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Floruit: 1570–1594
floruit 1570 (A)—1594 (A); Male, married
Life Events
| Event |
Date |
Source
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| Death |
- on 22 Apr 1594 |
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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Stationers' Company Titles (1)
| Title |
From |
To |
Notes
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| Assistant |
1590-04-03 |
1590-04-03 |
Chosen
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Occupations (1)
| Occupation |
Comment
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| Bookseller |
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
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Was Apprentice to Master(s): (1)
Had Apprentice(s): (5)
Addresses (1)
Events (11)
Attendance prior to 5 Aug 1685 remains to be listed.
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
S.T.C., (1991), vol.3, p.187
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), p.300
WOODCOCK (THOMAS), bookseller in London, 1570-94; The Black Bear, St. Paul's Churchyard. Apprentice to Francis Coldock { COLDOCK, Francis ( - 1603) ‹ LBT 08163 › }, stationer of London, for nine years from Midsummer, 1561, and became a freeman of the Company on July 6th, 1570 [Arber, i. 446]. Thomas Woodcock made his first entry in the Registers on April 19th, 1577. In the following year he was imprisoned in Newgate for selling Cartwright's Admonition to the Parliament, and the Master and Wardens of the Company with William Seres [ SERES, William ( - 1580) ‹ LBT 08396 › } and John Day { DAY, John (1522 - 1584) ‹ LBT 07316 › } petitioned Lord Burleigh for his release [Arber, i. 485]. He was admitted to the Livery on May 6th, 1582, served as renter in the years 1589 and 1590, and was chosen Under Warden in July, 1593, but did not complete his year of service, as he died on April 22nd, 1594. Thomas Woodcock married Isabel { CAWOOD, Isabel (mar. WOODCOCK) ‹ LBT 03098 › }, one of the daughters of John Cawood { CAWOOD, John (1514 - 1572) ‹ LBT 07101 › }, the Queen's printer, and had a son Simon { WOODCOCK, Symon ‹ LBT 07439 › } who was, apprenticed to John Flasket { FLASKET, John ( - 1616) ‹ LBT 07438 › }, stationer, for eight years on June 24th, 1600, and took up his freedom December 7th, 1607 [Arber, ii. 245; iii. 683]. On February 9th, 1595/6, Thomas Woodcock's books and copyrights were turned over to Paul Linley { LYNLEY, Paul ( - 1600) ‹ LBT 08255 › } [Arber, iii. 58].
