The British book trades: topographical listings. Norfolk
This page is one of a series of county listings which are being developed to bring together biographical information relating to localities throughout the British Isles which is currently scattered in other sections of the Exeter Working papers. They are not intended as exhaustive listings. The main sources covered are bankruptcy notices 1731-1806, apprenticeships 1710-1777 and insurance policies 1775-1787. Other information is being added and entries amalgamated as information is available.
N.B. Plomer not incorporated for Norfolk.
Barker, William, bookseller, East Dereham, Norfolk, 1785/7. Royal Exchange policy 97132, £1000, 1785/7.
Campbel, Mr, On Monday [10 Dec 1750] died Mr. Campbel, bookbinder at Yarmouth LDA 14 Dec 1750. Source: Berch.
Carr, Peter, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, bookseller to surrender 8, 14 May, 7 Jun at Guildhall LG 26 Apr 1766. Dividend declared for 28 Feb 1767 LG 7 Feb 1767. Source: Berch.
Chicheley, Henry Richard, bookseller, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, 1778. Sun policy 400775, £400, 1778.
Cordran, Robert, stationer, Yarmouth, Norfolk 1794. Bankrupt: 05 Aug 1794 div: 31 Aug 1795 18 Jan 1796
Downes and March, printers and booksellers, Quay, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, 1784B-1785P. Sources: Pendred
Durant, William, bookseller, Market Row, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, 1777/8. Sun policy 394700, £200, 1777/8.
Eaton, William, stationer, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, 1781. Sun policy 440320, £500, 1781.
March, John, printer, stationer, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, 1780-1785P; King Street 1780; Quay 1784B-1785P. Trading as Downes and March 1784B-17885P. Sun policy 433099, £200, 1780. Royal Exchange policy 84579, £400, 1782/3. Published catalogues. Died in George Town near Washington, North America 21 June 1804 aged 50. Sources: Nichols iii,680.
Meggy, W., bookseller Yarmouth, c1786. Imprint: c1786: Kress B1082.
Neave, Elizabeth, bookseller, stationer, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, 1782. Sun policy 462335, £200, 1782.
Neave, Sarah, bookseller, stationer, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, 1782. Sun policy 462335, £200, 1782.
Teulon, Thomas jun., music seller, Great Yarmouth to surrender 14 Aug 18 Sep at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Great Yarmouth LG 7 Aug 1838. Source: Berch.
Gillingwater, Edmund, stationer, Harleston, Norfolk, 1781-1786. Sun policy 448585, £300, 1781. Sun policy 518478, £700, 1786.
Ames, Joseph, papermaker, Hellesdon near Norwich, Norfolk, 1779. Sun policy 409527, £400, 1779.
Parslee, John, bookseller, Holt, Norfolk 1802. Bankrupt: 13 Jul 1802 cert: 21 Feb 1804 div: 18 Feb 1803 31 May 1804
Allen, William, apprentice printer, King's Lynn, Norfolk, 1774. Apprenticed to Whittingham, William, £31/00/00 IR/1/59, fo. 082.
Balding, John, engraver and broker, King's Lynn, Norfolk, Damgate 1784B. Not in Pendred.
Beatniffe, Richard, apprentice stationer, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, 1755. Apprenticed to Hollingworth, Thomas, £30/00/00. [also BB] IR/1/52, fo. 088.
Beecroft, James, apprentice stationer, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, 1740. Son of William. Apprenticed to Hollingworth, Thomas, £25/00/00 IR/1/50, fo. 007.
Bird, Henry, apprentice bookseller, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, 1767. Apprenticed to Hollingworth, Thomas, £40/00/00. [also bookbinder, ST] IR/1/25, fo. 077.
Clarke, Joseph, bookseller and stationer, King's Lynn, Norfolk, 1768-1791. Apprenticed to Whittingham, William, £30/00/00 1768. IR/1/56, fo. 158. Died 15 Aug. 1791. Sources: Musgrave (Gent Mag p. 873)
Dashwood, Scampton, apprentice stationer and bookbinder, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, 1749. Son of Ann. Apprenticed to Hollingworth, Thomas, £17/00/00. IR/1/18, fo. 214.
Daville, Richard, apprentice bookseller, King's Lynn, Norfolk, 1765. Apprenticed to Whittingham, William, £30/00/00 IR/1/55, fo. 205.
Garratt, John, printer, stationer, King, Norfolk, 1775/7-1785P; High Street 1784B-1785P. Royal Exchange policy 66869, £600, 1775/7. Sources: Pendred.
Green, William, apprentice stationer, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, 1746. Son of William. Apprenticed to Hollingworth, Thomas, £5/05/00 IR/1/17, fo. 129.
Harris, William, apprentice bookseller, Lynn, Norfolk, 1771. Apprenticed to Whittingham, William, £50/00/00. [BS & ST] IR/1/58, fo. 036.
Harwick, Charles, bookseller, Kings Lynn, Norfolk 1732. Bankrupt: GM Jul 1732
Hedley, Isagney, bookseller and stationer, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, 1771-1785P; High Street 1784B-1785P. Apprenticed to Hollingworth, Thomas & Co, £40/00/00 1771. IR/1/58, fo. 035.
Hollingworth, Thomas, bookseller, stationer, bookbinder, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, 1740-1776. Apprentices: Beecroft, James, £25/00/00 1740. IR/1/50, fo. 007. Green, William, £5/05/00 1746. IR/1/17, fo. 129. Dashwood, Scampton, £17/00/00 1749. IR/1/18, fo. 214. Beatniffe, Richard, £30/00/00 1755. IR/1/52, fo. 088. Thompson, Thomas, £40/00/00 1757. IR/1/53, fo. 014. Rogers, samuel, £40/00/00 1760. [app to T.H. & Co.] IR/1/53, fo. 210. Bird, Henry, £40/00/00 1767. IR/1/25, fo. 077. Hedley, Isagney, £40/00/00 1771. [app to T.H. & Co] IR/1/58, fo. 035. Marshall, Richard, £42/00/00 1776. [app to T.H. & Co] IR/1/28, fo. 210.
Lee, Joseph, bookseller, King's Lynn, Norfolk, 1755. Apprentice Smith, Thomas, £30/00/00. IR/1/52, fo. 111.
Marshall, Richard, bookseller stationer, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, 1776-1799; High Street 1784B-1785P. Apprenticed as stationer to Hollingworth, Thomas & Co, £42/00/00 1776. IR/1/28, fo. 210. Bankrupt: 13 Jul 1799 div: 07 Mar 1800 28 Aug 1801. Imprint: 1798: Kress B3623. Sources: Pendred.
Rogers, samuel, apprentice bookseller, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, 1760. Apprenticed to Hollingworth, Thomas, £40/00/00. [app to T.H. & Co, also bookbinder, ST] IR/1/53, fo. 210.
Smith, Thomas, apprentice bookseller, King's Lynn, Norfolk, 1755. Apprenticed to Lee, Joseph, £30/00/00 IR/1/52, fo. 111.
Thompson, Thomas, apprentice bookseller, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, 1757. Apprenticed to Hollingworth, Thomas, £40/00/00. [also bookbinder, ST] IR/1/53, fo. 014.
Whittingham, John. To compel John Whittingham the younger, late of Whitchurch, in the county of Salop, and since of King's Lynn, in the county of Norfolk, bookbinder, now a prisoner in the Gaol for the Borough of King's Lynn, to make a schedule of his estate and effects as an insolvent debtor, witness my hand the 28th day of October 1761. William Whittingham LG 31 Oct 1761. Source: Berch.
Whittingham, William, printer, bookseller, stationer, Lynn, Norfolk, 1765-1797; High Street 1784B-1785P. Died 29 Apr. 1797 aged 56. Published catalogues 1766-95. Apprentices: Daville, Richard, £30/00/00 1765. IR/1/55, fo. 205. Clarke, Joseph, £30/00/00 1768. IR/1/56, fo. 158. Harris, William, £50/00/00 1771. IR/1/58, fo. 036. Allen, William, £31/00/00 1774. IR/1/59, fo. 082. Sun policy 381767, £200, 1777. Royal Exchange policy 72621, £1650, 1777/8. Royal Exchange policy 79289, £100, 1779/81. Royal Exchange policy 100407, £500, 1786/7. Eminent printer and bookseller, editor of continuation of Blomefield's History of Norfolk and other topographical weorks. Probably not related to Charles Whittingham. Imprints: 1776: Kress S4847; 1785: Kress B969; 1793: Kress B2500. Sources: Pendred; Nichols iii,689; Timperley 795.
Williams, R, print publisher, Black Goose Street, Lynn, Norfolk, 1783. Sources: J.C.Smith 1719.
Carter, John, apprentice papermaker, Lyng, Norfolk, 1763. Apprenticed to Hamerton, John, £1/00/00 IR/1/24, fo. 014.
Carter, Robert, apprentice papermaker, Lyng, Norfolk, 1766. Apprenticed to Hamerton, John, £1/00/00 IR/1/56, fo. 008.
Hamerton, John, papermaker, Lyng, Norfolk, 1763-1785. Apprentices: Carter, John, £1/00/00 1763. IR/1/24, fo. 014. Carter, Robert, £1/00/00 1766. IR/1/56, fo. 008. Sun policy 416967, £3100, 1779. Sun policy 431695, £200, 1780. Sun policy 450998, £500, 1781. Sun policy 500064, £700, 1785.
Hamerton, Thomas, papermaker, Lynn, Norfolk 1804. Bankrupt: 07 Jan 1804 cert: 19 Apr 1806 div: 10 Jan 1805
Barker, William, apprentice bookbinder, Norwich, Norfolk, 1767. Apprenticed to Booth, Martin, £21/00/00 IR/1/56, fo. 130.
Beatniffe, Richard, bookseller, stationer, bookbinder, Norwich, Norfolk, 1763-1786/7; Saint Peter Mancroft 1777. Apprentices: Bowles, Henry, £3/00/00 1763 . IR/1/55, fo. 056. March, John, £20/00/00 1767. IR/1/56, fo. 082. Beets, Robert, £30/00/00 1773. IR/1/58, fo. 151. Downes, John Dawson, £16/15/00 1773. IR/1/58, fo. 207. Sudbury, Daniel, £15/00/00 1776. IR/1/29, fo. 042. Sun policy 391952, £400, 1777. Royal Exchange policy 98912, £600, 1786/7.
Beets, Robert, apprentice bookseller, Norwich, Norfolk, 1773. Apprenticed to Beatniffe, Richard, £30/00/00 IR/1/58, fo. 151.
Berry, Christopher, stationer, bookbinder, corner of Dove Lane, Norwich 1778; Maddenmarket, St. John Norwich 1778. Sun policy 404764, £1000, 1778. Sun policy 397963, £1000, 1778.
Berry, John, stationer, bookbinder, corner of Dove Lane, Norwich 1778; Maddenmarket, St. John Norwich 1778. Sun policy 404764, £1000, 1778. Sun policy 397963, £1000, 1778.
Booth, Grace, bookseller and stationer, Norwich, Norfolk, 1783/5-1785/7. Royal Exchange policy 87645, £300, 1783/5. Royal Exchange policy 99410, £700, 1785/7.
Booth, Martin, bookbinder, Norwich, Norfolk, 1767-1779. Apprentices: Barker, William, £21/00/00 1767. IR/1/56, fo. 130. Gunton, Richard, £26/05/00 1775. IR/1/28, fo. 159. Stebbing, John, £30/00/00 1776. IR/1/29, fo. 053. Sun policy 418529, £200, 1779.
Booth, Thomas, bookseller and stationer, Norwich, 1783/5-1785/7. Royal Exchange policy 87645, £300, 1783/5. Royal Exchange policy 99410, £700, 1785/7.
Bowen, James, bookseller, Norwich, Norfolk, 1789. Apprentice Parslee, John; McKenzie 0970.
Bowles, Henry, apprentice bookbinder, Norwich, Norfolk, 1763. Apprenticed to Beatniffe, Richard, £3/00/00 IR/1/55, fo. 056.
Brooke, Abraham, bookseller, Cookey Lane, Norwich, Norfolk, 1778. Sun policy 396792, £600, 1778.
Chase, William, bookseller and stationer, Norwich, Norfolk, 1743-1775. Apprentices: Crispe, Edward, £10/00/00 1743. IR/1/50, fo. 157. Cruse, John, £40/00/00 1752. IR/1/51, fo. 153. Sadler, William, £2/00/00 1758. IR/1/53, fo. 049. Singleton, Jeremiah, £20/00/00 1768. IR/1/56, fo. 200. Lemon, Thomas, £5/00/00 1775. IR/1/59, fo. 123.
Crispe, Edward, apprentice stationer, Norwich, Norfolk, 1743. Apprenticed to Chase, William, £10/00/00 IR/1/50, fo. 157.
Crocket, Martin, apprentice bookbinder, Norwich, Norfolk, 1758. Apprenticed to Walsby, Edward, £10/00/00 IR/1/53, fo. 115.
Crotch, Mathew, bookbinder, Norwich, Norfolk, 1730. Apprentice Goodson, John, £4/00/00. IR/1/49, fo. 236.
Crouse, John, printer, Saint Peter Mancroft, Norwich, Norfolk, 1782. Sun policy 462916, £500, 1782.
Cruse, John, apprentice bookseller, Norwich, Norfolk, 1752. Son of William. Apprenticed to Chase, William, £40/00/00 IR/1/51, fo. 153.
Downes, John Dawson, apprentice bookseller, Norwich, Norfolk, 1773. Apprenticed to Beatniffe, Richard, £16/15/00 IR/1/58, fo. 207.
Edwards, Jacob, bookseller, Saint Andrew, Norwich, Norfolk, 1783. Sun policy 480099, £200, 1783.
Edwards, John, papermaker, Norwich, Norfolk 1787. Bankrupt: 10 Jul 1787 cert: 14 Feb 1789 div: 21 Sep 1789 19 Jan 1796
Elsegood, William, apprentice bookseller, North Buckenham, Norfolk, 1773. Apprenticed to Mapes, William, £5/05/00 IR/1/58, fo. 152.
Ferguson, John, bookseller, Norwich, Norfolk, 1781/2. Sun policy 455521, £400, 1781/2.
Fiddey, Harbord, apprentice printer, Norwich, Norfolk, 1776. Apprenticed to White, Stephen, £15/15/00 IR/1/59, fo. 202.
Gilbert, George, stationer, Norwich, Norfolk 1760. Bankrupt: GM Jan 1760
Glashan, Robert Mark, papermaker, Norwich, Norfolk, 1783. Sun policy 484259, £1000, 1783.
Gleed, Jonathan, Norwich, stationer and bookbinder, to surrender 13, 14 Dec 1762, 8 Jan 1763 at the house of Thomas Mottram, sign of the King's Arms, parish of St. Michael LG 27 Nov 1762. Certificate 26 Mar 1763 LG 5 Mar 1763. Source: Berch.
Gleed, Jonathan, stationer, Norwich, Norfolk 1762. Bankrupt: 27 Nov 1762 cert: 26 Mar 1763
Goodson, John, apprentice bookbinder, Norwich, Norfolk, 1730. Son of Francis. Apprenticed to Crotch, Mathew, £4/00/00 IR/1/49, fo. 236.
Goodwin, John, bookseller, Norwich, Norfolk, 1755. Apprentice Smith, Thomas, £0/05/00. IR/1/52, fo. 110.
Gunton, Richard, apprentice bookbinder, Norwich, Norfolk, 1775. Apprenticed to Booth, Martin, £26/05/00 IR/1/28, fo. 159.
Harrison, James Edward, apprentice printer, Norwich, Norfolk, 1775. Apprenticed to White, Stephen, £10/00/00 IR/1/59, fo. 122.
Hart, Sophia, apprentice bookbinder, Norwich, Norfolk, 1752. Apprenticed to Walsby, Edward, £9/00/00 IR/1/51, fo. 150.
Lemon, Thomas, apprentice bookseller, Norwich, Norfolk, 1775. Apprenticed to Chase, William, £5/00/00 IR/1/59, fo. 123.
Mackglasham, Robert, papermaker, Norwich, Norfolk 1787. Bankrupt: 10 Jul 1787 cert: 14 Feb 1789 div: 21 Sep 1789 19 Jan 1796
Mackglashan, Robert, papermaker, Norwich, Norfolk, 1786/7. Royal Exchange policy 97713, £1000, 1786/7.
Mackglashan, Robert, papermaker, Norwich, Norfolk, 1784. Sun policy 498156, £2500, 1784.
Mapes, William, bookseller, North Buckenham, Norfolk, 1773. Apprentice Elsegood, William, £5/05/00. IR/1/58, fo. 152.
March, John, apprentice bookbinder, Norwich, Norfolk, 1767. Apprenticed to Beatniffe, Richard, £20/00/00 IR/1/56, fo. 082.
Pamp, William, apprentice bookseller, Norwich, Norfolk, 1758. Apprenticed to Wardlaw, William, £7/00/00 IR/1/53, fo. 049.
Parslee, John, apprentice bookseller, Norwich, Norfolk, 1789. Apprenticed to Bowen, James, free 1814; McKenzie 0970.
Richer, Nicholas, apprentice bookbinder, Norwich, Norfolk, 1768. Apprenticed to Walsby, Edward, £20/00/00 IR/1/25, fo. 161.
Robberds, William, bookseller, Norwich, Norfolk, 1785. Sun policy 503678, £500, 1785.
Sadler, William, apprentice bookseller, Norwich, Norfolk, 1758. Apprenticed to Chase, William, £2/00/00 IR/1/53, fo. 049.
Singleton, Jeremiah, apprentice bookseller, Norwich, Norfolk, 1768. Apprenticed to Chase, William, £20/00/00 IR/1/56, fo. 200.
Smith, Thomas, apprentice bookseller, Norwich, Norfolk, 1755. Apprenticed to Goodwin, John, £0/05/00 IR/1/52, fo. 110.
Stebbing, John, apprentice bookbinder, Norwich, Norfolk, 1776. Apprenticed to Booth, Martin, £30/00/00 IR/1/29, fo. 053.
Sudbury, Daniel, apprentice bookbinder, Norwich, Norfolk, 1776. Apprenticed to Beatniffe, Richard, £15/00/00 IR/1/29, fo. 042.
Walker, John, apprentice stationer, Norwich, Norfolk, 1768. Apprenticed to Wardlaw, William, £50/00/00 IR/1/56, fo. 200.
Walsby, Edward, bookbinder, Norwich, Norfolk, 1752-1775. Apprentices: Hart, Sophia, £9/00/00 1752. IR/1/51, fo. 150. Crocket, Martin, £10/00/00 1758. IR/1/53, fo. 115. Richer, Nicholas, £20/00/00 1768. IR/1/25, fo. 161. Walsby, John, £52/00/00 1775. IR/1/59, fo. 121.
Walsby, John, apprentice bookbinder, Norwich, Norfolk, 1775. Apprenticed to Walsby, Edward, £52/00/00 IR/1/59, fo. 121.
Wardlaw, William, bookseller and stationer, Norwich, Norfolk, 1758-1768. Apprentices: Pamp, William, £7/00/00 1758. IR/1/53, fo. 049. Walker, John, £50/00/00 1768. IR/1/56, fo. 200.
White, Stephen, printer, Norwich, Norfolk, 1775-1776. Apprentices: Harrison, James Edward, £10/00/00 1775. IR/1/59, fo. 122. Fiddey, Harbord, £15/15/00 1776. IR/1/59, fo. 202.
Dey, James, apprentice papermaker, Oxnead, Norfolk, 1717 of Swanton Abbot NOF. Apprenticed to Seaman, William, £5/00/00. [Oxenhead] IR/1/45, fo. 071.
Seaman, William, papermaker, Oxnead, Norfolk, 1717. Apprentice Dey, James, £5/00/00. [Oxenhead]IR/1/45, fo. 071.
Overend, Robert, CM, Scholes [Scole?], Norfolk, 1769. Apprentice Weldrack, John, £5/00/00. IR/1/57, fo. 104.
Weldrack, John, apprentice cardmaker, Scholes [Scole?], Norfolk, 1769. Apprenticed to Overend, Robert, £5/00/00 IR/1/57, fo. 104.
Brown, Isaac, papermaker, Stoke Holy Cross, Norfolk, 1769. Apprentice Burgess, James, £5/05/00. IR/1/57, fo. 074.
Buck, Mary, papermaker, Stoke Holy Cross, Norfolk, 1785. Sun policy 500061, £200, 1785.
Buck, Ralph, papermaker, Stoke Holy Cross, Norfolk, 1778/9-1783. Sun policy 406419, £400, 1778/9. Sun policy 484259, £1000, 1783.
Burgess, James, apprentice papermaker, Stoke Holy Cross, Norfolk, 1769. Apprenticed to Brown, Isaac, £5/05/00 IR/1/57, fo. 074.
Edwards, John, papermaker, Swanton, Norfolk, 1784-1786/7. Sun policy 498156, £2500, 1784. Royal Exchange policy 97713, £1000, 1786/7.
Anstead, John, papermaker, Taverham, Norfolk, 1780. Sun policy 433902, £1100, 1780.
Golden, John, apprentice papermaker, Taverham, Norfolk, 1758. Apprenticed to Hamerton, John, £3/08/00. [app to John Hamerton & Co] IR/1/53, fo. 070.
Hamerton, John, papermaker, Taverham, Norfolk, 1758-80. Apprentice Golden, John, £3/08/00 1758. [app to John Hamerton & Co]IR/1/53, fo. 070. Sun policy 433902, £1100, 1780.
Butcher, William, apprentice papermaker, Thetford, Norfolk, 1757. Apprenticed to Holmes, William, £1/00/00 IR/1/21, fo. 073.
Hewitt, Thomas, apprentice papermaker, Thetford, Norfolk, 1773. Apprenticed to Holmes, William, £1/00/00 IR/1/27, fo. 173.
Hinson, John, apprentice papermaker, Thetford, Norfolk, 1756. Apprenticed to Holmes, William, £6/00/00 IR/1/20, fo. 182.
Holmes, William, papermaker, Thetford, Norfolk, 1757. ApprenticeS: Hinson, John, £6/00/00 1756. IR/1/20, fo. 182. Butcher, William, £1/00/00 1757. IR/1/21, fo. 073. Hunt, Gerrard, £1/00/00 1767. IR/1/25, fo. 057. Hewitt, Thomas, £1/00/00 1773. IR/1/27, fo. 173.
Hunt, Gerrard, apprentice papermaker, Thetford, Norfolk, 1767. Apprenticed to Holmes, William, £1/00/00 IR/1/25, fo. 057.
Holman, Edmund, stationer, West Lynn, Norfolk, 1765. Apprentice Walker, Henry, £6/06/00. IR/1/55, fo. 205.
Walker, Henry, apprentice stationer, West Lynn, Norfolk, 1765. Apprenticed to Holman, Edmund, £6/06/00 IR/1/55, fo. 205.
This page last updated 13 January 2013
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