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Floruit: 1587–1630
floruit 1587 (A)—1630 (A); Male, married
Life Events
| Event |
Date |
Source
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| Death |
- before 7 Jun 1630 C.B. = "lately"; |
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Will
| Will (Ref., Piece, Image) |
Will Dates |
Intestate |
Probate Dates |
Administration Dates |
Comments
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PROB 11/157, Scroope: 1-63, 618/537
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1629-11-07
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1630-06-24
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PRO - Stationer of London. --- McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910) - P.C.C. 53 Scroope
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Family Relationships
Livery Companies
| Company |
Source
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| Stationers' Company |
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Stationers' Company Titles (9)
| Title |
From |
To |
Notes
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| Renter Warden |
1604-03-26 |
1605-03-26 |
Served 1604/3 Sep 1604
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| Renter Warden |
1604-09-03 |
1605-09-03 |
Served 3 Sep 1604/1605
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| Assistant |
1608-07-01 |
1630-03-10 |
Chosen; First attendance; Last attendance
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| Under Warden |
1608-07-01 |
1609-07-01 |
Served 1608/1609
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| Under Warden |
1611-07-09 |
1612-07-09 |
Served 1611/1612
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| Upper Warden |
1615-07-07 |
1616-07-07 |
Served 1615/1616
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| Upper Warden |
1617-07-08 |
1618-07-08 |
Served 1617/1618
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| Master |
1620-07-01 |
1621-07-01 |
Served 1620/1621
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| Master |
1624-07-01 |
1625-07-01 |
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Occupations (3)
| Occupation |
Comment
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| Bookseller |
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
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| Printer |
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
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| Stationer |
Will
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Was Apprentice to Master(s): (1)
Had Apprentice(s): (16)
| Name |
Premium |
Paid By |
Date |
Event |
Comments
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| BLAKESLEY, John ‹ LBT 07655 › (fl. 1608-1608) |
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Turned-over 2nd time |
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| ASSHON, John ‹ LBT 08013 › (fl. 1591-1614) |
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Bound |
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| BURD, John ‹ LBT 08014 › (fl. 1610-1621) |
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Bound |
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| BUSSHELL, Augustine ‹ LBT 08015 › (fl. 1611-1611) |
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Bound |
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| DEANE, John ‹ LBT 08016 › (fl. 1601-1612) |
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Bound |
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| SPORIER, John ‹ LBT 08017 › (fl. 1614-1633) |
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Bound |
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| BRIER, Lancelot ‹ LBT 08637 › (fl. 1604-1604) |
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Turned-over |
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| BUSSHE, John ‹ LBT 09101 › (fl. 1618-1618) |
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Bound |
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| CHAPMAN, Robert ‹ LBT 09102 › (fl. 1631-1631) |
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Bound |
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| EARE, Richard ‹ LBT 09103 › (fl. 1625-1625) |
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Bound |
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| GRIFFITH, John ‹ LBT 09104 › (fl. 1614-1614) |
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Bound |
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| HALSTED, Robert ‹ LBT 09105 › (fl. 1618-1618) |
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Bound |
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| KNOWLES, Bartholomewe ‹ LBT 09106 › (fl. 1624-1624) |
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Bound |
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| TILBURYE, Samuel ‹ LBT 09108 › (fl. 1633-1633) |
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Bound |
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| WINTER, John ‹ LBT 09109 › (fl. 1633-1633) |
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Bound |
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| WINTER, Thomas ‹ LBT 09110 › (fl. 1626-1626) |
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Bound |
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Addresses (3)
Events (35)
Attendance prior to 5 Apr 1695 remains to be listed.
Further Notes
Assistant - Lownes seems to have been one of the last four men --- to have become a member of the Court in the old manner, by virtue of being chosen Under Warden at the Court elections of late June or early July 1608 (see G & B, xxiii). ---
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
(St.Co. Court book - "lately")
{ LOWNES, Anne (mar. LOWNDES) ( - 1604) ‹ LBT 03195 › }; secondly, Emma [SHORT]
S.T.C., (1991), vol.3, p.109
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), pp.178-9
LOWNES (HUMPHREY), bookseller and printer in London, 1587-1629; (1) West Door of St. Paul's Church, 1587; (2) The Star on Bread Street Hill, 1603. Son of Hugh Lownes of Rode in the parish of Astbury, co. Chester, husband man and f1eteher, brother of Matthew Lownes { LOWNES, Matthew ( - 1625) ‹ LBT 07992 › } and cousin of Thomas Lownes III { LOWNES, Thomas ( - 1609) ‹ LBT 08025 › }. Humphrey Lownes was also without doubt related to William Lownes { LOWNES, William ( - 1605) ‹ LBT 08603 › } to whom he was apprenticed for seven years from Midsummer, 1580 [Arber, ii. 96].
He took up his freedom on June 26th, 1587, and made his first book entry in the Registers on March 22nd, 1591/2 [Arber, ii. 606, 699]. He was admitted into the Livery in July, 1598 [Arber, ii. 873], and was Master of the Company in the year 1620-1, and again in 1624-5. Humphrey Lownes in 1591 married a daughter {Anne LOWNES, Anne (mar. LOWNDES) ( - 1604) ‹ LBT 03195 › } of Thomas Man { MAN, Thomas ( - 1625) ‹ LBT 07630 › }, stationer, the wedding heing celebrated in Stationers' Hall [Arber, i. 545]. His wife died before 1604, when he married Em or Emma { SHORT, Emma ( - 1629) ‹ LBT 03247 › }, the widow of Peter Short { SHORT, Peter ( - 1603) ‹ LBT 08436 › }, printer, and succeeded to the husiness in Bread Street Hill.
Humphrey Lownes held shares in the English, Latin and Irish Stocks of the Company of Stationers, and in 1615 he was allowed two presses. On November 6th, 1628, he assigned the bulk of his copyrights to George Cole { COLE, George ( - 1637) ‹ LBT 07169 › } and George Latham { LATHAM, George ( - 1658) ‹ LBT 10376 › }, the last named being a cousin. Amongst the copies mentioned in this list were Sidney's Arcadia, Spenser's Faerie Queene, Drayton's Polyolbion, Bacon's Apothegmes, and Ben Jonson's Poetaster.
Humphrey Lownes made his will on November 7th, 1629, and it was proved on June 24th, 1630. From this it appears that his sons, Humphrey { LOWNES, Humphrey ‹ LBT 09107 › } and John, predeceased him and also his second wife. He left the bulk of his estate to his daughter Anne Grantham. George Cole, George Latham, and Robert Young { YONGE, Robert ( - 1643) ‹ LBT 06861 › } were among the witnesses. [P.C.C.,53, Scroope.] Robert Young was in partnership with Lownes at the time of the latter's death.
