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Floruit: 1602–1638
floruit 1602 (A)—1638 (B); Male
Livery Companies
| Company |
Source
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| Stationers' Company |
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Occupations (2)
| Occupation |
Comment
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| Stationer |
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| Bookseller |
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
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Was Apprentice to Master(s): (1)
Had Apprentice(s): (2)
Addresses (2)
Events (5)
Sources and References
| Original Sources |
Comments
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| St.Co. Archive - Binding and Freedom records - extracted by Prof. J.A. Lavin |
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SOURCES & TRANSCRIPTIONS
Transcriptions
S.T.C., (1991), vol.3, p.16
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), p.28
BEARKES (RANDALL), bookseller in London, 1602; The White Unicorn in Pope's Head Alley. In Mr. Arber's Transcript there appears to be much confusion as to the identity of this bookseller. From an entry in Vol. ii, p. 229, it would appear that he was the son of Randall Bearkes of Apedell Hall, co. Stafford, yeoman, and was apprentice to Ralph Howell { HOWELL, Raphe ( - 1603) ‹ LBT 08224 › }, stationer of London, for eight years from September 29th, 1598. This would mean that his time was not up until 1606, but on April 20th, 1602, there is an entry of the admission of a Randall Barker, "by redemption and according to a grant of the Lord Mayor sett down for his freedom xxs." [Arber, ii. 731]. Then we find a Randall Barkes taking an apprentice on June 28th, 1602 [Arber, ii. 264], and a Randall Berkes entering two books in 1602. One of these was Nicholas Breton's Soul's Harmony, in the imprint to which his name is spelt Bearkes.
MLT Note: STC - Apparently spent c.1619-1633 in Bermuda. (Poor Book). ---
