John Starkey 1627?-1694
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John STARKEY or STARKIE 1627?-94
Biographical Note
Son of John Starkey, vicar of Hadlow, Kent. BA Peterhouse, Cambridge 1649; MA St John's 1652. Lecturer at Grantham, Lincolnshire 1655 (ejected); licensed to preach at Ormskirk, 1672.
Books
Starkey directed, in his will, that his books be sold, with the money raised divided between his two sons William and John, and his daughterJane Atkinson. His library was auctioned in London, 11.10.1694. The sale catalogue contains 619 lots, divided only in a number of sequences by format, without separating them out by subject or language.
Characteristic Markings
None of Starkey's books have been identified.
Sources
- Will of John Starkey, The National Archives PROB 11/419/115.
- Alston, R. C. Inventory of sale catalogues 1676-1800. St Philip, 2010.
- A catalogue of very good Latin and English books ... of ... John Starkey, [London, 1694], ESTC r230573.
- Matthews, A. G. Calamy revised. Oxford, 1934.