Roger Norton the second (d. 1723; fl. 16621723)

Identifiers

Occupations

  • Printer
  • Stationer

Roger Norton II, printer and stationer (1662–1723), in Blackfriars (1662–65); Clerkenwell Green; Little Britain (1712–23). Son of printer Roger Norton I (fl. 1639–1662), and father of printer William Norton (d. 1711). An advertisement for "Books Printed by Patent, and Sold by William Norton, in Little-Britain, London" appears at the end of William Lily's A Short Introduction to Grammar (London: printed by William Norton, 1712). Subsequently, and until 1723, an identical advertisement with Roger Norton's name appears at the end of the publication.

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

NORTON (ROGER) the Younger, printer in London; Kings printing office in Hebrew, Greek and Latin, (1) Blackfriars [(?) Hunsdon House]; (2) Clerkenwell Green; (3) Little Britain. 1662–86. Son of Roger Norton, printer, of Blackfriars, q.v., and grandson of Bonham Norton. Succeeded to his father's business in 1662. His premises were burnt in the great fire, and he moved to Clerkenwell Green, and later, back to Little Britain, where he built a printing house. In the survey of the press taken in 1668, he is returned as having three presses, one apprentice, and seven workmen.