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Floruit: 1610–1639
floruit 1610 (A)—1639 (B); Male, married
Life Events
| Event |
Date |
Source
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| Death |
- before 22 Feb 1639 Widow transferred som rights to Andrew Kembe (LBT/10287) |
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Family Relationships
Livery Companies
| Company |
Source
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| Stationers' Company |
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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)
Events (2)
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
(copies transferred by widow)
S.T.C., (1991), vol.3, p.189
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), pp.302-3
WRIGHT (CUTHBERT), bookseller in London, 1613-39. Son of Thomas Wright of Buckbrook, co. Northampton, yeoman. Apprentice to Felix Kingston { KINGSTON, Felix ( - 1653) ‹ LBT 07948 › }, stationer of London, for eight years from June 24th, 1603 [Arber, ii. 272]. Took up his freedom on November 5th, 1610 [Arber, iii. 683]. Cuthbert Wright made his first entry in the Registers on August 11th, 1613 [Arber, iii. 531]. He appears to have been one of the partners in the Ballad Stock of the Company, as on December 14th, 1624, in company with Thomas Pavier { PAVIER, Thomas ( - 1625) ‹ LBT 08217 › }, John Wright { } , Edward Wright { WRIGHT, Edward ‹ LBT 08822 › }, John Grismond { GRISMAN, John ( - 1636) ‹ LBT 11119 › } and Henry Gosson { GOSSON, Henry ( - 1641) ‹ LBT 07539 › } he entered 128 ballads [Arber, iv. 131-2], and again on June 1st, 1629, in partnership with other stationers, several books and ballads which had belonged to Margaret Trundle { TRUNDELL, Margaret ‹ LBT 03144 › }, widow of John Trundle { TRUNDELL, John ( - 1629) ‹ LBT 07598 › } [Arber, iv. 213]. Cuthbert Wright died hefore February 22nd, 1638/9, when some of his copies were transferred by his widow Abigail Wright { WRIGHT, Abigail ‹ LBT 03182 › } to Andrew Kembe { KEMBE, Andrew ( - 1653) ‹ LBT 10287 › } [Arber, iv. 456].