DEIGHT, Walter ( - 1618) ‹ LBT 08102 ›

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Floruit: 1589–1618

Floruit 1589 (A) — 1618 (B);  Male, married

Life Events

Event	Date	Source
Death	- after 8 Oct 1618 <Will> - before 18 Jan 1619 <Probate>

Will

Will (Ref., Piece, Image)	Will Dates	Intestate	Probate Dates	Administration Dates	Comments
PROB 11/133, Parker: 1-73, 67/777	1618-10-08		1619-01-18		PRO - Walter Dight, Stationer of London. --- McKerrow, R. B. &c. (1910) - P.C.C. 6 Parker

Family Relationships

LBTNumber	Name	Relationship	Occupation	Comments
3203	DEIGHT, Elizabeth ‹ LBT 03203 ›	spouse
33142	DEIGHT, John ‹ LBT 33142 ›	parent	Husbandman

Livery Companies

Company	Source
Stationers' Company

Occupations (3)

Occupation	Comment
Printer	McKerrow, R. B. &c. (1910)
Bookseller
Stationer	Will

Was Apprentice to Master(s): (1)

Name	Premium	Paid By	Comments
MIDDLETON, Henry ( - 1587) ‹ LBT 08100 ›

Had Apprentice(s): (8)

Name	Premium	Paid By	Comments
LOUGHER, Thomas ‹ LBT 07374 › (fl. 1606-1606)
RUSSELL, William ‹ LBT 07375 › (fl. 1614-1614)
RUTTE, Robert ‹ LBT 07376 › (fl. 1603-1603)
VININGE, Thomas ‹ LBT 07377 › (fl. 1611-1611)
BLACKDON, Anthony ‹ LBT 09798 › (fl. 1614-1614)
DUDLEY, Laurence ‹ LBT 09799 › (fl. 1620-1620)
HAWKINS, Jonathan ‹ LBT 09800 › (fl. 1618-1618)
SHARLAKES, Richard ( - 1630) ‹ LBT 09801 › (fl. 1619-1630)

Addresses (5)

Date	Address	Trade at Addr	Source	Comment
1591	St Bride		STC. vol.3, (1991)	- Parish of
1600	Shoe Lane, Fleet Street		STC. vol.3, (1991)	- at the Harp
1600	Shoe Lane, Fleet Street		STC. vol.3, (1991)
1608	Shoe Lane, Fleet Street		STC. vol.3, (1991)	- near
1612	Shoe Lane, Fleet Street		STC. vol.3, (1991)	- the sign of the Falcon

Events (14)

Date	Event type	Description
25 Dec 1581	Bound	to Henry Middleton (LBT/08100)
7 Jan 1589	Freed - Servitude
24 Jun 1596	Appr - Binding	Robert Rutte (LBT/07376)
29 Sep 1597	Appr - Binding	Thomas Lougher (LBT/07374)
1 Apr 1600	Loan	- £6 from the William Norton bequest
25 Dec 1602	Appr - Binding	Thomas Vininge (LBT/07377)
25 Mar 1605	Appr - Binding	William Russell (LBT/07375)
28 Apr 1606	Appr - Freedom	Thomas Lougher (LBT/07374)
25 Mar 1607	Appr - Binding	Anthony Blackdon (LBT/09798)
1 Apr 1611	Appr - Freedom	Thomas Vininge (LBT/07377)
24 Jun 1611	Appr - Binding	Jonathan Hawkins (LBT/09800) - deleted 'never sealed - gone away'
29 Oct 1611	Appr - Binding	Richard Sharlakes <Sharlakers> (LBT/09801)
1613	Appr - Binding	Laurence Dudley (LBT/09799)
28 Mar 1614	Appr - Freedom	William Russell (LBT/07375)

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, pp.54-5

McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), p.93

DIGHT (WALTER), printer in London, 1590-1627; (1) The Falcon in Shoe Lane, St. Bride's parish; (2) The Harp in Shoe Lane [Broadsides of the Soc. of Antiquaries, no. 106]. Son of John Dight of Dunyate, co. Somerset. Apprentice to Henry Midleton { MIDDLETON, Henry ( - 1587) ‹ LBT 08100 › } for seven years from Christmas, 1581: admitted to the freedom of the Company on January 7th, 1588/9 [Arber, ii. 109, 703]. Admitted into the Livery June 30th, 1604 [Arber, ii. 875]. He made his first entry in the Registers July 12th, 1598, and his last on November 6th, 1615 [Arber, iii. 575]. His will was dated October 8th, 1618, and proved January 18th, 1618/9. In it he bequeathed all his "quiar bookes" to his nephew Edward Dight, and gave his two apprentices Richard { prob. SHARLAKES SHARLAKES, Richard ( - 1630) ‹ LBT 09801 › } and Lawrence { prob. DUDLEY DUDLEY, Laurence ‹ LBT 09799 › } the first refusal of his printing house, presses and other things [P.C.C., 6, Parker].