Walter Kettilby (d. 1717; fl. 1669–1711)

Identifiers

Occupations

  • Bookseller
  • Publisher

Dates

  • Apprenticeship: 1656
  • Clothed: 1673

Names

  • Walter Kettilby
  • Walter Kettelby
  • Walter Ketilby
  • Walther Kettelby
  • Walter Kettleby

Walter Kettilby, bookseller, 1669–1711; at the Bishop's Head in Duck Lane, 1669–1670; at the Bishop's Head in St. Paul's Churchyard, 1671–1706; at the King's Head in St. Paul's Churchyard, 1711. From 1707–1717 he had books printed to be sold by Richard Wilkin at the King's Head in St. Paul's Churchyard.

The Life and Errors of John Dunton, by John Dunton (1705)

Mr. Kettleby; his Sign is the Bishop's-Head, and indeed he's pretty warmly dispos'd that way. He has been an Eminent Episocopal Bookseller these many Years. He prints for Doctor Shrop, Bishop of York, Doctor Scot— and other Eminent Clergymen.

A Dictionary of the Printers and Booksellers who were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1668 to 1725, by Henry Plomer (1922)

KETTILBY (WALTER), bookseller in London, (i) Bishop's Head, in Duck Lane; (2) St. Paul's Churchyard. 1669–1711. A noted publisher of divinity books. His first appearance in the Term Catalogues was in Mich. 1669, when his address is given as the Bishop's Head in Duck Lane. [T.C. I. 17.] In 1670 he was carrying on business both here and in St. Paul's Churchyard. [T.C. I. 58], but in 1671 he appears to have given up the Duck Lane premises. Dunton [p. 209] refers to him as "an eminent Episcopal bookseller", and he published much learned literature, such as Isaac Barrow's Lectiones Octodecim [T.C. I. 1 05] , and Henry More's Remarks upon two ... Discourses. [T.C. 1. 228.] A list of his publications is found at the end of Dr. Charles Hickman's Sermon preached before the ... House of Commons ... 19th October 1690. He was still publishing in May 1711. [T.C. ill. 660.]

Notes & Queries "London Booksellers Series" (1931–2)

KETTLEBY, WALTER. Of the Bishop's Head in St. Paul's Churchyard. He is described by Dunton as an eminent Episcopalian bookseller. He published for Dr. Sharp, Archbishop of York. He quitted his shop at the Bishop's Head in 1706, though he was still publishing in 1711.

—Frederick T. Wood, 12 September 1931

KETTILBY, WALTER. Throughout Arber's 'Term Catalogues' his name is spelt thus and not Kettleby. These entries enable us to give precise dates to his various addresses. (1) Bishop's Head in Duck Lane, 1669 and -70. (2) Bishop's Head in St. Paul's Churchyard, 1671–1706. (3) King's Head in St. Paul's Churchyard, 1711. At the second address he was succeeded by Robert Knaplock who was here 1707–37. The stock of Walter Kettilby deceased was sold by an auction 14 March, 1718.

—Ambrose Heal, 7 November 1931