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To an extent this request re-visits others placed in the past...that concentrated on the printer, Charles Mate (senior), of Dover; and Dover theatres.  Mate himself opened a theatre and I have details...But his initial ingress remains a mystery.

My first clue is to correspondence that appeared in 1773, thus suggesting a previous acquaintance.  Mate had been a sailor but it has not, so far, been possible to say when this portion of his life changed to that where the theatre was prominent.

To this end, perhaps contributors can help me with the histories of four theatres in particular - Deal, Dover, Margate and Canterbury.  Mate was very much involved with the Dover theatre but this was at a later date than 1773.

I am aware that each - or even all - of these theatres featured in eighteenth century circuits but I cannot set a time-line.

Any morsels and references would be welcome.

roly

J. Pascoe apparently worked as bookseller at around the 1840 mark in Newton Abbot.  This is the only reference that I can find (so far).  Can anyone help pinpoint the man and his business - and even elaborate a little?

roly

Slowly, slowly, the life and times of John Oxlade, bookseller in Portsea 1813-20 and then bookbinder (not printer, as I originally thought) is coming into reasonable focus - this thanks to so many Rootschat correspondents...I'm very grateful.

The current query concerns JO and his family after removal from Portsea and a kind of re-establishment in London, c. 1820.  There appear to be strong connections with William Crawford and his wife, Mary, sister to JO; and it is conceivable that JO and his family lived with the Crawfords for some time.

Three things are still puzzling.  Firstly, JO and his wife, Mary Ann, had a child, Henry, in 1820 but there are no other references to Henry in records.  Would this be on account of an early death (not recorded as far as I can gather)?

Secondly, their second son, John Thomas was born in 1824 and an address is given as 'Edmund Place, Clerkenwell'...And, thirdly, in the 1841 census, JO is listed as a bookbinder (aged 65), his wife, Mary Ann, as a 'bonnet-maker' (aged 40 - which seems to be palpably wrong according to other records, including the Portsea marriage 'allegation' in 1813) and John Thomas as a bookbinder aged 15 - almost certainly another mistake in the census entry.  In 1841, the place of residence is given as Peter Street, Clerkenwell.

I have simply not been able to pinpoint either Edmund Place or Peter Street in Clerkenwell.  Can anybody help to establish these locations?

I should just add that much of the London history of JO involves close family ties in a fairly circumscribed area of London and so identifying precise locations is a handy way of following the progress of one or the of the principals - chiefly JO himself..

roly

I'm embarrassed at having once more to beg for help...I should explain that my computer went down last year and I'm trying to reconstitute work using notes and the benefits of Rootschat.

There are two references that I cannot raise, both included in a preliminary draft of a study.  They are located in the Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph - but my remaining references (stupidly) don't have the precise dates...

The first - from 1813 - is as follows...

This day is published, price 6d (allowed to purchasers) OXLADE'S CATALOGUE of about 3,000 volumes of second hand books...Catalogues at the place of sale 174, Queen Street, Portsea.

The second - from 1816 - is as follows...

It concerns a Thomas Hoare who was 'acquitted of the theft of 16 books from William Oxlade' in Portsea.

I'd be extremely grateful if anyone can enlarge on these references.

roly

Trying to find out about Ann Ryle, sister of James Catnach, ballad-printer, who is thought to have lived in Portsea.  Can anyone help?

roly