HARTE, Michael ‹ LBT 08781 ›
Badges
Floruit 1585 (A) — 1590 (A); Male
Livery Companies
| Company | Source |
|---|---|
| Stationers' Company |
Occupations (2)
| Occupation | Comment |
|---|---|
| Bookseller | McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910) |
| Stationer |
Was Apprentice to Master(s): (2)
| Name | Premium | Paid By | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| WINDET, John ( - 1610) ‹ LBT 06795 › | |||
| MAUNSELL, Andrew ‹ LBT 00132 › | McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910) - to Andrew Maunsell, bookseller, who was a member of the Drapers' Company. |
Addresses (2)
| Date | Address | Trade at Addr | Source | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1593 | London | STC. vol.3, (1991) | ||
| 1596 | Devon - Exeter | STC. vol.3, (1991) |
Events (4)
| Date | Event type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Sep 1585 | Bound | to John Windet (LBT/06795) |
| 29 Sep 1585 | Turned-over | first - from John Windet (LBT/06795) to Andrew Maunsell [LBT/132] |
| 1590 | Turned-over | second - from Andrew Maunsell [LBT/132] to Robert Dexter (LBT/07158) |
| 5 Oct 1592 | Freed - Servitude |
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.79
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), pp.129-30
HART (MICHAEL), bookseller in London, 1593. Son of John Hart of Exeter, co. Devon, shoemaker. Apprentice to John Windet { WINDET, John ( - 1610) ‹ LBT 06795 › }, stationer of London, for eight years from Michaelmas, 1585, and immediately turned over to Andrew Maunsell { MAUNSELL, Andrew ‹ LBT 00132 › }, bookseller, who was a member of the Drapers' Company to serve out his time [Arber, ii. 136]. Hart took up his freedom on October 5th, 1592, a year before his term was out, when the clerk records that Hart had been "turned over to Robert Dexter { DEXTER, Robert ( - 1603) ‹ LBT 07158 › } and served his yeares out with him" [Arber, ii. 711]. The explanation is that Dexter succeeded Maunsell at the Brazen Serpent in St. Paul's Churchyard about the year 1590 [Arber, ii. 566]. Hart was associated with Toby Cooke { COOKE, Toby ‹ LBT 07620 › } in the publication of George Gifford's Dialogue concerning Witches & Witchcraftes in 1593 [Hazlitt, H. 248.] This is the only book that has been traced bearing his imprint. His address has not been found. He may possibly be the "one Mighell (somtimes Dexters man in Powles Church-yard, though now he dwells at Exceter)" mentioned by Nashe in Have with You to Saffron-Walden, 1596, sig. O1v. If so, he probably had a bookselling business at Exeter.
MLT Note: - possibly also at Exeter