A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Bell (Moses)

BELL (MOSES), bookseller and printer in London; neere Christ-Church [Newgate Street], 1628-48. Took up his freedom July 25th, 1624. [Arber, iii. 685.] Started as a bookseller with Henry Bell, possibly a brother, who died about 1639. He was also associated with Benj. Green, q.v. in 1632. Henry and Moses Bell assigned over all their copies to John Haviland and John Wright, sen., on September 4th, 1638. [Arber, iv. 434.] After this, Moses Bell began printing on his own account He died about 1649, and was succeeded by Jane Bell, q.v., probably his widow.