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Floruit: 1603–1633
Floruit 1603 (A) — 1633 (B); Male
Life Events
| Event |
Date |
Source
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| Death |
possibly- 1633 STC |
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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)
| Name |
Premium |
Paid By |
Comments
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| (unknown -- ref: ST/0:2351)
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Had Apprentice(s): (4)
Addresses (3)
| Date |
Address |
Trade at Addr |
Source |
Comment
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| 1603, (1603) |
Royal Exchange |
|
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910); STC. vol.3, (1991) |
- Little Shop by
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| 1604, (1604) |
St Mildred Poultry |
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McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910) |
- long shop under
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| 1607, (1607-22) |
Royal Exchange |
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McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910); STC. vol.3, (1991) |
- Shop in Pope's Head Palace nr
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Events (6)
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.6
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), p.10
ARCHER (THOMAS), bookseller in London, 1603-34; (1) The little shop by the Royal Exchange; (2) The long shop under St. Mildred's Church, 1604 [Hazlitt, H. 417]; (3) In Pope's Head Palace, near the Royal Exchange, 1607; (4) Over against the sign of the Horse-shoe, in Pope's Head Alley, 1625. Apprentice to Cuthbert Burby { BURBY, Cuthbert ( - 1607) ‹ LBT 08823 › }, who made him free of the Company on January 15th, 1603, and at the same time paid a fine of ten shillings for having kept him unpresented during the whole of his apprenticeship. First book entry February 4th, 1603. Dealer in plays, jest-books and other popular literature. In 1622 he was associated with Nicholas Bourne { BOURNE, Nicholas (1584 - 1660) ‹ LBT 07024 › }. On February 10th, 1630/1, he assigned certain copies to Hugh Perry { PERRY, Hugh ‹ LBT 09576 › }, after which nothing further is known of him.