BARNES, John ‹ LBT 08693 ›
Badges
Floruit 1599 (A) — 1625 (B); Male
Livery Companies
| Company | Source |
|---|---|
| Stationers' Company |
Occupations (1)
| Occupation | Comment |
|---|---|
| Bookseller | McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910) |
Was Apprentice to Master(s): (2)
| Name | Premium | Paid By | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| WATKYNS, Richard ‹ LBT 08278 › | |||
| WOLF, John ‹ LBT 08793 › |
Had Apprentice(s): (6)
| Name | Premium | Paid By | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLAYMYLL, John ‹ LBT 06893 › (fl. 1609-1609) | |||
| SMYTHE, Edward ‹ LBT 06894 › (fl. 1612-1612) | |||
| SPARKE, William ‹ LBT 06895 › (fl. 1608-1608) | |||
| COOKE, Richard ‹ LBT 09333 › (fl. 1621-1621) | |||
| EDMONDSON, Hugh ‹ LBT 09334 › (fl. 1619-1619) | |||
| SMITHE, John ‹ LBT 09335 › (fl. 1618-1618) |
Addresses (8)
| Date | Address | Trade at Addr | Source | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1602-03-01 | Fleet Street | McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910); STC. vol.3, (1991) | - Sign of the Great Turk (or Turk's Head) | |
| 1605 | Newgate Street Without | McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910); STC. vol.3, (1991) | - by St Sepulchre's Church, sign of Paris (dw) | |
| 1612 | Newgate Street Without | STC. vol.3, (1991) | - nr Holborn conduit (dw) | |
| 1613 | Newgate Street Without | STC. vol.3, (1991) | - on Snow Hill at the Harrow (dw) | |
| 1614 | Newgate Street Without | McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910); STC. vol.3, (1991) | - under the sign of the Cardinal's Hat (dw) | |
| 1614 | Newgate Street Without | STC. vol.3, (1991) | - against St Sepulchre's Church (shop) | |
| 1616 | Hosier Lane, Smithfield (dw) | McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910); STC. vol.3, (1991) | ||
| 1619 | Long Walk, Christ Church | STC. vol.3, (1991) |
Events (12)
| Date | Event type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Sep 1594 | Bound | to Richard Watkins (LBT/08278) |
| 6 Aug 1599 | Turned-over | first - to John Wolfe (LBT/07327) - after the death of Watkins. |
| 30 Sep 1601 | Freed - Servitude | |
| 25 Dec 1601 | Appr - Binding | William Sparke (LBT/06895) ] - gone to another trade; never to be free of the Stationers' Company |
| 25 Mar 1602 | Appr - Binding | John Fflaymyll (LBT/06893) |
| 14 Mar 1605 | Loan | - £6 from the William Norton bequest |
| 25 Mar 1605 | Appr - Binding | Edward Smythe (LBT/06894) |
| 22 Mar 1611 | Appr - Binding | John Smith (LBT/09335) |
| 3 Feb 1612 | Appr - Binding | Hugh Edmondson (LBT/09334) |
| 9 Mar 1612 | Appr - Turn-over/Out | John Smith (LBT/09335) to John Harrison (LBT/07622) |
| 5 Sep 1614 | Appr - Binding | Richard Booke (LBT/09333) |
| 20 Apr 1618 | Appr - Freedom | John Smith (LBT/09335) |
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.13-14
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), pp.21-2
BARNES (JOHN), bookseller in London, 1600-21; (1) Fleet Street at the sign of the Great Turk's Head; (2) Without Newgate by St. Sepulchre's Church, at the sign of Paris, 1605; (3) The Cardinal's Hat, without Newgate, 1614; (4) Hosier Lane, near Smithfield, 1616 (perhaps the same as No. 2). Son of Joseph Barnes, the University Printer at Oxford. Apprenticed on September 3rd, 1594, to Richard Watkins { WATKYNS, Richard ‹ LBT 08278 › } for seven years [Arber, ii. 195). On August 6th, 1599, he was transferred to John Wolfe { WOLFE, John ‹ LBT 07327 › }, owing to the death of his first master [Arber, ii. 238]. Barnes was admitted a freeman of the Company of Stationers on the last day of September, 1601 [Arber, ii. 730). His first book entry, a volume of Essays by Robert Johnson, occurs on October 9th in the same year [Arber, iii. 192]. In 1602 he was allowed to publish Rider's Dictionary, but only on condition that it was printed in London and not elsewhere [Arber, iii. 223], but within a month he assigned his right in it to Cuthbert Burby { BURBY, Cuthbert ( - 1607) ‹ LBT 08823 › }. There is no entry by or for him of any copy between February 23rd, 1603, and June 27th, 1612, and meanwhile he parted with the only two copyrights he possessed. But, unless there is a misprint in the date, his father printed for him in 1605 an edition of John Davies of Hereford's Microcosmus, which shows that he had moved into Holborn. He was still there in 1612, when the address appears in an edition of Travers' Supplication to the Privy Council. By his father's will proved on January 17th, 1619, he received a legacy of £20 [Gibson, Oxford Wills, p. 26] and several copyrights, but these he appears to have assigned over to others almost immediately. The last book entry under his name occurs in the Registers on February 26th, 1620/1, when he entered Merry Jests concerning Popes, Monks and Friars, and assigned it over to John Wright { WRIGHT, John ‹ LBT 08748 › } [Arber, iv. 49]. Another John Barnes { BARNES, John ‹ LBT 09211 › } took up his freedom as a stationer on June 4th, 1638 [Arber, iii. 688].