Hugh Meere (fl. 1708–1724)

MEARS ( ), printer in London, 1713–14. See Meere (H.).

MEERE (H.), printer in London, (i) Black Friar, in Blackfriars; (2) Old Bailey. 1708–24. In the Observator of February 7th, 1708, he inserted the following advertisement, printed i in the type advertised: "Scriptographia; or, Written Print Hand, (which can't be imitated by any other printer) fit for Bills of Lading, Bills of Sale, Bonds of all Sorts ... or any other blank Law-Forms. Such as have occasion for any of these, may have them printed on this, or larger characters of the like, by H. Meere, Printer, at the Black-Fryar, in Black-Fryars, London." In 1713 he printed The Innocent Epicure for R. Gosling, and some school-books, including Terence and Phaedrus, for Robert Fary; he was also the printer of The Daily Post and The British Journal. In 1724 he was living in the Old Bailey, and is mentioned in Negus's list as a "high-flyer". He is probably identical with the "Mears" in whose printing-office in Blackfriars Gent worked in 1713–14.