James returned to England with 3500 matrices of various founts of Roman and Italics, as well as sets of Greek and some black letter. He set up his foundry in a part of the buildings belonging to the Priory of St. Bartholomew, in Smithfield, and it continued to be the most important in London until the days of Caslon. The proportion of Dutch to English types in the printing offices at that time is well illustrated by the valuable list of the types possessed by John Baskett, the Royal printer at Oxford, in the year 1718. The Royal printing-house was perhaps the largest and most lucrative office in the kingdom. For upwards of a century it had been owned by the descendants of Christopher Barker, the last of whom, Robert Barker, had died in 1645, after assigning his business to Messrs. Newcomb, Hill, Mearne, and others. From these the patent was bought in 1709 by John Baskett, of whose antecedents nothing whatever is known. In addition to the business at Blackfriars, Baskett, in conjunction with John Williams and Samuel Ashurst, obtained a lease from the Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of Oxford University of their privilege of printing for twenty-one years. From an indenture in the possession of Mr. J. H. Round, the substance of which he communicated to the _Athenæum_ of September 5th, 1885, it appears that on the 24th December 1718 Baskett gave a bond to James Brooks, stationer of London, for a loan of £4000, and for security mortgaged his stock, which was set out in a schedule as follows:-- 'An Account of the Letter, Presses, and other Stock and Implements of and in the Printing house at Oxford, belonging to John Baskett, citizen and stationer of London.' 1. A large ffount of Perle letter cast by Mr Andrews. 2. A large ffount of Nonpl Letter new cast by ditto. 3. Another ffount of Nonpl Letter, old, the which standing and sett up in a Com'on prayer in 24mo compleat. 4. A large ffount of Minn Letter new cast by Mr Andrews. 5. Another large ffount of Minn Letter, new cast in Holland. 6. The whole Testament standing in Brevr and Minn Letter, old. 7. A large ffount of Brevr Letter, new cast in Holland. 8. A very large ffount of Lo: Primer Letter, new cast by Mr Andrew. 9. A large ffount of pica Letter very good, cast by ditto. 10. Another large ffount of ditto, never used, cast in Holland. 11. A small quantity of English, new cast by Mr Andrews. 12. A small quantity of Great Primr new cast by ditto. 13. A very large ffount of Double Pica, new, the largest in England. 14. A quantity of two-line English letters. 15. A quantity of French Cannon, two-line letters of all sorts, and a set of silver initial letters. Cases, stands, etc. Five printing presses very good.