Richard Chiswell (1639–1711; fl. 1667–1711)
Richard Chiswell, bookseller, map/chart seller, printer, and publisher, 1667–1711; at the Two Angels & Crown, Little Britain; at the Rose & Crown, St. Paul's Churchyard. Publisher to the Royal Society. He was succeeded by Charles Rivington.
A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667, by Henry Plomer (1907)
CHISWELL (RICHARD), bookseller in London, (1) Two Angels and Crown, Little Britain; (2) Rose and Crown, St. Paul's Churchyard, 1666–1711. This eminent publisher was born in the parish of St. Botolph's, Aldersgate, on January 4th, 1639. The entry of his apprenticeship and the date of his taking up his freedom have not been found, but he was evidently in business as a bookseller before Lady Day, 1666, as his name is found in the Hearth Tax returns for the parish of St. Botolph's for the half-year ending on that day. [P.R.O. Lay Subsidy 252/32.] No book entry occurs in the Registers under his name before 1667, and the bulk of his work lies outside the period covered by this dictionary. He died in 1711, and was buried in St. Botolph's. [D.N.B.; Arber, Term Catalogue, passim.]
A Dictionary of the Printers and Booksellers who were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1668 to 1725, by Henry Plomer (1922)
CHISWELL (RICHARD). See Dictionary, 1641–67. In a manuscript note, dated 1661, in a copy of A. Golnitz, Ulysses Belgico-Gallicus, 1631, Chiswell describes himself as "servant to Mr. John Sherley", i.e. the bookseller of that name, q.v. in Dictionary, 1641–67. In Mich. 1681, Chiswell was defendant in a suit for debt brought by Richard Hughes. [C.P.R. 2996. m. 260 r.] On January 16th, 1681 he began to publish Weekly Memorials for the Ingenious, or, an account of books lately set forth in several languages, &c.