he printed for R. Marriot. Maxey also printed for William Weekly, bookseller of Ipswich, q.v. His name is found in the Churchwardens' books of St. Bennet from 1655. His will was dated January 2nd, 16567, and proved on the 20th of the same month. He left his estate to his wife Anne, who succeeded him in the business. A son Jonathan is also mentioned, and legacies were left to his servants [i.e. apprentices] David Maxey, Thomas Putnam, William Godfrey. [P.C.C. 3. Ruthen.]
MAXEY (ANNE), printer in London; Bennet Paul's Wharf, 1657. Widow of Thomas Maxey. Printed several works for William Weekly, bookseller at Ipswich.
MAXWELL (ANNE), printer in London; Thames St. near Baynards Castle, 1665-75. Widow of David Maxwell. In the survey made on July 29th, 1668, she is returned as having two presses, no apprentices, three compositors and three pressmen. [Plomer, Short History, p. 227.]
MAXWELL (DAVID), printer in London; Thames Street, near Baynard's Castle, 1659-65. His name appears in the Churchwardens' books of St. Bennet, Paul's Wharf, from 1658-63. Published a newspaper called Mercurius Veridicus on June 12th, 1660, but when only two numbers were issued it was stopped by order of the House of Commons. Maxwell died about 1665, when the business passed to his widow, Anne Maxwell.
MAYNARD (JOHN), bookseller in London; George in Fleet Street, 1641. Took up his freedom July 20th, 1635. [Arber, iii. 687.] Associated with Timothy Wilkins in the publication of the writings of John Wilkins, Bishop of Chester. [Hazlitt, ii. 494, 644.]
MEAD (ROBERT), bookseller (?) in London; (?) Crane in St. Paul's Churchyard. [Ch. Meredith's house], 1617-56. Son of Thomas Mead, of Weston, co. Somerset, husbandman. Apprentice to John Standish for nine years from Michaelmas, 1599. Took up his freedom October 3rd, 1608. [Arber, iii. 683.] Warden of the Company of Stationers, 1638, 1642; Master of the Company, 1644, 1645, 1649. In company with Christopher Meredith took over all the copyrights of Richard Hawkins, but they transferred them to William Leake a few months later. [Arber, iv. 420, 452.] No book has been found bearing Mead's name in the imprint.
