Humphrey Robinson, while on the West was the yard of the charnel house, possibly a paved open space near the Great North Door. These premises being destroyed in the fire, Octavian Pulleyn moved into Little Britain "neer the Pump," where he issued Samuel Woodford's Paraphrase upon the Psalms of David, 1667. [B.M. 6, a. 3.] Meanwhile Geo. Thomason had apparently set up for himself at the sign of the Rose and Crown in another part of the Churchyard. The date of Octavian Pulleyn's death is unknown.
PULLEYN, or PULLEIN (OCTAVIAN), the Younger, bookseller in London; The Bible in St. Pauls Church yard near the little North door, 1664-7 (?). Probably son of Octavian Pulleyn the Elder. Dealer in French literature in conjunction with John Dunmore. His name is found on a pamphlet entitled Discours d'un bourgeois de Paris, 1665. [Ames Collection, 3265.]
PURSLOWE (ELIZABETH), printer in London; East End of Christ Church, 1633-46. Widow of George Purslowe, printer, who died in 1632.
PURSLOWE (G.), printer in London, 1664. Possibly a son of George and Elizabeth Purslowe. His name is found on E. Ford's History of Parismus, 1665.
RABAN (EDWARD), printer at Edinburgh, St. Andrews, and Aberdeen, 1620-58; Edinburgh, at the Cowgate, at the signe of A.B.C., 1620; St. Andrews, (1) At the signe of the A.B.C., 1620-22; (2) In the South street of the Citie, 1620; (3) Dwellinge in the Kirke Wynde, 1622; Aberdeen, dwelling upon the Market-place, at the townes Armes, 1622-49. Had also a shop at the end of the Broadgate from 1643. An Englishman. Printer to St. Andrew's University. The first printer in Aberdeen. Succeeded by James Brown in 1650. Died November-December, 1658. Device, Aberdeen City Arms. [H. G. Aldis, List of Books, p. 119.]
RAMSAY (PATRICK), printer at Edinburgh, c. 1660-80. Watson, pp. 10-13, says that after the death of Christopher Higgins, the Society of Stationers appointed Ramsay to be overseer of that house, and that about 1680 he set up with John Reid. No book has been found bearing Ramsay's name. [H. G. Aldis, List of Books, p. 119.]
