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Floruit: 1588–1632
Floruit 1588 (A) — 1632 (A); Male, married
Life Events
| Event |
Date |
Source
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| Birth |
1564 |
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
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| Baptism |
31 Jan 1562 - at St Laurence Pountney, London |
O.D.N.B.
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| Death |
circa- Oct 1632 Lawsuit in the Court of Requests [McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)]. STC |
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Family Relationships
Livery Companies
| Company |
Source
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| Stationers' Company |
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Stationers' Company Titles (1)
| Title |
From |
To |
Notes
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| Assistant |
1625-10-28 |
1630-12-06 |
Chosen; First attendance; Last attendance
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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)
Had Apprentice(s): (6)
Addresses (3)
| Date |
Address |
Trade at Addr |
Source |
Comment
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| 1597 |
St Paul's Churchyard |
|
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910); STC. vol.3, (1991) |
- over against the Great North Gate
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| 1597 |
St Paul's Churchyard |
|
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910); STC. vol.3, (1991) |
- the sign of the Black Bear
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| 1609 |
|
|
STC. vol.3, (1991) |
- at the Black Bear
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Events (17)
Attendance prior to 5 Apr 1695 remains to be listed.
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
at St Laurence Pountney, London
The husband of Elizabeth ROYDEN, form. BANKWORTH
S.T.C., (1991), vol.3, p.24
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (; (1910), p.39
BLOUNT (EDWARD), bookseller in London, 1594-1632; (1) Over against the Great North Door of St. Paul's; (2) The Black Bear, St. Paul's Churchyard. Son of Ralph Blount, merchant tailor of London. Born in London in 1564. Apprentice to William Ponsonby { PONSONBY, William ( - 1603) ‹ LBT 08175 › } for ten years from June 24th, 1578, and admitted to the freedom of the Company of Stationers on June 25th, 1588. First book entry May 25th, 1594. Blount became one of the most enterprising of the booksellers of his day. He was a friend of Christopher Marlowe, and published several of his books. In 1603 he published the first edition of Florio's translation of Montaigne's Essays. In 1608 when he moved to the Black Bear he was joined by William Barrett { BARRETT, William ( - 1624) ‹ LBT 08145 › }, and amongst their notable undertakings was the second edition of the same work. Blount was also an extensive publisher of dramatic literature and in conjunction with Isaac Jaggard { JAGGARD, Isaac ( - 1627) ‹ LBT 09049 › }, William Jaggard { JAGGARD, William ( - 1623) ‹ LBT 07351 › }, John Smethwicke { SMETHWICK, John ( - 1641) ‹ LBT 08137 › } and William Aspley { ASPLEY, William (1573 - 1640) ‹ LBT 06927 › } issued the First Folio of Shakespeare's works in 1623. Toby Cooke { COOKE, Toby ‹ LBT 07620 › }, stationer, at his death left Blount a bequest of £20, and he was witness or executor to the wills of several other stationers. The last book entry by him in the Registers was on January 17th, 1631/2, and from a law suit in the Court of Requests it appears that he died in October, 1632. On October 3rd, 1636, his widow { ROYDEN, Elizabeth (mar. BLOUNT) ‹ LBT 03061 › } assigned the remainder of his copyrights to Andrew Crooke { CROOKE, Andrew (1607 - 1674) ‹ LBT 10657 › }. ["An Elizabethan Bookseller" by Sidney Lee, in Bibliographica, vol. i., pp. 474-98.]
