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Floruit: 1535–1550

  floruit 1535 (B)—1550 (B);  Male

Occupations (1)

Occupation Comment
Bookbinder Duff, E.G. (1905)

Addresses (1)

Date Address Trade at Addr Source Comment
1549, (1549 -71) St Paul's Churchyard Duff, E.G. (1905)

Events (1)

Date Event type Description
29 Oct 1550 Denization Pat. 4 Edw.VI, p.4, m.5.

SOURCES & TRANSCRIPTIONS

Transcriptions

Duff, E.G. (1905), p.147

SHERES (JAMES), bookbinder in London, came to England about 1535. He took out letters of denization October 29th, 1550. [Pat. 4 Edw. VI, p. 4, m. 5.] He is entered in the two Returns of Aliens of 1571 as "bokebynder, borne in Andwerpe, denizon, in this realme 38 yeares and in the saide warde 22-yeares" and" bookebynder, borne in Anwarpe, came into this realme to his brother about xxxv yeares past, and is a denizen." [R. of A., I, 411 ; II, 12.] He lived in Paul's Churchyard, St. Faith's Parish.