HAWKINS, Richard ( - 1635) ‹ LBT 08091 ›

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Floruit: 1610–1635

Floruit 1610 (A) — 1635 (B); Male, married

Life Events

Event	Date	Source
Death	- before 25 Sep 1635 <Probate>

Will

Will (Ref., Piece, Image)	Will Dates	Intestate	Probate Dates	Administration Dates	Comments
PROB 11/169, Sadler: 93-132, 9/9			1635-09-25		PRO - Stationer of Saint Dunstan in the West, City of London. ---

Family Relationships

LBTNumber	Name	Relationship	Occupation	Comments
3201	HAWKINS, Ursula ‹ LBT 03201 ›	spouse
33141	HAWKINS, John ‹ LBT 33141 ›	parent	Yeoman

Livery Companies

Company	Source
Stationers' Company

Occupations (2)

Occupation	Comment
Bookseller	McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
Stationer	Will

Was Apprentice to Master(s): (2)

Name	Premium	Paid By	Comments
MATTES, Edmond ‹ LBT 08027 ›
BROWN(E), John ( - 1622) ‹ LBT 08125 ›

Had Apprentice(s): (4)

Name	Premium	Paid By	Comments
KEAME, William ‹ LBT 10136 ›
MATHEWES, William ‹ LBT 10137 ›
POPHAM, Richard ‹ LBT 10138 ›
SHEPPERD, Henry ‹ LBT 10139 ›

Addresses (4)

Date	Address	Source	Comment
1613	Chancery Lane	STC. vol.3, (1991)
1613	Serjeant's Inn, Fleet Street	STC. vol.3, (1991)	- near
1633-04-01		STC. vol.3, (1991)	- nr the Rolls (dw)
1635-09-25	St Dunstan in the West	Will	- late of the Parish of

Events (8)

Date	Event type	Description
1 Oct 1604	Bound	to Edmond Mattes (LBT/08027)
16 Jan 1610	Turned-over	first - to John Browne (LBT/08125)
18 Nov 1611	Freed - Servitude
24 Jun 1622	Appr - Binding	William Mathewes (LBT/10137) - subsequently rebound to John Brockett (LBT/10055)
30 Jun 1623	Appr - Binding	William Keame (LBT/10136)
24 Jun 1626	Appr - Binding	Henry Shepperd (LBT/10139)
3 Dec 1627	Appr - Turn-over/Out	William Keame (LBT/10136) to Paul Mann (LBT/10403)
1 Dec 1634	Appr - Binding	Richard Popham (LBT/10138)

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, p.80

McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), pp.132-3

HAWKINS (RICHARD), bookseller in London, 1613-36; In Chancery Lane near Sergeant's Inn. Son of John Hawkins of Abbey Milton, co. Dorset, yeoman. Apprentice to Edmond Mattes { MATTES, Edmond ‹ LBT 08027 › }, stationer of London, for eight years from October 1st, 1604 [Arber, ii. 284]. Took up his freedom November 18th, 1611 [Arber, iii. 683]. Publisher of plays and miscellaneous literature. His first entry, The tragedy of Mariam, was made on December 17th, 1612 [Arber, iii. 508]. In 1628 his name occurs in a list of dealers in second-hand books, who were to send a catalogue to the Archbishop of Canterbury [Dom. S. P, Chas. I, Vol. 117 (9)]. His last entry was on December 6th, 1633 [Arber, iv. 309]. On June 5th and 6th, 1637, his widow Ursula Hawkins { HAWKINS, Ursula ‹ LBT 03201 › } transferred to Richard Mead { MEADE, Richard ( - 1694) ‹ LBT 11724 › }, Christopher Meredith { MEREDETH, Christopher ( - 1653) ‹ LBT 10643 › } and W. Leake { LEAKE, William ( - 1673) ‹ LBT 10337 › } all his copyrights [Arber, iv. 385, 420]. Richard Hawkins published several plays, such as the Maid's Tragedy of Beaumont and Fletcher, in 1630, and A King and No King by the same authors in 1631.