Royalist army and was wounded and taken prisoner four times. On the expiration of his apprenticeship he set up for himself as a printer, but was watched with suspicion by the Parliamentary party, and the May before Cromwell died his press was seized by the official printer, Henry Hills, and he was sent a prisoner to the Tower for printing Walter Gostello's Coming of God in Mercy and Vengeance. He was in trouble again in 1663 for printing Farewell Sermons and other seditious literature, but was discharged from custody after a few weeks. Lilliecrap succeeded Daniel Maxwell as printer of the news-sheet Mercurius Publicus. At the survey of the press made in July, 1668, he was returned as employing one press, one apprentice, one compositor and one pressman. [Plomer, Short History, p. 227; Domestic State Papers, Charles II, vol. 77 (37); 78 (37-40).]
LINCOLN (STEPHEN), bookseller in Leicester, 1663. Gave information against Nathan Brookes, of London, for dispersing a book entitled the Year of Prodigies. [Domestic State Papers, Charles II, vol. 43 (9).]
LINDESAY (JAMES), printer in Edinburgh; "On the south side of the Cow-gate a little above the College winde," 1643-9. Appointed printer to Edinburgh University. Will registered December 13th, 1649. Probably died or was incapacitated about 1646, as in that year the heirs of R. Bryson printed the University Theses. Lithgow succeeded him as printer to the University on July 5th, 1648.
LINDSEY (GEORGE), bookseller in London; Over against London Stone, 1642-8. Associated with F. Coles. Published the following amongst other political pamphlets: L. (W.), Esquire's Courts of Justice corrected and amended, 1642. [B.M. E. 108 (31)]; Roundhead uncovered, 1642. [B.M. E. 108 (9)]; Tub-preachers overturned, 1647. [B.M. E. 384 (7).]
LITCHFIELD, see Lichfield.
LITHGOW (GIDEON), printer in Edinburgh, 1645-62. In 1645 named cautioner in the confirmation of will of R. Bryson, q.v. Appointed printer to Edinburgh University July 5th, 1648, in succession to J. Lindesay. Wife, Isobel Harring, probably widow of R. Bryson. Died in December, 1662. Some of his ornaments formerly in possession of Hart and J. Bryson, and afterwards used by A. Anderson. [H. G. Aldis, List of Books, pp. 116, 117.]
