 John Okes, son of Nicholas, served an apprenticeship under his father and became a freeman of the Stationers Company on 14 January 1627.For some years he was in partnership with his father; together they printed Heywood's "The Royal King and the Loyal Subject" (1637) for James Becket, and Richard Brathwaite's "The Lives of All the Roman Emperors" (1636) for George Hutton.John Okes continued in business on his own after his father's retirement; he was situated in Little St. Bartholomew's near Smithfield.