I found a reference by Frances Henderson to an item at the Folger Library. For whatever reason, they have a copy of Mabbott’s commission as Cromwell’s agent in 1647. I had so far only seen records of his payments in Clarke’s account books for his work as the army’s agent. I submitted an order form [...]
April 19, 2008
Gilbert Mabbott’s licensing habits
Right now, I’m working on taking some statistics on Mabbott’s licensing. I’m compiling some spreadsheets, splitting up the different licensers (of course Mabbott is privileged) and the publishers, and I ‘m trying to put each licensed pamphlet into some kind of category for its political persuasion. I’ve already had to start over twice. I have [...]
