Stationers' Company

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Anthologization Isabella Whitney
The publisher Richard Jones registered with the Stationers' Company a poem probably by IW : The lamentacon of a gentlewoman upon the Death of hir late Deceased frende William Gryffith Gent.
Rollins, Hyder E. “Introduction and Notes”. A Gorgeous Gallery of Gallant Inventions, edited by Thomas Procter, Harvard University Press, 1926.
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Family and Intimate relationships Elinor James
He was about twenty-two, and had finished his apprenticeship to become a Freeman of the Stationers' Company earlier this year. He was grandson of Thomas James , first Keeper of the Bodleian Library in Oxford...
Friends, Associates Lady Mary Wroth
The Alchemist was registered with the Stationers' Company on this date, and published the same year.
Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.
Publishing Olaudah Equiano
OE registered with the Stationers' Company his autobiography, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, The African, published by subscription for the Author (that is at his own risk)...
Textual Production Jane Anger
The title continues: Jane Anger her Protection for Women To defend them against the Scandalous Reportes of a late Surfeiting Lover, and all other like Venerians that complaine so to be overcloyed with womens kindnesse...
Textual Production Anna Letitia Barbauld
ALB , Epistle to William Wilberforce , Esq., on the Rejection of the Bill for Abolishing the Slave Trade, was entered with the Stationers' Company by Joseph Johnson . It was her first new...
Textual Production Aphra Behn
One of AB 's best-known comedies, The Feign'd Curtizans; or, A Night's Intrigue, was licensed by the Stationers' Company ; it probably opened that month at Dorset Garden .
The London Stage notes that...
Textual Production Aphra Behn
The last of AB 's plays produced in her lifetime, The Emperour of the Moon, was licensed by the Stationers' Company ; it had probably opened in March.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
Textual Production Aphra Behn
AB published through Tonson her Poems upon Several Occasions.Jacob Tonson
Though one of the commendatory poems dates from November 1683, the book was not registered with the Stationers' Company till Easter Term 1684.
O’Donnell, Mary Ann. Aphra Behn: An Annotated Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Sources. Garland, 1986.
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Todd, Janet. The Secret Life of Aphra Behn. Rutgers University Press, 1997.
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O’Donnell, Mary Ann. Aphra Behn: An Annotated Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Sources. Garland, 1986.
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Textual Production Aphra Behn
On the pregnancy of Mary of Modena , the Stationers' Company licensed AB 's A Congratulatory Poem to Her Most Sacred Majesty on the Universal Hopes of all Loyal Persons for a Prince of Wales.
O’Donnell, Mary Ann. Aphra Behn: An Annotated Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Sources. Garland, 1986.
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Textual Production Aphra Behn
AB 's epistolary novel Love-Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister (a secret history or fiction à clef) was licensed by the Stationers' Company ; it was published anonymously the following year.
Todd, Janet. The Secret Life of Aphra Behn. Rutgers University Press, 1997.
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Textual Production Aphra Behn
AB 's The Fair Jilt: or, The History of Prince Tarquin and Miranda, her first short fiction or novel, was licensed with the Stationers' Company .
O’Donnell, Mary Ann. Aphra Behn: An Annotated Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Sources. Garland, 1986.
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Textual Production Aphra Behn
The Stationers' Company licensed AB 's The History of the Nun: or, the Fair Vow-Breaker.
O’Donnell, Mary Ann. Aphra Behn: An Annotated Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Sources. Garland, 1986.
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Textual Production Elizabeth Cary Viscountess Falkland
Elizabeth Cary 's The Tragedie of Mariam , the Faire Queene of Jewry was licensed by the Stationers' Company ; it was printed in 1613.
Falkland, Elizabeth Cary, Viscountess, and Lucy Cary. “Introduction and Editorial Materials”. The Tragedy of Mariam, The Fair Queen of Jewry; with, The Lady Falkland: Her Life by One of Her Daughters, edited by Barry Weller and Margaret W. Ferguson, University of California Press, 1994, pp. 1 - 59; various pages.
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Textual Production Anne Wharton
A caveat was entered at the Stationers' Company to prevent the printing of AW 's verse drama Love's Martyr and some of her poems.
Wharton, Anne. “Introduction”. The Surviving Works of Anne Wharton, edited by Germaine Greer and Selina Hastings, Stump Cross Books, 1997, pp. 1-124.
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Timeline

1403: The Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London...

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1403

The Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London approved the formation of a fraternity or Guild of Stationers . Printers became dominant in the organization by the time it became the Stationers' Company and...

4 May 1557: The Royal Charter of the Stationers' Company...

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4 May 1557

The Royal Charter of the Stationers' Company of London, granted by Mary Tudor , restricted the privilege of book-production to its limited membership.
McDowell, Paula. The Women of Grub Street: Press, Politics, and Gender in the London Literary Marketplace, 1678-1730. Clarendon, 1998.
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The Stationers’ and Newspaper Makers’ Company. http://web.archive.org/web/20080807130318/http://www.stationers.org/companyhall-history.asp.
Smyth, Adam. “23153.8; 19897.7; 15635”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 16, 27 Aug. 2015, pp. 37-9.
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By 14 April 1561: Sir Thomas Hoby's The Courtyer, translated...

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By 14 April 1561

Sir Thomas Hoby 's The Courtyer, translated from Baldassare Castiglione 's Il Cortegiano, was entered at the Stationers' Company ; it was published the same year.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.

By 9 May 1586: The young antiquary and historian William...

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By 9 May 1586

The young antiquary and historian William Camden published the first, Latin edition of his popular and influential Britannia, an account of Britain under the Romans which drew on physical remains and place-names.
Woolf, Daniel. The Idea of History in Early Stuart England. University of Toronto Press, 1990.
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English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.

4 February 1592: Samuel Daniel registered with the Stationers'...

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4 February 1592

Samuel Daniel registered with the Stationers' Company his collection of poems entitled Delia.
Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.

6 October 1592: Thomas Kyd registered with the Stationers'...

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6 October 1592

Thomas Kyd registered with the Stationers' CompanyThe Spanish Tragedy, which was anonymously published and staged the same year.
Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.

18 April 1593: Shakespeare's first published work, the narrative...

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18 April 1593

Shakespeare 's first published work, the narrative poem Venus and Adonis, was registered with the Stationers' Company ; the only recorded copy is in the Bodleian Library .
Barber, Giles. “A Continuing Tradition: Non-Book Materials in the Taylor Institution Library”. Bodleian Library Record, Vol.
xvii
, No. 3-4, Apr.–Oct. 2001, pp. 261-7.
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Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.

14 April 1599: Sir John Davies registered with the Stationers'...

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14 April 1599

Sir John Davies registered with the Stationers' Company the first of the two well-known works he published this year, essays entitled NosceTeipsum (Know Thyself).
Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.

22 November 1599: Edward Fairfax licensed with the Stationers'...

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22 November 1599

Edward Fairfax licensed with the Stationers' Company his Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Jerusalem, his translation of Gerusalemme Liberata by Torquato Tasso (1581), which was published in 1600.
Burrow, Colin. “I Don’t Know Whats”. London Review of Books, 22 Feb. 2001, pp. 12-13.
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Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.

About 1600: Women made up 10% of listed members of the...

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About 1600

Women made up 10% of listed members of the Stationers' Company .
Franck, Irene, and David Brownstone. Women’s World: A Timeline of Women in History. HarperCollins; HarperPerennial, 1995.
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17 March 1600: W. Vaughan licensed with the Stationers'...

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17 March 1600

W. Vaughan licensed with the Stationers' Company his Naturall and Artifical Directions for Health, which argued that moderate sexual (that is, heterosexual) activity was very expedient for preserving of health.
Mendelson, Sara Heller, and Patricia Crawford. Women in Early Modern England, 1550-1720. Clarendon Press, 1998.
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Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.

23 August 1600: William Shakespeare's comedy Much Ado about...

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23 August 1600

William Shakespeare 's comedy Much Ado about Nothing, probably written between summer 1598 and spring 1599, was licensed with the Stationers' Company ; it was printed this year.
Kay, Dennis. Shakespeare: His Life, Work, and Era. William Morrow, 1992.
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Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.

28 March 1603: Basilikon doron, or, His Maiesties Instructions...

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28 March 1603

Basilikon doron, or, His Maiesties Instructions to his Dearest Sonne, Henry the Prince, by James I , was registered with the Stationers' Company : it was in print within two days, and a rival...

9 November 1604: Thomas Dekker and Thomas Middleton entered...

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9 November 1604

Thomas Dekker and Thomas Middleton entered in the Stationers' CompanyThe Honest Whore (part one); it was published this year.
Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.

26 November 1607: Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear was registered...

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26 November 1607

Shakespeare 's tragedy King Lear was registered with the Stationers' Company for publication in a quarto edition the following year.
Kay, Dennis. Shakespeare: His Life, Work, and Era. William Morrow, 1992.
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Neill, Michael. “Glimpsed in the Glare”. London Revew of Books, Vol.
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, No. 24, 17 Dec. 2015, pp. 39-41.
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