WILSON, Christopher ‹ LBT 07715 ›

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Floruit: 1602–1633

  floruit 1602 (A)—1633 (A);  Male

Livery Companies

Company	Source
Stationers' Company

Occupations (2)

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

Was Apprentice to Master(s): (1)

Name	Premium	Paid By	Comments
HENSON, Francis ‹ LBT 08169 ›

Had Apprentice(s): (6)

Name	Premium	Paid By	Date	Event	Comments
DUNSTALL, John ‹ LBT 08776 › (fl. 1615-1620)				Bound
JOHNSON, Thomas ‹ LBT 08777 › (fl. 1611-1631)				Bound
BINGLEY, Frauncis ‹ LBT 11142 › (fl. 1621-1621)				Bound
BLACKBORNE, Robert ‹ LBT 11143 › (fl. 1625-1635)				Bound
PEN, Thomas ‹ LBT 11144 › (fl. 1633-1633)				Bound
WALKER, Richard ‹ LBT 11145 › (fl. 1632-1632)				Bound

Events (11)

Date	Event type	Description
2 Feb 1595	Bound	to Francis Henson (LBT/08169)
1 Jul 1602	Freed - Servitude
16 Apr 1604	Appr - Binding	Thomas Johnson (LBT/08777)
7 Apr 1605	Appr - Binding	John Dunstall (LBT/08776)
6 May 1611	Appr - Binding	Frauncis Bingley (LBT/11142)
5 Jun 1611	Appr - Freedom	Thomas Johnson (LBT/08777)
4 Dec 1615	Appr - Freedom	John Dunstall (LBT/08776)
29 Sep 1616	Appr - Binding	Rob Blackborne (LBT/11143)
6 May 1625	Appr - Binding	Richard Walker (LBT/11145)
4 Oct 1626	Appr - Binding	Thomas Pen<n> (LBT/11144)
7 Oct 1633	Appr - Freedom	Thomas Pen<n> (LBT/11144) with Michael Franklyn (LBT/10186)

Sources and References

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

SOURCES & TRANSCRIPTIONS

Transcriptions

McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), p.293

WILSON (CHRISTOPHER), bookseller and bookbinder in London, 1603-16. Son of Ralph Wilson of Barmeby Moor, co. Nottingham, joiner. Apprentice to Francis Henson { HENSON, Francis ‹ LBT 08169 › }, stationer of London, for seven years from February 2nd, 1565, and became a freeman of the Company on July 1st, 1602 [Arber, ii. 200, 733]. He made his only book entry, a (?) translation of the Première Semaine of Du Bartas, on July 2nd, 1603 [Arber, iii. 37]. In 1616 he is mentioned in a suit in Chancery as binding books for the booksellers Bonham Norton { NORTON, Bonham ( - 1635) ‹ LBT 08173 › }, John Norton { NORTON, John ‹ LBT 06839 › } and John Bill { BILL, John ( - 1630) ‹ LBT 08152 › }. [Chan. Proc., Jas. I, B. 35. 10.]