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Floruit: 1597–1641
Floruit 1597 (A) — 1641 (B); Male, married
Life Events
| Event |
Date |
Source
|
| Death |
circa- 1641 STC |
|
Family Relationships
Livery Companies
| Company |
Source
|
| Stationers' Company |
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Occupations (1)
| Occupation |
Comment
|
| Bookseller |
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910); Plomer, H.R. (1907)
|
Was Apprentice to Master(s): (2)
Had Apprentice(s): (4)
Addresses (11)
| Date |
Address |
Trade at Addr |
Source |
Comment
|
| 1606-10-01 |
Holborn Hill |
|
STC. vol.3, (1991) |
|
| 1606 |
|
|
STC. vol.3, (1991) |
- at his shop next the cross (dw)
|
| 1608-10-01 |
|
|
STC. vol.3, (1991) |
- nr $ Cross Keys
|
| 1613 |
Bishopsgate |
|
STC. vol.3, (1991) |
- Shop within
|
| 1613 |
Bishopsgate |
|
STC. vol.3, (1991) |
- near
|
| 1614 |
Bishopsgate |
|
STC. vol.3, (1991) |
- Shop without
|
| 1620-01-01 |
Bethlehem |
|
STC. vol.3, (1991) |
- Shop at Sun
|
| 1622-03-01 |
Smithfield |
|
STC. vol.3, (1991) |
- the Hospital gate near
|
| 1622 |
|
|
STC. vol.3, (1991) |
- at the Lamb
|
| 1623 |
St Bartholomew's Gate |
|
STC. vol.3, (1991) |
- within
|
| 1627 |
Little Old Bailey |
|
STC. vol.3, (1991) |
- in Eliot's Court
|
Events (12)
Sources and References
| Original Sources |
Comments
|
| 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.17
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), pp.29-30
BELL (HENRY), bookseller in London, 1606-38; (1) Near the Cross Keys, Holborn Hill, 1608; (2) Without Bishopsgate, 1616-18; (3) The Sun in Bethlem, 1620; (4) At the Lame Hospital Gate in Smithfield, 1622; (5) In Eliot's Court, Old Bailey, 1631. Son of Francis Bell of Barney Castle, co. York, yeoman. Apprentice to Abel Jeffes { JEFFES, Abell ‹ LBT 07059 › }, stationer of London, for eight years from Christmas, 1594. On June 6th, 1597, he was transferred to Master Robinson {Robert ROBINSON, Robert ‹ LBT 08395 ›} for the remainder of his term; but was presented for his freedom by Richard Bradock { BRADDOCK, Richard ‹ LBT 07469 › } on January 18th, 1602 [Arber, ii. 199, 217, 231]. This is explained by the fact that Bradock had married the widow of Robert Robinson, and this presentation fixes the date of Robinson's death as after 1597 and before 1602 [Arber, iii. 702]. Henry Bell is first found taking apprentices in 1604. He appears to have been in partnership with Moses Bell, possibly a brother, their first joint entry occurring on March 29th, 1606 [Arber, iii. 317]; but he also appears to have published largely on his own account. Copyrights were transferred to him by Elizabeth Cliffe { }, Roger Darnes { } , and Ralph Blower { BLOWER, Ralph ( - 1626) ‹ LBT 08574 › }. Henry and Moses Bell transferred their copyrights to John Haviland { HAVILAND, John ‹ LBT 09027 › } and John Wright { } on September 4th, 1638 [Arber, iv. 434]. Nothing more is heard of Henry Bell, who presumably died about this time. He used as a device a punning allusion to his name, "Hen, Rye and Bell."
