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Floruit: 1574–1580
floruit 1574 (A)—1580 (A); Male, married
Life Events
| Event |
Date |
Source
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| Death |
- before 8 Jan 1580 - apprentice "John" [really Thomas] Hayes (LBT/08430) transferred to William Lownes (LBT/08603) |
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
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Family Relationships
Livery Companies
| Company |
Source
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| Stationers' Company |
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Occupations (1)
| Occupation |
Comment
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| Bookseller |
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
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Was Apprentice to Master(s): (1)
Had Apprentice(s): (2)
Addresses (1)
Events (3)
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
S.T.C., (1991), vol.3, p.154
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), pp.242-3
SHEPPARD (JOHN), bookseller in London, 1574-80; The Brazen Serpent, St. Paul's Churchyard. Son of Richard Shepperd of Gresby, Chester, husbandman. Apprentice for eight years to Reginald Wolfe { WOLF, Reginolde ( - 1574) ‹ LBT 08802 › }, stationer of London, from March 25th, 1566 [Arber, i. 291]. John Sheppard was just out of his time when Reginald Wolfe died in 1574. His mistress, Joane Wolfe { WOLF, Joan ( - 1574) ‹ LBT 03304 › ] , died six months afterwards, and by her will directed that her executors should take over the shop, the presses and the stock of books in it, and if they decided to let the business, John Sheppard was to have the first refusal. Sheppard appears to have taken on the shop and some of the printing materials, the bulk of which, however, are found in the hands of Henry Bynneman { BYNNEMAN, Henry (1542 - 1583) ‹ LBT 07678 › }, printer, after 1574. On February 25th, 1576/7, Sheppard received license to print Timothy Kendall's Flowers of Epigrammes, and his name and address appear in the imprint. He was dead before January 8th, 1579/80, when his apprentice John Hayes { HAYES, Thomas ( - 1604) ‹ LBT 08430 › } was transferred to William Lownes { LOWNES, William ( - 1605) ‹ LBT 08603 › }. John Sheppard left a Son, Mark { SHEPPARD, Marke ‹ LBT 08432 › }, who took up his freedom in the Company "per patrimonium" on April 20th, 1601. [Arber, ii. 94, 309, 691, 728; Plomer, Wills, p. 20; Library, July, 1908.]
