DAY, Richard (1552 - ) ‹ LBT 07331 ›
Badges
Floruit 1578 (A) — 1607 (B); Male
Life Events
| Event | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Birth | 21 Dec 1552 | |
| Death | 1607 |
Family Relationships
| LBTNumber | Name | Relationship | Occupation | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7316 | DAY, John (1522 - 1584) ‹ LBT 07316 › | parent | Printer | |
| 36837 | ELLISON, Joseph ‹ LBT 36837 › | sibling | O.D.N.B. - (1566-1628) - Aristotelian scholar and Church of England clergy man |
Livery Companies
| Company | Source |
|---|---|
| Stationers' Company |
Occupations (4)
| Occupation | Comment |
|---|---|
| Bookseller | |
| Editor | |
| Clergyman | McKerrow, R.B. &c (1910) |
| Printer | McKerrow, R.B. &c (1910) |
Had Apprentice(s): (2)
| Name | Premium | Paid By | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEDELL, Thomas ‹ LBT 07332 › | |||
| VERNON, Richard ‹ LBT 07881 › |
Addresses (2)
| Date | Address | Trade at Addr | Source | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1579, (1579) | Aldersgate | STC. vol.3, (1991) | ||
| 1580, (1580) | St Paul's Churchyard | STC. vol.3, (1991) | - Long Shop at West end |
Events (3)
| Date | Event type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Dec 1552 | Born | |
| 30 Jun 1578 | Cloathed | No record of binding or freedom |
| 29 Jun 1580 | Appr - Binding | Thomas Bedell (LBT/07332) |
Further Notes
- educ. Eton & King's College Cambridge.
Sources and References
| Original Sources | Comments |
|---|---|
| St.Co. Archive - Binding and Freedom records - extracted by Prof. J.A. Lavin |
SOURCES & TRANSCRIPTIONS
Transcriptions
S.T.C., (1991), vol.3, p.53
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), pp.86-7
DAY (RICHARD), printer and divine, 1578-84; The Long Shop at the West End of St. Paul's. Eldest son of John Day { DAY, John (1522 - 1584) ‹ LBT 07316 › }, the printer, by his first wife {Name not known DAY, (Unknown) ‹ LBT 03113 › }. Born on December 21st, 1552. He was educated at Eton [Harwood, Alumni Eton., 1797, p. 184], and afterwards was sent to King's College, Cambridge, where he matriculated in November, 1571, was admitted a fellow August 24th, 1574, and proceeded B.A. in 1575. Meanwhile his mother had died and his father had married a second time {Alice LEHUNTE, Alice (mar. DAY) ‹ LBT 06384 › }, and in a Chancery suit which he brought against his step-mother, he declared that it was through her influence that he was compelled to give up his fellowship and to become a proof-reader in his father's printing office. Richard Day was admitted to the Livery of the Stationers' Company in 1577-8 [Arber, i. 477], and he was joined with his father in the patent for printing the Metrical Psalms and the A B C and Little Catechism. In 1578 he brought out A Booke of Christian prayers, collected out of the Auncient Writers, commonly known as "Queen Elizabeth's Prayer Book." It is noted for the beauty of its woodcut borders and illustrations. It was printed by his father who is said to have compiled the first edition of 1569. He appears at this time to have had a shop of his own at the West End of St. Paul's known as the Long Shop; but his relations with his father seem to have heen very strained, a fact which he attributed to his stepmother's influence, and after his father's death in 1584 she refused to give him any portion of his father's goods, hence the Chancery Suit. The documents, unfortunately, are in a very mutilated and dirty condition, and very little can be made out from them. Richard Day subsequently took orders and was appointed to the vicarage of Reigate, in Surrey, on May 29th, 1583, but he only held the appointment a few months. His subsequent career and the date of his death are unknown. [D.N.B.; Chan. Proc. Eliz. Dd. 8 (53).]
Cf. McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), p.87
DAY (RICHARD) Assigns of, 1585-1603. In 1584 Richard Day, who had succeeded to the patent granted to his father John Day and himself, for printing The Psalmes of David in metre, the A B C and Little Catechism,assigned his interest in these works to Edward White { WHITE, Edward ( - 1612) ‹ LBT 08008 › }, William Wright { WRYGHTE, Wylliam ‹ LBT 07708 › }, Thomas Butter { BUTTER, Thomas ( - 1590) ‹ LBT 08160 › }, John Wolfe { WOLFE, John ‹ LBT 07327 › } and Francis Adams { ADAMS, Francis ( - 1601) ‹ LBT 08001 › }. The works were, however, pirated extensively and in 1585 Richard Day was obliged to bring an action in the Star Chamber on behalf of his assigns, against those infringing his patent [Arber, ii. 790-3].