A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Thrale (Richard)
THRALE (RICHARD), bookseller in London, (1) Cross Keys at Paul's Gate, 1650; (2) Cross-Keyes and Dolphin in Aldersgate Street, over against the Half Moon tavern, 1667. Took up his freedom August 6th, 1623 [Arber, iii. 685.] Master of the Stationers' Company in 1664. On March 7th, 1652, in company with Humphrey Robinson, Joshua Kirton, and Samuel Thompson, he took over the copyrights of Thomas Whitaker. This assignment fills four pages of the register, and numbers 109 books. After the fire he moved into Aldersgate Street, where he published an account of the calamity.