A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Passinger (Thomas)
PASSINGER (THOMAS), bookseller in London; Three Bibles on London Bridge, 1664-88. Son of Thomas Passinger, of Guildford, co. Surrey. Apprentice to Charles Tyas, or Tyus, bookseller at the Three Bibles on London Bridge for eight years from July 25th, 1657. [Register of Apprenticeships, Stationers' Hall, 1606-66.] On the death of Tyas in 1664, Passinger appears to have succeeded to the business, probably by marrying the widow. He died in 1688 and his will was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. He left to his kinsman, Thomas Passinger, all his copies and parts of copies and copperplates, as well as his share of books and ballads which he had in partnership with William Thackerye of Pye Comer. He left a bequest of forty shillings to the Company of Stationers and a book of the value of forty shillings to the public library at Guildford. [P.C.C. 82, Exton.]