John Parker d.1655

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John PARKER d.1655

Biographical Note

Apothecary, of Lichfield; known to have had a house in Saddler Street there in 1648.

Books

Parker's probate inventory includes "sixteene bookes litle and bigge", from a total estate valued at £228 11 s 6d (much of it comprising stock and equipment "in the shop". His house included "two little booke shelves".

Characteristic Markings

None of Parker's books have been identified.

Sources

  • Vaisey, D. (ed), Probate inventories of Lichfield and district, 1568-1680, Oxford, 1969, 99-102.