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Nicholas Ball ratebooks 10 Batemans Buildings 1783 "gone to Lisson Green and promises to call and pay" / Lieut Nicholas Ball was adjutant of 92nd foot to 1783, then on half pay to 1785 when he joined 6th foot, was perhaps the Mr Nicholas Ball of Chester who drowned in Nova Scotia (Whitehall Evening Post 9.9.1790)
GODWIN DIARY 10.1.1796 adv mrs & miss Banks at Holcroft's / 7.5.1797 adv mes Banks at Hts
Elizabeth Hooton 1748-1834 married 1766 Thomas Banks DNB 1735-1805 sculptor. Their daughter Lavinia born in Rome 1774 married 3.8.1799 at St Geo Han Sq, the Rev Edward Forster
Thomas Banks of Newman St (DNB 1735-1805 sculptor) was proposed SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION 28.9.1792 by William Sharpe 2nded John Horne Tooke. See his person record in Godwin Diary website and my Background Article Godwin, the Reveleys and the Jenningses
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see Newman Street 1 to 9 in London Addresses dataset
Mrs Frances Barraud 9 Newman St Land Tax 1792-96 / see E M Barraud, Barraud the story of a family 1967 / this could have been Magdalen, wife of Francis Barraud, (Francis Barraud = St Martin i t Fields 8.9.1751 Magdalen Benine Crespin) but her husband Francis, watchmaker of Wine Office Court Fleet St was buried at St Bride's, Fleet St on 2.3.1795 age 72 and Magdalen died at her son's house at Clapham and was buried at St Bride's on 6.10.1795 / 1780 George Lyde of 27 Rathbone Pl subscr to Marriott's Dictionary / George Lyde witness…
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Morning Chronicle 8.9.1787 Capt Bartlett of East India Company's service lodged in house in Poland St / John Bartlet will PCC dated 1.3.1788 commander of Contractor East Indiaman of Gower St mentioned mother Helen Bartlet of Banff widoe, brother James his wife Mary, brothers Robert & Patrick, sister Lady Dunbar widow of Banff (Jane Bartlet of Banff married Sir William Dunbar, beronet after 1765) sister Helen wife of Alexander Milne merchant of St Mary at Hill proved 10.8.1824 late of Marylebone High St by brother…
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Luigi Bartolomici (Highfill, Burnim & Langhans) dancer, first advertised appearance at Drury Lane theatre 1799 / Old Bailey 28.5.1800 John Wilson a constable attempting to arrest Bartolomichi for a debt to Mr Aberer, tailor (see Haberer, Martin) on 15.3.1800 was acquitted of Bartolomichi's murder on the grounds that the dancer violently resisted arrest. His widow Maria, (according to a newspaper report an Irishwoman married to him for 5 years) was a witness and said they lodged at 37 Poland St, 2nd floor. Witnesses included…
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George Beardmore 39 Poland St (Crispin) ratebooks 1790-1 / some possibles in work notes below. Name common in Staffordshire
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Michael Bellange ratebooks 6 Batemans Bldgs 1781 / Morning Post 6.5.1778 ad c/o Mr Bellange 13 Meards Court / SunFire 1780 Michael Bellinge taylor 6 Batemans Bldgs / will PCC 1791 Michael Bellange of Batemans Buildings
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Joseph Bennett 20 Poland St ratebooks 1777-1818 poor / Joseph Bennett silk dyer Poland St voted 1774 Mountmorres & Mahon, 1784 (as Jeremy Bennett) Fox, 1790 Hood, 1796 Gardner, 1806 Hood & Paull / Joseph Bennett = St James 22.11.1767 Margaret Plumer botp by banns (wits John Hilyer, Elizth Plumer) / Joseph Bennett = St James 4.8.1774 Margaret Roe botp by banns wit Thos Burgess / Joseph Bennett = St James 12.10.1783 Elizabeth Winch botp by banns
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Henry Bentzler gent 7 Batemans Buildings SunFire 1779 / directories 1784, 1785 Henry Bentzler haberdasher 28 Wigmore St 1785 hosier Edwrad St, Portman Sq / will PCC 24.4.1787 of Henry Bentzler hosier of St Marylebone dated 4.1.1787 mentioned wife Christian, John Edward Henry Hanway, godson James (Parnicka?) / Henry Bentzler haberdasher in Wigmore St bur 6.1.1787 / Henry Bentzler of Soho gent = St Geo Han Sq 10.12.1778 Christian Harris sp otp by lic wit John Mettenius / George Allan = St James Piccy 9.11.1788 Christian Bentzler by…
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7.2.1793 his first public performance in England at Salomon's concert / 29.5.1793 his benefit, tickets from him at 13 Poland St / Doane's 1794 Signor Beozzi oboist 13 Poland St / Gaetano Besozzi 1727-1798 Highfill, Burnim & Langhans, came to England 1793 died in London 1798
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Henry Bevins 19 Poland St ratebooks 1777-88 / Henry Bevins cooper of Poland St voted Hood & Wray 1784 / Henry Bevins turner Poland St directories 1785, 1790 / Henry Bevins otp = St James 10.11.1760 Sarah Blake of St Catherine Cree by Archbishop's lic wit Daniel Fisher / will PCC 1789 of Henry Bevins late cooper of Poland St but now gent living with Mr & Mrs Schliephaken at 6 Gt Pulteney St (see 34 Poland St) to be buried Tottenham Court Rd chapel with late wife Sarah (her will PCC 1787) by Mr Augur undertaker of Wardour…
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Michael Biaggini 14 Batemans Buildings ratebooks 1780-1781 / Daily Advertiser 10.6.1777 sale of stock and effects of Michael Biaggini artificial flower maker 37 Southampton St, Strand / Morning Chronicle 30.4.1779 Michael Biaggini artificial flower maker of Soho patent for stamping silk to look like lace / General Advertiser 11.5.1779 Michael Biaggini 14 Batemans Buildings ad for "stampt and painted tiffanies" / Gazetteer 10.11.1783 Michael Biaggini of 33 Noble St, Cheapside has let off 5ft diameter balloon from his house (later…
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Scourge Dec 1815 p411 letter from son of John King DNB c1753-1823 (probably George King) saying he went by the name of Jervoise Biddulph 16 Poland Street as a front for his father's "business" activities. There were at least 63 ads from 7.5.1794 to 1.5.1795 giving that name and address. Jervoise and Biddulph were both names of gentry in the Shropshire area but I found no-one baptised married or buried with the name Jervoise Biddulph. The ratebooks for 16 Poland St have the name Jervoise Biddulph for1795. See my…
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James Billington ratebooks 53 Poland St 1789-95 / many ads from World 3.1.1788 to Morning Herald 19.5.1792 Mrs Billington 53 Poland St / Elizabeth Billington DNB 1765-1818 dau of Fredrica Weichsel (QV*) / British History Online says they lived at 54 Poland St / (SunFire 1792 James Billington 16 Michaels Place, Brompton)
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James Bine 37 Poland St ratebooks 1779-86 / James Bine = St Martin i t Fields 10.9.1781 Mary Pilton botp banns wit John Pilton / Harriott bapt 30.6.1782 Philadelphia Esther bapt 30.6.1782 daughters of James & Mary Bine St James / James Bine cabinetmaker of St James took apprentice 1790 Chas Page / James Bine adult bur St James 12.12.1792 and 19.6.1796
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William Birch Land Tax 1 Newman St 1783-4 / William son of John Birch yeoman of Chesham, Bucks deceased appr 17.4.1735 to Daniel Cogdell of Coachmakers Company / William son of William Birch citizen and coachmaker born 1752 after father's admission on 6.4.1749 / William Birch bach = St Gregory by St Paul 25.7.1749 Hester Butler sp both of St Andrew Holborn / William son of William & Esther Birch of Leather lane bapt 4.12.1752 Holborn / William Birch bach of St Marylebone = St Bride Fleet St 27.10.1774 Henrietta Roberts otp sp…
2.1.1790 hear Bishop at Holcroft's / 7.7.1791 again. Given Holcroft's many musical guests and the phrase 'hear Bishop' this may have been Henry Bishop, dancing master and violinist (see below) rather than listening to a bishop's sermon as suggested by the event tag (although Godwin earlier noted 'see bishop Newton' and 'hear bishop Horsley' both times he used a small b). Aickin the actor and Otley who was often at Holcroft's musical gatherings were perhaps less likely to go hear a sermon - and the second 'hear Bishop' was with Clementi, Shield & Bossy, all musicians. There was also a…
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James Blake 29 Poland St ratebooks 1796-7 / coincidence this was house next door to 28 where William Blake DNB 1757-1827 lived from 1785-90, and his brother James Blake was rated nearby at 28 Broad St (though ratebooks more often included it in Marshall St) from 1784 to 1807. William Blake's brother was generally supposed by Blake scholars to have remained a bachelor. James Blake = St James 22.11.1779 Mary Eaton botp by banns & James Blake = St James 9.8.1781 Ann Beconsall botp by banns. That register didn't note widowhood…
GODWIN DIARY: Heath (& Blake) at theatre 14.11.1805
see my entry for Blake, Arthur to whom the above entry is coded on GD website. More likely to have been William Blake DNB 1757-1827, Heath was a friend and fellow-engraver.
SWEDENBORGIANS: William Blake and his wife Catherine were among the 18 who signed the 1788 Swedenborgian New Church Conference along with the 77 printed names.
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William Blake 28 Poland St ratebooks Xmas 1785-1790
CRABB ROBINSON DIARY:
The journal of John…
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Thomas Blanchet victular Poland St Westminster coroners jury 18.9.1788 / SunFire 1785 Thomas Blanchett victualler The White Hart, Newport Market / SunFire 1789 victualler Coach & Horses Conduit St / Thomas Blanchet adult bur St James 17.11.1800 & 26.2.1805 / Miss Blanchet dancer later Mrs Wybrow wife of eminent surgeon (Highfill, Burnim & Langhans) / Clarissa Blanchet = St Martin i t Fields 30.12.1793 William Wybrow botp banns wit Angelique Minton / 1.10.1794 Westminster Coroners Inquest William Wybrow pupil…