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Floruit: 1609–1613
floruit (A) 1609 - 1613 ; Male
Livery Companies
| Company |
Source
|
| Stationers' Company |
|
Occupations (1)
| Occupation |
Comment
|
| Bookseller |
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
|
Was Apprentice to Master(s): (1)
Had Apprentice(s): (1)
Addresses (2)
| Date |
Address |
Trade at Addr |
Source |
Comment
|
| 1611 |
Chancery Lane |
|
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910); STC. vol.3, (1991) |
- over against the Rolls (shop)
|
| 1615 |
St Dunstan's Churchyard |
|
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910); STC. vol.3, (1991) |
- under the Dial
|
Events (3)
Sources and References
| Original Sources |
Comments
|
| St.Co. Archive - Binding and Freedom records - extracted by Prof. J.A. Lavin |
|
SOURCES & TRANSCRIPTIONS
Transcriptions
S.T.C., (1991), vol.3, p.14
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), p.23
BARNES (ROGER), bookseller in London, 1610-17; (1) In Chancery Lane over against the Rolls; (2) St. Dunstan's Churchyard under the Dial. Son of Ralph Barnes, cordwainer of London. Apprenticed on November 1st, 1601, to John Smethwick { SMETHWICK, John ( - 1641) ‹ LBT 08137 › } for eight years, and took up his freedom December 4th, 1609 [Arber, ii. 258; iii. 683]. Amongst his publications were Silas Jourdan's Discovery of the Barmudas, 1610, 4to, Christopher Marlowe's Troublesome raigne and lamentable death of Edward the Second, 1612, 4to, and John Stephen's Satyricall Essayes, 1615. On April 17th, 1617, he assigned his rights in Marlowe's Edward II to Henry Bell { BELL, Henry ‹ LBT 07850 › } [Arber, iii. 607].