Trader Details

Details for: WRIGHT, John I

Name: WRIGHT, John I
County: London
Town: London
Address(es): Shop at Christ Ch door. Shop in Newgate Mkt nr Christ Church gate. At the Bible w/o Newgate &c
Book Trades: Bookseller, Bookseller (ballad)
Non-Book Trade: Not known
Trading Dates: 1602 (date of freedom) - 1646 (date of death)
Biographical Dates: 1602 (before) - 1646 (date of death)
Notes: Ballad partner. Son of Thomas Wright of Buckbrook, Northants, yeoman. Apprenticed to Edward White I. Bro Cuthbert & Edward; cousin John Wright II
Sources:
  • Plomer, Henry R., A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who were at work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667 (London, 1907)
  • 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


A list of abbreviations used in the Notes field can be found here.