-01-01 |
St Paul's Churchyard |
|
STC. vol.3, (1991) |
- at the Green Dragon
|
Events (6)
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
S.T.C., (1991), vol.3, pp.80-1
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), pp.133-4
HAYES or HAIES (THOMAS), bookseller in London, 1600-3; The Green Dragon, St. Paul's Churchyard. Thomas Hayes was first apprenticed to John Sheppard { SHEPPERDE, John ( - 1580) ‹ LBT 08806 › }, but on January 8th, 1580, was by order of the Company of Stationers turned over to William Lownes { LOWNES, William ( - 1605) ‹ LBT 08603 › } to serve out the remainder of his time and was made a freeman on the last day of March, 1584 [Arber, ii. 94, 691]. He was admitted into the Livery on July 3rd, 1602, and took his first apprentice on March 2nd 1600/1. His first book entry was a verse miscellany entitled Englands Parnassus, the copyright of which he shared with Nicbolas Ling { LYNGE, Nicholas ( - 1607) ‹ LBT 07061 › } and Cuthbert Burby { BURBY, Cuthbert ( - 1607) ‹ LBT 08823 › } [Arber, iii. 175]. On October 28th, 1600, he entered the booke of the Merchant of Venyce [Arber, iii. 175]. His last book entry was made on September 6th, 1602, and his death took place before February 6th, 1603/4, when his widow { HAYES, (Unknown) ‹ LBT 03246 › } assigned some of his copyrights to Humphrey Lownes { LOWNES, Humphrey ( - 1630) ‹ LBT 08023 › } [Arber, iii. 251]. She assigned some others to William Cotton { COTTON, William ( - 1609) ‹ LBT 07973 › } on May 21st, 1604 [Arber, iii. 262]. The copyright of the Merchant of Venice passed to his son Lawrence Hayes { HAYES, Lawrence ‹ LBT 10142 › }.
