Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers
The Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers (until 1937 the Worshipful Company of Stationers), usually known as the Stationers' Company, is one of the livery companies of the City of London.[1] The Stationers' Company was formed in 1403; it received a royal charter in 1557.[2] It held a monopoly over the publishing industry and was officially responsible for setting and enforcing regulations until the enactment of the Statute of Anne, also known as the Copyright Act of 1710.[3] Once the company received its charter, "the company's role was to regulate and discipline the industry, define proper conduct and maintain its own corporate privileges."[4]
| Motto | Verbum Domini Manet in Aeternum |
|---|---|
| Location | Stationers' Hall, London |
| Date of formation | 1403 |
| Company association | Printing and publishing |
| Order of precedence | 47th |
| Master of company | Tony Mash |
| Website | stationers |
The company members, including master, wardens, assistants, liverymen, freemen and apprentices are mostly involved with the modern visual and graphic communications industries that have evolved from the company's original trades. These include printing, paper-making, packaging, office products, engineering, advertising, design, photography, film and video production, publishing of books, newspapers and periodicals and digital media. The company's principal purpose nowadays is to provide an independent forum where its members can advance the interests (strategic, educational, training and charitable) of the industries associated with the company.[5]
History edit
In 1403, the Corporation of London approved the formation of a guild of stationers. At this time, the occupations considered stationers for the purposes of the guild were text writers, limners (illuminators), bookbinders or booksellers who worked at a fixed location (stationarius) beside the walls of St Paul's Cathedral.[6] Booksellers sold manuscript books, or copies thereof produced by their respective firms for retail; they also sold writing materials. Illuminators illustrated and decorated manuscripts.
Printing gradually displaced manuscript production so that, by the time the guild received a royal charter of incorporation on 4 May 1557, it had in effect become a printers' guild. In 1559, it became the 47th in city livery company precedence. At the time, it was based at Peter's College, which it bought from St Paul's Cathedral.[7] During the Tudor and Stuart periods, the Stationers were legally empowered to seize "offending books" that violated the standards of content set down by the Church and state; its officers could bring "offenders" before ecclesiastical authorities, usually the Bishop of London or the Archbishop of Canterbury, depending on the severity of the transgression.[8] Thus the Stationers played an important role in the culture of England as it evolved through the intensely turbulent decades of the Protestant Reformation and toward the English Civil War.
The Stationers' Charter, which codified its monopoly on book production, ensured that once a member had asserted ownership of a text or "copy" by having it approved by the company, no other member was entitled to publish it, that is, no one else had the "right to copy" it. This is the origin of the term "copyright". However, this original "right to copy" in England was different from the modern conception of copyright. The stationers' "copy right" was a protection granted to the printers of a book; "copyright" introduced with the Statute of Anne, or the Copyright Act of 1710, was a right granted to the author(s) of a book based on statutory law.[9]
Members of the company could, and mostly did, document their ownership of copyright in a work by entering it in the "entry book of copies" or the Stationers' Company Register.[10] The Register of the Stationers' Company thus became one of the most essential documentary records in the later study of English Renaissance theatre.[11] (In 1606 the Master of the Revels, who was responsible until this time for licensing plays for performance, acquired some overlapping authority over licensing them for publication as well; but the Stationers' Register remained a crucial and authoritative source of information after that date too.) Enforcement of such rules was always a challenge, in this area as in other aspects of the Tudor/Stuart regime. Works were often printed surreptitiously and illegally, and this would remain a subject of interest to both the Company and the government into the modern period.
In 1603, the Stationers formed the English Stock, a joint stock publishing company funded by shares held by members of the company.[12] This profitable venture gave the Company a monopoly on printing certain types of works, including almanacs, prayer-books, and primers, some of the best-selling works of the day. By buying and holding shares in the English Stock (which were limited in number), members of the company received a nearly guaranteed return each year. The English Stock at times employed out-of-work printers, and disbursed some of the profit to the poor and to those reliant on the Company's pensions. When a printer or bookseller who held a share passed away, it might often pass to another relation, most often his widow.[13]
In 1606, the company bought Abergavenny House in Ave Maria Lane and moved out of Peter's College.[14] The new hall burnt down in the Great Fire of 1666, along with most of its contents, including a great number of books. The Company's clerk, George Tokefeild, is said to have removed a great number of the Company's records to his home in the suburbs—without this act, much of the Company's history before 1666 would have been lost.[15] It was rebuilt by 1674, and its present interior is much as it was when it reopened. The Court Room was added in 1748, and in 1800 the external façade was remodelled to its present form.[16]
In 1695, the monopoly power of the Stationers' Company was diminished by the lapsing of their monopoly on printing, allowing presses to operate more freely outside of London than they had previously. This blow was compounded when in 1710 Parliament passed the Copyright Act 1709, the first such act to establish copyright as the purview of authors, not printers or publishers.[17]
In 1861, the company established the Stationers' Company's School at Bolt Court, Fleet Street for the education of sons of members of the Company. In 1894, the school moved to Hornsey in north London, eventually closing nearly a century later in 1983.
Registration under the Copyright Act 1911 ended in December 1923; the company then established a voluntary register in which copyrights could be recorded to provide printed proof of ownership in case of disputes.
In 1937, a royal charter amalgamated the Stationers' Company and the Newspaper Makers' Company, which had been founded six years earlier (and whose members were predominant in Fleet Street), into the company of the present name.
In March 2012, the company established the "Young Stationers," to provide a forum for young people (under the age of 40) within the company and the civic City of London more broadly. This led to the establishment of the Young Stationers' Prize in 2014, which recognises outstanding achievements within the company's trades. Prize winners have included novelist Angela Clarke, journalist Katie Glass, and professor of journalism Dr Shane Tilton.
The company's motto is Verbum Domini manet in aeternum, Latin for "The Word of the Lord endures forever;" which appears on their heraldic charge.[18]
In November 2020 Stationers' Hall the home of the Stationers' Company were granted approval to redevelop their Grade 1 listed building to bring modern day conference facilities, air-cooling and step free access to its historic rooms. It reopened in July 2022 for live events, weddings, and filming.
Trades edit
The modern Stationers' Company represents the "content and communications" industries within the City of London Liveries. This includes the following trades and specialisms:
- Archiving (including librarian, curators, and book conservation)
- Bookselling and distribution
- Communications (including advertising, marketing, and PR)
- Digital media and software
- Newspapers and broadcasting
- Office products and supplies
- Packaging
- Paper
- Print machinery
- Printing
- Publishing (including digital publishing and design)
- Writing (including journalism, broadcasting, and authorship)
Hall edit
Stationers' Hall is at Ave Maria Lane near Ludgate Hill. The site of the present hall was formerly the site of Abergavenny House, which was purchased by the Stationers in 1606 for £3,500, but destroyed in the Great Fire of London, 1666.[19] The current building and hall date from circa 1670. The hall was remodelled in 1800 by the architect Robert Mylne and, on 4 January 1950, it was designated a Grade I listed building.[20][21]
Stationers' Hall hosts the Shine School Media Awards, where students compete in the creation of websites and magazines.
- Stationers' Hall
- Main Hall
- Caxton window
- The Stock Room
- The Court Room
Notable liverymen edit
Court edit
Below are lists of the members of the Stationer's Company Court, from the time the Company was first granted a charter in 1556 to the present day. As with most London livery companies, the Master of the Company was elected yearly, along with the Wardens. For the Stationers, this election day always took place in late June, the day before St. Peter's Day (June 29). Thus, a Master's term would run effectively from July to July. The dates below reflect the year a Master was elected and began a term of service.
The master oversaw Company "courts," meetings of the Assistants and sometimes the Livery and wider membership where Company business was discussed and resolved. These courts were usually held monthly but could be held more or less frequently. Although official company positions were historically always held by men until the twentieth century, women have always participated meaningfully in the life of the Company, at certain times even holding a controlling interest in the Company's joint stock venture, known as the English Stock.[22][23][24]
The first woman elected master was Helen Esmonde, who held the position in 2015.[25]
1556-1599 edit
| Year elected | Master | Upper Warden | Under Warden |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1556 | Thomas Dockwray | Vacant | Vacant |
| 1557 | Thomas Dockwray | John Cawood | John Walley |
| 1558 | Richard Waye | John Jaques | John Turke |
| 1559 | Reginald (Reyner) Wolfe | Michael Loble | Thomas Duxwell |
| 1560 | Stephen Kevall | Richard Jugge | John Judson |
| 1561 | John Cawood | William Seres | Richard Tottell |
| 1562 | John Cawood | Michael Loble | Richard Harrison; John Judson [from February] |
| 1563 | Richard Waye | Richard Jugge | Roger Ireland |
| 1564 | Reginald (Reyner) Wolfe | John Walley | John Day |
| 1565 | Stephen Kevall | William Seres | James Gonneld |
| 1566 | John Cawood | Richard Jugge | John Day |
| 1567 | Reginald (Reyner) Wolfe | Richard Tottell | James Gonneld |
| 1568 | Richard Jugge | Richard Tottell | Roger Ireland |
| 1569 | Richard Jugge | John Walley | William Norton |
| 1570 | William Seres | John Judson | William Norton |
| 1571 | William Seres | John Day | Humphrey Toy |
| 1572 | Reginald (Reyner) Wolfe | James Gonneld | Humphrey Toy |
| 1573 | Richard Jugge | William Norton | John Harrison [the elder] |
| 1574 | Richard Jugge | Richard Tottell | William Cooke |
| 1575 | William Seres | John Day | Thomas Marsh |
| 1576 | William Seres | James Gonneld | Richard Watkins |
| 1577 | William Seres | William Norton | Richard Watkins |
| 1578 | Richard Tottel | John Harrison [the elder] | George Bishop |
| 1579 | James Gonneld | John Harrison [the elder] | George Bishop |
| 1580 | John Day | Richard Watkins | Francis Coldock |
| 1581 | William Norton | Thomas Marsh | Garrat Dewce |
| 1582 | James Gonneld | Christopher Barker | Francis Coldock |
| 1583 | John Harrison [the elder] | Richard Watkins | Ralph Newbery |
| 1584 | Richard Tottel | George Bishop | Ralph Newbery |
| 1585 | James Gonneld | Christopher Barker | Henry Conway |
| 1586 | William Norton | George Bishop | Henry Denham |
| 1587 | John Judson | Francis Coldock | Henry Middleton; Henry Conway [from September] |
| 1588 | John Harrison [the elder] | Francis Coldock | Henry Denham |
| 1589 | Richard Watkins | Ralph Newbery | Gabriel Cawood |
| 1590 | George Bishop | Ralph Newbery | Gabriel Cawood |
| 1591 | Francis Coldock | Henry Conway | George Allen |
| 1592 | George Bishop | Henry Conway | Thomas Stirrop |
| 1593 | William Norton [succeeded by George Bishop] | Gabriel Cawood | Thomas Woodcock; Thomas Stirrop [from April] |
| 1593 | George Bishop [succeeds William Norton in December] | Gabriel Cawood | Thomas Woodcock; Thomas Stirrop [from April] |
| 1594 | Richard Watkins | Gabriel Cawood | Isaac Binge |
| 1595 | Francis Coldock | Isaac Binge | Thomas Dawson |
| 1596 | John Harrison [the elder] | Thomas Stirrop | Thomas Dawson |
| 1597 | Gabriel Cawood | Thomas Stirrop | Thomas Man |
| 1598 | Ralph Newbery | Isaac Binge | William Ponsonby |
| 1599 | Gabriel Cawood | Thomas Man | John Windet |
1600-1699 edit
| Year elected | Name | Upper Warden | Under Warden |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1600 | George Bishop | Thomas Dawson | Richard White |
| 1601 | Ralph Newbery | Robert Barker | Gregory Seton |
| 1602 | George Bishop | Thomas Man | Simon Waterson |
| 1603 | Isaac Binge | Thomas Dawson | Humphrey Hooper |
| 1604 | Thomas Man | John Norton | William Leake |
| 1605 | Robert Barker | John Norton | Richard Feild |
| 1606 | Robert Barker | Edward White | William Leake |
| 1607 | John Norton | Gregory Seton | John Standish |
| 1608 | George Bishop | Humphrey Hooper | Humphrey Lownes |
| 1609 | Thomas Dawson | Simon Waterson | John Standish |
| 1610 | Thomas Man | William Leake | Thomas Adams |
| 1611 | John Norton | Richard Feild | Humphrey Lownes |
| 1612 | John Norton | Humphrey Hooper | John Harrison [the younger] |
| 1613 | Bonham Norton | Richard Field | Richard Ockould |
| 1614 | Thomas Man | William Leake | Thomas Adams |
| 1615 | Thomas Dawson | Humphrey Lownes | George Swinhowe |
| 1616 | Thomas Man | Thomas Adams | Matthew Lownes |
| 1617 | Simon Waterson | Humphrey Lownes | George Swinhowe |
| 1618 | William Leake | Thomas Adams | Anthony Gilman |
| 1619 | Richard Field | George Swinhowe | John Jaggard |
| 1620 | Humphrey Lownes | Matthew Lownes | George Cole |
| 1621 | Simon Waterson | George Swinhowe | Clement Knight |
| 1622 | Richard Field | Anthony Gilman | Thomas Pavier |
| 1623 | George Swinhowe | George Cole | John Bill |
| 1624 | Humphrey Lownes | Matthew Lownes | Henry Cooke |
| 1625 | George Swinhowe | Anthony Gilman | Adam Islip |
| 1626 | Bonham Norton | ||
| 1627 | George Cole | ||
| 1628 | George Cole | ||
| 1629 | Bonham Norton | ||
| 1630 | George Swinhowe | ||
| 1631 | George Cole | ||
| 1632 | George Cole | ||
| 1633 | Adam Islip | ||
| 1634 | Adam Islip | ||
| 1635 | Felix Kingston | ||
| 1636 | Felix Kingston | ||
| 1637 | Edmund Weaver | ||
| 1638 | John Harrison [the younger] | ||
| 1639 | John Smethwick | ||
| 1640 | William Aspley [joint with John Smethwick] | ||
| 1640 | John Smethwick [joint with William Aspley] | ||
| 1641 | Henry Fetherston | ||
| 1642 | Thomas Downes | ||
| 1643 | Nicholas Bourne | ||
| 1644 | Robert Mead | ||
| 1645 | Robert Mead | ||
| 1646 | Samuel Mann | ||
| 1647 | John Parker | ||
| 1648 | Thomas Downes [joint with John Parker] | ||
| 1648 | John Parker [joint with Thomas Downes] | ||
| 1649 | Robert Mead | ||
| 1650 | George Latham | ||
| 1651 | Nicholas Bourne | ||
| 1652 | Miles Flesher | ||
| 1653 | Miles Flesher | ||
| 1654 | Samuel Mann | ||
| 1655 | Henry Walley | ||
| 1656 | Robert Mead | ||
| 1657 | Henry Seile | ||
| 1658 | Samuel Mann | ||
| 1659 | William Lee | ||
| 1660 | Philemon Stephens | ||
| 1661 | Humphrey Robinson | ||
| 1662 | Miles Flesher | ||
| 1663 | Miles Flesher | ||
| 1664 | Richard Thrale | ||
| 1665 | Andrew Crooke | ||
| 1666 | Andrew Crooke | ||
| 1667 | Humphrey Robinson | ||
| 1668 | Thomas Davies | ||
| 1669 | Thomas Davies | ||
| 1670 | William Leake | ||
| 1671 | Evan Tyler | ||
| 1672 | Ralph Smith | ||
| 1673 | Richard Royston | ||
| 1674 | Richard Royston | ||
| 1675 | George Sawbridge | ||
| 1676 | Abel Roper | ||
| 1677 | Robert White | ||
| 1678 | Roger Norton | ||
| 1679 | Samuel Mearne | ||
| 1680 | John Macock | ||
| 1681 | Thomas Vere [joint with Samuel Mearne] | ||
| 1681 | Samuel Mearne [joint with Thomas Vere] | ||
| 1682 | Samuel Mearne [joint with Roger Norton] | ||
| 1682 | Roger Norton [joint with Samuel Mearne] | ||
| 1683 | Roger Norton | ||
| 1684 | Roger Norton | ||
| 1685 | Henry Herringman | ||
| 1686 | John Bellinger | ||
| 1687 | Roger Norton [joint with Henry Hills] | ||
| 1687 | Henry Hills [joint with Roger Norton] | ||
| 1688 | Henry Hills [joint with John Towse] | ||
| 1688 | John Towse [joint with Henry Hills] | ||
| 1689 | Edward Brewster | ||
| 1690 | Ambrose Isted | ||
| 1691 | Ambrose Isted | ||
| 1692 | Edward Brewster | ||
| 1693 | John Bellinger | ||
| 1694 | John Sims | ||
| 1695 | John Sims | ||
| 1696 | Henry Mortlock | ||
| 1697 | Henry Mortlock | ||
| 1698 | Robert Clavell | ||
| 1699 | Robert Clavell |
1700-1799 edit
| Year elected | Name | Trade |
|---|---|---|
| 1700 | William Phillips | Bookseller |
| 1701 | William Phillips | Bookseller |
| 1702 | William Phillips | Bookseller |
| 1703 | Thomas Parkhurst | |
| 1704 | Richard Simpson | Bookseller |
| 1705 | Richard Simpson | Bookseller |
| 1706 | Walter Kettilby | Bookseller |
| 1707 | Edward Darrel | |
| 1708 | Charles Harper | Bookseller |
| 1709 | William Phillips | Bookseller |
| 1710 | William Phillips | Bookseller |
| 1711 | William Phillips | Bookseller |
| 1712 | William Phillips | Bookseller |
| 1713 | Daniel Brown | Bookseller |
| 1714 | John Baskett | Printer |
| 1715 | John Baskett | Printer |
| 1716 | Nicholas Boddington | Bookseller |
| 1717 | Nicholas Boddington [joint with Richard Mount] | Bookseller |
| 1717 | Richard Mount [joint with Nicholas Boddington] | Bookseller |
| 1718 | Richard Mount | Bookseller |
| 1719 | Richard Mount | Bookseller |
| 1720 | John Sprint | Bookseller |
| 1721 | John Sprint | Bookseller |
| 1722 | John Knaplock | Bookseller |
| 1723 | John Knaplock | Bookseller |
| 1724 | John Knaplock | Bookseller |
| 1725 | John Walthoe | Bookseller |
| 1726 | John Walthoe | Bookseller |
| 1727 | James Knapton | Bookseller |
| 1728 | James Knapton | Bookseller |
| 1729 | James Roberts | Printer, Bookseller |
| 1730 | James Roberts | Printer, Bookseller |
| 1731 | James Roberts | Printer, Bookseller |
| 1732 | James Roberts | Printer, Bookseller |
| 1733 | William Mount | Bookseller |
| 1734 | William Mount | Bookseller |
| 1735 | William Mount | Bookseller |
| 1736 | Samuel Ashurst | |
| 1737 | Samuel Ashurst | |
| 1738 | Samuel Buckley | Printer, Bookseller |
| 1739 | Samuel Buckley | Printer, Bookseller |
| 1740 | James Round | |
| 1741 | James Round | |
| 1742 | John Knapton | Bookseller |
| 1743 | John Knapton | Bookseller |
| 1744 | John Knapton | Bookseller |
| 1745 | Thomas Brewer | Stationer |
| 1746 | Thomas Brewer | Stationer |
| 1747 | William Innys | Bookseller |
| 1748 | William Innys | Bookseller |
| 1749 | Stephen Theodore Janssen, Baronet | Merchant, enamel works |
| 1750 | Stephen Theodore Janssen, Baronet | Merchant, enamel works |
| 1751 | Thomas Ridge | Stationer |
| 1752 | Thomas Ridge | Stationer |
| 1753 | Thomas Page | Stationer |
| 1754 | Samuel Richardson | Printer, Author |
| 1755 | John March | Printer |
| 1756 | Francis Gosling, Knight | Banker, Printer, Bookseller |
| 1757 | Thomas Wotton | Bookseller, geneaologist, antiquary |
| 1758 | Charles Hitch | Bookseller |
| 1759 | Jacob Tonson | Bookseller, Publisher |
| 1760 | John Clarke | Bookseller |
| 1761 | Allington Wilde | Printer |
| 1762 | John Coles | Stationer |
| 1763 | Edward Say | Printer, Stationer |
| 1764 | Richard Brooke | Stationer |
| 1765 | Richard Manby | Bookseller, Stationer |
| 1766 | Henry Woodfall | Printer, Stationer |
| 1767 | John Vowell | Stationer |
| 1768 | James Bailey | Bookbinder |
| 1769 | Matthew Jenour | Printer |
| 1770 | Paul Vaillant | Bookseller, Merchant, Magistrate |
| 1771 | Thomas Gamull [joint with John Vowell] | Stationer |
| 1771 | John Vowell [joint with Thomas Gamull] | Stationer |
| 1772 | Joshua Jenour | Printer, Authour |
| 1773 | John Beecroft | Bookseller |
| 1774 | William Strahan | Printer |
| 1775 | John Rivington | Bookseller, Publisher |
| 1776 | Robert Brown | Printer, Stationer |
| 1777 | Thomas Wright | Printer, Stationer |
| 1778 | Daniel Richards | Stationer |
| 1779 | Lockyer Davis | Bookseller |
| 1780 | William Gill | Stationer |
| 1781 | William Owen | Bookseller |
| 1782 | Thomas Caslon | Bookseller, Stationer |
| 1783 | John Boydell | Engraver, Merchant, Printseller |
| 1784 | Thomas Harrison | Printer |
| 1785 | Robert Gyfford | Bookseller, Stationer |
| 1786 | William Fenner | Printer, Bookseller, Stationer, Yeoman |
| 1787 | Thomas Greenhill | Stationer |
| 1788 | Thomas Hooke | Stationer |
| 1789 | Thomas Field | Printer, Bookseller |
| 1790 | John March | Printer |
| 1791 | Thomas Pote | Bookseller |
| 1792 | Henry Baldwin | Newspaper Proprieter, Printer |
| 1793 | John Townsend | Printer |
| 1794 | Henry Clarke | Stationer |
| 1795 | William Chapman | Stationer |
| 1796 | Richard Welles | Stationer |
| 1797 | Henry Sampson Woodfall | Printer, Journalist |
| 1798 | Thomas Cadell | Bookseller, Publisher |
| 1799 | James Bate | Bookseller, Stationer |
1800-1899 edit
| Year elected | Name | Trade |
|---|---|---|
| 1800 | William Stephens | Law Stationer |
| 1801 | Henry Parker | Printer, Bookseller, Print-seller, Stationer |
| 1802 | Charles Dilly | Publisher, Bookseller |
| 1803 | William Domville | Bookseller, Stationer |
| 1804 | John Nichols | Printer |
| 1805 | Francis Rivington | Bookseller |
| 1806 | Mathew Bloxham | Stationer |
| 1807 | Thomas Vallance | Paper maker; Wholesale Stationer |
| 1808 | Henry Woolsey Byfield | Printer; Bookseller; Stationer |
| 1809 | Samuel Hawksworth | Printer, Bookseller, Stationer |
| 1810 | John Crickitt | Stationer; Marshall of the High Court of Admiralty |
| 1811 | Josiah Boydell | Publisher, Painter |
| 1812 | Thomas Smith | Bookbinder, Stock Broker |
| 1813 | John Barker | Printer |
| 1814 | James Wallis Street | Bookseller, Stationer |
| 1815 | Joseph Collyer | Engraver |
| 1816 | Christopher Magnay | Wholesale Stationer |
| 1817 | Thomas Payne | Bookseller |
| 1818 | Joseph Gardiner | Wholesale Stationer |
| 1819 | Charles Rivington | Publisher |
| 1820 | William Walker | Stationer, Tea-dealer |
| 1821 | William Witherby | Printer, Law Stationer |
| 1822 | Robert Davidson | Pocket-book-maker |
| 1823 | George Wilkie | Bookseller |
| 1824 | William Venables | Wholesale Stationer |
| 1825 | Thomas Bensley | Printer; Lithographer |
| 1826 | Richard Marsh | Fancy Stationer |
| 1827 | Thomas Turner | Paper-maker; Paper-hanging Manufacturer; Stationer |
| 1828 | James Harrison | Printer |
| 1829 | John Crowder | Printer |
| 1830 | John Key | Wholesale Stationer |
| 1831 | Roger Pettiward | Businessman; Antiquarian |
| 1832 | Joseph Baker | Map engraver |
| 1833 | George Woodfall | Printer |
| 1834 | Charles Fourdrinier | Wholesale Stationer |
| 1835 | Edward London Witts | Stationer |
| 1836 | Thomas Chapman | Printer; Bookseller |
| 1837 | William Barron | Stationer |
| 1838 | William Francis Chapman | Bookseller; Wholesale Stationer |
| 1839 | George Rowe | Fancy Stationer |
| 1840 | Thomas Steel | Law Stationer |
| 1841 | William Barron | Stationer |
| 1842 | Charles Baldwin | Printer |
| 1843 | Charles Baldwin | Printer |
| 1844 | Richard Bate | Merchant, Stationer |
| 1845 | William Carpenter | Printer |
| 1846 | John Walter | Printer; Proprietor of "The Times." |
| 1847 | William Magnay | Stationer |
| 1848 | John Lewis Cox | Printer to the East India Company |
| 1849 | Benjamin Gibbons | Wholesale Stationer |
| 1850 | John Bowyer Nichols | Printer |
| 1851 | Thomas Gardiner | Wholesale Stationer |
| 1852 | Thomas Taylor | Printer; Stationer; Coal-merchant |
| 1853 | William Farlow | Law Stationer |
| 1854 | Samuel Gyfford | Stationer |
| 1855 | Francis Graham Moon | Printseller; Publisher |
| 1856 | Nathaniel Graham | Bookseller; Grocer; Upholsterer |
| 1857 | John Dickinson | Paper-maker; Stationer |
| 1858 | John Dickinson | Paper-maker; Stationer |
| 1859 | John Saddington | Copperplate-printer; Stationer; Slop-seller |
| 1860 | Henry Foss | Bookseller |
| 1861 | James William Adlard | Printer |
| 1862 | Henry Foss | Bookseller |
| 1863 | John Simpson | Music publisher; Musical-instrument-maker; Music-seller |
| 1864 | James Daikers | Stationer |
| 1865 | Thomas Jones | Painter; Paper-hanger; Paper-maker; Stationer |
| 1866 | Edmund Hodgson | Book auctioneer; Stationer |
| 1867 | Edmund Hodgson | Book auctioneer; Stationer |
| 1868 | Henry Adlard | Printer; Engraver |
| 1869 | Henry Good | Stationer |
| 1870 | Henry George Brown | Stationer |
| 1871 | William Tyler | Wholesale Stationer |
| 1872 | Sydney Hedley Waterlow | Politician |
| 1873 | Francis Rivington | Bookseller |
| 1874 | William Watson | Printer; Bookbinder; Stationer |
| 1875 | William Good | Stationer |
| 1876 | Charles Rivington [died in office, succeeded by Henry George Brown] | |
| 1876 | Henry George Brown [succeeded Charles Rivington] | Stationer |
| 1877 | William Rivington | Printer; Bookseller |
| 1878 | George Chater | Wholesale Stationer |
| 1879 | Francis Wyatt Truscott | Wholesale Stationer |
| 1880 | James Figgins | Type-founder; Sheriff of London; Conservative MP |
| 1881 | Richard William Starkey | Wholesale Stationer |
| 1882 | Joseph Johnson Miles | |
| 1883 | John Miles | |
| 1884 | Charles Layton | |
| 1885 | Edmund Waller | |
| 1886 | Thomas Curson Hansard | Printer |
| 1887 | Francis Wyatt Truscott | Wholesale Stationer |
| 1888 | William Hawksworth | |
| 1889 | James George Alexander Diggens | |
| 1890 | James Evan Adlard [joint with Joseph Greenhill] | |
| 1890 | Joseph Greenhill [joint with James Evan Adlard] | |
| 1891 | George Singer | |
| 1892 | Guildford Barker Richardson | |
| 1893 | George Robert Tyler | Paper-maker |
| 1894 | Joshua Whitehead Butterworth [joint with Sir George Tyler] | |
| 1894 | George Robert Tyler [joint with Joshua Whitehead Butterworth] | Paper-maker |
| 1895 | Henry Sotheran | Bookseller |
| 1896 | William Richard Stephens | |
| 1897 | Charles John Clay | |
| 1898 | William Rider | Publisher |
| 1899 | Joseph Hunt |
1900-1999 edit
| Year elected | Name |
|---|---|
| 1900 | James William Harrison |
| 1901 | George Wyatt Truscott |
| 1902 | Matthew Thomas Roe [joint with John Miles] |
| 1902 | John Miles [joint with Matthew Thomas Roe] |
| 1903 | Thomas Vezey Strong |
| 1904 | George North-Cox |
| 1905 | John Ion |
| 1906 | Richard Stevens |
| 1907 | Henry Hill Hodgson |
| 1908 | Richard Webster Cox |
| 1909 | William Charles Knight Clowes |
| 1910 | George Chater |
| 1911 | Daniel Greenaway |
| 1912 | George Edward Briscoe Eyre |
| 1913 | Henry Hill |
| 1914 | Henry Good |
| 1915 | Herbert Jameson Waterlow |
| 1916 | Edward Hanslope Cox |
| 1917 | Horace Brooks Marshall |
| 1918 | John Bruce Nichols |
| 1919 | Edwin James Layton |
| 1920 | Edward Unwin |
| 1921 | Charles Robert Rivington |
| 1922 | Herbert Fitch |
| 1923 | Edward Pinney Vacher |
| 1924 | Richard Bentley |
| 1925 | Frederick Harris Miles |
| 1926 | George Rowland Blades |
| 1927 | Arthur William Rivington |
| 1928 | Cecil Reeves Harrison |
| 1929 | William Alfred Waterlow |
| 1930 | Edgar Erat Harrison |
| 1931 | John Henry Williams |
| 1932 | Percy Walter Greenaway |
| 1933 | Percy Walter Greenaway |
| 1934 | HRH The Prince of Wales [ Ralph David Blumenfeld, deputy] |
| 1935 | HRH The Prince of Wales [John William Davy, deputy] |
| 1936 | Robert Evan Adlard [joint with Sidney John Sandle] |
| 1936 | Sidney John Sandle [joint with Robert Evan Adlard] |
| 1937 | John William Baddeley [joint with Edward Manger Iliffe] |
| 1937 | Edward Manger Iliffe [joint with John William Baddeley] |
| 1938 | Henry Dexter Truscott [joint with Charles Felix Clay] |
| 1938 | Charles Felix Clay [joint with Henry Dexter Truscott] |
| 1939 | Edward Chenivix Austen-Leigh [joint with Edward Unwin] |
| 1939 | Edward Unwin [joint with Edward Chenivix Austen-Leigh] |
| 1940 | Edgar Lutwyche Waterlow [joint with Stanley Low] |
| 1940 | Stanley Low [joint with Edgar Lutwyche Waterlow] |
| 1941 | George Henry Wilkinson |
| 1942 | John Jacob Astor |
| 1943 | Herbert Arthur Cox |
| 1944 | Charles John Watts |
| 1945 | Robert Kingston Burt |
| 1946 | Herbert William Jordan |
| 1947 | Victor Bobardt Harrison |
| 1948 | Bernard Guy Harrison |
| 1949 | Sidney Hodgson |
| 1950 | Reginald Thurston Rivington |
| 1951 | Arthur George Fowler |
| 1952 | Charles Clifton Tollit |
| 1953 | William Will |
| 1954 | Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh |
| 1955 | William Penman |
| 1956 | Cuthbert Grasemann |
| 1957 | Victor Robert Penman |
| 1958 | George Percival Simon |
| 1959 | Denis Henry Truscott |
| 1960 | James Edward Ousey |
| 1961 | William Henry Young |
| 1962 | John Betts |
| 1963 | John Mylne Rivington |
| 1964 | James Alexander Bailey |
| 1965 | Henry Arthur Johnson |
| 1966 | Donald Fores Kellie |
| 1967 | Henry Frank Thompson |
| 1968 | Charles Arthur Rivington |
| 1969 | John Hubbard |
| 1970 | Eric Burt |
| 1971 | Philip Soundy Unwin |
| 1972 | George Low Riddell |
| 1973 | Alan Pearce Greenaway |
| 1974 | Derek Burdick Greenaway |
| 1975 | Leonard Entwisle Kenyon |
| 1976 | Jack Matson |
| 1977 | Edward Glanvill Benn |
| 1978 | Brian Trevena Coulton |
| 1979 | Wilfrid Becket Hodgson |
| 1980 | Kenneth Buckingham Robinson |
| 1981 | David Wyndham Smith |
| 1982 | Peter Cox |
| 1983 | Christopher Rivington |
| 1984 | Laurence Viney |
| 1985 | Ray Tindle |
| 1986 | Allen Thompson |
| 1987 | Mark Tollit |
| 1988 | John Leighton |
| 1989 | Desmond Ryman |
| 1990 | Thomas Corrigan |
| 1991 | William Young |
| 1992 | George Mandl |
| 1993 | Peter Rippon |
| 1994 | Richard Haselden |
| 1995 | Alan Brooker |
| 1996 | Roy Fullick |
| 1997 | Clive Martin |
| 1998 | Vernon Sullivan |
| 1999 | Richard Harrison |
2000-present edit
| Year elected | Name |
|---|---|
| 2000 | Henry Frank Chappell |
| 2001 | Robert J Russell |
| 2002 | Michael A Pelham |
| 2003 | Jonathan Straker |
| 2004 | James Benn |
| 2005 | Patrick Shorten |
| 2006 | Neville Cusworth |
| 2007 | John W Waterlow |
| 2008 | Noel Osborne |
| 2009 | Richard Brewster |
| 2010 | Christopher McKane |
| 2011 | Nigel Stapleton |
| 2012 | Kevin Dewey |
| 2013 | Tom Hempenstall |
| 2014 | Ian Locks |
| 2015 | Helen Esmonde |
| 2016 | Ian Bennett |
| 2017 | Nick Steidl |
| 2018 | David Allan |
| 2019 | Trevor Fenwick |
| 2020 | Stephen Platten |
| 2021 | Robert Flather |
| 2022 | Mora Sleight |
| 2023 | Anthony Mash |
Young Stationers' Prize edit
The "Young Stationers' Prize" is an annual prize awarded by the Young Stationers' Committee to a young person under 40 years of age who has distinguished themself within the company's trades. Launched in 2014, the prize is a pewter plate (donated by the Worshipful Company of Pewterers) onto which each winner's name is engraved.
List of Young Stationers' Prize winners edit
As of December 2019 there have been seven winners of the Young Stationers' Prize: Katie Glass, journalist, 2014;[38][39] Angela Clarke, novelist, playwright, and columnist, 2015;[40][41] Ella Kahn and Bryony Woods, founders of Diamond Kahn & Woods Literary Agency (awarded jointly), 2016;[42] Ian Buckley, managing director of Prima Software, 2017;[43] Shane Tilton, academic and professor of multimedia journalism, 2018;[44] Amy Hutchinson, CEO of the BOSS Federation, 2019.[45]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Livery Committee: The Worshipful Company of Stationers & Newspaper Makers". Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ Blagden, Cyprian. The Stationers' Company: A History, 1403-1959. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1960, p.19
- ^ Raven, James (2007). The Business of Books: Booksellers and the English Book Trade 1450-1850. Yale University Press. p. 200. ISBN 9780300181630.
- ^ Lyons, Martyn (2011). Books: A Living History. Los Angeles, CA: J. Paul Getty Museum. p. 61.
- ^ "About Us". The Stationer's Company.
- ^ Patterson, Lyman Ray (1968). Copyright in Historical Perspective. Vanderbilt University Press.
- ^ Blagden, Cyprian. "The Property". The Stationers' Company: a History, 1403-1959. p. 206, n2.
On November 24, 1548, John and Richard Keyme, gentlemen of Lewes, paid £1,154 15 shillings into the Court of Augmentations and obtained possession, along with other property, of 'the site, house and mansion commonly called Peter College' (Cal. Patent Rolls Ed. VI, i, 362-3). Four years later, William Sparke, a Merchant Taylor, conveyed the property to the executors of Matthew Wotton, clerk, but retained the right to reclaim it on payment of £340; this figure may approximate to that paid by the Stationers two years later still (Hustings Roll 246, 63). For a short period before 1553 William Seres used the building for a printing house.
- ^ Loades, D.M. (1974). "The Theory and Practice of Censorship in Sixteenth-Century England". Transactions of the Royal Historical Society (24): 141–157. doi:10.2307/3678936.
- ^ Gadd, Ian (2016). "The Stationers' Company in England before 1710.". In Alexander, I.; Gómez-Arostegui, H.T. (eds.). Research handbook on the history of copyright law. Cheltenham: Elgar.
- ^ Arber, Edward, ed. (1875–1877). Transcript of the Registers of the Company of Stationers of London, 1554–1640 A.D. (5 vols. ed.).
- ^ Chambers, Edmund Kerchever (1923). The Elizabethan Stage. Vol. 3. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 160–77, 186–91.
- ^ Blagden, Cyprian (1957). "English Stock of the Stationers' Company in the Time of the Stuarts". The Library (12).
- ^ Turner, Michael (2009). "Personnel within the London Book Trades: Evidence from the Stationers' Company". Cambridge History of the Book in Britain, vol. 5. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- ^ See Blagden, "The Property," in The Stationers' Company: a History, especially pages 212-215.
- ^ Blagden, "The Great Fire and the Rebuilding," in The Stationer's Company: a History, p.215. The Company remembers Tokefeild's contribution today in the name of its Archives Center.
- ^ Blagden, "The Stationers' Company: a History."
- ^ See the Statute of Anne. The Company maintained a copyright registry untl 1923, after which registrations became voluntary.
- ^ "Stationer's Company". British Armorial Bindings Database. University of Toronto. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ "Official website". Stationers Livery Company. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ Historic England. "Stationers' Hall (Grade I) (1064742)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ Blagden, Cyprian (1977) [1960]. "The Property". The Stationers' Company: A History, 1403–1959. Stanford University Press. ISBN 9780804709354.
- ^ Turner, Michael (2009). "Personnel within the London Book Trades: Evidence from the Stationers' Company". The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain 5: 1695-1830. p. 331.
There were occasions in the eighteenth century when the majority of the Assistants' shares were in the hands of surviving widows rather than active Assistants.
- ^ Smith, Helen (2012). Grossly Material Things: Women and Book Production in Early Modern England. Oxford University Press.
- ^ McDowell, Paula (1998). The Women of Grub Street: Press, Politics, and Gender in the London Literary Marketplace 1678-1730. Oxford University Press.
- ^ "Master breaks centuries old barrier". Print Business. 27 July 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ Turner, Michael. "London Booktrades Database". London Booktrades Database. Bodleian Libraries. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers (4 October 2021). "Masters of the Company" (Document). Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers.
- ^ Turner, Michael. "London Booktrades Database". London Booktrades Database. Bodleian Libraries. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers (4 October 2021). "Masters of the Company" (Document). Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers.
- ^ Turner, Michael. "London Booktrades Database". London Booktrades Database. Bodleian Libraries. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers (4 October 2021). "Masters of the Company" (Document). Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers.
- ^ Turner, Michael. "London Booktrades Database". London Booktrades Database. Bodleian Libraries. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers (4 October 2021). "Masters of the Company" (Document). Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers.
- ^ Turner, Michael. "London Booktrades Database". London Booktrades Database. Bodleian Libraries. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers (4 October 2021). "Masters of the Company" (Document). Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers.
- ^ Turner, Michael. "London Booktrades Database". London Booktrades Database. Bodleian Libraries. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers (4 October 2021). "Masters of the Company" (Document). Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers.
- ^ "Announcement of the Young Stationers' Prize winner". InPublishing. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ "Profile: Katie Glass". The Times & Sunday Times. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ Crockett, Sophie (4 August 2015). "St Albans playwright, Angela Clarke, scoops award". The Herts Advertiser. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ Cheesman, Neil (24 July 2015). "Debut playwright Angela Clarke wins The Young Stationers' Prize 2015". LondonTheatre1. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ "Former SYP committee members win Young Stationers' Prize". Society of Young Publishers. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ Goldbart, Max (28 July 2017). "Buckley scoops Young Stationers' prize". Printweek. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ "Dr Shane Tilton wins Young Stationers' Prize". British Printing Industries Federation. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ Handley, Rhys (12 July 2019). "New Boss chief wins Young Stationers' prize". Printweek. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
Further reading edit
- Arber, Edward, ed. (1875–1877), Transcript of the Registers of the Company of Stationers of London, 1554–1640 A.D.
- v.2, 1571–1595
- v.3, 1595–1620
- v.4, 1620–1640
- v.5, index
- Bell, Maureen (1996). "Women in the English Book Trades 1557-1700". Leipziger Jahrbuch zur Buchgeschichte. 6: 13–45.
- Blagden, Cyprian (1957). "Accounts of the Wardens of the Stationers' Company". Studies in Bibliography. 9: 69–93. JSTOR 40371196.
- Blagden, Cyprian (1957). "English Stock of the Stationers' Company in the Time of the Stuarts". The Library. 12.
- Blagden, Cyprian (1958). "Stationers' Company in the Civil War Period". The Library. 13.
- Blagden, Cyprian (1959). "Stationers' Company in the Eighteenth Century". Guildhall Miscellany. ISSN 0072-8985.
- Blagden, Cyprian (1960). The Stationers' Company: A History, 1403–1959. London: Allen & Unwin. OCLC 459559508.
- Blayney, Peter (2003), Stationers' Company before the Charter, 1403–1557, London: Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers, OCLC 52634009
- Blayney, Peter W. M. (2013) The Stationers' Company and the Printers of London: 1501–1557. Vol. 1 Vol. 1. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press.
- Eyre, G. E. B.; Rivington, C. R., eds. (1913–1914), Transcript of the Registers of the worshipful Company of Stationers, from 1640–1708 A.D. + v.2–3
- Ferdinand, C. Y. (1992). "Towards a Demography of the Stationers' Company, 1601–1700". Journal of the Printing Historical Society. 21. ISSN 0079-5321.
- Gadd, Ian; Wallis, Patrick (2002). Guilds, society and economy in London, 1450-1800. Centre for Metropolitan History in association with Guildhall Library, London. ISBN 9781871348651.
- Gadd, Ian (2016). "The Stationers' Company in England before 1710.". In Alexander, I.; Gómez-Arostegui, H.T. (eds.). Research handbook on the history of copyright law. Research handbooks in intellectual property . Cheltenham: Elgar. pp. 81–95. ISBN 9781783472390.
- Gadd, Ian (2013). "The press and the London book trade". In Gadd, Ian (ed.). History of Oxford University Press, Volume 1: Beginnings to 1780. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 569–600. ISBN 9780199557318.
- Gadd, Ian; Wallis, Patrick (2008). "Reaching beyond the City Wall: London guilds and national regulation, 1500–1700.". In Epstein, S.; Prak, M. (eds.). Guilds, innovation, and the European economy 1400–1800. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521887175.
- Gadd, Ian (2021). "The Stationers' Company, 1403–1775: London's book trade guild.". Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Literature.
- Greg, W. W.; Boswell, E. (1930). Records of the Court of the Stationers' Company, 1576 to 1602 – from Register B.
- Greg, W. W. (1928). The Decrees and Ordinances of the Stationers' Company, 1576–1602.
- "Government Control of the Printing Press: Star Chamber Censorship Ordinances (1566, 1586) and Philip Stubbs' Comments on Censorship (1593)." (2010) Voices of Shakespeare's England: Contemporary Accounts of Elizabethan Daily Life.
- Jackson, W. A. (1957). Records of the Court of the Stationers' Company, 1602 to 1640.
- Knight, Charles, ed. (1844), "Stationers' Company", London, vol. 6, London: C. Knight & Co.
- McDowell, Paula (1998). The Women of Grub Street: Press, Politics, and Gender in the London Literary Marketplace 1678-1730. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198184492.
- McKenzie, D. F. (ed.), Stationers' Company Apprentices, 1605–1800 in three volumes: 1605–1640, 1641–1700 and 1701–1800. (Charlottesville: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 1961; Oxford: Oxford Bibliographical Society, 1974 and 1978)
- Mendle, Michael. 1995. “De Facto Freedom De Facto Authority: Press and Parliament 1640-1643.” The Historical Journal 307–32.
- Myers, Robin (1985), Myers, Robin; Harris, Michael (eds.), "The Financial Records of the Stationers' Company, 1605–1811", Economics of the British Booktrade 1605–1939, Cambridge: Chadwyck-Healey, ISBN 0859641694
- Myers, Robin (1990). The Stationers' Company Archive: An Account of the Records, 1554–1984. Winchester: St Paul's Bibliographies.
- Myers, Robin; Harris, Michael, eds. (1997). Stationers' Company and the Book Trade 1550–1990. Winchester: St Paul's Bibliographies. ISBN 9781873040331.
- Myers, Robin, ed. (2001). Stationers' Company: a history of the later years 1800–2000. Chichester: Phillimore. ISBN 9781860771408.
- Nichols, John Gough (1861), Historical notices of the worshipful Company of stationers of London, OCLC 5386736, OL 6639628M
- Pollard, Graham (1937). "Company of Stationers before 1557". The Library. 18. ISSN 1744-8581.
- Pollard, Graham (1937). "Early Constitution of the Stationers' Company". The Library. 18.
- Raven, James (2007). The Business of Books: Booksellers and the English Book Trade 1450-1850. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300181630.
- Rivington, Charles Robert (1883), Records of the Worshipful Company of Stationers, Nichols and Sons, OCLC 19943126
- Siebert, Fred S. (1936). "Regulation of the Press in the Seventeenth Century: Excerpts from the Records of the Court of the Stationers' Company". Journalism Quarterly. 13 (4): 381–93. doi:10.1177/107769903601300402. S2CID 159460546.
- Sketch of the History and Privileges of the Company of Stationers. London Stationers' Hall. 1871.
- Smith, Helen (2012). Grossly Material Things: Women and Book Production in Early Modern England. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199651580.
- "Stationers' Hall", Handbook to London as It Is, London: J. Murray, 1879
- "Stationers' Hall", London and Its Environs (17th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1915, hdl:2027/mdp.39015019440851
External links edit
- The Stationers' and Newspaper Makers' Company
- Events Venue Website