CARR, John ‹ LBT 02910 ›

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Floruit: 1672–1686

Floruit 1672 (A) — 1686 (A);  Male

Livery Companies

Company Source
Skinners' Company

Occupations (2)

Occupation Comment
Bookseller Plomer, H.R. &c. (1922)
Musical insturment maker Plomer, H.R. &c. (1922)

Addresses (2)

Date Address Trade at Addr Source Comment
1676, (1676-84) Chancery Lane, end of - under the King's Head Tavern Plomer, H.R. &c. (1922)
1676 Middle Temple Gate Plomer, H.R. &c. (1922)

Events (2)

Date Event type Description
7 Oct 1672 Appr - Freedom John Hudgibutt (LBT/11796) apparently never formally bound - probably attribution to John Carr, member of the Skinners' Company
6 Jun 1686 Appr - Freedom Samuel Scott (LBT/11797) apparently never formally bound - probably attribution to John Carr, member of the Skinners' Company

SOURCES & TRANSCRIPTIONS

Transcriptions

Plomer, H.R. &c. (1922), p.64

CARR (JOHN), bookseller or musical instrument maker in London, (1) under the King's Head Tavern in Chancery Lane end; (2) at the Middle Temple Gate. 1676-84. Sold Tho. Mace's Musick's Monument, 1676. In 1683 he joined J. Playford { PLAYFORD, John (1650 - 1685) ‹ LBT 12699 › } in the publication of music books. [T.C. II. 4.] In the London Gazette of October 23rd-27th, 1684 an advertisement of musical books appeared in which his address is given as "at John Carr's shop, at the Middle Temple Gate when built, but as yet under the King's Head Tavern in Chancery Lane end."