A dictionary of printers and booksellers in England, Scotland and Ireland, and of foreign printers of English books 1557-1640 / by H.G. Aldis [and others] ; general editor: R.B. McKerrow.

Date:
1910
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Credit: A dictionary of printers and booksellers in England, Scotland and Ireland, and of foreign printers of English books 1557-1640 / by H.G. Aldis [and others] ; general editor: R.B. McKerrow. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    24 years, a list of the gold coins and their equivalents. Frank Adams was one of the most prominent agitators against the monopolists in 1582, and suffered imprisonment in consequence. Afterwards, in 1584, he was made one of the assigns of Richard Day’s patent [Arber, i. 144, 498 ; ii. 790- 793]. He died before April 6th, 1601, and was succeeded in his business by Robert Triplet [Arber, v. 202]. ADAMS (JOHN), (?) stationer in London, 1598-9. Son of Thomas Adams of Wallington, co. Herts. On July 6th, 1590, he was apprenticed to Henry Wall, citizen and stationer of London, for eight years, and is found taking an apprentice on May 7th, 1599 [Arber, ii. 170, 235]. ADAMS (JOHN), bookseller, bookbinder and printer in Oxford, 1604-37. On March 13th, 16 a house in St. Mary’s parish was leased to John Adams, stationer [Oxford Univ. Archives, box A, No. 23]. He was a bookbinder from about 1610 to 1637. On July 29th in the latter year a house just North of the Schools Quadrangle was described as “lately” in the tenure of John Adams, bookbinder [Univ. Reg. R. 24, fol. 149]. In the same year an edition of Scheibler’s Aletaphysica was printed for him by William Turner. [Madan, Oxford Press, 276, 308, 312; Gibson, Oxford Bhidings, 13, 38, 39, 48, 51-5, 59.] ADAMS (RICHARD), bookseller in London, 1559-79. Was apparently one of Richard Kele’s apprentices, as he was presented for his freedom some time between July loth, 1558, and July loth, 1559, by John Wetherall, one of Richard Kele’s executors [Arber, i. 98]. In the same year Richard Adams was fined for printing Thomas Brice’s Compoidious register in metre without license [Arber, i. loi]. The last entry under his name in the Registers occurs on June 26th, 1579 [Arber, ii. 354]. His address is unknown. ADAMS (THOMAS), bookseller in London, 1591-1620; (?) The White Lion in St. Paul’s Churchyard, 1591-1604; (2) The Bell, St. Paul’s Churchyard. Son of Thomas Adams of Nyensavage, co. Salop, yeoman. Apprentice first to Oliver Wilkes and afterwards to George Bishop [Arber, ii. 115, 119]. Took up his freedom in the Company of Stationers on October 15th, 1590. On October 12th, 1591, Robert Walley assigned over to him the copyrights in seventeen books and various ballads, all which were to be printed for him by John Charlewood [Arber, ii. 596].