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Floruit: 1587–1614
floruit 1587 (A)—1614 (B); Male, married
Life Events
| Event |
Date |
Source
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| Death |
- before 12 Nov 1614 STC. |
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
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Family Relationships
Livery Companies
| Company |
Source
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| Drapers' Company |
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
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| Stationers' Company |
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
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Occupations (2)
| Occupation |
Comment
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| Bookseller |
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
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| Printer |
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
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Addresses (6)
Events (2)
| Date |
Event type |
Description
|
| 30 Aug 1587 |
Freed - |
as a member of the Drapers' Company
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| 25 Jun 1606 |
Translation |
- from the Drapers' Company to the Stationers' Company
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Sources and References
| Original Sources |
Comments
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| Stationers' Company - Binding and Freedom Records - McKenzie, D.F. (1961), # 0640 |
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SOURCES & TRANSCRIPTIONS
Transcriptions
S.T.C., (1991), vol.3, p.13
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), pp.20-1
BARLEY (WILLIAM), draper, bookseller and printer in London, 1591-1614; (1) Newgate Market; (2) Gratious [Gracechurch] Street over against Leadenhall; (3) Little St. Helens. The earliest notice of this somewhat remarkable man is an entry in the account of the Wardens of the Stationers' Company for the year 1591, recording his committal to prison for contempt [Arber, i. 555]. He was probably in business as a bookseller and dealer in ballads before this date, and the entry perhaps refers to some privileged book that Barley had sold or published without license. From some information supplied by himself in June, 1598, in a deposition, we learn that he was born about 1565, and that on two previous occasions he had been before the Court of High Commission, once for selling a twopenny book relating to Her Majesty's progress, and again for selling a ballad concerning the safe return of the Earl of Essex from Cadiz. Both these sales took place at Cowdry in Sussex. There is no record of William Barley's transfer from the Drapers' to the Stationers' Company, but he appears to have joined the ranks of those who opposed the monopolists. His chief claim to notice lies in the fact that he was one of the early publishers of music. In 1593 he brought out a book of Citterne Lessons. Again in 1596 we find him issuing a Pathway to Musicke and the New Book of Tabelture. In 1598 he was joined with Thomas East { EAST, Thomas (1540 - 1608) ‹ LBT 07395 › } and others as one of the assigns of Thomas Morley { } the musician, who on September 28th was granted a license for twenty-one years to print song books of all kinds and music paper. Morley was then living in Little St. Helens, Bishopsgate Street, and he would appear to have supplied a press which was worked by Barley at that address. In addition to being the assign of Morley, William Barley also printed Allison's Psalms of David in metre, 1599, and Thomas Weelkes' Music, 1608. His last book entry occurs in the Registers on February 18th, 1613, and in the same year he assigned his musical copyrights to M. L. (? Mathew Lownes { LOWNES, Matthew ( - 1625) ‹ LBT 07992 › }), J. B. (? John Baylie { ? }), and T. S. (? Thomas Snodham { SNODHAM, Thomas ( - 1625) ‹ LBT 07409 › }). He died before November 12th, 1614, when his widow Mary { BARLEY, Mary ‹ LBT 03371 › } assigned over all her rights to John Beale { BEALE, John ( - 1643) ‹ LBT 11034 › }. [Arber, iii. 516, 557.]
