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Floruit: 1583–1598
floruit 1583 (A)—1598 (A); Male, married
Family Relationships
Livery Companies
| Company |
Source
|
| Stationers' Company |
|
Occupations (2)
| Occupation |
Comment
|
| Stationer |
Chester, L.M. (1887), vol.1
|
| Bookseller |
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
|
Had Apprentice(s): (5)
Addresses (3)
| Date |
Address |
Trade at Addr |
Source |
Comment
|
| 1584, (1584) |
Guildhall |
|
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910); STC. vol.3, (1991) |
- by
|
| 1589, (1589) |
Royal Exchange |
|
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910); STC. vol.3, (1991) |
- behind the ---
|
| 1589-03-08 |
St Sepulchre |
|
Chester, L.M. (1887), vol.1 |
- Parish of
|
Events (7)
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.42
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), p.70
CLARKE (SAMPSON), bookseller in London, 1583-98; (1) By the Guildhall, 1583; (2) Behind the Royal Exchange, 1589-91. This Stationer was made free of the Company on March 26th, 1583, by George Buck { BUCK, George ‹ LBT 07017 › } and William Broome { BROOME, William ( - 1591) ‹ LBT 08226 › } [Arber, ii. 687). His first book entry was made on November 4th, 1583, and related to Thomas Lodge's Tryed experiences of worldlie abuses (i.e., An Alarm against Usurers) [Arber, ii. 428]. He also dealt in ballads. Sampson Clarke was one of tbe defendants in the suit brought in 1585 by the assigns of Richard Day { DAY, Richard (1552 - 1607) ‹ LBT 07331 › } against certain stationers for unlawfully printing and selling The A B C and Litell Catechism [Arber, ii. 791, 792).
He was admitted to the livery on July 1st, 1598 [Arber, ii. 873]. Amongst his publications in 1591 was the play entitled The First and Second Part of the troublesome Raigne of King John of England, which a later publisher ascribed to Shakespeare.
