The Little London Directory of 1677: The oldest printed list of the merchants and bankers of London — John Shaqi
The Little London Directory of 1677: The oldest printed list of the merchants and bankers of London
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The Little London Directory of 1677: The oldest printed list of the merchants and bankers of London
London (England) -- Directories
Samuel Burlingham _and Comp. in Angel Court in Lumbard street_.
Ralph Far _at Mile-end Green_.
Paul Alestry _in St. Martins lane_.
John Bruse _Fanchurch street_.
Mr. Brabant _in St. Swithins lane at a Packer’s_.
Samuel Braborne _at his Brother_ Mr. Braborne _in the Poultry_.
Simon Clark _in Love lane Aldermanbury_.
Adrian Van Schipcroot _in Muddiford Court Fanchurch str_.
John Morris _at_ Mr. Baker’s _Almary Church Yard_.
Stat. Ahearns L_awr. Poult. Hill_.
[Illustration: (Publisher colophon)]
CHISWICK PRESS:
REPRINTED BY WHITTINGHAM AND WILKINS,
TOOKS COURT, CHANCERY LANE.
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
Many entries are out of alphabetical order. No change has been made.
The 1863 Introduction has page numbering (v to xxii) but the Catalogue
itself reproduced in the following 129 pages has no numbering.
The letter ſ (long-form s) was used extensively but sometimes
inconsistently in the book and has been replaced by the normal s in
all cases in the etext.
Some errors from the 1677 Catalogue were carried forward in the 1863
reproduction and marked with [sic.] in the text. These have been left
unchanged in the etext.
The printer’s catchwords at the bottom of every page on the 1677
Catalogue were carried forward in the 1863 text. These have all been
removed in the etext.
The capital letter of a name was italicized in over two hundred
instances and was perhaps a printer’s artifact and not the 1677
compiler’s choice. These have been left unchanged in the etext.
A few instances of a clearly incorrect punctuation mark have been
silently changed, for example ‘Mr,’ was changed to ‘Mr.’ Many
instances of a missing comma, for example after the surname, have
not been altered.
All addresses were italicized and all names were not. A half dozen
instances of italic inconsistency were silently changed.
The ‘Goldsmiths’ section had two small lists under the letter ‘H’
heading. These have been combined into one list.
In the Introduction:
Page xviii, ‘ia a good suggestion’ replaced by
‘is a good suggestion’.
In the Catalogue entry with surname ‘xxxxx;’:
Bultell; ‘Anstin-fryars’ replaced by ‘Austin-fryars’.
Burdit; ‘Bobert’ replaced by ‘Robert’.
Deluna; ‘Great Saint Hel-’ replaced by ‘Great Saint Hellens.’.
Demodina; ‘Great St. Hel-’ replaced by ‘Great St. Hellens.’.
Doggett; ‘Pouut. Hill’ replaced by ‘Pount. Hill’.
Hill; ‘Rredriff’ replaced by ‘Redriff’.
Vergrew; ‘Throgmortou street’ replaced by ‘Throgmorton street’.
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