The printery of the Dicey family constituted one of the most famous and most prolific producers of cheap print – broadside ballads, chapbooks, and similar productions – of the eighteenth century. The family business was strengthened early in the eighteenth century by the consolidation of the businesses of William Dicey (d. 1756) and his sister Elizabeth (fl. 1713-1731), who had married a printer, John Cluer (d. 1728). By 1718, the family had established its familiar base at the sign of the Maiden-Head in Bow Churchyard, London. William's son Cluer Dicey (c.1715-1775) was in partnership with his father from about 1736 and succeeded him twenty years later. By 1764, having moved to Aldermary Churchyard, Dicey was in partnership with Richard Marshall. Marshall's son John continued trading at the Aldermary Churchyard site from 1782 until about 1798.
