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Floruit: 1578–1624
Floruit 1578 (A) — 1624 (B); Male, married
Life Events
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Date |
Source
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| Death |
circa- 1624 STC. vol.3, (1991) = 1624. |
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
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Family Relationships
Livery Companies
| Company |
Source
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| Stationers' Company |
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Occupations (1)
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Comment
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| Bookseller |
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
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Was Apprentice to Master(s): (1)
Had Apprentice(s): (4)
Addresses (2)
Events (4)
Sources and References
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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.39
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), pp.65-6
CHARD or CHARE (THOMAS), bookseller in London, 1577-1618; (1) The Helmet, St. Paul's Churchyard; (2) Bishopsgate Churchyard. This stationer, whose name was as often written Chare as Chard, is entered as the son of Thomas Chare of Dartforth, Kent, apprentice to Humphrey Toye { TOY, Humphrey ( - 1577) ‹ LBT 08606 › } for ten years from Christmas, 1565 [Arber, i. 289], and appears to have succeeded to the business on Toye's death in 1577. His first book entry was made on November 3rd, 1578 [Arber, ii. 340]. Amongst his publications was an edition of Jewell's Apologia in the Welsh tongue, and also a Prymer in Welsh. Most of his publications were theological. Chard was a troublesome member of the Company of Stationers and was frequently fined for disobeying its orders [Arber, ii. 852, 860, 861]. On January 22nd, 1613, he transferred his copyrights in Bishop Babington's works to Edmund Weaver { WEAVER, Edmund ( - 1638) ‹ LBT 08721 › }, and on March 10th, 1617/8, he and Weaver once more transferred their rights in those books to George Eld { ELDE, George ‹ LBT 06969 › } and Miles Flesher { FLESHER, Miles ( - 1664) ‹ LBT 07401 › } [Arber, iii. 622]. He died about 1622, when his widow Anne Chard { CHARD, Anne ‹ LBT 03266 › } assigned over her copyrights to J. Beale { BEALE, John ( - 1643) ‹ LBT 11034 › } and T. Dewe { DEWE, Thomas ( - 1625) ‹ LBT 09796 › }. The majority of Chard's books were issued without any indication of his place of business. For a lawsuit in which he was concerned in 1588, see the Library, January, 1909, pp. 102-3.
