CHAPMAN (), Mrs., (?) bookseller in London, 1662. Perhaps the wife of Livewell Chapman, q. v. Mentioned in the State Papers [Charles II, vol. 67, 161], as having "managed" the printing of a pamphlet called The Face of the Times, written by Sir Harry Vane and printed with his Epistle General in 1662.
CHATFIELD (STEPHEN), bookseller in London, (1) In the middle of St. Dunstan's Churchyard in Fleet Street, 1654; (2) Under St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet Street, 1654. Only known from the imprint to the second edition of a book entitled Festorum Metropolis … by Allan Blayney, 1654. The first imprint is from the Bagford fragments [Harl. 5919 (294)], and belongs evidently to a different book or a different edition of the work noted.
CHETWIN, or CHETWIND (PHILIP), bookseller in London; Next to the Black Horse in Aldersgate, 1670 (1656–74). Married the widow of Robert Allot, 1626–36, and so became possessed of certain copyrights in various Shakespeare quartos. In 1663 he published the third folio, and followed it up with a re-issue in 1664, to which he added the seven spurious plays, no doubt with a view to increasing the sale. His address has not been found before 1670. [Arber, Term Catalogue, vol. i.]
CHIDLEY (SAMUEL), bookseller (?) in London; Bow Lane at the signe of the chequor, 1652. Only known from the imprint to a pamphlet entitled A Cry against a crying Sinne, 1652, 4o. [Hazlitt, Handbook, i. 112.]
CHILDE (THOMAS), printer in London; Dogwell Court, Whitefriars, 1660-66. In partnership with {{PDBP lkpl|Parry (Leonard)|Leonard Parry, q.v. They carried on a small business, printing chiefly political tracts and broadsides. They were ruined by the Fire of London. [Domestic State Papers, Charles II, vol. 243, 126.]
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
