Book trade references in the Lapthorne-Coffin correspondence 1683-1697
edited by Michael Treadwell and Ian Maxted.
Index to booksellers, printers, etc
Anderton, William printer. Apprenticed Sta. Co. 1680. Condemned for publishing seditious libel 10 06 1693, executed at Tyburn 18 06 1693. Plomer
Aylmer, Brabazon bookseller, Old Exchange 1692. Apprenticed Sta. Co. 1661. Active 1670-1710. Also chemist and druggist. Stocks work by Guidott 20 08 1692. Plomer; Humphries & Smith; McKenzie.
Bagford, John. 1650-1716. His collection of ballads, title pages and other fragments now in the British Library. Proposed as successor to Lapthorne. 3 08 1689
Bateman, bookseller, Holborn. Has work of Vossius 20 06 1683, 27 06 1683, 11 03 1688, 21 04 1688, has work of Coles 10 06 1688, stocks Philpot 20 08 1692
Bennet. L. to call re Wood 23 04 1692, expecting work of Wallis from Oxford 21 04 1694, 6 02 1697, 20 02 1697, 17 04 1697
Blague. Has Oxford edition of Cyprian 18 12 1694, sold 29 12 1694
Brown, Daniel, bookseller, Temple Bar. Stocks Rushworth 11 06 1692, Clarke's Bible sells well 22 06 1695, books sent with bill 2 02 1696, has work by Goodwin 7 12 1696, bill sent 19 12 1696, 12 12 1696, to undertake Chauncey's Hertfordshire 2 01 1697, 20 02 1697, 20 03 1697, his bill 17 04 1697, 15 05 1697, 19 06 1697, 26 06 1697
Chiswell, Richard, bookseller, St Paul's Churchyard, London. One of the most eminent publishers of the period, active from 1675. Died 3 May 1711. Tracts requested for Coffin 16 10 1688, 27 10 1688, 10 11 1688, 17 11 1688, 24 11 1688, 17 01 1691, printer of Camden's life & epistles 2 04 1692, to supply Term Catalogue 18 08 1692, making up sets of Term Catalogues 6 09 1692, may stock Cyprian 21 04 1694, trades with Oxford 11 04 1696, provides bill on a bookseller in Oxford 18 04 1696, 19 06 1697
Churchill, Awnsham, bookseller of London. With his brother John one of the leading bookselling firms of the time. In 1704 he purchased the manor of Henbury in Dorset and represented that town in Parliament. He died on 24 Apr 1728. Among his apprentices was Philip Yeo, bookseller of Exeter. Trades with Oxford 11 04 1696
Cockerill, bookseller, Three legs, in the Poultry. Has copy of Morden's Geography 28 07 1688
Cooper. Auction 7 04 1688
Crouch 27 03 1697, 17 04 1697
Dring. Reissues Ashmole 18 08 1694
Dunton, John, bookseller at the Black Raven, Princess Street, London. Born 1659, Graffham, Huntingdonshire. In 1705 published his Life and errors, with sketches of many London booksellers. Died1733. Bookseller that prints the Mercurys 27 02 1697
Guy, Thomas, bookseller in Lombard Street. Apprenticed to John Clarke 1668, free 1668. Member of Parliament for Tamworth. Benefactor to the Stationers' Company and founder of the hospital which bears his name. Died 27 Dec 1724. Chosen sheriff 30 06 1694
Hills, printer. Went "on a hurry beyond sea" after printing Popish books 16 11 1689
Kettilby, bookseller, Stt. Pauls Churchyard. Reports new publications 12 04 1690
Littlebury 20 06 1683, likeliest dealer for Polichronicon 28 07 88, 19 08 1688, has work by Kircher 24 11 1688, advises on Du Freign's Glossary 18 08 1692, 6 09 1692, 17 09 1692, "our standard for knowing authors" advises on Kircher 24 09 1692, may stock Cyprian 21 04 1694, has Amsterdam edition of Cyprian 18 12 1694, not at home 29 12 1694, dyed on Christmas day of a Cancer in his mouth at ye 74th yeare of his age 28 12 1695
Millington, Edward, bookseller, London. Prominent auctioneer. Died 1703. Has Polichronicon 21 01 1688, Gulston's auction postponed 23 06 1688
Mortlock 26 06 1697
Pike, stationer, Chancery Lane. Executed for carrying news to France 24 10 1696
Pitts, Moses 19 02 1688, L. to speak to him 28 07 1688, Atlas __ 09 1688
Scott, Robert, auctioneer. 20 06 1683, 24 12 1687, 7 01 1688, his catalogue 11 02 1688, 19 02 1688, 4 03 1688, books bought at auction 11 03 1688, auction ended 7 04 1688, books bought at auction 12 05 1688, 19 05 1688, 10 06 1688, 9 06 1688, 19 08 1688, new catalogue sent 6 10 1688, 27 10 1688, auction postponed 10 11 1688, 17 11 1688
Smith. Does not have work by Guidott 20 08 1692, printer of Dufreign's Glossary 6 09 1692, 17 09 1692, 22 10 1692, 6 02 1697
Swall 6 02 1697
Tooke. Printer of Term Catalogues, Clerk and keeper of warehouse at Stationers Hall. At Oxford 30 01 1692, problems over availability of Term Catalogues 27 02 1692, at Oxford 18 08 1692, L. enquires re Term Catalogue 6 09 1692
Walford 6 02 1697
Watts, bookseller, St. Paul's Churchyard 21 01 1688, pamphlets purchased 23 06 1688, 2 11 1689?, collects stitched books 9 11 1689, 16 11 1689, 17 01 1691
Wilkinson, bookseller, St. Dinstan's Church. Bill for works by Gale 30 01 1692, advises on Term Catalogues 27 02 1692, subscriber to Wood 23 04 1692, printer of Hammond and Cudworth 17 09 1692, supplies edition of Bede 17 12 1692
Yeo, Charles, bookseller, Exeter. Apprenticed to Robert Eveleigh, bookseller of Exeter and became a freeman of Exeter 9 Oct 1682. His name appears in imprints between 1682 and 1704. His address is recorded as in the High Street in 1704. Died in 1707, buried 15 Apr in St Martin, Exeter. Succeeded by his widow Margery and son Philip who had been apprenticed to Awnsham Churchill, citizen and stationer of London. Supplying works of Atkyns 26 01 1689, supplies Rushworth 26 06 1692, 3 08 1695, may supply Camden's Britannnia 7 12 1695
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