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 daughter Jane 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