HOOKE, Henry ( - 1605) ‹ LBT 08582 ›

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Floruit: 1583–1605

Floruit 1583 (A) — 1605 (B);  Male

Life Events

Event	Date	Source
Death	- before 21 Jan 1605	McKerrow, R. B. &c. (1910)

Livery Companies

Company	Source
Stationers' Company

Occupations (1)

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

Was Apprentice to Master(s): (1)

Name	Premium	Paid By	Comments
TOTTELL, Richard ‹ LBT 08571 ›			McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)

Had Apprentice(s): (7)

Name	Premium	Paid By	Comments
ALLEN, Ralph ‹ LBT 06783 ›			Hooke agreed 19 Feb 1588 to pay 10s to John Wallington [?] "for the full satisfaction of such money as he had with Raffe Allen"- Allen then to released from Hooke's service
DAWSON, Robert ‹ LBT 07771 ›
DRYDEN, Christofer ‹ LBT 07772 ›
EATON, Richard ‹ LBT 07773 ›
GRENHILL, Brian ‹ LBT 07774 ›
HUDDILSTON, Samuel ‹ LBT 07775 ›
WALTER, Alexander ‹ LBT 07776 ›

Events (10)

Date	Event type	Description
	Bound	to Richard Tottell (LBT/08571)
30 May 1583	Freed -	presented by Richard Tottell (LBT/08571)
1 Nov 1584	Appr - Binding	Christopher Dryden (LBT/07772)
	Appr - Turn-over/In	Raffe Allen (LBT/06783) from John Allde (LBT/07935) - assumed
2 Feb 1591	Appr - Binding	Alexander Walter (LBT/07776)
1 Nov 1594	Appr - Binding	Samuel Huddilston (LBT/07775)
24 Aug 1595	Appr - Binding	Robert Dawson (LBT/07771)
6 Mar 1598	Appr - Binding	Richard Eaton (LBT/07773)
1 Jul 1598	Cloathed
2 Feb 1600	Appr - Binding	Brian Grenhill (LBT/07774)

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.85

McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), p.143

HOOKE (HENRY), bookseller in London, 1583-1605. Apprentice to Richard Tottell { TOTTELL, Richard ‹ LBT 08571 › }, by whom he was presented for his freedom on May 30th, 1583 [Arber, ii. 688]. The only book known to have been published by him is a sermon, entered in the Registers on October 28th, 1590 [Arber, ii. 566]. On January 15th, 1593, the Company of Stationers ordered him to pay two shillings and sixpence for keeping an apprentice unpresented, and to "put the said apprentis from him because he is not capable of him." Mr. Arber construes this to mean that Hooke was not a master, but only a journeyman stationer; but he is found taking apprentices regularly from 1591 to 1600 [Arber, ii. 172 et seq.]. In 1603, on April 12th, in company with Simon Stafford { STAFFORD, Simon ‹ LBT 08492 › } he entered King James's Lepanto or heroicall song [Arber, iii. 232]. He was dead before January 21st, 1604/5, when his apprentice, Brian Grenell { GRENHILL, Brian ‹ LBT 07774 › }, was transferred to Gregory Seton { SETON, Gregory ( - 1612) ‹ LBT 07898 › } [Arber, ii. 288]. His address has not been found.