A-Z of Entries

Moore 9.7.1800 at Lady Moira's / 12.7.1800 at Curran's / 28.7.1800 Devil's Glen with Lady Mountcashell, Mrs Moore & 2 enfants; dine, with them at Dunran / 5.8.1800 Arthur Moore at Wallace's trial at Carlow / 11.10.1801 Helen & Jane M dine (in Oxford) / 19.11.1801 H & J Moore call / 21.11.1801 C Mountcashel, H, J & miss Wilmot call

The first 2 entries above are coded in the GD website to John Moore DNB 1729=1802 but there's no reason to think he was in Ireland in 1800. Leaving aside those who supported the union with Britain as unlikely to have been at Curran's (…

21.7.1809 call on Moore, Basing Lane / 19.5.1810 Moore (W M) calls / 7.1.1811 call on Moore / 7.11.1811 call on Moore (not seen) / 8.11.1811 again / 9.11.1811 again / 10.11.1811 Moore calls / 18.11.1811 write to Moore / 25.12.1812 H Robinson calls (bond, R S) / 19.1.1813 H Robinson at tea (bond, W M) / 4.5.1814 write to Moore / 18.9.1815 call on Thompson W M

Thos Moore beer merchant 23 Basing-lane was the only one in Basing-lane of about 100 Moore entries in Holdens 1811 London trades directory (and another 60 in the Court directory). A partnership between S Jervis & T Moore…

19.8.1795 C M adv at Inchbald's / 8.3.1796 C M adv at theatre / 7.8.1796 C M adv at Inchbald's / 23.2.1799 C Marsh, C M at Mackintosh's lecture / 2.3.1799 C M, C M at Mackintosh's Lecture

The C M entries up to 1799 may have been Charles Moore (d.1810 see Farington diary X 3646) son of Dr John Moore DNB 1729-1802. Charles Moore has a person record on the GD website, but these have not been coded to it. The two C Ms of 2.3.1799 may have been him and Charles Marsh who appeared as C Marsh in Mackintosh's first lecture. C M was later used for someone else, possibly Charlotte Mercier (see…

(faux?) G Moore 14.3.1798 in coach from Bath to London

A closer look at naval records at Kew might pinpoint whether Capt Graham Moore DNB 1764-1843 might have been going from Bath to London on that day. Certainly he had been present at the Fountain Inn Plymouth on 5.2.1798 for a meeting of navy captains, after capturing several enemy vessels already that year, this from the newspapers. Godwin had met him 15 times in the years 1794-7 and knew his father and brothers as well. So what made Godwin think his fellow passenger on a long coach journey might not be the real Graham Moore?

21.10.1795 H Moore at John King's / 26.1.1800 Moore at John King's / 8.6.1800 again

The second and third entries above are coded on GD website to Dr John Moore but were perhaps more likely the same as the H Moore of 1795

Ja & Chas 22.2.1796 at Dr Moore's.

James & Charles sons of Dr Moore. They quite often appeared together, this one has been missed in GD website

6.3.1796 meet Mre. (not coded to his person record in GD website). In Godwin's 1796 list for 1788 and in 1794 version but 1796 list entry not coded to his person record in GD website

Probably Dr John Moore. Godwin seems consistent in using Moore or dr Moore for the father and using initials for his sons and for the two unrelated Moores (M & H) he saw in the 1790s

3.2.1807 dine at Johnson's w. maj. Moore /26.5.1807 again / 2.12.1807 call on Johnson adv. maj. Moore / 12.8.1808 dine at Johnson's adv. maj. Moore / 27.10.1809 dine at Johnson;s w. Major Moore /13.4.1810 dine at St Pauls w. maj. Moore

Fuseli and Bonnycastle were present at each of the dinners above but that is not surprising as they were regulars at Johnson's. One of the mathematical assistants to Bonnycastle at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich was John Moore esq but no sign he ever had a rank in the army. James Moore (DNB 1762-1860) was a friend of Fuseli's and Godwin's and…

mrs Moore 24.5.1795 calls / 4.1.1808 call on

If this was the wife of Dr John Moore then it was Jean, nee Simson, married 17.6.1754, died 1820. Possibly also the wife or mother of Matthew Moore who was visiting Godwin around 1795, if he was the M Moore of the diary

2.5.1816 call on Moore (not seen)

This should be added on GD website to the person record for Thomas Moore DNB 1779-1852 poet. He was then living at Mayfield Cottage, Ashbourne and Godwin on his return journey from Edinburgh via Manchester went to Ashbourne presumably mainly to see Moore

Morecraft 1.1.1797 at (Thomas) Knight's, 19.2.1799 sup at Nicholson's, adv Morecraft

Morgan 1.1.1795 at Sutton's.

Quite likely Isaac Morgan who was a co-defendant in a Chancery suit with Daniel Sutton in 1823 (Nat Arch C13/283/4) and shared a lease with him 24.6.1821 (Ldn Met Arch ACC1373/001), Sutton's address as Earls Terrace Kensington, Morgan's as builder of Moffatt St, City Rd, though these connections were 25 years later

dine at Hurley Bottom; sleep at Morgan's 29.11.1799

Morgan's is not underlined in GD website but clicking on it takes you to an empty page. The will of James Morgan, victualler of Hurley, PCC 1800, who died July 1799 mentioned his wife Ann and his son William. His son James took administration of the will in 1819. James Morgan of Hurley, Berks Land Tax 1798

In Godwin's 1796 list for 1773 but not in 1794 version. Person record in GD website but 1796 list entry not coded to it.

George Cadogan Morgan DNB 1754-1795 .Studied at Hoxton 1772-6. Godwin's autobiographical notes (Bodleian library Duke MF 75) listed GCMorgan among his friends at Hoxton (see Gregson, A) and also mentioned "crabbedness of GCM"

Morgan 29.7.1798 at Horne Tooke's / 17.10.1799 Morgan at Parry's (King's Bench Prison) with Malkin & Tooke / 29.11.1799 sleep at Morgan's (near Hurley, Berks) / 16.2.1800 at Horne Tooke's (& Malkin) / 25.2.1800 Morgan br (fr?) at (Joseph) Johnson's / 17.5.1800 dines at Milton Gallery (& Malkin)  / 16.5.1805 miss Morgan at Wake's

The above Morgan entries, though not underlined in GD website (as unidentified persons are), lead when clicked on to "No appearances in diary found", except for 16.2.1800 which is coded to William Morgan DNB 1750 -1833, and for 16.5.1805 (miss…

24.12.1810 write to Fairly on Morison

Fairly called the day before, on this day, and on the next day to say goodbye. His base was in Edinburgh. So this write to is a bit mysterious. The Morison may have been the recently deceased James Morison DNB 1762-1809, who was a bookseller and a Glasite, like Godwin's friend David Booth DNB 1766-1846 and his father-in-law William Thomas Baxter

call on Morland (& R Hunter) 13.9.1799 / 3.4.1806 Wedd's (Morland)

The first entry above was probably not the artist George Morland DNB 1763-1804 (according to the DNB he was in the Isle of Wight from April to November 1799) but the second must have referred to him (or his pictures) after his death as Wedd was the name of Morland's solicitor

11.10.1794 at Mawley's / 23.6.1795 Mawley at Parr's / 1.7.1795 Mawley at Wills' / 4.7.1795 at Mawley's / 6.7.1795 Mawley at Greatheed's / 13.12.1796 Morley calls: talk of enquiry / 5.6.1797 at Morley's, Hampton Lucy with Parr / 20.7.1798 Morley calls / 25.4.1832 at J Taylor's adv Morley.

Rev John Morley of Hampton Lucy, later vicar of Aylesbury, Bucks,will PCC 1842. He was admitted at Oriel College aged 16 in January 1780 son of Rev John of Elworthy Somerset, BA 1784 and had at least 15 children by his first wife Mary to whom he was already married when he became curate of Hampton…

Morphew 6.7.1794 on mail.

Likely to have been John Morphew attorney of Norwich from 1784. In 1801 as bailiff of the Bishop of Norwich's manor of Horning he forbade a fair, in 1803 he was deputy register of the Archdeacon of Norwich's court, and also a Captain along with William Firth in the 2nd regt of Norwich Volunteer Infantry, and he may have been the John Morphew who was buried 21.9.1814 at St George Tombland, Norwich
 

Morris 27.10.1799 at Kemble's. In Godwin's 1796 list for 1799 Morris (secret) / 31.10.1799 at theatre / 21.6.1800 at Reynolds' / 13.12.1801 again / 10.7.1802 at theatre / 30.10.1802 again / 5.11.1803 again / 1.2.1804 at Westminster Hall (& Agar) / 29.10.1805 Morrises at mrs Eastwick's / 24.2.1809 meet Morris

Possibly Robert Morris (Highfill, Burnim & Langhans fl 1768-1809 scene painter) but more likely David Edward Morris (will PCC 1842) brother-in-law of George Colman DNB 1762-1836 who gradually took over Colman's ownwership of the Haymarket theatre. When Colman first…