HIGLEY, Hugh ( - 1625) ‹ LBT 08122 ›

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Floruit: 1598–1625

Floruit 1598 (A) — 1625 (B);  Male

Life Events

Event	Date	Source
Death	- after 22 Nov 1625 <Will> - before 7 Dec 1625 <Probate>

Will

Will (Ref., Piece, Image)	Will Dates	Intestate	Probate Dates	Administration Dates	Comments
PROB 11/147, Clarke: 103-147, 432/342	1625-11-22	N/A	1625-12-07		PRO - Stationer of London. --- McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910) - P.C.C. 134 Clarke

Livery Companies

Company	Source
Stationers' Company

Occupations (2)

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

Was Apprentice to Master(s): (2)

Name	Premium	Paid By	Comments
NEWBERY, John ( - 1604) ‹ LBT 08131 ›
MITTON, Adam ‹ LBT 07648 ›

Addresses (1)

Date	Address	Trade at Addr	Source	Comment
1625-12-07	London		Will	- late of

Events (12)

Date	Event type	Description
25 Dec 1594	Bound	to John Newbery (LBT/08131) - 'Hily' in Index only
9 Feb 1596	Rebound	to Adam Mitton (LBT/07648) - no mention of Newbery, but says originally bound to Richard Webber (LBT/07566) - no record - t.o. with his widow's (LBT/06722) consent
24 Apr 1598	Freed - Servitude	- by Adam Mitton (LBT/07648)
17 Jan 1603	Appr - Binding	Henry Richardson (LBT/07730)
2 Dec 1605	Appr - Binding	Thomas Warner [ ST/1:1621]
7 Mar 1608	Appr - Freedom	Mark <John> Bennet (LBT/08569) - as the executor of Arthur Thompson [LBT/] and Anne Tompson [LBT/] - John Bennet had originally been bound to Tompson - Highley and Tompson had be bound to Richard Webber and turned-over on the same day upon his death?
1 Apr 1611	Appr - Binding	John Neue (LBT/10169)
23 Mar 1612	Appr - Binding	Joell Hamott (LBT/10167)
6 Jun 1614	Appr - Binding	Stephen Petman (LBT/10170)
7 Nov 1614	Appr - Binding	William Tavernor (LBT/10171)
25 Dec 1619	Appr - Binding	John Lewes (LBT/10168) - deleted, but m.n.'posted stett' - however, see rebinding below
27 Jun 1620	Appr - Rebinding	John Lewes (LBT/10168) - also deleted, but m.n. 'It was mistaken stet'

Sources and References

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

SOURCES & TRANSCRIPTIONS

Transcriptions

/ HIGLEY / HILY / HYLYE

The husband of Judith [Name unknown]

McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), p.137

HIGLEY (HUGH), (?) bookseller in London, 1598-1625. The first heard of this stationer is the entry in the Registers of his transfer as an apprentice to Adam Mytton { MITTON, Adam ‹ LBT 07648 › }, on February 9th, 1595/6, upon the death of his first master, Richard Webber { WEBBER, Richard ( - 1595) ‹ LBT 07566 › } [Arber, ii. 209). He was made a frecman of the Company on April 24th, 1598 [Arber, iii, 720). His will was dated November 22nd, 1625, and proved on December 7th in the same year. It mentions his wife Judith, a son George and a daughter Margaret, and appoints as ovelseers Thomas Heron and John Beawly [P.C.C., 134, Clarke). No book bearing Higley's name in the imprint has been found.