28.6.1808 write to Norfolk & Selkirk / 6.7.1808 Selkirk
Thomas Douglas DNB 1771-1820, 5th Earl of Selkirk
A-Z of Entries
Sempill, Hugh
SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Lord Sempill proposed member 14.12.1787 by John Cartwright 2nded Alvise Zenobio
Hugh Sempill (14th Lord Sempill) son of John Sempill (died 1782) and Janet Dunlop (died 1809), born 1.7.1758. Ensign 3rd Foot Guards 24.12.1777, Lt & Capt 26.2.1781. Married 25.1.1787 at 13 Orchard St, Portman Sq, Mary dau of Charles Mellish of Ragnal, Notts. Deprived of commission 30.11.1792 for corresponding with Friends of Freedom in France. His wife died 16.9.1806 and he died 25.1.1830 at Boulogne. (GEC Peerage)
Sequeira
Seguieras 24.4.1797 at miss Tucker's
Del Valle, Sequeira & Brandon all Jewish guests of miss Tucker. Isaac Delvalle bankrupt 1788 surrendered place of Jew broker 3.9.1789 to Isaac Sequira junr, who compiled a new merchant's guide in 1798 to which I Delvalle subscribed. Doctor Isaac Sequeira of Mark Lane london died aged 78 his will PCC 1816 mentioned his two sons James Sequeira or Case and Lewis Sequeira or Case. Will of Lewis Sequeira of Whitechapel PCC 1819, will of Ester Sequeira wife of Hackney PCC 1792. Leonora Sequeira spinster 24 New Broad St London (Sun Fire 1794) James…
Setcole
7.7.1807 accompany T(homas) T(urner) to Setcole
A rare name. George Setcole wine merchant SunFire 1777 Friday-st 1782 Lower Islington. Joshua Leigh Setcole SunFire 1795 silk broker, 19 Pavement, Moorfields his will PCC 2.7.1812. William Setcole SunFire 1818 silk broker 24 Church-st Spitalfields, his will PCC 1.2.1821. Quakers?
Seward
Seward 19.5.1793 at Tooke's / 23.1.1798 at Johnson's / 13.10.1820 seek Seward / 16.10.1820 call on Seward
First two entries above perhaps William Seward DNB 1747-99 anecdotist
Edward Seward 1770/1 - 1795 'pantisocrat' & friend Of Robert Southey
Sewell, Bartholomew
5.7.1794 B Sewel / 13.7.1796 dine at Sewel.
Bartholomew Sewell was baptised 5.7.1759 son of Robert & Sarah (nee Harmer), apprenticed in 1777 to Simon Wilkin grocer of Norwich, married 27.11.1781, at St George Colegate Norwich, Anna Lincoln, was a grocer, brandy merchant and hop merchant of Coslany Street Norwich in 1784, and subscribed to William Gordon's America in 1788. Star 4.4.1795 witness (see Firth 28.6.1794). He may be the Bartholomew Sewell who was buried at Walworth, Surrey 26.11.1813.
The "dine at Sewel" 13.7.1796 may refer to Samuel Sewell farmer of Wood…
Shakeshaft
call on H(olcrof)t at Harwwood's adv Mathans & Shakeshaft 5.5.1804
This entry has been mistranscribed on GD website as Shakerhaft . For possibles see work notes below
Shakespear
29.2.1796 call on Nothcote, talk of Shakspear & Burke
Obviously William Shakespeare the playwright but GD website still has it underlined as an unidentified person
sharer
sharer 11.3.1800 adv at theatre / 6.5.1800 again / 2.2.1801 Renter adv at theatre
Possibly these entries referred to the arrangements Godwin had with the Drury Lane theatre for free tickets, all three entries above were at that theatre, but the Renter entry with a capital R may have referred to a surname, though it was a rare one. Samuel Renter bur 20.12.1827 Westminster (noncomformist) / George Frederick Renter = 1813 St Clement Danes Hannah Moore / Thomas son of John & Susanna Renter bapt 1791 Holborn St Sepulchre
Sharp, Richard
SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Richard Sharp of 6 Fish St Hill proposed member 13.9.1782 by Joseph Brown 2nded Edward Hall
GODWIN DIARY: In Godwin's 1796 list for 1790 as Sharpe followed by Gram crossed out and Rd inserted above before Sharpe, and in 1794 version as Sharpe, hatter. Richard Sharp has a person record in GD website but the 1796 entry is not coded to it. The Gram looks like Godwin confused him while making the list (see Sharpe, Granville)
Richard Sharp DNB 1759-1835
Sharp, William
SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: William Sharpe of Charles St, Cavendish Square proposed member 22.3.1792 by John Horne Tooke 2nded John Augustus Bonney
William Sharp DNB 1749-1824
Sharpe
20.11.1809 call on Sharpe
In a string of calls on mostly booksellers going west from St Pauls to Piccadilly, this was very likely John Sharpe bookseller & publisher at 186 Piccadilly (bbti, Holdens directory 1811 Sharpe & Hailes). Coded on GD website to a generic Sharpe person record
Sharpe, Granville
22.11.1794 (alongside week ending) Sharpe Gram at Tooke's trial.
Surely Granville Sharp DNB 1735-1813. In Godwin's 1796 list for 1790 he put Rd Sharpe, then Gram (crossed out). There are two Sharpe entries in 1790, one on 15.3.1790 at Brand Hollis' and one on 4.11.1790 at the Revolution Society, where Sharpe was one of the supporters of Horne Tooke's motion against the nobility, along with Cooper and Favell. One of them must have been Richard Sharp as the 1796 list made clear, and probably both were.
Sharpe, Mrs
2.11.1795 at Richard Johnson's
Perhaps accompanying a daughter of the recently deceased James Boswell, Betsy aged 15 or more likely Euphemia aged 21. Not found the name in the indexes to Boswell's Journal
Sharples
Sharpless 23.8.1801 calls / 10.11.1801 Sharples calls / 16.11.1801 Sharples calls (sit)
James Sharples DNB 1751/2-1811 portrait painter (identified by the "sit"). The spelling Sharpless was used for his vote as portrait painter of Gerrard St Soho for Hood & Wray in 1764, and the two spellings were quite often given as alternatives for one person, surprisingly perhaps as we would now pronounce them each quite differently
Shaw
3.10.1788 Godwin writes to Lomer & Shaw / 1.9.1790 Shaw at Holcroft's / 10.7.1800 Shaws at Mcnally's (in Ireland) / 1.2.1803 Shaw adv at Museum / 3.7.1804 at Combe's / 6.2.1805 adv at Museum / 11.7.1805 meet Shaw / 31.8.1828 miss Shaw at (Joshua) Robinson's / 22.11.1828 Shaw at (Joshua) Robinson's / 12.3.1831 Shaw at (T P) Cooke's
The 1800 Ireland entry may have referred to Robert Shaw Dict Irish Biog 1774-1849 banker and son of Dublin merchant, anti-union at this time but became pro=government and anti-Catholic. Subscrs to Samuel Whyte 1795 Robert Shaw, Post Office, Dublin…