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Floruit: 1588–1616
floruit 1588 (A)—1616 (B); Male, married
Life Events
| Event |
Date |
Source
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| Death |
- before 15 Mar 1616 Widow transferred one of his copies |
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
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Family Relationships
Livery Companies
| Company |
Source
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| Stationers' Company |
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Occupations (2)
| Occupation |
Comment
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| Bookseller |
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
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| Printer |
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
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Was Apprentice to Master(s): (1)
Had Apprentice(s): (2)
Addresses (3)
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
(widow transferred one of his copies)
S.T.C., (1991), vol.3, p.174
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), p.274
VENGE (EDWARD), bookseller and printer in London, 1588-1605; (1) The Vine in Fleet Street; (2) Bishop's Hall, Stepney; (3) The Black Bull [? in Thames St.]. Son of Edward Venge of Reading, Berks, painter. Apprentice to Henry Carre { CARRE, Henry ‹ LBT 07951 › }, stationer of London, for nine years from Christmas, 1578: took up his freedom July 3rd, 1588 [Arber, ii. 703]. Edward Venge was one of the band of printers and booksellers who set themselves to oppose the privileged monopolists of the Company, and was frequently in trouble for printing other men's copies.
In September, 1595, he was ordered to bring in to Stationers' Hall all the leaves that he had printed of the second impression of the Catechism, that is "The brief Catechisme with the A. B. C. Letany and other thinges inserted" and he gave a promise not to meddle with the printing, binding or stitching of the same in future [Arber, ii. 824], but on March 14th, 1596, there is an entry in the Registers of the Company showing that the searchers had discovered a press with "certayne pica and Romayne English and other letters," at a house called Bishop's Hall in the parish of Stepney, where Edward Venge and his complices had printed "the Primmer or book of private prayer." The press was ordered to be sawn in pieces and the letters melted [Stationers' Register B, fol. 462 verso: Library, July, 1903, pp. 236 et seq.]. The last entry in the Registers under his name is found on December 2nd, 1605 [Arber, iii. 306]. On March 15th, 1615/6, his widow { VENGE, (Unknown) ‹ LBT 30774 › } transferred her rights in one of his copies to John Beale {probably BEALE, John ( - 1643) ‹ LBT 11034 › } [Arber, iii. 584].`
