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Floruit: 1602–1613
floruit 1602 (A)—1613 (B); Male, married
Family Relationships
Livery Companies
| Company |
Source
|
| Stationers' Company |
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Occupations (1)
| Occupation |
Comment
|
| Bookseller |
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
|
Was Apprentice to Master(s): (2)
Had Apprentice(s): (1)
Addresses (1)
| Date |
Address |
Trade at Addr |
Source |
Comment
|
| 1611, (1611-3) |
St Paul's Churchyard |
|
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910); STC. vol.3, (1991) |
- Shop in - at the Greyhound
|
Events (4)
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.9
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), p.16
BAKER (MICHAEL), bookseller in London, 1610-11; St. Paul's Churchyard, at the sign of the Greyhound. Son of Philip Baker of Cliston, co. Bedford, yeoman. Apprentice to Robert Dexter { DEXTER, Robert ( - 1603) ‹ LBT 07158 › } for nine years from Michaelmas, 1598. On June 28th, 1602, he was put over to George Potter { POTTER, George ( - 1627) ‹ LBT 07012 › } to serve out the rest of his time. Robert Dexter died between October 24th and December 26th, 1603 [Plomer, Wills, p. 37]. Michael Baker took up his freedom on June 16th, 1606 [Arber, iii. 683]. On October 1st, 1610, he received from William Welby { WELBY, William ‹ LBT 06870 › } all the latter's rights in seventeen works. Most of these were theological, but amongst them was a work entitled Good Speed to Virginia, which Welby had printed in the previous year, and Virginia Newes.
