CLAVELL (ROBERT), bookseller in London, (1) Stags Head, near St. Gregory's Church in Paul's Churchyard; (2) Stag in Ivy Lane. 1658–1711. Son of Roger Clavell, late of the Isle of Purbeck, co. Dorset, gent., apprenticed to Richard Royston for seven years from March 11th, 1649, and took up his freedom on March 11th, 1656. He was Master of the Company of Stationers in the years 1698 and 1699. Robert Clavell, in partnership with John Starkey, founded and edited the periodical bibliography called Mercurius Librarius, which began in Michaelmas term, 1668, and was afterwards succeeded by the Term Catalogues. [Arber, Term Catalogues, i. viii.]
CLIFTON (FULKE), bookseller in London, (1) On New Fish-street Hill under St. Margaret's Church, 1620; (2) The Lamb, New Fish-street Hill, 1623–40; (3) Old Bailey, 1641–44. Took up his freedom March 29th, 1615. Chiefly a publisher of broadsides and political pamphlets, amongst which the following piece of Americana may be noticed: A Proportion of Provisions needful for such as intend to plant themselves in New England.
CLOWES (JOHN), printer in London; Over against the lower pump in Grub Street, 1647-60. One of the many small printers who set up in defiance of the authorities. His type was very bad, and his press-work most careless. In conjunction with Robert Ibbitson he printed several numbers of the news-sheet, The Perfect Occurrences, between 1647 and 1649.
CLUTTERBUCK (RICHARD), bookseller in London, (1) Little Britain, at the sign of the Golden Ball, 1637; (2) Gun, near St. Botolph's, Little Britain, 1641 (1633–48). Took up his freedom March 1st, 16323 [Arber, iii. 687], dealt chiefly in popular literature such as Jo. Davenport's Witches of Huntingdon, 1646, 4o. [E. 343 (10)], and Jas. Oxenham's True Relation of an apparition, 1641, 4o. [E. 205. (6).] He died November 22nd, 1648. [Smyth's Obituary, p. 26.]
COATES, see Cotes (R.).
COE (ANDREW) the elder, printer in London, 1642–44. Took up his freedom February 6th, 16378. [Arber, iii. 688.] Shared with R. Austin and John Clowes the printing of the Perfect Diurnal of the Passages in Parliament between 1642 and 1643. He was also the printer of many
