Day, 1666, as printers in Foster Lane. [P.R.O. Lay Subsidy, 25232.] In a list of the several printing houses taken on July 24th, 1668, amongst the master printers returned as ruined by the Fire of London was Mr. Warren. [Domestic State Papers, Charles II, vol. 243, 126.] This has reference, doubtless, to the above printing house.
WARREN (THOMAS), senr., bookseller and printer in London, (1) White Horse in St. Pauls Churchyard, 1641; (2) Foster Lane, 1638(?)-61(?). Appears to have begun as a bookseller in partnership with Joshua Kirton. Their imprint (No. 1 above) is found on the title-page of James Giffard's French Schoolmaster, 1641 [Harl. 5927 (439).] Warren afterwards became a printer and was succeeded by his widow, Alice Warren, in 1661.
WARWICK (WILLIAM), bookseller (?) in Colchester (?), 1663. His name is found on the imprint to a pamphlet entitled: Some worthy proverbs left behind by Judith Zins-Penninck, To be read in the congregation of the saints … London, Printed for William Warwick, 1663. [B.M. 4152, c. 34.]
WATERSON (JOHN), bookseller in London; Crown, at Cheap Gate in Pauls Churchyard (?), 1620-56. Son of Simon Waterson, 1585-1634. Took up his freedom June 27th, 1620. [Arber, iii. 688.] A dealer in plays, is believed to have given up business in 1641. Smyth in his Obituary, p. 41, under date February 10th, 16556, records: "John Waterson, once a bookseller, died." He left a son, Simon, who was apprenticed to John Williams, on September 1st, 1645, for seven years. [Register of Apprentices, Stationers' Hall.]
WATERSON (SIMON), bookseller in London; Globe in St. Paul's Churchyard, 1656-7. Son of John Waterson, apprenticed to John Williams, q.v., on September 1st, 1645, for seven years. He was associated with Richard Clavell in publishing an edition of Camden's Remains, 1657. [G. 2925.]
WATKINS (R.), bookseller (?) in London (?) 1642. His name occurs on the imprint to a pamphlet entitled A True and Joyful Relation of Two famous Battels … Printed for R. Watkins, August 27th, 1642. [Hazlitt, ii. 516; iii. 290.]
WATKINS (ZACHARIAH), bookseller in London; Near Inner Temple Church, 1663. Advertisement in The Kingdoms Intelligencer, April 20th, 1663.
