PLAYFORD, Eleanor (mar. WALKER) ‹ LBT 30565 ›

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Floruit: 1686

Floruit 1686 (B) — 1686 (B);  Female, married

Family Relationships

LBTNumber	Name	Relationship	Occupation	Comments
30566	WALKER, Willaim ‹ LBT 30566 ›	spouse

Occupations (1)

Occupation	Comment
Printer - music	O.D.N.B.

SOURCES & TRANSCRIPTIONS

Transcriptions

Dictionary of National Biography - under John Playford, article by R.Thompson

MLT Note: Sister of John Playford (LBT/12699) - O.D.N.B. - Eleanor seems for a time to have managed the printing shop herself, but as she was not a stationer's widow she was not allowed to continue and adversied the printing shop for sale in the "London Gazette" for 3-6 May 1686. Unable to find a buyer for its specialized equipment, Eleanor unsccessfully petitioned the king for permission to run the shop herself; … ---