HUNTER, John ‹ LBT 00125 ›

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Floruit: 1571–1576

Floruit 1571 (B) — 1576 (A);  Male

Livery Companies

Company Source
Drapers' Company

Occupations (1)

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

Addresses (1)

Date Address Trade at Addr Source Comment
1576, (1576-1582) (? Holborn) McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910) - the Bridge ?

SOURCES & TRANSCRIPTIONS

Transcriptions

S.T.C., (1991), vol.3, p.87

McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), p.147

HUNTER (JOHN), draper and bookseller in London, 1576-82; The Bridge [? in Holborn]. Born in 1549. Dealt chiefly in ballads [Arber, ii. 301, 348]. Was implicated with Roger Ward { WARDE, Roger ( - 1598) ‹ LBT 08076 › } and others in the publication of John Day's { DAY, John (1522 - 1584) ‹ LBT 07316 › } A B C, etc. In his deposition he described himself as "of the bridge." He confessed to having bought eleven double reams of the book from Ward [Arber, ii. 753, el seq.].