A-Z of Entries

2.5.1795 Peary should be added to James Perry, he was with his partner James Gray as usual. Also Perry in Godwin's 1796 list for 1787 (and in 1794 version) but 1796 list entry not coded to his person record on GD website

Perry patissier 18.8.1793 at Horne Tooke's and 23.11.94 at Newgate.

John George Perry confectioner 158 Oxford St with John Tupp (Sun Fire insurance 1792) his will PCC 1802. His son John George Perry, surgeon was born 1802, the year his father died, and baptised May 1802 at St Marylebone, son of John George & Charlotte

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Capt Perry of Salisbury St, Adelphi proposed member 27.4.1792 by Robert Merry 2nded John Williams

Sampson Perry (DNB 1747-1823?) which is vague about his family details. (See Lorraine Millard's thesis Univ Queensland 2015 by a google search on Sampson Perry. She mentions Duncan van Reisjwoud as her source for genealogical information). He was probably the Sampson Perry son of John & Mary bapt 30.12.1748 at Deritend Warwicks.He joined Lodge no 14 of the United Grand Lodge of Freemasons on 2.12.1772 and declined on 24.6.1774. He voted as a…

P Pester dines 11.3.1804 (& Napiers)

Probably Peggy  wife of Emanuel Pester who died 23.6.1821 at Preston (nr Yeovil) Somerset. Their son John was baptised at Odcombe (nr Yeovil) 1778 and was in India 1801-1805 and 1813-1825 (Bengal officers), he married in 1811, at Montacute Somerset, Elizabeth dau of Rev William Phelips. The Napier (qv) family came from Tintinhull near Yeovil

16.2.1808 Peto calls / 21.11.1812 again / 23.11.1812 again / 18.11.1813 again

Possibly Henry Peto DNB 1774-1830 builder and contractor. The two calls in 1812 coincide with mentions of the (Sun) Fire Office, though not clearly linked to them. Godwin is in Fire Office records for Skinner Street 14.12.1812

17.1.1806 tea at Rowan's w. Petries / 4.3.1806 Rowan's w. Petrie & many

Holdens directory 1811

Henry Petrie esq Brixton-villa Surrey (will PCC 18.4.1842)
Martin Petrie esq of 13 Bearbinder-la (will PCC 6.4.1805)
Robt Petrie esq of 13 Bearbinder-la
William Petrie 17 Queen Ann-st Cavendish-sq & Elm-cottage Old Windsor
John Petrie broker 21 Walbrook

will PCC 16.7.1828 of John Petrie of Marylebone:
will PCC 31.10.1835 of William Petrie merchant of London
will PCC 26.4.1826 of William Petrie of Calcutta

24.12.1808 mrs Oldfield, 2 sons & Petman dine / 30.10.1811 Petman calls / 31.10.1811 Boinville & Petman dine

Clarissa Indiana Oldfield ran a school in Margate where the Oldfields lived from before 1798 till around 1808. See my entry for Oldfield, Thomas Hinton Burley. A promissory note dated 31.12.1808 (maybe in Abinger but in Shelley & his Circle SC 94) for £13 6s to Mes Oldfield & Pettman was endorsed C J Oldfield which given identical capitals for I and J fits Mrs Oldfield's initials. Pettman was a strongly local name in Sandwich, Whitstable, Chatham area of Kent…

20.11.1789 Peysonnel talk of with Robinson.

Probably Charles Peysonnel 1727-90 French consul in Smyrna and colleague of Condorcet as writer (though others of his family also enjoyed some fame)
 

11.10.1810 call on Dawe; adv. White, Wilson & Philip / 1.7.1830 dine at Judkin's, w. Wilson & Philip / 13.11.1831 T(homas) T(urner) & Philip jr au soir

For the five other uses of Philip (without a surname and non-fictional) in Godwin's diary, see my entry for Taylor, Philip. The 1810 entry above could refer to George Dawe's father Philp Dawe DNB, see my entry for Dawe, Philip in Amendments to DNB dataset with his possible dates 1748-1819. The combination of Wilson & Philip in 1810 and 1830 may have been coincidental as the two entries were twenty years apart.…

Philips grocer calls 22.3.1804

There were seven grocers called Phillips in London listed in Holden's 1811 directory, and one greengrocer. Perhaps the most likely (because the nearest to Godwin) was Robert Phillips grocer & tea dealer of 13 Somes Place, Somers Town

6.11.1795 mrs Philips adv at Inchbald's / 3.4.1801 Philips calls adv mrs P

The 1801 entry was surely the wife of Richard Phillips DNB 1767-1840. Mrs Philips at Mrs Inchbald's could just possibly be her too, as her husband moved to London in 1795, but Godwin didn't meet him till he called on 28.12.1795

28.12.1795 Philips (Leic) calls / 16.4.1796 Philips calls / 9.3.1800 meet R Philips / 7.3.1802 Phs calls

14.3.1797 adv Stephens & Philips at Joseph Johnson's / 11.7.1797 adv Stephens & Philips at Joseph Johnson's

19.4.1797 Philips at theatre / 14.11.1798 at theatre / 2.3.1799 at theatre

18.12.1797 at Chandler's / 15.1.1798 adv at Chandler's / 16.2.1798 at Chandler's / 19.2.1798 adv at Chandler's / 25.2.1798 Chandler & Philips call / 26.2.1798 at Chandler's / 19.3.1798 adv at Chandler's / 22.3.1798 Chandler & Philips at tea at Godwin's / 28.4.1798…

Philips calls: E Philips dines 20.7.1803 / 23.4.1808 call on La. Philips / 30.1.1815 again / 3.10.1819 again / 7.4.1820 again

Richard Phillips DNB 1767-1840 had married Elizabeth Griffiths in 1796. They had a daughter Eliza born 1797 and another Emily born 1800. In theory E Philkips could have been mother or either daughter but my guess would be the 6 year old daughter, particularly if the Godwin girls were all at home. Richard Philips was knighted on 30.3.1808 and Godwin consistently used La. for Lady

6.10.1794 Philips at Parr's / 5.6.1797 at Boot's, Albertson, nr Stratford.

Probably Samuel Parr's godson and pupil the Rev William Phillips of Ealing Hants mentioned in his will and in the diary of Rev John Morley (see Morley, John) as a pupil of Parr's in May 1797. He matriculated Trinity College Oxford 6.11.1797 age 19.  His father William Phillips (c.1752 - 1828) was notorious as "the inventor of illegal insurance in the lottery", and ran a high-class gambling den at his house at 40 Pall Mall. He was said to have been acquitted of highway robbery at York when a young man and,…

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. Phipps &c / 21.8.1810 Guildhall; Tabart, Phipps &c / 27.8.1810 Phipps calls / 11.9.1810 Baptist C(offee) H(ouse); Tabart, Phipps &c / 9.10.1810 Baptists Head; Tabart, Phipps &c / 26.3.1811 Phipps calls / 3.5.1812 Poole's, music, Phipps &c / 14.7.1812 Phipps calls / 27.3.1813 again / 29.3.1813 again / 5.5.1813 call on Phipps / 13.5.1813 again / 2.…

call on E Pickering 1.8.1802 / 3.11.1807 call on Bolton, Pickering / 3.12.1807 call on Pickering / 4.12.1807 call on Pickering adv Bolton / 5.12.1807 call on Pickering / 12.1.1827 again / 10.10.1832 Pickering artist calls / 25.10.1832 Pickering calls

When Godwin used an initial with a new surname in his diary it sometimes meant the person was female (but not consistently). Edward Rowland Pickering was an attorney of 8 Staples Inn in Holden's 1811 and also had a house at 37 Bernard St. But the only London attorneys called Pickering in 1800 were Ralph P of Old Fish St and Thomas…

call on Picoux (with Sarah Elwes) 10.2.1802

The name Picoux so spelt I cannot find at all. Angelique dau of Simon Francois Ravenet DNB 1721-1774 engraver married Victor Marie Picot, printseller in St Martins Lane, and after his death received charity from the Royal Academy 1795 to 1797 (Farington's Diary). Antoine Picquot was buried at St Pancras age 40 on 2.10.1797 and the Rev Julien Picquot was buried there age 41 on 3.1.1802. An A Picquot was the author of Elements of Universal Geography, London 1813 and in the front matter of its fourth edition 1826 he was a Fellow of the…

Pidcock's 17.7.1797 Exeter Change / 27.4.1801 Pidcock's with F(anny) & M(ary or possibly Marshall) / 14.5.1803 Pidcock's (with Mrs Godwin & their four children)

The will of Edward or Gilbert Pidcock PCC 1810. His menagerie in Exeter Change from 1791 or earlier had elephants kangaroos tigers and a two-headed heifer

17.2.1792 pidd / 10.9.1792 pides

the Godwin Diary editors have avoided explaining Godwin's words in Greek letters, using squares to represent them. Perhaps their Greek is as weak as mine but for completeness I've included them anyway.

I think these may mean piss or urine. please enlighten me

la duchesse de Pienne at John King's 8.10.1798. In Godwin's 1796 list for 1798 / 15.10.1798 de Pienne at King's / 22.10.1802 (Godwin reads) Pienne p.102 / 23.10.1802 Pienne p.212, (M J calls on do.)

Louis Marie Celeste d'Aumont de Rochebaron 7.9.1762 to 9.7.1831, duc de Pienne from 1780, his first wife Melanie Charlotte de Rochechouart was guillotined 21.4.1790 he then married (his mistress?) Francoise Fortunee Pauline de Chauvigny de Blot born 1761 widow of the Comte de Reuilly. (See Dictionnaire de Biographie Francaise under Aumont, Pauline de Chauvigny duchesse d'). She was known…