Francis Grove (fl. 1623–1661)
Francis Grove, bookseller, 1623–1661 near St. Sepulchre's Church / near the Sarazen's Head on Snow Hill.
A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667, by Henry Plomer (1907)
GROVE (FRANCIS), bookseller in London, (1) On Snow Hill, at the sign of the Windmill, neere vnto St. Sepulchre's Church, 1629; (2) Upper end of Snow Hill neere the Sarazen's Head, without Newgate, 1640. 1623–61. Took up his freedom June 30th, 1623. [Arber, iii. 685.] Dealt chiefly in ballads and the lighter literature of the period. The above addresses are taken from (1) R. Tarlton's Newes out of Purgatory, 1630, (2) Pleasant history of Cawood the Rook, 1640.