David Quidnunc on 4 Nov 2003  •  Link

Bookseller, St. Paul's Churchyard

Pepys would call him "my bookseller" -- his principal bookseller for years. His shop and home were on the north side of the Churchyard.

-- L&M Companion

David Quidnunc on 4 Nov 2003  •  Link

Another Bookseller, John Playford

http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclo…

Playford sold books at the Inner Temple.

-- L&M Companion, Index volumes

David Quidnunc on 4 Nov 2003  •  Link

Booksellers Pepys mentions by name

Name/location/when Pepys's 1st mentions:

JAMES ALLESTRY
-- St. Paul's Churchyard, later Duck Lane; mentioned ONCE, 1667 (@ Duck Lane)

HENRY HERRINGMAN
-- New Exchange; 1667

JOSHUA KIRTON
-- St. Paul's Churchyard; 1660

JOHN MARTIN
-- Temple Bar; 1668

MILES & ANN MITCHELL
-- Westminster Hall; 1660

WILLIAM MORDEN
-- Cambridge; mentioned ONCE in 1660

JOHN PLAYFORD
-- Inner Temple; 1660

WILLIAM SHREWSBURY
-- At The Bible on Duck Lane; 1668

JOHN STARKEY
-- St. Paul's Churchyard, later on Fleet Street when Pepys mentions him; 1667

-- L&M Index volume

David Quidnunc on 4 Nov 2003  •  Link

St. Paul's Churchyard

http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclo…

Pauline on 21 Mar 2006  •  Link

Mr. [Joshua] Kirton's kinsman = William Kirton
(entry March 20, 1662/3)
From L&M Companion:
The "kinsman" is William Kirton, a freeman of the Stationers' Company by patrimony, 1665.

Bill on 30 Jan 2014  •  Link

KIRTON (JOSHUA), bookseller in London, (1) Foster Lane, next to Goldsmith's Hall, 1644; (2) White Horse in Paul's Churchyard, 1638-46; (3) Golden-Spread-Eagle, St. Paul's Churchyard, 1649 (1638-59). Took up his freedom November 7th, 1636. Originally in partnership with Thomas Warren. Shared with Humphrey Robinson, Richard Thrale and Samuel Thompson the copyrights of T. Whitaker, consisting of 109 copies. Was one of the six stationers who in 1652 published a list of Popish books under the title of A Beacon set on Fire.
---A dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers... H.R. Plomer, 1907.

Bill on 21 Oct 2014  •  Link

Joseph Kirton was a bookseller in St. Paul's Churchyard, at the sign of "The King's Arms," ruined by the Fire of London. His death, in October, 1667, is recorded in Smith's "Obituary," printed for the Camden Society. He was buried in St. Faith's.
---Wheatley, 1896.

Oliver Mundy on 12 Aug 2016  •  Link

His name was definitely Joshua, not Joseph as stated in Wheatley's notes and index. The writer of this has a book published by him in 1653 (Verstegan, 'A Restitution of Decayed Intelligence') which gives his name as 'Josuah', corrected to 'Joshua' when the book was reissued with a new title-page in 1655 (Wing V269 and V270). Notably, he continued to display the King's arms as his shop-sign throughout the Commonwealth; it is mentioned on the title-pages of both these editions.

San Diego Sarah on 27 Feb 2021  •  Link

After the Great Fire, many booksellers relocated to a new neighborhood, now known as Cecil Court:

https://memoirsofametrogirl.com/2…