A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Bill (John), the second
BILL (JOHN), the Second, printer in London; (?) Hunsdon House, Blackfriars, 1630-80 (?). The son of John Bill, the King's Printer, who died in 1630, and who by his will left all his estate and terme in his part of the King's Printing Office to his son. During the Commonwealth, Henry Hills, and John Field, q.v., were appointed printers to the State, and it was said that John Bill the second and Christopher Barker the third, q.v., sold to them the manuscript copy of the last translation of the Bible. On the Restoration, Christopher Barker the third and John Bill the second were restored to the position of King's Printers. John Bill the second continued to enjoy his share of the profits of the office during his lifetime, and his successors till the end of the Stuart period. [Plomer, Wills, p. 53; Library, N.S., October, 1901, pp. 353-75.]