from L&M Companion Davies, Sir Thomas (1631-80). Bookseller ('the little fellow'): a contmporary of Pepys's at St Paul's School. Master of the Stationers' Company 1668-70, and of the Drapers' 1677-8; Sheriff 1667-8; Lord Mayor 1676-7. He inherited a large fortune, consisting mainly of the Ebury Estate in Westminster which later passed to the Grosvenors, Dukes of Westminster.
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Davies, Sir Thomas (1631-80). Bookseller ('the little fellow'): a contmporary of Pepys's at St Paul's School. Master of the Stationers' Company 1668-70, and of the Drapers' 1677-8; Sheriff 1667-8; Lord Mayor 1676-7. He inherited a large fortune, consisting mainly of the Ebury Estate in Westminster which later passed to the Grosvenors, Dukes of Westminster.