14501940
15001600170018001900
Floruit: 1556–1593
Floruit 1556 (A) — 1593 (A); Male, married
Life Events
| Event |
Date |
Source
|
| Birth |
1527 |
Duff, E.G. (1905)
|
| Death |
- before 14 Dec 1593 |
Duff, E.G. (1905)
|
| Burial |
1593 St Faith Duff, E.G. 1905 - epitaph preseved by Dugdale |
|
Will
| Will (Ref., Piece, Image) |
Will Dates |
Intestate |
Probate Dates |
Administration Dates |
Comments
|
|
PROB 11/83, Dixy: 1-44, 84/74
|
1593-08-27
|
|
1594-01-01
|
|
PRO - William Norton / 1 Jan 1594 --- Plomer, H.R. 1903, pp.30-3. Cf. under Siblings. Also mention Sister in law - Alice Hewet and her children. --- Duff, E.G. (1905)
|
Family Relationships
Livery Companies
| Company |
Source
|
| Stationers' Company |
|
Stationers' Company Titles (4)
| Title |
From |
To |
Notes
|
| Under Warden |
1569-07-01 |
1570-07-01 |
served 1569
|
| Master |
1581-07-01 |
1582-07-01 |
|
| Master |
1586-07-01 |
1587-07-01 |
|
| Master |
1593-07-01 |
1594-07-01 |
|
Occupations (1)
| Occupation |
Comment
|
| Stationer |
Duff, E.G. (1905)
|
Had Apprentice(s): (19)
| Name |
Premium |
Paid By |
Comments
|
| WATTES, Edmond ‹ LBT 07052 › |
|
|
|
| BOWSIER, Richard ‹ LBT 08158 › |
|
|
|
| BULLOKE, Peter ‹ LBT 08159 › |
|
|
|
| BUTTER, Thomas ( - 1590) ‹ LBT 08160 › |
|
|
|
| CASSON, William ‹ LBT 08161 › |
|
|
|
| CLERK, Thomas ( - 1611) ‹ LBT 08162 › |
|
|
|
| COLDOCK, Francis ( - 1603) ‹ LBT 08163 › |
|
|
|
| COWPER, Richard ‹ LBT 08164 › |
|
|
|
| CUDNER, Thomas ‹ LBT 08165 › |
|
|
|
| DYCHER, John ‹ LBT 08167 › |
|
|
|
| HARRES, John ‹ LBT 08168 › |
|
|
|
| HODGETTES, John ( - 1625) ‹ LBT 08170 › |
|
|
|
| JONES, Thomas ‹ LBT 08171 › |
|
|
|
| MAPPE, Ancell ‹ LBT 08172 › |
|
|
|
| NORTON, John ( - 1612) ‹ LBT 08174 › |
|
|
|
| PONSONBY, William ( - 1603) ‹ LBT 08175 › |
|
|
|
| SWYFTE, Hugh ‹ LBT 08176 › |
|
|
|
| TOY, Haell ‹ LBT 08177 › |
|
|
|
| WHETEMAN, Phillippe ‹ LBT 08178 › |
|
|
|
Addresses (1)
| Date |
Address |
Trade at Addr |
Source |
Comment
|
| 0000 |
St Paul's Churchyard |
|
Duff, E.G. (1905) |
- the sign of the King's Arms, later Queen's Arms
|
Events (32)
Sources and References
| Original Sources |
Comments
|
| St.Co. Archive - Binding and Freedom records - extracted by Prof. J.A. Lavin |
|
SOURCES & TRANSCRIPTIONS
Transcriptions
- at St Faith - epitaph preserved by Dudgale
ODNB - article by I.Gadd
S.T.C., (1991), vol.3, pp.127-8
Duff, E.G. (1905), p.112
NORTON (WILLIAM), stationer in London, was born in 1527. He was an original member of the Stationers' Company on its incorporation in 1557 and rapidly rose to a high position. He was Collector in 1563 and 1564, Under-Warden in 1569-70, Upper-Warden in 1573 and 1577 and Master in 1580, 1586 and 1593. He did not print himself but had a very large number of books printed for him by others. His address was the King's, afterwards Queen's, Arms in St. Paul's Churchyard and he used as a device a tun having the letters Nor upon it and a sprig of "Sweet William." He married Joan { BONHAM, Joan (mar. NORTON) ‹ LBT 03213 › } daughter of William Bonham { BONHAM, William (1497 - 1557) ‹ LBT 06973 › } the stationer and had one son Bonham Norton { NORTON, Bonham ( - 1635) ‹ LBT 08173 › }. He died in 1593 aged 66 and his will was proved January 1st, 1594. He left a large fortune in real and personal estate and made considerable bequests to charity. He was buried in the church of St. Faith and his epitaph has been preserved by Dugdale. (Plomer, Wills, pp. 30-33. D.N.B.]
