A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Wells (William)
WELLS (WILLIAM), bookseller in London; Princes Arms, Little Britain, 1641-73. Took up his freedom April 3rd, 1637. [Arber, iii. 688.] Mentioned in a list of stationers who on August 5th, 1641, had paid their proportion of the poll tax. [Domestic State Papers, Charles I, vol 483 (11).] Was in partnership for a time with Robert Scott, q.v. Died in January, 16723. Smyth in his Obituary records, "Mr. Wells, bookseller in Little Britain (my old acquaintance) died this Saturday morning. Buried at St. Butolphs extra Aldersgate. No sermon."