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Floruit: 1581–1637
floruit 1581 (A)—1637 (A); Male, married
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)
Events (5)
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.136
Cf. McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), p.219
PORTER (JOHN), bookseller in Cambridge, 1576 (?)-1608; Great St. Mary's. Was probably the John Porter of Haslingfielde, co. Cambridge, who was apprenticed for eight years to John Cuthbert { CUTBERTE, John ( - 1597) ‹ LBT 07278 › }, citizen and stationer of Cambridge, in 1568 [Arber, i. 375]. There is no record of his appointment as stationer to the University; but his name appears in a list of privileged persons of the University circa 1592-4 [Bowes, Univ. Printers, 336], and books were printed for him and Legatt in 1595, etc., and for him and Leonard Greene { GREENE, Leonard ( - 1630) ‹ LBT 10651 › } in 1607. He lived in the parish of Great St. Mary's certainly from 1589 [Foster's Churchwardens' Accounts], and in 1593 joined with John Legatt in prosecuting John Tidder for selling books in the Cambridge market [Bowes, Univ. Printers, 296]. He died in 1608 and his will is at Peterborough.
Cf. also McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), p.219
PORTER (JOHN), senior, bookseller in London, 1587-1607. Son of Thomas Porter of Haslyngfylde, co. Cambridge, yeoman, apprentice to John Cuthbert { CUTBERTE, John ( - 1597) ‹ LBT 07278 › }, stationer of London, for eight years from Christmas, 1568 [Arber, i. 375]. His first book entry was made on October 19th, 1587 [Arber, ii. 476]. He was associated with Thomas Gubbyn { GUBBIN, Thomas ( - 1626) ‹ LBT 08652 › }, Robert Bourne { BOURNE, Robert ‹ LBT 08716 › }, Thomas Man { MAN, Thomas ( - 1625) ‹ LBT 07630 › }, Ralph Jackson { JACKSON, Ralph ( - 1601) ‹ LBT 07364 › }, Samuel Macham { MACHAM, Samuel ( - 1615) ‹ LBT 08689 › }, Mathew Cooke { COOK, Mathew ( - 1607) ‹ LBT 06956 › } and Leonard Green { GREENE, Leonard ( - 1630) ‹ LBT 10651 › }. His publications were chiefly theological.
