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Entrance fees

92%6d share 1587–1640

Key point

Among entries with a stated fee, 6d is 17% in 1560–1581 and 92% in 1587–1640.

Definition: Share of entries with a stated fee whose fee is 6d, and the median fee, by year.
Formula: entries at 6d ÷ entries with a fee
How to read it: SRO notes that fees were reckoned by the number of sheets until 1582 and that 6d became standard from 1587; the change shows year by year.
Caveats: Entering several works at once gives a multiple of 6d.

Years with at least 10 entries with a fee.

Table

Year	With fee	6d entries	Median fee (d)	6d share	No fee stated
1557	30	0	4	0.0%	5
1558	31	1	4	3.2%	0
1559	8	0	4	0.0%	0
1560	71	4	4	5.6%	3
1561	101	5	4	5.0%	5
1562	123	12	4	9.8%	1
1563	61	1	4	1.6%	0
1564	65	6	4	9.2%	0
1565	212	8	4	3.8%	4
1566	137	10	4	7.3%	3
1567	108	4	4	3.7%	2
1568	126	5	4	4.0%	0
1569	196	5	4	2.6%	8
1570	90	4	4	4.4%	1
1576	42	7	4	16.7%	2
1577	79	10	4	12.7%	9
1578	113	23	6	20.4%	11
1579	147	67	6	45.6%	10
1580	193	95	6	49.2%	5
1581	148	74	6	50.0%	5
1582	89	59	6	66.3%	4
1583	69	50	6	72.5%	4
1584	54	37	6	68.5%	3
1585	36	29	6	80.6%	3
1586	86	57	6	66.3%	8
1587	121	94	6	77.7%	1
1588	110	98	6	89.1%	56
1589	104	94	6	90.4%	28
1590	177	169	6	95.5%	2
1591	145	132	6	91.0%	4
1592	125	118	6	94.4%	1
1593	117	109	6	93.2%	3
1594	160	153	6	95.6%	2
1595	147	143	6	97.3%	1
1596	99	85	6	85.9%	4
1597	106	98	6	92.5%	0
1598	131	123	6	93.9%	2
1599	98	94	6	95.9%	2
1600	121	105	6	86.8%	2
1601	117	109	6	93.2%	0
1602	139	133	6	95.7%	0
1603	123	118	6	95.9%	6
1604	156	149	6	95.5%	1
1605	138	129	6	93.5%	7
1606	164	162	6	98.8%	1
1607	155	144	6	92.9%	3
1608	156	148	6	94.9%	3
1609	146	134	6	91.8%	0
1610	129	120	6	93.0%	0
1611	123	114	6	92.7%	1
1612	189	181	6	95.8%	4
1613	154	140	6	90.9%	5
1614	163	157	6	96.3%	1
1615	149	142	6	95.3%	1
1616	133	127	6	95.5%	0
1617	120	110	6	91.7%	0
1618	142	136	6	95.8%	1
1619	187	176	6	94.1%	2
1620	131	126	6	96.2%	1
1621	149	142	6	95.3%	0
1622	216	209	6	96.8%	0
1623	192	178	6	92.7%	0
1624	178	168	6	94.4%	0
1625	93	86	6	92.5%	0
1626	125	110	6	88.0%	0
1627	131	117	6	89.3%	0
1628	116	107	6	92.2%	0
1629	96	84	6	87.5%	0
1630	151	134	6	88.7%	0
1631	148	141	6	95.3%	2
1632	125	114	6	91.2%	1
1633	154	141	6	91.6%	0
1634	140	120	6	85.7%	0
1635	133	119	6	89.5%	1
1636	105	96	6	91.4%	0
1637	186	173	6	93.0%	1
1638	263	235	6	89.4%	0
1639	227	197	6	86.8%	0
1640	189	158	6	83.6%	0

Exact count: counted straight from a structured source, or transcribed by hand and checked against the page images

Source: SRO TEI, 10,453 entries; decade totals equal the SRO website's search counts in every decade

Giles Bergel & Ian Gadd (eds.), Stationers' Register Online, CREATe, University of Glasgow. TEI of the register volumes corrected against the manuscripts, GitHub gbergel/SRO_data (reg_A–reg_D-updated.xml, commit 562db00, 2019-08-27). The project website states a 'CC-BY-SA licence'; the TEI header states 'Creative Commons Attribution' (CC BY 4.0). This site distributes its entry table under the stricter CC BY-SA 4.0. (CC BY-SA 4.0 (entry table); https://stationersregister.online)