John Clowes (fl. 1647–1661)
John Clowes, printer over against the lower pump in Grub Street, 1647–1661. 25 April 1653, he petitioned for the return of two forms of letters that had been seized six months earlier by Warden Legault for printing a copy of Peter Cole. Clowes was buried in St. Giles Cripplegate 19 July 1661, the cause of death listed as consumption. His wife Jane seems to have briefly taken over the business following his death.
A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667, by Henry Plomer (1907)
CLOWES (JOHN), printer in London; Over against the lower pump in Grub Street, 1647–60. One of the many small printers who set up in defiance of the authorities. His type was very bad, and his press-work most careless. In conjunction with Robert Ibbitson he printed several numbers of the news-sheet, The Perfect Occurrences, between 1647 and 1649.