Baptised in City of London, St Magnus the Martyr.1,2

Father - Richard Walkden
Mother - Katherine

Apprenticeship in Worshipful Company of Stationers.3

Master - Richard Walkden, his father, Citizen and Stationer
Apprentice - John Walkden the son of Richard Walkden of London Bridge, Stationer

Freedom of the City of London.3

Admitted

Licence obtained for marriage to Elizabeth CARPENTER in Vicar General.29

Groom - Walkden
Bride - Carpenter

Married Elizabeth CARPENTER in City of London, St George Botolph Lane.30,31

Groom - John Walkden, bachelor, of the parish of St Botolph Billingsgate
Bride - Elizabeth Carpenter, spinster, of the parish of St Olave Southwark
By licence
Witnesses :-
Cath. Walkden
Wm. Skeggs

From the Oxford Journal :-
"Tuesday last, at St George's Church, Botolph-Lane, Mr Walkden, Stationer of Lower Thames-Street, to Miss Carpenter of the Borough"

Business in City of London, 113 Lower Thames Street.4

Trading alone

Land Taxes in City of London, Salisbury Court.5

Ward - Billingsgate
Name - John Walkden

Property in Southwark, St Olave.6

From the Deeds :-
John Walkden of the Parish of St George Botolph, Stationer and Elizabeth his wife (Elizabeth the only child of and heir of Thomas Drink Carpenter heretofore of London Bridge in the Parish of St Magnus late of the Parish of St Olave Southwark Leatherseller, deceased, who died intestate).

Business in City of London, 7 The Bell.4

Trading alone

Elections.7

Name - John Walkden
Electoral area - Livery of London
Company - Stationers
Place of abode - Southwark

Master to an Apprentice in Worshipful Company of Stationers.8

Master - Master - John Walkden Citizen and Stationer of London
Apprentice - Geo Usher

Directories.9

From Kent's Directory for the Year 1770. 38th ed.
Address - 7 Borough London
Occupation - Stationer
Name - John Walkden

Business in City of London, Fleet Street, 13 Salisbury Court

Trading alone

Master to an Apprentice in Worshipful Company of Stationers.10

Master - John Walkden Citizen and Stationer of London
Apprentice - Henry Page

Elections in Southwark, St Olave.12

Parish - Southwark, St Olave's
Name of Freeholder - John Walkden
Place of Abode - Salisbury Court, Fleet Street

Mentioned in Will.11

of Richard Walkden
Described as - "my son John Walkden"

Directories.13

From "The Complete Pocket Book, or Gentleman's and Tradesman's Daily Journal for 1776"
Name - John Walkden
Address - 13 Salisbury Court, Fleet Street
Occupation - Stationers

Property in Southwark, St Olave.6

From the Deeds :-
John Walkden late of the Parish of St Olave Southwark but now of Salisbury Court, Fleet Street London, Stationer.
Elizabeth his wife (which Elizabeth is the only child and heir of Thomas Drink Carpenter heretofore of London Bridge in the Parish of St  Magnus London and late of the Parish of St Olave Southwark).

Directories.14

From "The Complete Pocket Book or Gentleman and Tradesman's Daily Journal for 1779"
Name - John Walkden
Address - 13 Salisbury Court, Fleet Street
Occupation - Stationer

Land Taxes in Edmonton.15

Ward - Edmonton
Name - John Walkden

Executor.11

of the will of Richard Walkden
Described as - "John Walkden the son of the deceased"
Sole Executor

Business in City of London, Fleet Street, 5 Shoe Lane.4

Trading alone

Directories.16

From :-
1) "The New Complete Guide to All Persons Who Have Any Trade or Concern With the City of London and Parts Adjacent", 16th ed. 1783

2) "Kent's Directory for the Year 1783" 51st ed. 1783

Name - John Walkden
Address - 5 Shoe Lane, Fleet Street
Occupation - Stationer

Mentioned in Will.17

of Thomas Skeggs
Described as - "my good friend John Walkden of Shoe Lane London Stationer"

Executor.17

of the will of Thomas Skeggs
Joint Executor with - Samuel Cooper

Business in City of London, Fleet Street, 5 Shoe Lane.4

Trading as - Walkden and Darby

Land Taxes in Islington, Highbury Place.18

Ward - St Mary Islington
Proprietor - Dawes
Occupier - John Walkden

Directories.19

From "Holden's London Directory, 1790"
Name - John Walkden
Address - Shoe Lane
Occupation - Director of the Hand in Hand Fire Office
Note - Insures houses only

Directories.20

From "Wakefield's Merchant and Tradesman's General Directory for London" 1790.
Name - Walkden and Darby
Address - 5 Shoe Lane, Fleet Street
Business - Stationers

Directories.21

Kent's Directory for the year 1794, Cities of London and Westminster, & Borough of Southwark :-
"Walkden & Darby, Stationers, 5, Shoe-lane, Fleet-street."

Land Taxes in City of London, Shoe Lane.22

Name of occupiers - Messrs Walkden and Darby
Address - Shoe Lane

Property in Southwark, St Olave.6

From the Deeds :-
John Walkden of Shoe Lane

Wrote will.23

1) I John Walkden
2) of Highbury Place in the parish of Saint Mary
3) Islington in the county of Middlesex Esquire
4) do make publish and declare this my last will and
5) testament in the manner following ....
6) .....

..."my house ... in Shoe Lane London wherein my partnership trade is carried on ..."
"... if my partner Zachariah Foxall Darby shall be minded and desirous to (...) and make all my share right and interest claim and (...) whatsoever of in and to are copartnership stock in trade book debts and all other property and effects in the said copartnership involving the utensils used in the business which are my separate property but not including the said iron safe in the counting house or my furniture in the dwelling house in Shoe Lane aforesaid at or for the sum of four thousand pounds ..."

Some names mentioned :-
1) my dear wife Elizabeth Walkden
2) Elizabeth Skeggs
3) my friend John Jackson the elder of Islington
4) Mr John Davison Junior of Fleet Street perfumer
5) Mrs Sarah Davison the wife of the said John Davison Junior
6) Mr. Thomas Skeggs of (???) Farm Farnborough
7) Miss Mary Skeggs now residing at Lewes
8) my cousin Mrs Mary Morton of Islington
9) my friend Mr James Hale of Salters Hall
10) my cousin Simon Goldsmith of Wembley Green farrier
11) my partner Zachariah Foxall Darby

Some property mentioned .-
1) my freehold messuage or tenement in Long Acre Middlesex
2) and in the High Street Southwark
3) in Cheapside and in Crown Court Cheapside
4) in Fleet Street
5)  in the several parishes of All Hallows Barking and Saint Olave Hart Street
6) Windsor
7) No.1 Highbury Place Islington
8) my house at Highbury Place aforesaid as at the house I occupy at Windsor or in Shoe Lane

Business in City of London, Fleet Street, 5 Shoe Lane.4

After his death the Walkden Ink business continued as "Walkden and Darby"

Directories.24

Post Office Annual Directory, 1808 :-
"Walkden & Darby, Manufacturers of the British Ink Powder, and Dealers in Quills, 5 Shoe-lane, Fleet-street."

Land Taxes in City of London, Shoe Lane.25

Ward - Farringdon Without
Occupiers - John Walkden & Zachariah Foxall Darby

Codicil to Will.23

1) I John Walkden of Highbury Grove in the
2) parish of Saint Mary Islington ...
3) ...

Died in Windsor.26,27

From Timperley, Charles Henry (n.d.), "A dictionary of printers and printing" :-
"1808, June 14. Died, JOHH WALKDEN, (son of Richard Walkden, and old member of the company of stationers, who died in 1780), was a stationer in Shoe-lane, where he long carried on a very extensive trade, in quills particularly, and a beautiful black ink; and acquired a handsome fortune with an unexceptional character. He was passionately found of Handel's music, of which he possessed a sufficient quantity to make a sale of six days. At his house in Highbury-place, he built a spacious music-room, in which he placed a bust of Handel over an excellent organ, on which he was a competent performer. He had also a house at Old Windsor, where he died."

From the Kentish Gazette :-
"June 14, at Old Windsor, in his 65th year, John Walkden, esq. of Highbury-place, Islington"

Probate in Prerogative Court of Canterbury.23

Joint Executors .-
Elizabeth Walkden, the widow the relic
Elizabeth Skeggs, spinster

Land Taxes in City of London, Shoe Lane.28

Ward - Farringdon Without
Occupiers :-
John Walkden
Zachariah Foxall Darby
Business name - Walkden & Darby

Business in City of London, Fleet Street, 5 Shoe Lane.4

After his death the Walkden Ink business continued as "Walkden, Darby &Terry"