Thomas Bickerton

Identifiers

Occupations

  • Bookseller
  • Publisher
  • Printer

Thomas Bickerton, bookseller, 1707–1721; at the Flower de Luce / Golden Flower de Luce in St. Paul's Churchyard, 1707; at the Rose and Crown in Little Britain, 1711; at the Crown in Paternoster Row, 1719–1721.

A Dictionary of the Printers and Booksellers who were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1668 to 1725, by Henry Plomer (1922)

BICKERTON (THOMAS), bookseller in London, (i) Flower de Luce (or Golden Flower de Luce), St. Paul's Churchyard, 1707; (2) Rose and Crown, Little Britain, 1711; (3) Crown in Paternoster Row, 1719. 1707–20. In partnership with S. Bickerton. Dealer in theological books, and book-auctioneer. On March 26th, 1720 he took over the publication of The Weekly Packet, a newspaper issued by the Sun Fire Office, which had previously been published by E. Place. 

Notes & Queries "London Booksellers Series" (1931–2)

BICKERTON, THOMAS. Had a shop at the Flower de Luce in St. Paul's Churchyard by 1707. By 1710, however, he had moved to the Rose and Crown in Little Britain, while by 1719 he had shifted once again to the Crown in Paternoster Row. He was still in business in 1720, though I have not succeeded in tracing him any later.

—Frederick T. Wood, 25 July 1931

 

BICKERTON,THOMAS. The tenancy of his last address, at the Crown in Paternoster itow, can be extended to 1721.

—Ambrose Heal, 8 August 1931