Thomas Passinger Sr. (d. 1688; fl. 1664–1688)

Identifiers

Occupations

  • Bookseller

Dates

  • Apprenticeship: 1657

Names

  • Thomas Passenger Sr.
  • Thomas Passinger Sr.

Thomas Passinger, bookseller, 1664–1688; at the Three Bibles on London Bridge, 1666–88 ("on the middle" of London Bridge, 1678); at the Three Bibles on London Bridge, 1664–1688. Nephew Thomas Passinger, to whom he left his copies, copperplates, and share of books and ballands in partnership with William Thackerye, carried on the business, 1692–95: imprints were sold under name of his Thomas Passinger on London Bridge at the Three Bibles and Star on London Bridge in 1692 and 1694.

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

PASSINGER (THOMAS), bookseller in London; Three Bibles on London Bridge, 1664–88. Son of Thomas Passinger, of Guildford, co. Surrey. Apprentice to Charles Tyas, or Tyus, bookseller at the Three Bibles on London Bridge for eight years from July 25th, 1657. [Register of Apprenticeships, Stationers' Hall, 1606–66.] On the death of Tyas in 1664, Passinger appears to have succeeded to the business, probably by marrying the widow. He died in 1688 and his will was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. He left to his kinsman, Thomas Passinger, all his copies and parts of copies and copperplates, as well as his share of books and ballads which he had in partnership with William Thackerye of Pye Corner. He left a bequest of forty shillings to the Company of Stationers and a book of the value of forty shillings to the public library at Guildford. [P.C.C. 82, Exton.]