Council of Glasgow agreed to continue his pension to his widow and children so long as they continued to carry on the business; but in 1649 they had removed to Edinburgh, and in 1653 were succeeded by Andrew Anderson. [H. G. Aldis, List of books printed in Scotland before 1700.]
ANDERSON (WILLIAM), bookseller in London, 1660. His name occurs on the following ballad: "Admire not Noble Sir, that you should hear." [Bibl. Lind. Catal. of Eng. Ballads, No. 810.] His address has not been found.
ANDREWS (ELIZABETH), bookseller in London; White Lyon near Pye Corner, 1663–64. The widow of John Andrews, q.v.
ANDREWS (HENRY), bookseller (?) in London, 1642. His name is found in the imprint to an eight-page pamphlet published in 1642, entitled, Newes from Black-Heath concerning the meeting of the Kentish Men, etc., etc. … London, Printed for Henrie Andrews, 1642, E. 144 (13). His address has not been found.
ANDREWS (JOHN), bookseller in London; White Lyon near Pye Corner 1654-63. Appears to have dealt chiefly in the ephemeral literature of his time, such as ballads, broadsides, and all kinds of pamphlets. His will was proved on March 12th, 166⅔: by this he divided the residue of his goods, books, quires, etc., between his wife Elizabeth and his three children, Elizabeth, Mary, and John. [P.C.C. 35 Laud.]
ARCHER (EDWARD), bookseller in London; Adam and Eve in Little Britaine, 1656. Publisher of plays, of which he issued a catalogue in 1656, "more exactly Printed then ever before." This list he added to a comedy called the Old Law, the joint production of Massinger, Middleton, and Rowley. He may have been a descendant of the Thomas Archer, book-seller, who flourished between 1603 and 1634. [W. W. Greg, List of Masques, etc., App. II.]
ARDING (WILLIAM), (?) bookseller in London, (?) 1642. This name occurs in the imprint to a pamphlet entitled Propositions for Peace [E. 152 (1).] The printing is so bad that it might very possibly be a mis-reading
