A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Thompson (Samuel)

by Henry Robert Plomer

THOMPSON (SAMUEL), bookseller in London, (1) White Horse, St. Paul's Churchyard; (2) Bishop's Head in Duck Lane, 1664—8. Shared with Humphrey Robinson, q.v., Richard Thrale, q.v., and Joshua Kirton, q.v., the copyrights of Thomas Whitaker, numbering 109 works. His death is thus recorded by Smyth in his Obituary p. 79, "Oct^r. 26th, 1668. Die Lunæ hora 12 sub nocte, Sam Thompson, bookseller in Duck Lane obit, a good husband and industrious man in his profession." In his will, which was proved on November 9th, 1668, he refers to his late losses in the fireing of London, and to the doubtful value of his stock. His son John was a student at Oxford, and Samuel Gellibrand, q.v., was appointed sole executor. [P.C.C. 146, Hene.]