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Floruit: 1557–1591
Floruit 1557 (A) — 1591 (B); Male, married
Life Events
| Event |
Date |
Source
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| Death |
- on 12 Apr 1591 |
McKerrow, R. B. &c. (1910)
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| Burial |
Apr 1591 Upminster Church McKerrow, R. B. &c. (1910) |
O.D.N.B.
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Family Relationships
Livery Companies
| Company |
Source
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| Stationers' Company |
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Stationers' Company Titles (1)
| Title |
From |
To |
Notes
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| Assistant |
1589-09-30 |
1589-09-30 |
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Occupations (2)
| Occupation |
Comment
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| Bookseller |
O.D.N.B.; McKerrow, R. B. &c. (1910)
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| Publisher |
O.D.N.B.; McKerrow, R. B. &c. (1910)
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Was Apprentice to Master(s): (1)
Had Apprentice(s): (8)
Addresses (2)
Events (12)
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.54
Transcipts
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), pp.90-1
D'EWES or DEWES (GARRAT), bookseller and printer in London, 1560-91; St. Paul's Churchyard at the sign of the Swan. Garrat Dewes or D'Ewes, was the eldest son of Adrian D'Ewes, an immigrant from Holland. He was apprenticed to Andrew Hester { HESTER, Andrew ‹ LBT 07705 › } and was made a freeman of the Company of Stationers on October 4th, 1557 [Arber, i. 70). In 1568 he was taken into the Livery and served the office of Renter in 1572 and 1573, and that of Under Warden in 1581-2. Dewes married Grace Hinde { HINDE, Grace (mar. DEWES) ( - bur. 1583) ‹ LBT 03158 › } of Cambridgeshire, a Dutchwoman, who died in 1583 and was buried in St. Faith's [Herbert, p. 941]. Soon after her death he retired to his estate at Upminster in Essex. He died on April 12th, 1591, leaving a son Paul who was the father of Sir Simon D'Ewes [Inq. P.M., 34 Eliz.]. He was buried at Gaines in Essex. Garret Dewes' earliest publication was a broadside recording the birth of a monstrous pig at Hampstead near London, which was printed for him by A. Lacy { LANT, Richard ‹ LBT 07965 › }in 1562 and is reprinted in Huth's Ancient Ballads and Broadsides, p. 163 [Arber, i. 202]. In 1567 he entered the Prognostication of Master Buckmaster [Arber, i. 328]. He was a disorderly member of the Company, being frequently fined for such offences as keeping his shop open on Holy days and not attending the court: during the wardenship of Richard Jugge { JUGGE, Richard ( - 1577) ‹ LBT 07912 › } and John Day { DAY, John (1522 - 1584) ‹ LBT 07316 › } he was more heavily fined for printing "The Boke of Rogues" (i.e., probably Harman's Caveat for Cursetors). In 1573 Garret Dewes was one of those who bought the patent of Francis Flower { } for printing grammars, and for whom a very original border was cut embodying all their devices. That of Garret Dewes represents the interior of a house showing two dice-players throwing a "deuce." In 1580 he was engaged in a lawsuit with Richard Ramsey, his mother's second husband, respecting some property left by his father [Court of Requests, 134|47). Sir John Lambe in his notes upon the London printing houses said that Thomas Dawson { DAWSON, Thomas ( - 1620) ‹ LBT 07918 › } bought the business of Garret Dewes in 1590 [Arber, iii. 702). It is singular that though he was the son of an alien there appears to be no mention of him in Messrs. Kirk's Returns of Alims.
