WILSON (WILLIAM), printer in London (?); Three Foxes in Long Lane, 1640-65. Took up his freedom September 4th, 1626. [Arber, iii. 686.; see also Harl. MSS., 5919 (281).]
WILTS (J.), bookseller (?) in London (?), 1660. His name appears on the imprint to the following pamphlet: Two Grand Traytor's Lamentation, 1660. [E. 1040 (15).]
WINGATE (R), bookseller(?) in London; Golden Hind, Chancery Lane, 1655. Associated with Twyford, Brookes, and J. Place in the publication of a work entitled The Complete Clark and Scrivenors Guide, 1655. It is doubtful whether he was a bookseller, and not rather the compiler of the work.
WINNAIN (G), bookseller (?) in (?) London, 1663. This name occurs on a pamphlet entitled, Articles and charge against the German lady prisoner in the Gatehouse, to be exhibited according to the records of the City of Canterbury … London, Printed for G. Winnain, 1663. [Hazlitt, iii. 30.] It may possibly be that of a Canterbury bookseller.
WITHRINGTON (C), bookseller (?) in London (?), 1648. His name is found on several political pamphlets issued in that year. [Hazlitt, ii. 103; E. 473 (29).]
WODENOTHE, WOODENOTHE, or WOODNORTH (RICHARD), bookseller and haberdasher in London, (1) Star under St. Peter's Church in Cornhill; (2) Leadenhall Street, next to the Golden Heart, 1645-56. First entry in the Stationers' Registers under his name July 26th, 1645. Is described in the Parish Registers of St. Peter's, Cornhill, as a stationer and haberdasher.
WOOD (RALPH), printer in London, 1642-65. Printer of ballads and popular literature. He was also the printer of Richard Flecknoe's Poems, 1660, and John Bunyan's Sighs from Hell, 1658. His largest work was apparently the folio edition of the romance called Cloria, which he printed for W. Brooke. His address has not been found, but he may have been in partnership with Robert Wood.
