widows, the residue to go to his son Thomas. He bequeathed the Company of Stationers a piece of plate value £20, and left sums for the poor of Dunchurch, co. Warwick, and those of St. Bennet's, Paul's Wharf. Amongst others mentioned in the will were Henry Herringman, of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, gent., and Henry Hills, St. Anne's, Blackfryar's, gent.
NEWMAN (DORMAN), bookseller in London, (1) King's Arms in the Poultery neer Grocer's Alley; (2) Surgeon's Arms Little Britain; (3) Ship and Anchor at the Bridge-Foot [near the Bridge Gate] on Southwark side. 1665-93. Another bookseller, the bulk of whose work lies outside the scope of this dictionary. His first imprint is found in Geo. Swinnock's Christian Man's Calling, 1665. The rest are given by Mr. Arber in the Term Catalogues.
NICHOLAS (AUGUSTINE), printer in London, 164950. On the 8th March, 1650, the attention of the House of Commons was drawn to a book entitled The Doctrine of the Fourth Commandment. Nicholas, who was examined about the matter, stated that he was servant to Gertrude Dawson, who printed the book for James Oakeford. It may be presumed, therefore, that Nicholas was a workman in her service. [Commons Journals, vol. 6, p. 378.]
NICHOLLS (JOHN), bookseller in London; Old Bailey, c. 1641. Possibly a brother of Thomas Nicholls.
NICHOLLS (THOMAS), bookseller in London; Bible, Pope's Head Alley, 1637-41. Died in 1641, his will being proved November 9th. In it he refers to his father and mother as still living and a brother John. He nominated his wife Susanna sole executrix, and Miles Flesher and William Hope, overseers, [P.C.C. 141, Evelyn.]
NICHOLSON (ANTHONY), bookseller at Cambridge, 1648-52. An Anthony Nicholson was christened in St. Michael's Church, Cambridge, on August 6th, 1601 (Venn, p. 4), and an Anthony Nicholson paid church rate at Great St. Mary's from 1624-5 to 1634-5. [Foster.] Three books issued by him are noticed in Bowes' Cambridge Books, pp. 33, 34.
NICHOLSON (JOHN), bookseller in London; Under St. Martins Church in Ludgate, 1640-2. Took up his freedom December 7th, 1635. [Arber, iii. 687.] Publisher of plays and political pamphlets.
