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Floruit: 1607–1625
Floruit 1607 (A) — 1625 (B); Male, married
Life Events
| Event |
Date |
Source
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| Death |
circa- 1625 |
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Will
| Will (Ref., Piece, Image) |
Will Dates |
Intestate |
Probate Dates |
Administration Dates |
Comments
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GH: MS9050/5/200v (Archd Ct)
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Family Relationships
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): (2)
Had Apprentice(s): (1)
Addresses (3)
| Date |
Address |
Trade at Addr |
Source |
Comment
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| 1607-10-01 |
St Paul's Churchyard |
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McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910); STC. vol.3, (1991) |
- the sign of the Spread Eagle - Great North Door
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| 1609, (1609) |
London Bridge |
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McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910) |
- the Red Lion upon
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| 1611-12-01 |
St Paul's Churchyard |
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McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910); STC. vol.3, (1991) |
- the sign of the Fleur-de-lis & Crown
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Events (4)
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.25
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), pp.42-3
BONION (RICHARD), bookseller in London, 1607-11; (1) The Spread Eagle near the great North Door of St. Paul's Church, 1607-10; (2) The Red Lion upon London Bridge, 1609; (3) At his shop in St. Paul's Churchyard, at the sign of the Floure de Luce and Crown, 1611. Son of Richard Bonyon, late of Hayes, co. Middlesex. Apprenticed to Richard Watkins { WATKYNS, Richard ‹ LBT 08278 › } for eight years from Christmas, 1598. Watkins dying in the following year, Bonyon's indentures were cancelled and he transferred his services to Simon Waterson { WATERSON, Simon ( - 1635) ‹ LBT 08687 › }, for eight years and a half, from Midsummer, 1599 [Arber, ii. 232, 239). He took up his freedom on August 6th, 1607 [Arber, iii. 683]. Bonion's chief claim to remembrance is that in company with H. Walley { WALLEY, Henry ( - 1660) ‹ LBT 11041 › } he was the publisher of the first quarto of Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida in 1609. The last entry under his name in the Registers is on February 19th, 1610/1 [Arber, iii. 453).
