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John Flaskett, born in 1566 in St Martin, Ludgate, London (UK), is central to the George Chapman play: The Old Joiner of Aldgate.

John worked as a Stationer and Book Binder and was connected to Chapman (considered to be a rival poet to Shakespear), and Michael Drayton who dedicated a book to John Flaskett titled: Poemes lyrick and pastorall : Odes, elogs, the Man in the moon.

John's farther was one Thomas Flaskett, a gentleman's haberdasher who lived in London also. He married Agnes Flaskett (maiden name undetermined) and had several children including Mary, Thomas, John, and Grace.

Over 400 years later, John Flaskett's descendants still live and work in London, often passing St. Paul's corner where the Old Joiner of Aldgate was performed.