ay, among others, believed that Barley was also a printer. This notion was discredited by Lavin in "William Barley, Draper and Stationer" (1969).Jump up to: a b c Miller and SmithJump up ^ Johnson 37Jump up ^ McKerrow 20Jump up ^ Smith 200Jump up ^ Lavin 218Jump up ^ Johnson 12. Johnson refutes Lavin's assertion that Barley was born in Woburn, Bedfordshire, claiming that Lavin based his hypothesis on the erroneous assumption that Barley was apprenticed to Thomas Phipps in 1606. By that date, Barley was 41 years old and had already been publishing books for at least 15 years.Jump up ^ Lievsay 218Jump up ^ Johnson 12. Barley's publications reveal that James' Newgate Market address was also used by Barley in 1591 and 1594.Jump up ^ Johnson 12Jump up ^ Clark 399. Barley's entry in Oxford's register ("Barley, William; Warw., 35; bibliopola et famulus Doctoris Howson, Vice-Chancellarii") is evidence that he may have been from Warwickshire. Johnson believes that the age discrepancy 