LEAKE, William ( - 1633) ‹ LBT 07160 ›
Badges
Floruit 1584 (A) — 1633 (A); Male, married
Life Events
| Event | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Death | - on 3 Apr 1633 | McKerrow, R. B. &c. (1910) |
Will
| Will (Ref., Piece, Image) | Will Dates | Intestate | Probate Dates | Administration Dates | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
PROB 11/164 |
61 Russell - unchecked |
Family Relationships
| LBTNumber | Name | Relationship | Occupation | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3097 | LEAKE, (Unknown) ‹ LBT 03097 › | spouse | ||
| 30703 | LEAKE, (Unknown) ‹ LBT 30703 › | spouse | ||
| 30704 | LEAKE, (Unknown) ‹ LBT 30704 › | spouse | ||
| 30705 | LEAKE, (Unknown) ‹ LBT 30705 › | spouse | ||
| 10337 | LEAKE, William ( - 1673) ‹ LBT 10337 › | child | Stationer |
Livery Companies
| Company | Source |
|---|---|
| Stationers' Company |
Stationers' Company Titles (6)
| Title | From | To | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assistant | 1604-06-11 | 1631-05-16 | Chosen; First attendance; Last attendance |
| Under Warden | 1604-07-01 | 1605-07-01 | Served 1604/1605 |
| Under Warden | 1606-07-01 | 1607-07-01 | Served 1606/1607 |
| Upper Warden | 1610-07-01 | 1611-07-01 | Served 1610/1611 |
| Upper Warden | 1614-07-02 | 1615-07-02 | Served 1614/1615 |
| Master | 1618-07-08 | 1619-07-08 | Served 1618/1619 |
Occupations (1)
| Occupation | Comment |
|---|---|
| Bookseller | McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910) |
Had Apprentice(s): (13)
| Name | Premium | Paid By | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDREWE, Edmond ‹ LBT 07972 › (fl. 1603-1603) | |||
| COTTON, William ( - 1609) ‹ LBT 07973 › (fl. 1629-1629) | |||
| DRYVER, James ‹ LBT 07974 › (fl. 1609-1609) | |||
| HALLE, Thomas ‹ LBT 07975 › (fl. 1595-1595) | |||
| MABBE, Raffe ‹ LBT 07976 › (fl. 1610-1638) | |||
| WISDOM, James ‹ LBT 07977 › (fl. 1611-1611) | |||
| BLENKARNE, Walter ‹ LBT 10333 › (fl. 1625-1625) | |||
| BOWER, George ‹ LBT 10334 › (fl. 1622-1622) | |||
| GUYLLYAM, John ‹ LBT 10335 › (fl. 1614-1615) | |||
| HODGES, William ‹ LBT 10336 › (fl. 1617-1617) | |||
| LEAKE, William ( - 1673) ‹ LBT 10337 › (fl. 1623-1673) | |||
| WHITAKER, Richard ( - 1648) ‹ LBT 10338 › (fl. 1619-1648) | |||
| WRIGHT, William ‹ LBT 10658 › (fl. 1614-1614) |
Addresses (3)
| Date | Address | Trade at Addr | Source | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1593, (1593) | St Paul's Churchyard | McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910) | - the Crane | |
| 1596, (1596) | St Paul's Churchyard | McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910) | - the White Greyhound | |
| 1602, (1602-1618) | St Paul's Churchyard | McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910) | - the Holy Ghost |
Events (30)
| Date | Event type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Oct 1584 | Freed - | No record of binding. |
| 29 Sep 1588 | Appr - Binding | Thomas Halle (LBT/07975) |
| 26 Mar 1594 | Appr - Binding | William Cotton (LBT/07973) |
| 24 Jun 1596 | Appr - Binding | Edmond Andrewe (LBT/07972) |
| 15 May 1598 | Cloathed | |
| 12 Jul 1602 | Appr - Binding | James Dryver (LBT/07974) |
| 25 Dec 1602 | Appr - Binding | Raffe Mabbe (LBT/07976) |
| 26 Mar 1604 | Renter Warden | fined - |
| 11 Jun 1604 | Court | Chosen as an Assistant |
| Jul 1604 | Under Warden | Served 1604/1605 |
| 25 Dec 1605 | Appr - Binding | James Wisdom (LBT/07977) |
| 25 Mar 1606 | Appr - Binding | John Guyllyam (LBT/10335) |
| Jul 1606 | Under Warden | Served 1606/1607 |
| 1 Jun 1607 | Court | Attended - first - Query gap |
| 16 Jan 1610 | Appr - Freedom | Raffe Mabbe (LBT/07976) |
| 28 Jan 1610 | Appr - Turn-over/In | William Wright (LBT/10658) from George Potter (LBT/07012) |
| Jul 1610 | Upper Warden | Served 1610/1611 |
| 29 Sep 1611 | Appr - Binding | Richard Whitakers (LBT/10338) |
| 2 Jul 1614 | Upper Warden | Served 1614/1615 |
| 14 Oct 1614 | Appr - Freedom | William Wright (LBT/10658) - originally bound to George Potter (LBT/07012) |
| 18 Nov 1614 | Appr - Binding | George Bower (LBT/10334) |
| 20 Jan 1617 | Appr - Binding | William Leake (LBT/10337) his son |
| 8 Jul 1618 | Master | Served 1618/1619 |
| 25 Oct 1618 | Appr - Binding | Walter Blenkarne (LBT/10333) |
| 3 May 1620 | Appr - Turn-over/Out | George Bower (LBT/10334) to Adam Islip (LBT/07825) |
| 28 Jan 1622 | Appr - Freedom | George Bower (LBT/10334) |
| 22 Jul 1623 | Son - patrimony | William Leake (LBT/10337) |
| 16 May 1631 | Court | Attended - last |
| 3 Apr 1633 | Died | |
| 3 Jun 1633 | Court | Died before this date |
Attendance prior to 5 Apr 1695 remains to be listed.
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.104
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), pp.170-1
LEAKE (WILLIAM), senior, bookseller in London, 1592-1633; (1) The Crane in St. Paul's Churchyard, 1593; (2) The White Greyhound in St. Paul's Churchyard, 1596; (3) The Holy Ghost, St. Paul's Churchyard, 1602-18. This stationer was one of Francis Coldock's { COLDOCK, Francis ( - 1603) ‹ LBT 08163 › - though there is no record of the binding} apprentices and was admitted to the freedom of the Company on October 6th, 1584 {- presented by F.C.} [Arber, ii. 693], and into the Livery on July 1st, 1598 [Arber, ii. 873]. William Leake's first book entry is found on February 17th, 1591/2, but that he was in business as a bookseller very much earlier than this is shown by the entry of a fine for keeping open his shop on holydays on October 24th, 1586 [Arber, ii. 859]. In 1592 he is found at the Crane in St. Paul's Churchyard, previously in the occupation of Richard Oliffe or Olive { OLIFFE, Richard ( - 1604) ‹ LBT 08233 › }. In 1596 John Harrison { HARRISON, John ( - 1616) ‹ LBT 07614 › } the elder assigned to William Leake his rights in Shakespeare's Venus and Adonis, and Leake was the publisher of the 1602 edition. At the same time he appears to have moved from the Crane into Harrison's premises, the White Greyhound. In 1602 he obtained the copyrights of Gabriel Cawood { CAWOOD, Gabriel ( - 1602) ‹ LBT 07091 › }, which included Southwell's St. Peter's Complaint, John Lyly's Euphues, Thomas Watson's Hekalompathia or Century of Love, and an edition of Boethius [Arber, iii. 210]. Leake served the office of Junior Warden in the years 1604 and 1606, and of Upper Warden in 1610 and 1614. He held shares in the Latin and Irish Stocks of the Company, and his share in the Irish Stock was the subject of a law suit in the Court of Chancery in 1653 [Library, July, 1907, p. 295]. On February 16th, 1616/7, William Leake assigned over practically all his copyrights to William Barret { BARRETT, William ( - 1624) ‹ LBT 08145 › } [Arber, iii. 603]. In July, 1618, he was elected Master of the Company, and after serving his year of office, he retired from business and settled in the county of Hereford. He died on April 3rd, 1633. William Leake was married four times { LEAKE, (Unknown) ‹ LBT 03097 ›; LEAKE, (Unknown) ‹ LBT 30703 ›; LEAKE, (Unknown) ‹ LBT 30704 ›; and, LEAKE, (Unknown) ‹ LBT 30705 › } and William Leake, junior, { LEAKE, William ( - 1673) ‹ LBT 10337 › } was his eldest son [Chan. Proc., Mitford, 53, 57]. On July 1st, 1635, his widow transferred to her son William Leake, junior, her rights in six copies that had previously belonged to his father.