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Floruit: 1583–1600
Floruit 1583 (A) — 1600 (B); Male, married
Life Events
| Event |
Date |
Source
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| Death |
- before 11 Aug 1600 |
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Family Relationships
Livery Companies
| Company |
Source
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| Stationers' Company |
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Occupations (2)
| Occupation |
Comment
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| Printer |
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
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| Bookseller |
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Had Apprentice(s): (3)
Addresses (2)
Events (4)
Sources and References
| Original Sources |
Comments
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| St.Co. Archive - Binding and Freedom records - extracted by Prof. J.A. Lavin |
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SOURCES & TRANSCRIPTIONS
Transcriptions
SOURCES & TRANSCRIPTIONS
S.T.C., (1991), vol.3, p.155
Transcriptions
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), pp.246-7
SIMSON (GABRIEL), printer in London, 1583-1600; The White Horse in Fleet Lane, over against Seacoal Lane. Admitted to the freedom of the Company of Stationers on the presentation of Mistress Jugge { JUGGE, Joan ( - 1588) ‹ LBT 03176 › } on April l0th, 1583. A fellow apprentice, William White { WHITE, William ‹ LBT 07925 › }, was presented on the same day, and the two joined partnership for a few years [Arber, ii. 688]. Gabriel Simson made his first entry, a ballad, in the Registers on May 1st, 1585 [Arber, ii. 440]. On August 18th, 1595, Simson and White were fined ten shillings for printing part of a book of Master Broughton's { } without authority; they were ordered to bring in the sheets they had printed and were threatened with imprisonment [Arber, ii. 824] They were both mentioned in the list of printers who were especially warned in 1599 not to print any satires, epigrams, plays or histories [Arber, iii. 678]. Their partnership was dissolved in 1597 when William White set up for himself in Cow Lane, near Smithfield. Gabriel Simson died before August 11th, 1600 [Arber, ii. 247]. He left two sons, Gabriel and Daniel, and two daughters, who are referred to in the will of Henry Sivedall who died in 1624 [P.C.C., 90, Byrde]. His widow Frances { SIMPSON, Frances (mar. READE) ‹ LBT 03175 › } afterwards married Richard Rede { READE, Richard ( - 1605) ‹ LBT 07924 › }, or Read, printer, and later took as a third husband George Elde { ELDE, George ‹ LBT 06969 › }, printer.
