Wilks

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9.7.1796 Wilks at March's / 7.6.1801 call on Wilks / 2.5.1802 again / 16.5.1802 calls / 21.8.1805 call on / 22.8.1805 again / 23.8.1805 again / 30.8.1805 again / 2.9.1805 again / 3.9.1805 call on (copy) / 28.10.1805 call on / 2.11.1805 again (not in) / 10.11.1805 calls / 15.11.1805 again / 17.12.1805 call on Wilks, London Coffee house (adv Davis) / 20.12.1805 call on Wilks / 21.12.1805 write to Wilks / 31.12.1805 call on Wilks / 3.1.1806 call on Wilks & R Taylor / 7.1.1806 call on Wilks / 1.4.1806 again / 8.4.1806 again /11.4.1806 again / 24.4.1806 again / 20.4.1816 miss Wilks at Fletcher's / 7.5.1830 mrs Wilks at mrs Maugham's / 17.7.1830 Wilks at Holm's / 8.1.1831 mes(dames) Maugham & Wilks call / 1.2.1831 Wilks at Maugham's  

For first entry above, Mark Wilks, Baptist preacher see Jewson, Jacobin City. His sermon on the stability of the French revolution was published in 1792 describing him as a Norfolk farmer. A funeral sermon for him was preached on 14.2.1819 at St George's Chapel Norwich by his nephew Mark Wilks 1783-1855 who was a pastor in Hants & Wilts 1805-13, preached at New Broad St, London 1813-1819 and then went to Paris from 1820-1843. The mentions of Wilks above from 1801 on don't seem to have referred to either of the Mark Wilkses, The entry of 3.9.1805 (copy) suggests a printer and this was probably Robert Wilks who in 1802 was in partnership with Richard Taylor DNB 1781-1858 at 89 Chancery Lane (see also entry of 3.1.1806). This was Jonas Davis' last address, to 1801, and Robert Wilks continued there till 1830 while Taylor moved elsewhere in 1803 after quarrelling with Wilks (DNB).The entry of 17.12.1805 London Coffee House suggests a broker, but the adv Davis could have referred to the retired Jonas Davis

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Holdens 1811 Robert W printer Chancery Lane / John W attorney Hoxton Sq / M Wilks 8 Grafton St & Rooks Nest Godstone, Surrey / Miles Edward Wilks 7 Clarence Row Camberwell (will PCC 1816 of Ordnance Office of Tower of London) / Rev Mr W Old St Rd // will PCC 1829 Rev Matthew Wilks Tabernacle Row = Matthew Wilks stationer Bethnal Green 1800 & Methodist preacher mentioned in DNB Founders of London Missionary Society / PCC 1831 Mark Wilks of Kirby, Isle of Man