SMYTHE, Toby ‹ LBT 07670 ›

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Stationers' Company
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Floruit: 1578–1580

  floruit 1578 (A)—1580 (A);  Male

Livery Companies

Company Source
Stationers' Company

Occupations (1)

Occupation Comment
Bookseller McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)

Was Apprentice to Master(s): (1)

Name Premium Paid By Comments
SERGER, Richard ‹ LBT 07669 ›

Addresses (1)

Date Address Trade at Addr Source Comment
1580, (1580-3) St Paul's Churchyard, The Crane McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)

Events (2)

Date Event type Description
24 Nov 1578 Turned-over first - to Richard Serger (LBT/07669) from Lucas Harrison (LBT/07657) - apparently never formally bound
26 Mar 1580 Freed - - by "the wife of the late Luke Harrison" - Helen (LBT/03152)

Sources and References

Original Sources Comments
St.Co. Archive - Binding and Freedom records - extracted by Prof. J.A. Lavin

SOURCES & TRANSCRIPTIONS

Transcriptions

S.T.C., (1991), vol.3, p.157

Trasncripts

McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), p.249

SMITH (TOBY), bookseller in London, 1580-3; The Crane in St. Paul's Churchyard. Originally apprenticed to Lucas Harrison { HARRYSON, Lucas ( - 1577) ‹ LBT 07657 › }, at whose death he was transferred to Richard Sergier { SERGER, Richard ‹ LBT 07669 › } [Arber, ii. 88]. He was admitted to the freedom of the Company on March 26th, 1580 [Arber, ii. 682]. He made his first book entry on June 9th following [Arber, ii. 371], and his last on January 18th, 1582/3 [Arber, ii. 417].