A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898

by Henry R. Plomer

INDEX OF PRINTERS, TYPEFOUNDERS, Etc.

• Abree, J., [253].
• Alday. See Alde.
• Alde, Edward, [163], [169].
• Alde, Elizabeth, [169].
• Alde, John, [101], [163].
• Allen, Edward, [271].
• Allen, John, [220].
• Alsop, Bernard, [171], [172], [179], [181], [194], [221].
• Andrewe, Laurence, [53], [57], [58].
• Andrews, J. and R., [210].
• Arbuthnot, A., [146] sq.
• Archer, T., [171].
• Aspley, W., [163].
• Asplyn, ——, [137].
• Austin, Messrs., [307].
• Austin, R., [221].

• B. T., i.e. Brudnell, T., [190].
• Badger, R., [179].
• Baker, J., [102].
• Baldwyn, Richard, [101].
• Baldwyn, W., [101].
• Ballantyne, Hanson and Co., [309].
• Ballantyne, James, [307] sq.
• Bankes, Richard, [55], [59], [60], [133].
• Barber, John, [233], sq.
• Barbier, Jean, [30].
• Barker, Christopher, [97], [118] sq.,154, [208], [230].
• Barker, Robert, [154] sq., [176], [216], [218], [230].
• Barnes, Joseph, [124], [183].
• Baskerville, John, [xiii], [265] sq., [274].
• Baskett, John, [230], [231], [232].
• Bassandyne, T., [146] sq.
• Beale, John, [179].
• Bell, Jane, [221].
• Bensley, Thomas, [271] sq., [284], [289].
• Bentley, W., [221].
• Berthelet, Thomas, [61] sq., [69], [82].
• Bignon, J., [41].
• Bill, John, [155], [160].
• Bishop, George, [112], [120], [155].
• Bishop, Richard, [166], [179], [183], [194], [221].
• Bliss, Joseph, [251], [252].
• Blomefield, F. (private press), [279].
• Blount, Edward, [163].
• Blythe, Robert, [101].
• 'Bonere.' See Bonham, W.
• Bonham, John, [101].
• Bonham, William, [52], [53], [74], [75], [76], [101], [129].
• Bonny, W., [250].
• Bourgeois, Jean le, [44].
• Bourman, N., [101], [129].
• Bourne, C., [254].
• Bourne, N., [171].
• Bowyer, William, the elder, [236] sq.
• Bowyer, William, the younger, [238] sq.
• Boyden, Thomas, [101].
• Bradford, Andrew, [257], [258].
• Bradford, W., [220], [221], [256].
• Bremer, alias Bulle. See Bulle J.
• Brice, Andrew, [252], [253].
• Bridges, H., [224].
• Broad, Alice, [218].
• Broad, T., [218], [221].
• Brodehead, G., [101].
• Broke, R., [101].
• Browne, E., [101].
• Brudenell, J., [201], [208], [225].
• Brudenell, T., [190], [222].
• Bryan, S., [253].
• Buck, J., [222].
• Buck, T., [216], [222].
• Bucks. See Buck, T.
• Bulkeley, S., [218], [219].
• Bulle, alias Bremer, J., [26].
• Bullock, R., [112].
• Bulmer, William, [271], [274], [288], [289].
• Burges, F., [248], [249];
• his widow, [249].
• Burtoft, J., [101].
• Butter, N., [171], [173], [189].
• Byddell, John, [37], [66], [68] sq., [76].
• Bye, Deodatus, [296].
• Bylton, T., [101].
• Bynneman, H., [137].

• Caley, R., [102].
• Case, J., [101].
• Caslon I., letterfounder, [xiii], [239] sq., [269];
• his widow, [270].
• Caslon II., letterfounder, [269], [287];
• his widow, [270], [287].
• Caslon III., letterfounder, [269].
• Cater, E., [101].
• Catherwood, N., typefounder, [287].
• Cawood, Gabriel, [112].
• Cawood, John, [83], [101], [109] sq.
• Caxton, William, [ix], [1] sq., [33], [57].
• Chandeler, G., [102].
• Chandler, R., [255].
• Charlewood, J., [102].
• Charteris, H., [144], [149] sq.
• Charteris, Robert, [151].
• Chase, W., [250].
• Chepman, Walter, [139] sq.
• Child, Mr., [225].
• Chiswick Press, [xii], [xiii], [300].
• Clarendon Press, [xiii], [214], [307].
• Clark, Messrs. R. and R., [311].
• Clarke, J., [101].
• Clarke, Mrs., [233].
• Clay, Messrs., [307].
• Cleston, N., [101].
• Clowes, John, [189], [222].
• Clowes, William, [297] sq.
• Coates. See Cotes, R.
• Coe, A., [222], [224], [227].
• Cole, P., [222].
• Coles, A., [222].
• Collins, Freeman, [250].
• Constable, R., [222].
• Constable, T., [310].
• Cooke, Henry, [83], [101].
• Cooke, W., [101].
• Copland, Robert, [37], [47] sq., [61]
• Copland, William, [76], [101].
• Corrall, C., [301].
• Coston, S., [101].
• Cotes, R., [222].
• Cotes, T., [179], [182].
• Cotes, Mrs., [224], [226].
• Cottesford, H., [101].
• Cottrel, J., [200], [222], [224], [225].
• Cottrell, Thomas, typefounder, [270].
• Cowper, E., [285].
• Crespin, J., [147].
• Croke, A., [101].
• Crosse, R., [101].
• Crossgrove, H., [250].
• Crost, A., [101].
• Crouch, E., [222].
• Crouch, J., [222].
• Crouch, N., [224], [227].
• Crowndale, C., [248].

• Dabbe, H. See Tab, H.
• Daniel, R., [216].
• Darby, J., [209], [225], [227].
• Darker, S., [251].
• Davidson, T., [142].
• Davison, T., [292], [293].
• Davy, Rev. William (private press), [281].
• Dawson, Gertrude, [194], [222].
• Dawson, J., [179], [194].
• Day, John, [29], [79] sq., [101], [106], [137], [154], [158], [198], [211].
• Day, Stephen, [185].
• Devell, T., [101].
• De Vinne, F., [311].
• Dexter, Gregory, [175].
• Dicey, W., [251].
• Dockwray, T., [101].
• Doesborch, J. van, [57].
• Dover, Simon, [206].
• Drury, J., typefounder, [287].
• Dugard, William, [191], [222].
• Duxwell, T., [101].

• East, T., [165], [169].
• Eld, George, [169].
• Ellis, W., [222].
• Eyre, Charles, [294].
• Eyre and Spottiswoode, [293].

• Faques, R. See Fawkes, R.
• Faques, W., [40], [44].
• Farley, Edward, [253].
• Farley, Samuel, of Bristol, [251];
• of Exeter, [251] sq.
• Farmer, Thomas, [278], [280].
• Fawcett, Rev. John (private press), [280].
• Fawcett, T., [172].
• Fawkes, R., [45], [58].
• Fayreberne, J., [101].
• Field, John, [194], [222], [224].
• Field, Richard, [117] sq., [162].
• Fifield, Alexander, typefounder, [180].
• Figgins, V., typefounder, [272].
• Fleet, Thomas, [259].
• Flessher. See Fletcher.
• Fletcher, James, [194], [197], [206], [209], [222], [224], [225].
• Fletcher, Rev. John (private press), [281].
• Fletcher, Miles, [169], [170], [179], [194], [237].
• Foster, John, [220].
• Foulis, A. and R., [261] sq.
• Fowle, D., [260].
• Fox, John, [101].
• Franklin, B., [258].
• Franckton, J., [152].
• Freez, F., [122].
• Frenche, P., [101].
• Fry, Edmund, Henry, and Joseph, typefounders, [268] sq.

• Gamlyn or Gammon, A., [101].
• Gammon. See Gamlyn.
• Ged, William, stereotype founder, [235].
• Gee, Thomas, [101].
• Gent, Thomas, [246], [254] sq.
• Gibson, Thomas, [65], [79].
• Gilbert, Richard and Robert, [296].
• Gilbert and Rivington, [295].
• Gilfillan, J., [255].
• Glover, Joseph, [185].
• Godbid, William, [200], [224], [225].
• Goez, H., [122].
• Goez, M. van der, [122].
• Gonneld, James, [101].
• Gough, John, [37], [53], [54] sq., [60], [101].
• Grafton, Richard, [66], [70] sq., [73], [76], [113].
• Green, S., [219].
• Green, S., the younger, [220].
• Grene, R., [101].
• Griffin. See Griffith, E.
• Griffith, E., [170], [179], [222].
• Griffith, W., [90], [101], [138].
• Grismand, J., typefounder, [180], [194], [200], [222].
• Grismond. See Grismand.
• Grover, James, [211].
• Grover, T., [211], [212].
• Gryffyth, Sarah, [224], [227].
• Guine, H., [257].

• Hacket, Thomas, [102].
• Hall, H., [222].
• Hamilton, A., [275].
• Hare, A., [222].
• Harper, Thomas, [169], [179], [192], [194], [222].
• Harris, B., [220].
• Harrison, John, [108].
• Harrison, Luke, [108].
• Harrison, Martha, [222].
• Harrison, R., [101].
• Harvey, R., [101].
• Haviland, John, [166], [170], [179].
• Hayes, J., [200], [202], [208].
• Hayes, Mr., [225].
• Heldersham, F., [222].
• Herford, John, [127] sq.
• Heron, John, [53].
• Hester, Andrew, [101].
• Hills, Henry, [194], [222].
• Hinton, Thomas, [251].
• Hodge, Robert, [257].
• Hodgkinson, R., [179], [195], [200], [224].
• Hodgkys. See Hoskins.
• Holder, R., [101].
• Holt, J., [257].
• Holyland, J., [101].
• Hopyl, W., [43].
• Hoskins or Hodgkys, [139].
• Hostingue, L., [140].
• Huke, G., [101].
• Hunscott, J., [222].
• Hunt, J., [222].
• Hunt, T., [24].
• Hurdis, Rev. J. (private press), [281].
• Husbands, E., [222].
• Huvin, J., [30].
• Hyll, J., [101].
• Hyll, R., [101].
• Hyll, W., [101].

• Ibbitson, Robert, [189], [200], [222].
• Ireland, R., [101].
• Islip, A., [179].

• Jackson, Joseph, typefounder, [270] sq.
• Jacobi, T., [43].
• Jaggard, Isaac, [163].
• Jaggard, William, [163].
• James, J., [212].
• James, T., letterfounder, [229] sq., [235], [239].
• Jaques, J., [102].
• Johnson, M., [219].
• Johnson, T., [224], [227].
• Jones, William, [173] sq., [180].
• Judson, J., [102].
• Jugge, Richard, [97], [102], [111], [112] sq., [147].

• Keball, J., [102].
• Keimer, S., [258].
• Kele, John, [102].
• Kele, Richard, [60], [75], [133].
• Kele, Thomas, [53], [76].
• Kelmscott Press, [xiii], [311] sq.
• Kerver, Theilman, [47].
• Kevall, R., [102].
• Kevall, Stephen, [102].
• Kingston, Felix, [162], [179].
• Kirgate, Thomas, [278].
• Kneeland, S., [259].
• Kyng, J., [102].
• Kyrforth, C, [124].

• Lacy, ——, [137].
• Lant, R., [76], [102].
• Law, Henry, [296].
• Leach, Thomas, [209], [224], [227].
• Lee, W., [222].
• Legate, John, [135] sq., [179].
• Legg. See Legge, C.
• Legge, Cantrell, [136], [168].
• Lekpreuik, R., [143] sq.
• Lettou, John, [11], [26], [27].
• Leyborne, R., [222], [225].
• Leybourne. See Leyborne, R.
• Lichfield, John, [183].
• Lichfield, Leonard, [184], [223].
• Lillicrapp, P., [224], [227].
• Lillicropp. See Lillicrapp.
• Lloyd, H., [224], [227].
• Lobel, M., [102].
• Lownes, H., [167].
• Lownes, M., [167].
• Lucas, M., [176].
• Lyon, B., [250].

• Mabb, Thomas, [200], [205], [223].
• Maclehose, Messrs., [311].
• Machlinia, W. de, [27], [29].
• Macmillan, Messrs., [xiii].
• Mansion, Colard, [4], [6], [10].
• Markall, T., [102].
• Marsh, Thomas, [97], [102].
• Marshall, John, [295].
• Marten, W., [102].
• Martin, William, typefounder, [273].
• Mathewes, Augustine, [173], [180].
• Maxey, John, [192].
• Maxey, T., [223].
• Maxwell, Mr., [227].
• Maxwell, Anne, [224].
• Maxwell, D., [200].
• Maycock, J., [209], [223], [224], [225].
• Mayhewes, W., [53].
• Mayler, J., [76].
• Maynyal, George, [16].
• Meredith, C., [223].
• Meredith, H., [258].
• Meteren, J. van, [72].
• Middleton, ——, [76].
• Middleton, W., [68].
• Milbourne, T., [224], [225].
• Miller, A., [223].
• Miller, G., [179].
• Milner, Ursyn, [123].
• Moravus, Matthew, [26].
• Mosley, E., [296].
• Mottershead, E., [223].
• Moxon, James, typefounder, [194].
• Moxon, Joseph, typefounder, [210], [223].
• Mychell, John, [75], [132].
• Myllar, A., [139] sq.

• Neale, F., [223].
• Newbery, R., [120], [155].
• Newcomb, T., [194] sq., [209], [223], [224], [225].
• Nichols, Arthur, typefounder, [180].
• Nichols, John, [289] sq.
• Nichols, J. Bowyer, [292].
• Nichols, J. Gough, [292].
• Norton, Bonham, [75], [155], [161] sq., [169].
• Norton, H., [102].
• Norton, John, [155], [158] sq., [180], [194].
• Norton, Mark, [112].
• Norton, Roger, [194], [197], [224], [225].
• Norton, William, [75], [102].
• Notary, Julian, [30], [32], [37].
• Nuthead, W., [221].
• Nutt, R., [212].

• Oakes, E., [225], [227].
• Okes, J., [172], [182].
• Okes, Nicholas, [167], [172], [180]
• Oporinus, ——, [86].
• Os, Godfried van, [22].
• Oswen, John, [131] sq.
• Oulton, Richard, [182].
• Ouseley, Mr., [225].
• Overton, J., [130].

• Paget, R., [102].
• Paine. See Payne, T.
• Palmer, Samuel, [240].
• Parker, J., [257].
• Parker, P., [210].
• Parker, Thomas, [102].
• Parsons, M., [179], [180].
• Partridge, J., [223].
• Pattenson, Thomas, [102].
• Payne, T., [223].
• Pelgrim, J., [43].
• Pepwell, Henry, [37], [43], [49], [75], [129].
• Petit, T., [66], [76].
• Pickering, W., [102].
• Pierce, R., [220].
• Pigouchet, F., [60], [140].
• Playford, J., [223].
• Powell, H., [102], [151] sq.
• Powell, Thomas, [63], [102].
• Powell, W., [68], [102].
• Purfoot, T., [98], [102], [179].
• Purslowe, Elizabeth, [182], [194], [223], [227].
• Purslowe, G., [170], [179].
• Purslowe, Thomas, [175], [179], [180], [194], [224].
• Pynson, Richard, [xi], [28] sq., [39] sq., [57], [68].

• Radborne, R., [102].
• Raikes, Robert, [251].
• Rastell, John, [xi], [51] sq., [74], [76].
• Rastell, W., [110].
• Ratcliffe, T., [223], [224], [225].
• Rawlins, William, [225], [227].
• Raworth, John, [179].
• Raworth, Richard, [176], [180].
• Raworth, Ruth, [176], [191], [223].
• Redman, Elizabeth, [68].
• Redman, John, [224], [227].
• Redman, Robert, [66], [67] sq.
• Regnault, F., [72].
• Reynes, John, [109].
• Reynes, Lucy, [109].
• Richardson, R., [102].
• Richardson, Samuel, [241] sq.
• Richel, Wendelin, [86].
• Riverside Press, [311].
• Rivington, Messrs., [246], [295] sq.
• Roberts, J., [97], [154].
• Robinson, William, [277].
• Roger, G., [260].
• Rogers, J., [102].
• Rogers, O., [102].
• Rood, Theodoric, [24].
• Ross, J., [148].
• Ross, T., [223].
• Rothwell, J., [223].
• Roycroft, Thomas, [194], [198], [200], [206], [209], [223], [224], [225].
• Royston, J., [223].
• Royston, R., [223].
• Rycharde, Dan Thomas, [127].
• Ryddall, W., [102].

• Sawyer, T., [102].
• Scolar, J., [123], [125].
• Scoloker, A., [81], [129] sq.
• Scot or Skot, John, [142] sq.
• Seres, William, [76], [79] sq., [102], [130], [154].
• Shereman, J., [102].
• Sherewe, J., [102].
• Shober, F., [257].
• Short, J., [183].
• Siberch, J., [125] sq.
• Simmes, V., [139].
• Simmons, Mathew, [190], [194], [223], [224], [226].
• Singleton, H., [102].
• Skot. See Scot, J.
• Skot, John, [54], [62].
• Smethwicke, J., [163].
• Smith, H., [68].
• Smyth, A., [102].
• Smyth, R., [151].
• Snodham, T., [169].
• Solemne or Solempne, A. de, [133] sq.
• Solempne. See Solemne, A.
• Sparke, Michael, [173], [174].
• Spottiswoode, A., [295].
• Spylman, S., [102].
• Stansby, W., [165], [170].
• Staples, A., [255].
• Steward, W., [102].
• Strahan, W., [294].
• Streator, J., [200], [224], [225].
• Stroud, J., [137].
• Sutton, E., [102].
• Sutton, H., [102].
• Symonds. See Simmons.

• Tab, Henry, [59].
• Tab, J., [129].
• Talboys and Wheeler, [301].
• Talleur, Le, [29], [41].
• Taverner, N., [102].
• Taylor, William, [175].
• Thomas, T., [135].
• Thomlyn, A., [139].
• Thompson, G., [223].
• Tottell, Richard, [97], [102], [110], [113] sq.
• Tottell, W., [116].
• Toye, Elizabeth, [111].
• Toye, Robert, [74] sq., [83], [111].
• Treveris, Peter, [56].
• Turke, J., [102].
• Turner, William, [173], [183].
• Twyn, John, [205].
• Tyer, R., [102].
• Tyler, E., [224], [225].
• Tysdale, J., [102].
• Tyton, F., [223].

• Urie, Robert, typefounder, [262].

• Vaughan, Mr., [225].
• Vautrollier, Thomas, [97], [116] sq., [150].

• Waldegrave, Robert, [138], [149], [150].
• Waley or Walley, C., [102].
• Waley, J., [102], [110].
• Walkley, T., [191], [223].
• Wallys, R., [102].
• Ward, Cæsar, [255].
• Ward, Roger, [98].
• Warren, Alice, [195], [200].
• Warren, Thomas, [195], [223].
• Warren, Mr., [225].
• Watkins, Richard, [97], [154].
• Watts, J., [239].
• Watts, W. M., [296].
• Way, R., [102].
• Wayland, John, [102].
• Weyman, William, [257].
• Whitchurch, Edward, [70], [73].
• White, Grace, [254].
• White, John, [254], [255].
• White, John, jun., [254], [256].
• White, Robert, [224], [225].
• White, Thomas, [301], [303].
• Whitney, J., [102].
• Whittingham, Charles, the elder, [299], [300].
• Whittingham, Charles, the younger, [300] sq.
• Wilde, J., [241].
• Wilkes, John (private press), [279].
• Willison, D., [310].
• Wilson, Dr. A., typefounder, [263].
• Wilson, W., [223].
• Windet, J., [165].
• Winter, John, [225], [227].
• Wolfe, John, [98], [195].
• Wolfe, Reginald or Reyner, [102], [103] sq.
• Wolfgang, [43].
• Wood, Mr., [225]
• Woodcock, T., [112].
• Woodfall, Henry, [243] sq.
• Worde, Wynkyn de. See Wynkyn, Jan, de Worde.
• Wrench, W., [183].
• Wright, J., [223].
• Wright, Thomas, typefounder, [180].
• Wright, W., [223].
• Wyer, Robert, [xi], [47], [57] sq., [76], [102].
• Wynkyn, Jan, de Worde, [4], [16], [17], [18], [20] sq., [31] sq., [47], [54], [68], [69], [140], [211].

• Young, R., [170].

• Zenger, J. P., [257].

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