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Floruit: 1573–1584
Floruit 1573 (A) — 1584 (A); Male
Livery Companies
| Company |
Source
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| Stationers' Company |
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Occupations (2)
| Occupation |
Comment
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| Bookseller |
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
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| Bookbinder |
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
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Was Apprentice to Master(s): (1)
Had Apprentice(s): (2)
Addresses (1)
Events (3)
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
SPOYNER, Hugh 1565 (bound) < > - -
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S.T.C., (1991), vol.3, p.159
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), p.254
SPOONER (HUGH), bookseller and bookbinder in London, 1573-86; The Cradle in Lombard Street. Son of Hugh Spoyner, or Sponer, of Sheffield, Yorks, yeoman. Apprentice to Thomas Humble { HUMBLE, Thomas ‹ LBT 08526 › } for eight years from August 24th, 1565 [Arber, i. 286]. On September 25th, 1578, he entered in the Registers a work with the title A Thousand notable thinges of sundrie sorts, which was printed for him by John Charlewood { CHARLEWOOD, John ( - 1593) ‹ LBT 07132 › } [Arber, ii. 338]. Amongst the accounts of the Stationers' Company for the year ending July l0th, 1586, is the following entry :- "Item paid to Hughe Sponer for byndinge certen bookes prynted againste Master Tottells { TOTTELL, Richard ‹ LBT 08571 › } privylege-iijs. whiche shold be answered agayne by Master Tottell ... iijs." [Arber, i. 515].