Godwin Diary

Kingston

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22.6.1810 Kingston &c call

Godwin rarely shortened a list of callers with a &c (I sometimes shorten Godwin's lists with &c). In this case he did the same the day before, and on this day he followed it with a colon and a further list of callers. All of which suggests a number of undesired callers, or ones whose names were not worth remembering?

 

Rexworthy, Tracy

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21.6.1810 Daly, Rexworthy, Tracy &c call

Godwin didn't often use the &c in a list of callers (I use it on this website to abbreviate his lists but in this case and on the next day with Kingston he used the &c). Rexworthy and Tracy both only appeared once in diary. Both rare names

William Rexworthy of Black Dog Tavern, St James Market, went bankrupt 1811 / Morning Chronicle 1.11.1823 Mr Rexworthy proprietor of billiard rooms 5 Spring-gardens / William Rexworthy of St James will PCC 1836. Name more frequent in Somerset

Dell

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23.6.1810 Dell calls / 9.7.1810 call, w. M(ary) J(ane), on Dell

No clues

Husband

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23.6.1810 call on Husband

Some possibles

Matthew Husband of St Sepulchre currier will PCC 1825 of Cow-lane partner with Richard Sims, natural son Matthew Thomas Husband / Thomas Husband haberdasher, linen draper 67 Newgate-st SunFire 1809, 1812 / Richard Husband of Army Pay Office, Whitehall, SunFire 1814

Phipps

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29.6.1810 Guildhall (Tabart); adv. Phipps &c / 10.7.1810 Phipps calls / 31.7.1810 Guildhall (Tabart); adv. Phipps &c / 11.8.1810 Guildhall; Tabart, Phipps &c / 20.8.1810 examination of sir R(ichard) P(hillips); adv.

C B

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30.6.1810 H Boinville calls: C B dines

This C B has been coded on GD website to the Baxter family, implying presumably Christina Baxter who certainly came to London later with Godwin's daughter Mary, but no reason to think she was in London in 1810, her father had last seen Godwin in the summer of 1809. This was more likely to have been Cornelia Boinville age 15

Sheldon

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13.6.1810 call on Sheldon / 24.5.1813 call on Sheldon; adv. Towers

Possibly Isaac Sheldon bookseller 2 Moor-st Soho (SunFire 1807, 1810, 1819)

 

Miles junior

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8.6.1810 dine at Johnson, w. Miles jr. &c

John Miles 1784-1856 was an executor of Joseph Johnson's will and married Anne daughter of Eliezer Chater in 1811. His father Joseph Miles of Liverpool will PCC 1816 had married Joseph Johnson's niece Mary and their only other surviving son in 1810 was Joseph Johnson Miles 1800-1867 so he was likely the 10 year old Miles jr at Johnson's in 1810

Cumberland, Duke of

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7.6.1810 call, w. M(ary) J(ane), on D. of Cumbd

Ernest Augustus 1771-1851 fifth son of George III was Duke of Cumberland & Teviotdale from 1799. On 31.5.1810 he was attacked and wounded and his valet Sellis was found with his throat cut. Cumberland was an extreme Tory in the Lords. Francis Place was foreman of the coroners jury which concluded Sellis had cut his own throat but there was much speculative scandal about Cumberland's role in these events

Warwick

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2.6.1810 Warwick calls