Roberts

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4.10.1794 Roberts at Powel's ( & Walker) / 20.12.1794 again / 1.11.1794 Roberts M at Hardy's trial / 2.4.1797 at M Robinson's / 30.8.1801 Roberts calls / 21.9.1802 meet Roberts / 4.3.1803 write to Roberts / 4.9.1805 Roberts adv at J Taylor's, Norwich / 10.10.1815 Museum, M Roberts / 5.6.1816 miss Roberts at Sarah Elwes' / then 30+ entries 1832-1835

a John Roberts of the LCS is mentioned in Thale and in Trials for Treason & Sedition but without any info about him. He may have been the first three entries above. The Roberts of 1797 appeared at Mary Robinson's along with Porter (qv) and they may have been two of her many fans from Trinity Hall Cambridge who subscribed to her poems in 1791 in which case this was William Roberts 2nd son of William of Wandsworth Common admitted Trinity Hall 20.10.1790 age 17, who like his fellow student Stephen Porter also studied law at the Middle Temple. He was called to the bar in 1808

For the Roberts at Taylor's in Norwich I have a few clues but no more. There was a John Roberts hotpresser Southergate St Norwich in Holdens 1811. A Henry Taylor Roberts son of Mary Roberts was baptised 1.11.1808 the day after his birth, at St Giles Norwich and was articled as a solicitor on 28.3.1829 age 19 when his ward was Ellen Jackson, widow of Bracon Hall, Norwich. (The middle name Taylor may be a clue)
 

Work notes
subscr to Bell's Shakspere 1788 John R Paris / John R Kings Rd Esq / R Esq Gt Russel St Bloomsbury / Isaac R Roberts Esq Tower / Mr R Dockhead