STANSBY, William

BBTI ID

65835

Biographical Date(s)

1590 (or earlier) – 1638 (date of death)

Trade Date(s)

1590 (date of apprenticeship) – 1636

Address

At Paul's Wharf at the Cross Keys (1597). In Thames St by Paul's Wharf next to St Peter's Ch (1620). St Dunstan's Churchyard, Fleet Street.
London
LondonBBTI code: LONISO-3166 code: GB-LNDChapman code: LND
England

Trades

Sources:

Pollard, A.W. and Redgrave, G.R., A Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English Books Printed Abroad, 1475-1640, 2nd ed. revised and enlarged, 3 vols. (London 1986, 1976, 1991), esp. vol. 3 STC

Michael Turner's data on London Stationers' Company Apprentices before 1605, based on Arber's Transcript reconciled with Prof. J.A. Lavin's work ST/0

D.W. Krummel & Stanley Sadie (eds.), Music Printing and Publishing, The Norton/Grove Handbooks in Music (New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1990)KRUMMEL

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Barksdale, A. Beverly, The Printed Note: 500 Years of Music Printing and Engraving (New York: Da Capo Press, 1981), p. 89

Library: Transactions of the Bibliographical Society, quarterly periodical, published by OUP.LIB

Notes

Apprentice, journeyman & successor to John Windet; successor to Windet 1610. Made free of the Stationers' Company in 1597. Succeeded by Richard Bishop 1636. 1628 acquired some of Snodham's music copyrights. Disciplined by Stationers' Company for unruly behaviour and low standard of printing; in 1627 his share of the English stock was sequestered and he was banned from entering Stationers' Hall. After his death, widow assigned business to Richard Bishop. Ben Johnson's printer and publisher 1611-16.