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Floruit: 1588–1598
Floruit 1588 (A) — 1598 (B); Male, married
Life Events
| Event |
Date |
Source
|
| Death |
before- 1598 |
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
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Family Relationships
Livery Companies
| Company |
Source
|
| Stationers' Company |
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Occupations (1)
| Occupation |
Comment
|
| Bookseller |
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
|
Was Apprentice to Master(s): (1)
Had Apprentice(s): (1)
Addresses (1)
| Date |
Address |
Trade at Addr |
Source |
Comment
|
| 0000, (1588-91) |
Paternoster Row |
|
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910) |
- the Greyhound
|
Events (3)
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.134
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), p.213
PENNY (JOHN), bookseller in London, 1588-91; The Greyhound in Paternoster Row. Son of John Pennie of Bebbington, Cheshire, yeoman. Apprentice to John Harrison { HARRISON, John ( - 1616) ‹ LBT 07614 › }, the elder, for eight years from Christmas, 1583, and made free of the Company on October 17th, 1588 [Arber, ii. 120,703]. In 1591 he published a collection of poems by John Davies under the title of 0 Utinam, which was entered in the Registers under its running-title, A Private Mans Potion for the health of England. The printers were Richard Yardley { YARDLAY, Richard ( - 1597) ‹ LBT 07928 › } and Peter Short { SHORT, Peter ‹ LBT 08436 › } [Arber, v. 165]. John Penny died before 1598, when his widow { PENNY, (Unknown) ‹ LBT 30732 › } is found presenting an apprentice for his freedom [Arber, ii. 720].
