ALSOP, Bernard ‹ LBT 08032 ›
Badges
Floruit 1603 (A) — 1653 (B); Male, married
Life Events
| Event | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Burial | St.Giles Cripplegate Treadwell Notes |
Family Relationships
| LBTNumber | Name | Relationship | Occupation | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3196 | WOOD, Elizabeth (mar. ALSOP) ‹ LBT 03196 › | spouse | Printer | |
| 33138 | ALSOP, William ‹ LBT 33138 › | parent | Yeoman |
Livery Companies
| Company | Source |
|---|---|
| Stationers' Company |
Occupations (1)
| Occupation | Comment |
|---|---|
| Printer | Plomer, H.R. (1907); McKenzie, D.F. (1961) - Master |
Was Apprentice to Master(s): (2)
| Name | Premium | Paid By | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| LYMPENNY, Humfrey ‹ LBT 08281 › | |||
| (unknown -- ref: ST/0:1291-q) |
Had Apprentice(s): (5)
| Name | Premium | Paid By | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| HORTON, George ‹ LBT 08852 › | |||
| LEWIS, Robert ‹ LBT 08853 › | |||
| WOOD, Abraham ‹ LBT 08855 › | |||
| WOOD, Robert ‹ LBT 08856 › | |||
| READE, Richard ‹ LBT 08952 › |
Addresses (4)
| Date | Address | Trade at Addr | Source | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1617000 | Garter Place in Barbican (dw) | STC. vol.3, (1991) | ||
| 1618 | St Anne's Church, nr Aldersgate | STC. vol.3, (1991) | - house next to | |
| 1621-04-01 | Distaff Lane, Old Fish Street | STC. vol.3, (1991) | - at the sign of the Dolphin | |
| 1625 | Grub Street | STC. vol.3, (1991) | - near lower pump (dw) |
Events (17)
| Date | Event type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 25 Dec 1601 | Bound | to Humphrey Limpenny (LBT/08281) |
| 7 Jun 1603 | Turned-over | first - to William White [LBT/] |
| 7 Feb 1610 | Freed - Servitude | |
| 2 Jun 1617 | Appr - Turn-over/In | Richard Reade (LBT/08952) from Thomas Creede (LBT/07400) |
| 6 Jul 1619 | Appr - Freedom | Richard Reade (LBT/08952) |
| 7 Feb 1620 | Appr - Binding | Robert Lewis (LBT/08853) |
| 25 Sep 1620 | - Alsop warned "to avoid on Malkin (LBT/08854) a forrenor" | |
| 13 Mar 1621 | Fined | - for keeping George Blackwell (LBT/09064) in his house |
| 21 Aug 1626 | Married | - to Elizabeth Wood (LBT/03196) at St Gregory by St Paul |
| 1 Mar 1630 | Appr - Binding | Robert Wood (LBT/08856) |
| 25 Dec 1630 | Appr - Binding | Abraham Wood (LBT/08855) |
| 18 Jan 1633 | Loan | - £12 from the Stock when available |
| 24 Jun 1637 | Appr - Binding | George Horton (LBT/08852) |
| 11 Jul 1637 | Star Chamber Decree | - listed as one of the twenty "to have the use of a Presse, or Presses and Printing-house" |
| 14 Dec 1646 | Appr - Freedom | George Horton (LBT/08852) |
| 16 Aug 1647 | Appr - Binding | Adam Marsh (LBT/11238) |
| 8 Jan 1653 | Buried | St Giles, Cripplegate |
Sources and References
| Original Sources | Comments |
|---|---|
| St.Co. Archive - Binding and Freedom records - extracted by Prof. J.A. Lavin |
SOURCES & TRANSCRIPTIONS
Transcriptions
at St Giles Cripplegate
S.T.C., (1991), vo.3, pp.4-5
Plomer, H.R. (1907), pp.3-4
ALSOP, or ALLSOPP (BERNARD), printer in London, (1) with T. Creed { CREEDE, Thomas ‹ LBT 07400 › }, at the sign of the Eagle & Child; (2) Garter Place, in Barbican, 1617; (3) By Saint Anne's Church neere Aldersgate, 1618; (4) The Dolphin, in Distaff Lane, Old Fish Street, 1621; (5) Grub Street, in Honey Suckle Court, neere to the Flying Horse, 1641; (6) Grub Street, neere the Upper Pump, 1650 (1602-50). A native of Derby. Was apprenticed to Humphrey Lympenny { LYMPENNY, Humfrey ‹ LBT 08281 › }, stationer of London, for eight years from Christmas, 1601, but in 1603 he was transferred for the remainder of his term to William White { WHITE, William ‹ LBT 07925 › }. [Arber, ii. 259.]
In 1616 he is found in partnership with Thomas Creed, a printer who had begun printing about 1580, and whose printing house was known by the sign of the Eagle & Child. Creed either retired from business or died in the following year, when Alsop appears to have succeeded to his printing materials, but whether he moved into new premises or whether the first and second imprints given above refer to the same place is not clear.
Nine years later he entered into partnership with Thomas Fawcett, or Forsett { FAWCET, Thomas ‹ LBT 08842 › }. In the year 1626 they were summoned before the High Commission for being concerned in printing Sir Robert Cotton's Short View of the Long life and reign of Henry the Third. Alsop admitted that he had purchased the manuscript of Ferdinand Ely { ELY, Ferdinand ‹ LBT 30670 › }, a secondhand bookseller in Little Britain. He and his partner only printed one sheet. They were also the printers of much of the dramatic literature of Beaumont and Fletcher, Decker, Greene, and other writers. Bernard Alsop was one of the twenty master printers allowed by the Act of 1637, but his partner was not mentioned. In 1641 he was sent for by the House of Commons for printing the Hertfordshire Petition. [Commons Journals, January 25th, 1641. See GREENSMITH, J.].
On the outbreak of the troubles with the King, Alsop and Fawcett printed several news-sheets, the best known being the Weekly Accompt of certain Special & Remarkable Passages from Both Houses of Parliament, which first appeared on August 3rd, 1643, and in the same year they were committed to the Fleet Prison for printing a pamphlet entitled His Majesty's Propositions to Sir John Hotham and the Inhabitants of Hull. They petitioned the House of Lords for their release, declaring that the pamphlet was printed by their servants during their absence. Beyond the imprisonment, which lasted for some months, no further punishment followed. [Lords' Journals, v. 214, 533.]
Bernard Alsop was reputed by his contemporaries to have printed pamphlets on Scotch affairs, using Evan Tyler's { TYLER, Evan ( - 1682) ‹ LBT 09234 › } imprint. Fawcett appears to have retired from the partnership about 1644.
Nothing is known as to the date of Bernard Alsop's death, but in 1653 his widow, Elizabeth Alsop { WOOD, Elizabeth (mar. ALSOP) ‹ LBT 03196 › }, is found carrying on the business. Creed's type and ornaments, when they came into Alsop's hands, had been in use many years and were getting into bad ondition, but his successor used them during the whole of his life. Consequently his later books are very poor specimens of typography, and his news-sheets were printed in the roughest possible manner.