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

FRERE (DANIEL), bookseller in London; Bull [or Red Bull] Little Britain, 1634-49. Took up his freedom July 7th, 1634. [Arber, iii. 687.] In 1637, under the name of Fryer, he was assessed in the Churchwardens' Accounts of St. Botolph's Without Aldersgate, 17s. 4d. towards the restoration of the church. Frere was a publisher of facetiæ. He died on May 16th, 1649. [Smyth's Obituary, p. 27.] His will was proved on May 24th, 1649. From this it appears that he had a son Henry. [P.C.C. 72. Fairfax.]