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[[occupation::Lawyer]], of [[location::Somersall]], near [[location::Chesterfield]]. He belonged to a family of lawyers there; both his father [[family::Godfrey Clarke|Godfrey]] (1559-1634), and his grandfather [[family::Nicholas Clarke|Nicholas]] (d.1590) were lawyers there, and books passed down the family.
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[[occupation::lawyer|Lawyer]], of [[location::Somersall]], near [[location::Chesterfield]]. He belonged to a family of lawyers there; both his father [[family::Godfrey Clarke|Godfrey]] (1559-1634), and his grandfather [[family::Nicholas Clarke|Nicholas]] (d.1590) were lawyers there, and books passed down the family.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 05:17, 17 August 2020

Godfrey CLARKE d.1670

Biographical Note

Lawyer, of Somersall, near Chesterfield. He belonged to a family of lawyers there; both his father Godfrey (1559-1634), and his grandfather Nicholas (d.1590) were lawyers there, and books passed down the family.

Books

Clarke's probate inventory noted "certain old lawe books and other bookes in the closet in the dyningroom", valued at £3 6s 8d, a frame for books with curtains, and a cupboard (£1 15s), and the library in the study, valued at £30. In 1634, the elder Godfrey's books were appraised at £6 13s 4d.

Sources

  • Foster, J. Alumni Oxonienses. London, 1888.
  • Hoare, P. (gen.ed.), The Cambridge history of libraries in Britain and Ireland. 3 vols. Cambridge, 2006, II 176.
  • Milward, R., Books and booksellers in late 17th century Chesterfield, Derbyshire Miscellany 10 (1981), 119-145, p.129.