James Fletcher (d. 1670; fl. 1652–1670)

Identifiers

  • Grubstreet: 43443

Occupations

  • Printer

James Fletcher, printer in Little Britain, 1652–1670. Son of Miles Fletcher, printer.

A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667, by Henry Plomer (1907)

FLETCHER (JAMES), printer in London; Little Britain, 1652–67. Son of Miles Fletcher. He married a daughter of Cornelius Bee the bookseller. In 1664 he, with his father, was proceeded against for illegally printing law books. In the survey of the press made in July, 1668, he is returned as keeping five presses, thirteen workmen and two apprentices. He died in 1670. [Smyth's Obituary, p. 89; Plomer, Short History, pp. 224, 225.]