ADAMS, Francis ( - 1601) ‹ LBT 08001 ›

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Floruit: 1568–1601

Floruit 1568 (A) — 1601 (B);  Male, married

Life Events

Event	Date	Source
Death	- before 6 Apr 1601	McKerrow, R. B. &c. (1910)

Family Relationships

LBTNumber	Name	Relationship	Occupation	Comments
3192	ADAMS, (Unknown) ‹ LBT 03192 ›	spouse
8792	ADAMS, John ‹ LBT 08792 ›	child
9238	ADAMS, Richard ‹ LBT 09238 ›	child

Livery Companies

Company	Source
Stationers' Company

Occupations (2)

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

Was Apprentice to Master(s): (1)

Name	Premium	Paid By	Comments
LOBLE, Michael ‹ LBT 08000 ›

Had Apprentice(s): (3)

Name	Premium	Paid By	Comments
CORBECKE, William ‹ LBT 06755 ›
LYTTLE, Edward ‹ LBT 06756 ›
TURTON, Thomas ‹ LBT 06757 ›

Addresses (3)

Date	Address	Trade at Addr	Source	Comment
1577	Green Arbour, without Newgate		STC. vol.3, (1991)
1578	Black Raven, Thames St nr London Bridge (dw)		STC. vol.3, (1991)
1594	Distaff Lane, Old Fish Street		McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910); STC. vol.3, (1991)	- (dw) Aqua Vitae Still

Events (6)

Date	Event type	Description
24 Jun 1559	Bound	to Michael Loble <Lobley> (LBT/08000)
7 Mar 1568	Freed - Servitude
22 May 1578	Appr - Binding	Thomas Turton (LBT/06757)
26 Mar 1581	Appr - Binding	William Corbecke (LBT/06755)
29 Oct 1597	Appr - Freedom	Edward Lyttle (LBT/06756) - by John Wolf (LBT/08793) for Adams, with whom Lyttle had served his time without presentment
22 Oct 1618	Son - patrimony	Richard Adams (LBT/09238)

Sources and References

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

SOURCES & TRANSCRIPTIONS

Transcriptions

S.T.C., (1991), vol.3, p.1

McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), pp.1-2

ADAMS (FRANK), bookseller in London, 1581-1601; The Aqua Vitae Still in Distaff Lane near Old Fish Street (and the Old Exchange). Apprentice to Michael Lobley { LOBLE, Michael ‹ LBT 08000 › {, for nine years from June 24th, 1559 [Arber, i. 117]. Took up his freedom on March 7th, 1568 [Arber, i. 366]. Adams is chiefly remembered as the publisher of a series of memorandum-books, or as he termed them, "Writing-Tables," consisting of blank slips of vellum, to which he added various printed tables, such as a calendar for 24 years, a list of the gold coins and their equivalents. Frank Adams was one of the most prominent agitators against the monopolists in 1582, and suffered imprisonment in consequence. Afterwards, in 1584, he was made one of the assigns of Richard Day's { DAY, Richard (1552 - ) ‹ LBT 07331 › } patent [Arber, i. 144, 498; ii. 790-793]. He died before April 6th, 1601, and was succeeded in his business by Robert Triplet { TRIPLET, Robert ‹ LBT 08109 › } [Arber, v. 202].

MLT Note: Succeeded in his business by Robert Triplet (LBT/08109). [Arber, v.202] ---