England
Chester
Company of “Paynters, Glaseors, Imbroudereres and Stacioners”
1534-18th century
Brief history
Charter granted to Company by mayor, 1 May 1534; formally enrolled 1536; renewed 1661; very few book-trade members; no printers until the eighteenth century.
Archive
survives
Sources
- Letters and Papers…Henry VIII, VII (1534) no.598
- Thomas Hughes, “On Chester Literature, Its Authors and Publishers, during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries”, Journal of the Architectural, Archaeological, and Historic Society, for the County, City, and Neighbourhood of Chester, 2 (1855-62), pp. 21-30
- E. Gordon Duff, The English Provincial Printers, Stationers and Bookbinders to 1557 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1912), p.122
- Joseph C. Bridge, “Items of Expenditure from the 16th Century Accounts of the Painters, Glaziers, Embroiderers, and Stationers’ Company, with special reference to the ‘Shepherds’ Play’”, Journal of the Architectural, Archæological, and Historic Society for the County and the City of Chester, and North Wales, n.s., 20 (1914), pp. 153-91
- James Moran, “Stationers’ Companies of the British Isles”, Gutenberg Jahrbuch (1962), pp. 533-40 (p.535)
- R.F. Lane, The Outwith London Guilds of Great Britain (London: Privately printed by the Company of Glaziers and Painters of Glass, n.d.), p.6
Hereford
[Stationers with Haberdashers, Barbers and Painters]
1611-18th century
Brief history
Company founded 1611; no printers until eighteenth century
Archive
survives
Sources
- John Buchanan-Brown, “The book trade in Herefordshire 1611-1851”, paper presented at the Bibliographical Society (London, 16 January 1996) [personal notes]
- James Moran, “Stationers’ Companies of the British Isles”, Gutenberg Jahrbuch (1962), pp. 533-40 (pp.535-36)
Hull
Company of Goldsmiths, Smiths, Pewterers, Plumbers, Glaziers, Painters, Cutlers, Musicians, Stationers, Bookbinders and Basketmakers
1598
Brief history
Trades amalgamated by mayor in 1598
Archive
unknown status
Sources
- Full text of agreement in Tudor Economic Documents (1953), I.131-35
- James Moran, “Stationers’ Companies of the British Isles”, Gutenberg Jahrbuch (1962), pp. 533-40 (p.536)
London
Worshipful Company of Stationers / Stationers' Company
1403 to present
Brief history
Recognised by city in 1403; incorporated 1557; formally amalgamated with Newspaper Makers in 1937
Archive
Stationers' Hall, London. Microfilms available and printed catalogue.
Sources
- Robin Myers, The Stationers’ Company Archive 1554-1984 (Winchester: St Paul’s Bibliographies, 1990)
- The Records of the Stationers’ Company 1554-1920, 115 reeels of microfilm (Cambridge: Chadwyck-Healey, 1987)
- Cyprian Blagden, The Stationers’ Company: A History 1403-1959 (London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1960 — repr. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1977)
- Philip Unwin, The Stationers’ Company 1918-1977: A Livery Company in the Modern World (London: Ernest Benn Ltd, 1978)
- Robin Myers, ed., The Stationers’ Company: A History of the Later Years 1800-2000 (Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd, 2001)
- Edward Arber, ed., A Transcript of the Registers of the Company of Stationers 1554-1640 AD. 5 vols (London & Birmingham, 1875-94 — repr. Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1967)
- G.E. Briscoe Eyre, ed., A Transcript of the Registers of the Company of Stationers from 1640-1708 A.D. 3 vols (London, 1913-14 — repr. Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1967)
- D.F. McKenzie, ed., Stationers’ Company Apprentices 1605-40 (Charlottesville, Virginia: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 1961)
- D.F. McKenzie, ed., Stationers’ Company Apprentices 1641-1700 (Oxford: Oxford Bibliographical Society, 1974)
- D.F. McKenzie, ed., Stationers’ Company Apprentices 1701-1800 (Oxford: Oxford Bibliographical Society, 1978)
- W.W. Greg, and E. Boswell, eds., Records of the Court of the Stationers’ Company 1576 to 1602 from Register B (London: Bibliographical Society, 1930)
- William A. Jackson, ed., Records of the Court of the Stationers’ Company 1602 to 1640 (London: Bibliographical Society, 1957)
Newcastle
Company of Upholsterers, Tinplate Workers and Stationers
1675-1817
Brief history
Incorporated 1675, the same year as the creation of a Newcastle Company of Scriveners; stewards to consist of four upholsterers, one tinplate worker and one stationer; charter and rules published 1817
Archive
unknown status
Sources
- James Moran, “Stationers’ Companies of the British Isles”, Gutenberg Jahrbuch (1962), pp. 533-40 (p.536)
- R.F. Lane, The Outwith London Guilds of Great Britain (London: Privately printed by the Company of Glaziers and Painters of Glass, n.d.), pp.15-16
Norwich
[stationers included in Apothecaries’ Company]
1622
Brief history
In 1622, Norwich’s crafts and trades divided into 12 Companies — the stationers, along with upholsterers, tanners, carpenters, painters and basketmakers, were placed in the Apothecaries’ Company
Archive
unknown status
Sources
- James Moran, “Stationers’ Companies of the British Isles”, Gutenberg Jahrbuch (1962), pp. 533-40 (p.536)
York
[guild of “escriveners de text” and guild of parchmentmakers]
c.1400
Brief history
[unknown]
Archive
unknown status
Sources
- Stacey Gee, private information
Bookebynders of York, otherwise called Stacyoners
1476/84-1554
Brief history
Ordinances registered by city 1476 or 1484; revised ordinance 1554
Archive
unknown status
Sources
- Stacey Gee, private information
- Stacey Gee, 'The Printers, Stationers and Bookbinders of York before 1557', Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society, 12 (2000), 27-54 (p.48)
- James Moran, “Stationers’ Companies of the British Isles”, Gutenberg Jahrbuch (1962), pp. 533-40 (pp.534-5)
[guild of textwriters, illuminators, flourishers, notors and turnours]
1487
Brief history
[unknown]
Archive
unknown status
Sources
- Stacey Gee, private information
- Stacey Gee, 'The Printers, Stationers and Bookbinders of York before 1557', Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society, 12 (2000), 27-54 (p.32)