COLE, George ( - 1637) ‹ LBT 07169 ›
Badges
Floruit 1602 (A) — 1637 (A); Male, married
Life Events
| Event | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Death | - after 30 Oct 1637 <Will> - before 11 Jan 1638 <Probate> |
Will
| Will (Ref., Piece, Image) | Will Dates | Intestate | Probate Dates | Administration Dates | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
PROB 11/176, Lee: 1-51, 85/70 |
1386-01-11 | PRO - Notary Public and Proctor of the court of Arches of Battle, Sussex. --- |
Family Relationships
| LBTNumber | Name | Relationship | Occupation | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6428 | COLE, (Unknown) ‹ LBT 06428 › | spouse |
Livery Companies
| Company | Source |
|---|---|
| Stationers' Company |
Stationers' Company Titles (9)
| Title | From | To | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Renter Warden | 1610-07-01 | 1611-07-01 | Served 1610/1611 |
| Renter Warden | 1611-03-01 | 1612-03-01 | Served 1611/1612 |
| Assistant | 1615-07-07 | 1637-04-03 | Chosen; First attendance; Last attendance |
| Under Warden | 1620-07-01 | 1621-07-01 | Served 1620/1621 |
| Upper Warden | 1623-07-01 | 1624-07-01 | Served 1623/1624 |
| Master | 1627-06-30 | 1628-06-30 | Served 1627/1628 |
| Master | 1628-07-01 | 1629-07-01 | Served 1628/1629 |
| Master | 1631-07-01 | 1632-07-01 | Served 1631/1632 |
| Master | 1632-07-01 | 1633-07-01 | Served 1632/1633 |
Occupations (2)
| Occupation | Comment |
|---|---|
| Professor of Civil Law | McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910) |
| Stationer | McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910) |
Had Apprentice(s): (7)
Events (23)
| Date | Event type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 17 May 1602 | Freed - Redemption | |
| 2 Jul 1603 | Cloathed | |
| 7 Jul 1606 | Appr - Binding | John Gest (LBT/09670) |
| 1610 | Renter Warden | Served 1610/1611 |
| 2 Feb 1610 | Appr - Binding | Thomas Chace (LBT/09668) |
| Mar 1611 | Renter Warden | Served 1611/1612 |
| 15 May 1611 | Appr - Binding | Waltger Woodhill (LBT/09672) |
| 7 Jul 1615 | Court | Chosen as an Assistant |
| 7 Aug 1615 | Appr - Binding | William Baildon (LBT/09667) |
| 7 Aug 1615 | Court | Attended - first |
| 1 Jul 1620 | Under Warden | Served 1620/1621 |
| 6 Jul 1622 | Under Warden | fined - |
| Jul 1623 | Upper Warden | Served 1623/1624 |
| 3 May 1624 | Appr - Binding | Thomas Dewye (LBT/09669) |
| 31 Jan 1625 | Appr - Turn-over/In | Thomas Knight (LBT/09340) from William Barrett (LBT/08145) |
| 13 Apr 1626 | Upper Warden | fined - see FURTHER NOTES |
| 30 Jun 1627 | Master | Served 1627/1628 |
| Jul 1628 | Master | Served 1628/1629 |
| 2 Apr 1629 | Appr - Binding | Jeremy Savage (LBT/09671) |
| Jul 1631 | Master | Served 1631/1632 |
| Jul 1632 | Master | Served 1632/1633 |
| 3 Apr 1637 | Court | Attended - last |
| 11 Jan 1638 | Court | Died before this date |
Attendance prior to 5 Aug 1695 remains to be listed.
Further Notes
Upper Wardenship - on 13 Apr 1626 Anthony Gilman having requested "to have a new warden Chosen in his place", Cole was approached, but "desired to be spared from further service" and offered "to paie some reasonable fine". This was agreed to, and because of "good offices"done to the Company Cole was allowed to set his own fined. ---
Sources and References
| Original Sources | Comments |
|---|---|
| St.Co. Archive - Binding and Freedom records - extracted by Prof. J.A. Lavin |
SOURCES & TRANSCRIPTIONS
Transcriptions
ctor in the Court of Arches; Pro
S.T.C., (1991), vol.3, p.43
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), p.73
COLE (GEORGE), stationer of London, 1602-37. An important member of the Company of Stationers. From a Chancery suit relating to the Latin Stock of the Company, we learn that he became a freeman by marriage with a stationer's widow { COLE, (Unknown) ‹ LBT 06428 › }. We are not told who the stationer's widow was. Cole was admitted on May 17th, 1602, by redemption [Arber, ii. 732], and received into the Livery on July 2nd, 1603 [Arber, ii. 874]. He served the offices of Renter and Warden, and was Master of the Company in the years 1627-8,1628-9,1631-2, and 1632-3 [Arber, iv. 183, 201, 257, 281]. In the course of the suit referred to he admitted that he had never traded in the buying or selling or printing of books; but for the greater part of his life he was a professor of the civil law and a proctor in the Court of Arches for upwards of 30 years [Chancery Proceedings, Chas. I, S. 124-5]. He was a shareholder of the first rank in the Latin Stock, and was one of the first six stock-keepers appointed. The only other record of his dealing in books is an assignment on November 6th, 1628, by Humphrey Lownes {cf. junior – LOWNES, Humphrey ‹ LBT 09107 › } of his rights in twenty-one works to George Cole and George Latham { LATHAM, George ( - 1658) ‹ LBT 10376 › }; but on December 6th, 1630, they re-assigned them to Robert Young { YONGE, Robert ( - 1643) ‹ LBT 06861 › } [Arber, iv. 205, 245). The date of George Cole's death is unknown.