A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Williams (John)
WILLIAMS (JOHN), bookseller in London, (1) Crown, St. Pauls Church Yard, 1636-66; (2) Blue Anchor in Little Britain, 1667. Took up his freedom September 15th, 1634. [Arber, iii. 687.] Paid ten shillings as his proportion of the poll tax in 1641. [Domestic State Papers, Charles I, vol 483 (11).] Joint publisher with F. Eglesfield, q.v. of Herrick's Hesperides, 1648. The John Wilcox, q.v., recorded by Hazlitt is probably intended for John Williams.