STEDMAN (FABIAN), bookseller (?) in London; In St. Dunstan's Churchyard in Fleet Street, 1665. An Essay upon the Victory obtained by His Royal Highness the Duke of York, against the Dutch, upon June 3, 1665. [a broadside.] [Lutt Coll., iii. 90.]
STENT (PETER), printer and engraver in London; Whitehorse in gilt-spur-street, 1643-67. Printer of maps, pictures and copy books. A list of some of his publications will be found at the end of Richard Fage's Description of the Whole World, 1658.
STEPHENS (PHILEMON), bookseller in London, (1) Gilded Lyon in Paul's Churchyard, 1647; (2) White Lyon, St. Pauls Churchyard, 1654 [Probably the same house as No. 1]; (3) Chancery Lane, 1669 (1622-70). Took up his freedom May 3rd, 1620. [Arber, iii. 685.] Partner with Christopher Meredith, q.v. Master of the Company of Stationers, 1660. Smyth in his Obituary, p. 87, thus records his death, "15 July 1670, Philemon Stephens, bookseller in Chancery Lane died at Chelsey; buried at St. Dunstans in ye West." He made a nuncupative will in favour of his wife Dorothy. [P.C.C. 103 Penn.] The house known as the White or Gilded Lion belonged to John Bellamy, and was mentioned in his will. Stephens dealt almost entirely in theological literature. The following works contain lists of his publications: Rev. R. Abbott's Christian Family builded by God, 1653; John Trapp's Commentary upon the twelve minor prophets, 1654. [See also Bibliographica, vol. 3, p. 182.]
STEPHENSON (JOHN), bookseller in London; Sun on Ludgate Hill, 1649-52. Summoned before the Council of State, March 29th, 1649, for selling the Koran, printed by or at the expense of Thos. Ross. [Calendar of State Papers, 1649, pp. 59-63.] His name occurs on the imprint to the following book: Raleigh, Sir W., Marrow of Historie, 1650. [B.M., 463, h. 4 (2165).]
STORY (EDWARD), bookseller in Cambridge, 1653-74. Nothing of a biographical character appears to be known about this bookseller. Books sold by him in the years 1653, 1668, 1670, 1671, 1674, are noted by Bowes in his Catalogue of Cambridge books (pp. 46 et seq.).
STRANGHAN (DAVID), (?) Pseud. Printer at Aberdeen, 1659. This name is found on the imprint to Message sent from the King of Scots. Mr. Aldis thinks it was probably printed by James Brown, q.v., under a feigned name. [H. G. Aldis, List of Books, p. 121.]
