Details for: COLES, Francis

Name: COLES, Francis
County: London
Town: London
Address(es): The Half-bowle, Old Bailey. The Lamb, Old Bailey. Wine St, nr Hatton Gdn
Book Trades: Bookseller, Bookseller (ballad)
Non-Book Trade: Not known
Trading Dates: 1624 (date of freedom) - 1680
Biographical Dates: 1624 (before) - 1680 (date of death)
Notes: Aka Coules; Cowles. Successor to T Pavier by 1629 as member of Ballard Partners C Wright, H Gosson &c
Sources:
  • Plomer, Henry R., A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who were at work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667 (London, 1907)
  • Pollard, A.W. and Redgrave, G.R., A Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English Books Printed Abroad, 1475-1640, 2nd ed. revised and enlarged, 3 vols. (London 1986, 1976, 1991), esp. vol. 3