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Spiring 26.3.1797 at Holcroft's / 18.2.1798 again / 1.4.1798 again / 13.5.1798 again / 25.2.1804 adv at White Horse, Brighton / 27.2.1804 again / 1.4.1820 calls (& Mergez) / 7.4.1820 again

Clearly connected to William Cole merchant who married Thomas Holcroft's daughter Sophia in 1794, he appeared twice with Cole and Gilchrists at Holcroft's in 1797-8, and twice with Mergez (Sophie Holcroft's 2nd husband) in 1820. The most prominent Spirings were Bristol nurserymen and brewers. There was also a John Spiring carpenter of Holborn from 1773 who went bankrupt im 1786

See Castle Street East 1 to 15 &c in London Addresses dataset

No 5 Castle St East Land Tax 1784 Charles Spragg / SunFire 1781 Charles Spragg gent, 5 Castle St, Newman St

The only Charles Spragg I found was a comedian (i.e. actor) who fathered an illegitimate child in Manchester, date not given but between 1773 and 1794. (Thomas Battye's Red Basil Book). Not in Highfill, Burnim & Langhans Dictionary of Actors etc.

see Poland Street 19 to 44 in London addresses dataset

William Spratt 23 Poland St (Kings Arms) ratebooks 1789-92 / SunFire 1788 William Spratt innholder the Haunch of Venison nr Maidstone, Kent / William Spratt = St James 29.12.1778 Isabella Strahan botp by banns / William son of William Spratt & Sarah bapt St James 5.4.1789 / William Spratt adult bur 15.9.1791 St Marylebone / Sarah Spratt adult bur St James 2.3.1788 & 4.8.1805

9.5.1806 Marshalsea, w. Nicholson & Springsguth / 15.5.1806 Serjeant's Inn w. Few & Springsguth / 27.1.1807 Symond's Inn w. Springsguth / 31.1.1807 again / 3.6.1807 write to Springsguth / 10.12.1808 call on Springsguth: Springsguth calls / 27.12.1808 Springsguth calls / 26.10.1812 again / 5.11.1812 call on Springsguth / 16.12.1812 Springsguth calls / 16.6.1814 call on Springsguth / 20.5.1816 again / 4.6.1816 again / 24.10.1816 Springsguth calls / 2.12.1816 again / 3.12.1819 adv. Springsguth at dinner

Letter 1.7.1807 to Godwin, Bodleian Abinger c.10 f.43 from M C Springsguth…

28.4.1789 at Timothy Hollis' / 19.2.1790 there / 14.2.1796 mrs Cole & mr Spurling at Holcroft's / 6.3.1796 Coles & Spurling at Holcroft's / 12.3.1797 Cole & Spurling at Holcroft's / 9.12.1798 at Holcroft's / 3.3.1799 again

The Holcroft Spurling associated with Coles, possibly a different one to the Hollis one. Stephen Spurling of Great Prescot St Whitechapel will PCC 26.5.1804 dated 27.4.1804 wife Frances Battridge (nee Langley married Whitechapel 28.4.1783) sons John Henry (bapt1785) Stephen (bapt 1791) daus Sophia Frances (bapt 1789) Sarah (bapt 1801). For Essex…

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Joseph Spurrell of Upper Clapton proposed member 9.5.1783 by John Jebb 2nded James West

John Webb barber of ? Cornwall took appr Cornelius Spurrell son of Joseph Spurrell of Plymouth beer brewer 1718. Cornelius Spurrell peruke maker of Plymouth took appr 1728. Cornelius Spurrell = Wembury Devon 1.12.1739 Elizabeth Fox. Cornelius Spurrell barber of Plymouth took appr 1741. Elizabeth dau of Mr Spurrell bapt at his house 15.5.1744, Rebeka dau of Mr Cornels Spurrell bapt at his house 15.4.1746, Plymouth Presbyterian. Perhaps Joseph Spurrell appr…

22.5.1806 call on Spurrier, w. M[ary] J[ane] / 23.5.1806 call on Spurrier / 10.7.1828 call on Lodge adv. Spurrier

John William Spurrier esq SunFire 1828 25 Old-sq, Lincolns Inn, will PCC 12.12.1848
John Spurrier auctioneer Copthall-ct Throgmorton-st SunFire 1781, 1785, 1789 & Yardleybury, Herts 1802, 1806
Isaac Spurrier coach builder Greek-st SunFire 1789 voted Sheridan & Paull 1806 will PCC 20.9.1827

22.3.1793 Jardine calls, tell him of spy & Nicholson 

Godwin had seen Major AlexanderJardine the day before and then seen William Nicholson at supper (and talked of degeneracy) .

5.4.1809 Crown & Anchor; present Spyring &c / 3.2.1824 Spyring calls / 7.6.1828 meet Spyring

Crown & Anchor was a memorial drink or meeting for Thomas Holcroft, followed by dinner at Thelwall's. Spyring & Marsden chemists & druggists 163 Borough, directories 1801, 1816. John Samuel Shepheard Spyring treasurer of Brighton Unitarian church 1822, will PCC 1848 gent of Brighton. Born 11.10.1774 St John Exeter son of John Spyring and Elizabeth dau. of Samuel Shepheard registered Dr Williams 10.7.1816.

12.10.1806 Tooke's, w. Squire & many / 8.10.1808 Squire calls / 24.10.1809 again / 23.11.1809 call on Squire

Holdens directory 1811:

Squire & Bowley truss makers 17 Broad-st Golden-sq
Daniel Squire shoemaker 23 East-st Manchester-sq
James Squire pork butcher 244 Upper Shadwell (will PCC 26.8.1833 of St Pancras)
John Squire straw hat maker 273 Oxford-st
Joseph Squire salesman & butcher 75 Aldgate
Robt Squire linen draper 2 Field-terr Battle Bridge
Thomas Squire solicitor Scot's-yd Bush-la
Thomas Squire needle &…

2.7.1796 squire to Scole

The Scole Inn was a coaching inn halfway between Ipswich and Norwich. squire is odd for not having a capital letter, if it was intended as a verb, the meaning is obscure. If a proper name it could have referred to Charles Squire, gentleman of Ipswich (will PCC 1817), Edmund Squire, liquor merchant of Bury (will PCC 1835), or Edward Squire, merchant of Norwich, or the name of a local carrier, though not found in directories.

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Thomas Squires of Plymouth proposed member 25.4.1783 by Jeremiah Batley 2nded James West

Joseph born 8.10.1741 and Thomas born 29.5.1743 were both baptised 19.10.1760 at West Alvington, Devon, sons of Richard & Mary Squire. Mary Squire bur 28.3.1773, Richard Squire bur 15.8.1786 West Alvington. Joseph Squire otp = Plymouth St Andrew 21.11.1761 Ann Dunning Jago wits Rd Squire, Geo Jago. Joseph Squire merchant otp = Plymouth St Andrew 10.12.1766 Elizabeth Spurrell sp by lic wit Jo Spurrell. The will PCC 27.11.1787 of Joseph Squire merchant…

St George 27.12.1801 at John King's / 17.1.1802 St Georges at King's / 4.4.1802 mrs St George at King's

Possibly  Melesina Trench DNB 1768-1827 (nee Chenevix, widow of St George). Her Remains, edited by her son and published 1862, have extracts from her journal which show she was still in Ireland on 17.11.1801 and arrived in Calais on 5.7.1802, so it is possible she was at King's on the above dates, the plural entry perhaps referring to her teenage son who was travelling with her. In the Remains he wrote of this period that he found "few memoranda and fewer still which need to be…

St Hermine 21.1.1800 at John  King's / 16.3.1800 again

Probably Rene Louis, Marquis de St Hermine born 15.10.1741, married 23.5.1775 Aimee de Polignac, gentleman of honour to Charles-Phillipe Comte D'Artois 1762-1836 (who later became King of France 1824-1830). He died in London 1805 or 1815. He had two daughters, the older Caroline 1779-1864 married at St Marylebone 29.7.1806 Michele Marie Comte de Greilly bach otp = Caroline Parsimeter St Hermine sp otp wits R Louis de St Hermine, J L Dufort Corrac duc de Corgi and she married 2ndly in London 1815 Charles de la Bourdonnaye Blossac…

Godwin Diary:  Stabler 2.4.1794 at Newgate

at Newgate. William Stabler linen draper from York age 28 5ft 5ins hazel eyes brown hair fair complexion sent to Newgate 31.7.1793 for conspiracy to escape from Kings Bench prison with Dr Tom Crosfield and Lord William Murray. A William Stabler was committed to Kings Bench prison 17.9.1796 at the suit of Alexander Wyllie for £40 and Edward Daniell for £25 and discharged 2.7.1797
 

see Poland Street 1 to 8 & 49 to 62 in London Addresses dataset

William Stacey 60 Poland St ratebooks 1796-1802 / William Stacey Law List 60 Poland St attorney 1794-1800 / Middlesex Sessions 24.10.1796 Charles Kane clerk to William Stacey of Poland St / J Stacy Poland St 1799 subscriber to edition of Milton's Paradise Lost / Richard bapt 22.5.1801 William bapt 15.7.1804 Mary Ann bapt 6.10.1811 all of William & Ann Stacey at St James / possibly William Stacey bach = St Marylebone 2.5.1792 Ann Revell botp banns

Stacpoole 29.4.1800 at theatre

George Stacpoole born 26.8.1736 died 25.3.1824 see Burke's Irish Families, De Stacpoole. Heir to large estates in County Clare, Ireland. He was a man of fashion in London noted for the painting of his coach and was active in the Society for General Inoculation and the Society of Ancient Britons. He was later made duc de Stacpoole by Louis XVIII of France. Some of his relatives were also prominent in London, his second cousin Joseph Stacpoole, admitted Middle Temple 1767 became a money scrivener and went bankrupt in 1782, then acted as secretary to the…

Stacy 14.2.1802 at King's

In Shelley and his Circle there is a promissory note (SC 83) to Benjn Stacey 25.1.1808 but this was probably Benjamin Stacey baker of 23 Somers Place East (Holdens 1811) and not likely to have any connection with the Stacy at King's. A Mr Stacy was teaching Joseph Farington French in 1802/3 (Farington Diary). John Stacey attorney 2 Lyons Inn 1800. Stacey of Rupert St and Stacy of the Bedford Arms, Covent Garden were among the subscribers to the comedian George Parker's Life's Painter 1800. There were many more around spelt Stacy, Stacey or Stacie but i…

Stafford 8.6.1800 at John King's

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Joseph Stafford of the Borough proposed member 24.1.1783 by Thomas Hinton Burley Oldfield 2nded John Jebb

World 2.2.1789 Joseph Stafford of Borough hosier bankrupt. World 5.2.1789 John Baskerville Stafford & John Wintle of 71 St Margarets Hill, Southwark hosiers advertised they had no connection with the bankrupt Joseph Stafford. So two of them to disentangle

Joseph Stafford (& 6 others) presented address of merchants and traders of Southwark to the King 1784 (Deformities of Fox & Burke), governor of Surrey Dispensary 1787,…