1596, May 21. Application was made to Convocation for a licence to Joseph Barnes to have a monopoly of printing inedited Greek and Latin books (Oxf. Univ. Archives, Reg. Ma., p. 15).
1597, Apr. 11. Lancelot Waistiell or Waystayle adm. stationer of the University: he resigned in 1608.
1598/9, Mar. 16. John Crosley adm. bookseller (Clark, i. 321): stationer in 1611 (Clark, i. 342): died before 12 Feb. 1612
3 (Oxf. Univ. Archives—Wills, where he is described as a citizen of London).
1600/1. Robert Billingsley occurs as a bookseller (Clark, i. 342): also bookbinder: he died before 17 Nov. 1606 (Oxf. Univ. Archives—Wills).
1603. The Stationers Company in London obtain a monopoly of printing Primers, Psalms and Almanacs.
1608, Apr. 18. Denis Edmonds adm. stationer.
1609. Nicholas Smith, bookbinder, died before 9 Aug. 1609 (Oxf. Univ. Archives—Wills): his wife Anne was Rob. Billingsley’s widow.
1609, Oct 24. John Garbrand alias Herks, bookseller, was licensed to sell wine (Clark, i. 323): he died before 29 Sept. 1617 (ibid.), and after 21 Mar. 1616
7 (Clark, i. 321).
1609, Oct. 20. William Davies occurs as stationer (Clark, i. 342): still such in 1615 and 1621 and 1637 (Clark, i. 343–4): bookseller in March, 1616
7 (Clark, i. 321).
1609/10, Mar. 13. A tenement in St. Mary’s parish was leased to John Adams, stationer (Oxf. Univ. Archives, box A, no. 23): he was a bookbinder from 1610 to 1620 (Magd. college deeds, cf. Clark, i. 343). In 1637, July 20, a house just North of the Schools Quadrangle was “lately” in the tenure of John Adams, bookbinder (Agreement between Magdalen and the University in Reg. R. 24, fol. 149r). For his printing, see pp. [308], [312].