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Floruit: 1593–1625
Floruit 1593 (A) — 1625 (B); Male, married
Life Events
| Event |
Date |
Source
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| Death |
- before 7 Sep 1625 <Probate> |
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Will
| Will (Ref., Piece, Image) |
Will Dates |
Intestate |
Probate Dates |
Administration Dates |
Comments
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PROB 11/146, Clarke: 64-102, 456/347
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1625-09-07
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PRO - Stationer of London. ---
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Family Relationships
Livery Companies
| Company |
Source
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| Stationers' Company |
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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): (3)
Addresses (4)
| Date |
Address |
Trade at Addr |
Source |
Comment
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| 1601, (1601-25) |
Fleet Street |
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McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910) |
- Flower de Luce, near Fetter Lane end.
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| 1604 |
St Paul's Churchyard |
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STC. vol.3, (1991) |
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| 1605 |
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STC. vol.3, (1991) |
- a little beneath Paul's School (dw)
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| 1616 |
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STC. vol.3, (1991) |
- at the King's Arms
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Events (11)
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
S.T.C., (1991), vol.3, pp.83-4
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), p.139
HODGETS (JOHN), bookseller in London, 1601-25; The Flower de Luce in Fleet Street, near Fetter Lane end. Son of Richard Hodgetts of Sedgeley, co. Stafford, blacksmith, Apprentice lo William Norton { NORTON, William (1527 - 1593) ‹ LBT 08157 › }, stationer of London, for nine years from Christmas, 1584 [Arber, ii. 130]. Took up his freedom on December 22nd, 1593 [Arber, ii. 713]. He then appears to have heen lent a sum of money under the bequest of William Norton for the benefit of young freemen of the Company, as in the Wardens' accounts of the year 1595-6 a note is made of the transaction [Arber, i. 581]. He took his first apprentice on June 25th, 1596, but discharged him on December 5th, 1598, when he took another [Arber, ii. 211, 231). Hodgetts dealt largely in plays, amongst those which he published being John Day's Ile of Guls, 1606, Dekker's Honest Whore, 1604, Dekker and Webster's Westward Hoe, 1607, Thomas Heywood's A Woman kilde with kindnesse,1607, and John Marston's The Dutch Courtezan, 1605, The last book enlry under his name occurs on August 12th, 1624, and he was dead before December 19th, 1625. His widow Margaret { HODGETTES, Margaret ‹ LBT 03217 › } assigned over some of his copyrights to Robert Allott { ALLOTT, Robert ( - 1635) ‹ LBT 09461 › } on January 25th, 1625/6, for a summ of £45 [Arber, iv. 148].
