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Floruit: 1611
floruit 1611 (A)—1611 (C); Male
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)
Events (2)
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.110
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), p.180
LOWNES (ROBERT), bookseller in London, 1611-15. Son of Robert Lownes of Winslow, co. Bucks., yeoman. Apprentice to Richard Bankworth { BANKWORTH, Richard ( - 1613) ‹ LBT 06865 › - but actually to Thomas Clerk { CLERK, Thomas ( - 1611) ‹ LBT 08162 › } for seven years from November 30th, 1604. Took up his freedom November 4th, 1611 {- presented by Benjamin Cowper COWPER, Benjamin ‹ LBT 06718 › The husband of the widow CLERK, Thomas ( - 1611) ‹ LBT 08162 › of Thomas Clerk}. [Arber, ii. 286; iii. 683]. On February 21st, 1614/5, he entered a play called The Valiant Welchman. He was perhaps father of Richard Lownes or Lowndes from whom the booksellers of this name of the eighteenth century were descended, and was in no way related to the Lownes of Cheshire.