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Floruit: 1594–1616
floruit 1594 (A)—1616 (B); Male
Life Events
| Event |
Date |
Source
|
| Death |
circa- 7 Aug 1616 |
|
Livery Companies
| Company |
Source
|
| Drapers' Company |
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
|
| Stationers' Company |
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
|
Occupations (1)
| Occupation |
Comment
|
| Bookseller |
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
|
Had Apprentice(s): (2)
Addresses (2)
| Date |
Address |
Trade at Addr |
Source |
Comment
|
| 1594, (1594) |
St Paul's Churchyard |
|
STC. vol.3, (1991) |
- a the Great North Door
|
| 1595, (1595-1607) |
St Paul's Churchyard |
|
STC. vol.3, (1991) |
- Shop in - at the Black Bear
|
Events (6)
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, pp.64-5
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), p.105
FLASKET (JOHN), draper and bookseller in London, 1594-1613; (1) The North door of St. Paul's; (2) The Black Bear, St. Paul's Churchyard. Transferred from the Drapers' Company and admitted a freeman of the Company of Stationers on June 3rd, 1600 [Arber, ii. 725]. He is stated to have had a shop or shed at the Great North door of St. Paul's at the commencement of 1594, and upon the death of Thomas Woodcock { WOODCOCK, Thomas ( - 1594) ‹ LBT 07167 › } who lived at tbe sign of the Black Bear in St. Paul's Churchyard, he and Paul Linley { LYNLEY, Paul ( - 1600) ‹ LBT 08255 › } succeeded to the business. Amongst their customers was the Duke of Northumberland [see Hist. MSS. Comm. Rept. 6, App., p. 226]. Linley died in 1600, and the copyrights were tben transferred to Flasket [Arber, iii. 164-5]. The last heard of him is on December 20th, 1613, when in company with E. Weaver { WEAVER, Edmund ( - 1638) ‹ LBT 08721 › } he assigned two books to Richard More { } [Arber, iii 538].