The Lee Priory Press was established in 1813 by Sir Egerton Brydges, an undistinguished poet. The Press takes its name from Lee Priory, Egerton's house in Kent. Also involved was his son-in-law, Edward Quillinan, another undistinguished poet, who later married William Wordsworth's daughter Dorothy. The Press employed two highly skilled printers, John Warwick and John Johnson, the latter of whom went on to write a well known printing manual called Typographia.

Special Collections has the following items printed at the Lee Priory Press:

• Broughton, Rowlande. The Life and Death of William Powlett, First Marquis of Winchester. Kent: 1818. PR2270.F7 L5 1819

• Brydges, Egerton. What Are Riches? or, An Examination of the Definitions of This Subject Given by Modern Economists. Kent: 1822. HB251 .B85 1822

• Fitz-Geffry, Charles. The Life and Death of Sir Francis Drake. Kent: 1819. PR2270.F7 L5 1819

• H. R. (Henry Roberts). The Trumpet of Fame. Kent: 1818. PR2270.F7 L5 1819

• Quillinan, Edward. Dunluce Castle: A Poem, in Four Parts. Kent: 1814. 828 Q422d

• Quillinan, Edward. Stanzas. Kent: 1814. PR5197.Q3 S8 1814

• Speeches Delivered to Queen Elizabeth on Her Visit to Giles Brydges, Lord Chandos, at Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire. Kent: 1815. 942.055 El48Xs7