ROWBOTHAM, James ‹ LBT 00140 ›
floruit 1557 (B)—1559 (A); Male
Livery Companies
| Company | Source |
|---|---|
| Drapers' Company |
Occupations (1)
| Occupation | Comment |
|---|---|
| Bookseller | McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910) |
Addresses (2)
| Date | Address | Trade at Addr | Source | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1559, (1559) | Cheapside, Rose and Pmegranate, under Bow Church | McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910) | ||
| 1559, (- later) | Paternoster Row, The Lute | McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910) |
Further Notes
Mentioned in a list of second hand booksellers who, in 1628, were ordered to submit catalogues of their books to the Archbishop of Canterbury [ Dom.S.Papers, Chas. I, vol.117, (9) quoted by McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)]
SOURCES & TRANSCRIPTIONS
Transcriptions
S.T.C., (1991), vol.3, p.148
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), p.233
ROWBOTHAM (JAMES), bookseller in London, 1559-80; (1) Tbe Rose and Pomegranate, in Cheapside under Bow Church; (2) The Lute in Paternoster Row. In a list of those freemen not of the Stationers' Company who were hindered by privileges occurs the name of James Rowbothame [Arber, i. 111]. He was probably a draper or haberdasher. During the year 1563/4 he was fined 2s. 6d. for binding two hundred primers "in skabertes" against the rules of the Company [Arber, i. 239]. He sold almanacks, ballads, general literature and music.