SPARKS SIMKIN - — [ Apocrypha ] .

[ c.1820 ] 0 A 19th century copy of the Apocrypha, in the original reverse calf (suede) binding. 4to. 32cm x 26cm x 3cm. Edges rubbed and bumped. Previous ownership details in bold to front endpaper: "Sparks Simkin's, North, St. Sudbury. 1823". * White's 1841 Description of Sudbury: Simpkin Spark (frequently indexed or transcribing similarly to Sparks/Simkins) is recorded operating as an iron monger. ** "Sparks Simkin (The Merchant): He was a local hardwareman and haberdasher in Sudbury. He was officially admitted as a Freeman of the borough on March 4, 1820. He was the son of Samuel Simkins (or Simkin), a prominent town hairdresser whose 19th-century barbershop and forge stood at Market Hill, right near where the modern-day Prado Lounge is located" - See Sudbury Archives. *** " Simkin, Sparks, hardwareman and haberdasher, son of Samuel, hair dresser, admitted March 4th, 1820, borough and commons, by birth." - See Sudbury Freemen . **** "Spark Name MeaningEnglish: nickname from Middle English spark, sperk ‘fiery particle, spark’ (Old English spearca, spærca, sperca). It may have been used of a lively person or ironically of its opposite (such as Willelmus Dulle Sperke, 1293); or it may have been given to someone who created sparks, such as a blacksmith." - See Family Search