GRIFFEN, Edward ( - 1621) ‹ LBT 07690 ›

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Floruit: 1639

Floruit 1639 (E) — 1639 (A);  Male, married

Life Events

Event	Date	Source
Death	- before 7 May 1621 1621

Family Relationships

LBTNumber	Name	Relationship	Occupation	Comments
3156	GRIFFEN, Anne (1595 - ) ‹ LBT 03156 ›	spouse	Printer, Publisher
33105	GRIFFEN, John ‹ LBT 33105 ›	parent	Yeoman

Livery Companies

Company	Source
Stationers' Company

Occupations (1)

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

Was Apprentice to Master(s): (1)

Name	Premium	Paid By	Comments
HATFIELD, Arnold ( - 1613) ‹ LBT 07348 ›

Had Apprentice(s): (2)

Name	Premium	Paid By	Comments
ARNEY, Nicholas ‹ LBT 09002 ›
STEPHENS, Thomas ‹ LBT 09004 ›

Addresses (1)

Date	Address	Trade at Addr	Source	Comment
1613	Little Old Bailey		P1	- near the sign of the King's Head

Events (11)

Date	Event type	Description
2 Feb 1604	Bound	to Arnold Hatfield (LBT/07348)
18 Feb 1611	Freed - Servitude
6 May 1617	Appr - Freedom	John Milles (LBT/08932) originally bound to Melchisidec Bradwood (LBT/07329) as Mill. Possibly the apprent. whom Griffin was fined on the same day for not turning over at the hall.
1 Nov 1617	Appr - Binding	Nicholas Arney (LBT/09002)
6 Jul 1619	Appr - Freedom	Robert Mason (LBT/09018) - originally bound to Arnold Hatfield (LBT/07348)
6 Jul 1619	Appr - Freedom	William Gall (LBT/08931) originally bound to Melchisidec Bradwood (LBT/07329)
29 Sep 1619	Appr - Binding	Thomas Stephens (LBT/09004)
4 Oct 1619	Fined	- for keeping Thomas Stephens (LBT/09004) contrary to order
7 May 1621	Appr - Turn-over/Out	Nicholas Arney (LBT/09002) to John Haviland (LBT/09027) - Griffin 'lately deceased'
28 Nov 1624	Appr - Freedom	Nicholas Arney (LBT/09002) - Griffin [dec.]
18 Jan 1636	Son - patrimony	Edward Griffin (LBT/09003)

Sources and References

Original Sources	Comments
St.Co. Archive - Binding and Freedom records - extracted by Prof. J.A. Lavin

SOURCES & TRANSCRIPTIONS

Transcriptions

Cf. McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), pp.117-8

GRIFFIN (EDWARD) (LBT/07206), senior, printer in London, 1613-21; Dwelling in the Little Old Bayley near the sign of the King's Head. Son of Robert Griffin of Rydland, co. Flint, yeoman. Apprentice to Henry Conneway { CONWAY, Henry ( - 1598) ‹ LBT 08325 › }, citizen and stationer of London, for eight years from Michaelmas, 1589. He is found taking apprentices on his own account on October 3rd, 1597 [Arber, ii. 220]. A second Edward Griffen, Griffin, or Gryffyn { GRIFFEN, Edward ( - 1621) ‹ LBT 07690 › }, the son of John Griffen of Llandunes, co. Denbigh, was apprenticed to Arnold Hatfield { HATFIELD, Arnold ( - 1613) ‹ LBT 07348 › } for seven years from February 2nd, 1603/4 [Arber, ii. 276], took up his freedom February 18th, 1610/1 [Arber, iii. 683], and entered his first book on November 2nd, 1613 [Arber, iii. 534]. On the death of Melchisidec Bradwood { BRADWOOD, Melchisdecke ( - 1618) ‹ LBT 07329 › } in 1618 he secured the business of the Eliot's Court Press. His last book entry occurs on December 14th, 1620 [Arber, iv. 44], and his death took place before June 7th, 1621, when his widow {Anne – GRIFFEN, Anne (1595 - ) ‹ LBT 03156 › } in conjunction with John Haviland { HAVILAND, John ‹ LBT 09027 › } took over the business [Arber, iv. 55].