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Floruit: 1597–1641
floruit 1597 (A)—1641 (A); Male, married
Life Events
| Event |
Date |
Source
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| Death |
- before 7 Jul 1641 <Burial> |
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| Burial |
St Dunstan in the West |
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Will
| Will (Ref., Piece, Image) |
Will Dates |
Intestate |
Probate Dates |
Administration Dates |
Comments
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PROB 11/186, Evelyn: 50-104, 424/374
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1641-07-15
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PRO - Stationer of Saint Dunstan in the West, City of London. --- McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910) - P.C.C., 87, Evelyn -bequeathed his shop and all the books in it, as well as the residue of his estate to his son Francis (LBT/10832). ---
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Family Relationships
Livery Companies
| Company |
Source
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| Stationers' Company |
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Stationers' Company Titles (6)
| Title |
From |
To |
Notes
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| Renter Warden |
1623-03-28 |
1624-03-28 |
Served 1623/1624
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| Renter Warden |
1624-03-25 |
1625-03-25 |
Served 1624/1625
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| Assistant |
1629-08-03 |
1641-03-26 |
Chosen; First attendance; Last attendance
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| Upper Warden |
1635-07-07 |
1636-07-07 |
Served 1635/1636
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| Master |
1639-07-06 |
1640-07-06 |
Served 1639/1640
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| Master |
1640-12-19 |
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Served 19 Dec 1640/death
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Occupations (2)
| Occupation |
Comment
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| Bookseller |
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
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| Stationer |
Will
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Was Apprentice to Master(s): (1)
Had Apprentice(s): (10)
| Name |
Premium |
Paid By |
Date |
Event |
Comments
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| BARNES, Roger ‹ LBT 08466 › (fl. 1609-1627) |
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Bound |
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| EDWARDES, Evan ‹ LBT 08467 › (fl. 1604-1604) |
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Bound |
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| WHITE, William ‹ LBT 08468 › (fl. 1605-1605) |
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Bound |
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| SHEARES, William ( - 1662) ‹ LBT 09291 › (fl. 1617-1662) |
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Turned-over |
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| BROWN(E), John ‹ LBT 10829 › (fl. 1643-1643) |
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Bound |
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| FRANCK, John ‹ LBT 10830 › (fl. 1642-1649) |
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Bound |
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| GRIFFITH, Robert ‹ LBT 10831 › (fl. 1638-1638) |
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Bound |
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| VICKERMAN, Richard ( - 1618) ‹ LBT 10834 › (fl. 1616-1618) |
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Bound |
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| WATFORD, Robert ‹ LBT 10835 › (fl. 1621-1621) |
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Bound |
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| WELTON, Frauncis ‹ LBT 10836 › (fl. 1618-1618) |
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Bound |
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Addresses (3)
Events (31)
Attendance prior to 5 Apr 1695 remains to be listed.
Further Notes
Renter Wardenship - If the normal progression was observed then Smethwick will have served as junior Renter Warden in 1623-1624. --- Under Wardenship - Jackson (pp.480-81) records fines of £5 each "for not serving warden the second tyme" paid by Purfoot, Harrison, and Smethwick between 1 Mar and the end of the gild year 1633, and while Smethwick's name does not appear with the other two in the Court Book on 30 June 1632 it seems safe to assume that he fined at the same time. --- Mastership - On the death of William Aspley, Smethwick resumed the Mastership for the remainder of the year. There is no record of a formal election, but at the meeting of 3 Jul 1641, following Smethwick's own death, Felix Kingston is described as sitting "loco Magri Smethwick defunct". ---
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
THWICKE / SMYTHICK / SMYTHICKE
at St Dunstan in the West
S.T.C., (1991), vol.3, pp.156-7
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), pp.247-8
SMETHWICK (JOHN), bookseller in London, 1597-1640; (1) Fleet Street, near the Temple Gate; (2) Under the Dial in St. Dunstan's Churchyard, Fleet Street. Son of Richard Smythick, draper of London. Apprentice to Thomas Newman { NEWMAN, Thomas ‹ LBT 08132 › }, stationer, for nine years from Christmas, 1589: took up his freedom on January 7th, 1596/7 [Arber, ii. 166, 717]. Smethwick's first entry in the Registers was made on October 6th, 1597 [Arber, iii. 92]. He was at first a somewhat unruly member of the Company, being fined on several occasions for selling privileged books [Arber, ii. 832, 837, 840], but he rapidly rose to the highest position, being successively Junior Warden in 1631, Senior Warden in 1635, and Master of the Company in 1639. In 1609 the copyrights of Nicholas Ling { LYNGE, Nicholas ( - 1607) ‹ LBT 07061 › } were transferred to him and these included the old Taming of a Shrew and Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Love's Labour Lost, and Hamlet. Of Hamlet Smethwicke published three quartos, one in 1611, another in 1637, and one without date. Smethwick was for some time the partner of John Jaggard { JAGGARD, John ( - 1623) ‹ LBT 08586 › }, and as might be expected, held a share in the First Folio of 1623, and also the Second Folio of 1632. He also held shares in the Latin Stock of the Company, and was associated with the publication of the most important books of the period. John Smethwick died in 1641. By his will which was proved on July 15th, 1641, he bequeathed his shop and all the books in it, as well as the residue of his estate to his son Francis { SMETHWICKE, Francis ‹ LBT 10832 › } [P.C.C., 87, Evelyn]. The bird bearing the word "wick" in its bill, which he used as a device, is presumably a smee or smew.
