A-Z of Entries

16.2.1796 Peach at Lauderdale's

Just a possible identity, one of the four sons of Samuel Peach of Minchinhampton 1725-1790, a silk merchant in London, director of the EIC, partner in banking firm of Peach, Fowler & Co and briefly MP for Cricklade before being unseated on petition. He went bankrupt in 1781. His cousin Samuel Peach merchant of Bristol was father-in-law to Henry Cruger and stood with him on a pro-Wilkes ticket in Bristol in 1769. His children were all baptised at Allhallows Bread St between 1757 and 1777. His son Samuel was born 1762 and was an EIC official at…

26.12.1807 T(homas) T(urner) sups from Peake

The only Peake entry in Godwin's diary, though there were some Peak entries in 1833. See work notes below

Pearce 21.4.1794 at Thelwal's, 5.12.1794 at Foulkes and 2.2.1795 at Thelwal's.

Probably John Pearce London Corresponding society member and clerk to John Martin attorney (Barrell & Mee, Treason Trials; Nat Arch TS11/966/3499)

mrs Pearce 1.11.1798 sleeps / 26.9.1799 mrs Pearce adv at Keir's / 9.10.1800 mrs Pearce at S(arah) Elwes' / 21.1.1805 Pearces call

call on Pearce 23.9.1813 / 12.10.1813 again / 16.10.1813 again / 19.10.1813 again / 21.10.1813 again / 1.12.1813 again / 2.12.1813 again / 11.12.1813 again / 23.12.1813 again / 31.12.1813 again / 16.8.1814 again…

dine at Pearsal's: Spitalfields, silk mill 12.7.1804 / 28.2.1809 call on Pearsal / 2.3.1809 Pearsal calls / 5.6.1809 call on Pearsal / 13.6.1809 again / 18.7.1809 again / 20.3.1810 again / 7.7.1812 again / 19.5.1818 again / 25.7.1821 again / 1.8.1821 again / 2.8.1821 Pearsal calls

James Pearsall silk manufacturer of London & Taunton Sun Fire 1802 54 Bread St, 1814 3 Charles St City Rd 1815 145 Cheapside will PCC 1841 James Pearsall silkman 145 Cheapside, will PCC 1846 James Pearsall late silkman now gent of Clerkenwell, will PCC 1848 Rebecca Pearsall widow of Islington. A James…

GODWIN DIARY: 14.10.1791 Pearson and his character talked of at J Hollis', with Dr Lister and Barry. Up to this point no Pearson had appeared in the diary, nor did any Pearson ever appear in the 1796 list. Most likely to have been George Pearson DNB 1751-1828 lecturer at St George's Hospital, as a public character and of special interest to Dr Lister. The next Pearson was 4.2.1793 at tea at Godwin's with Jardine, Fenwick and Symonds. If this was Thomas Symonds the barrister who proposed Fenwick as a member of the Constitutional Society on 5.10.1792 then this may have been John Pearson (…

see Perry, James

13.7.1796 drive with Copland to Caston : Peasant

This was a long drive, Caston is 30 miles from Dalling, it's near Thetford and right next to Thompson where Colonel William Harwood inherited a property. They also must have driven back as Godwin supped at Dalling. I can find no record of an inn at Caston known as the Peasant. Peasant does occur as a surname but is rare. For Copland see Copland, John Dawson. See also Sewll, Bartholomew, and Flower

19.9.1809 call on Pecket

Holdens Directory 1811: Mrs S Peckett 50 Old Compton-st Soho / Peckett & Dewey milliners & dressmakers 168 Fleet-st / Peckett & Ralph, wine & brandy merchants, Bagnio-ct, & 5 Warwick-lane Newgate-st

Peele's with Hodgkins 19.10.1805 / 28.12.1805 call on Peele's / 2,9,1807 again / 7.2.1812 Geo Peele pp31 / 13.4.1813 call on Sir Robt Peele / 23.2.1814 call on Peele's / 14.10.1816 again / 10.2.1825 call on Lemon adv sec Peele

Peele's was a coffee house in Fleet St. According to London Coffee Houses (Lillywhite) it was famous for its newspaper files, frquented by attorneys and noted as a haunt for moneylenders and bill discounters. Three of its proprietors were Thomas Gurney will PCC 1802, Alexander Remington will PCC 1806 and Mary Gurney will PCC 1823. Geo Peele that Godwin was…

2.10.1809 write to Peeling / 19.1.1810 again

John Peeling 1784-1812 bookseller 26 Church-st Liverpool (bbti)

Pells Office 4.3.1803

Kept records of the Dept of Exchequer,.east side of Westminster Hall until start of 19th century. The nearby Chapter House of the Abbey also kept some of these records

29.3.1796 at Holcroft's / 31.10.1801 at D Stuart's. In 1796 list for 1801 / 27.2.1805 at Philips adv Heron (Peltier)

Jean Gabriel Peltier 1765-1825 (Index Biographigue Francaise). Fled to England in 1792 and returned to France 1820. Published a journal L'Ambigu and may have had British government support (Nat Arch HO42/26/37 HO42/29/177 PRO30/8/165). Plenty of detail on him from a search of newspapers on the name Peltier. He interceded in the scrap between John Wolcot and William Gifford in Wright's bookshop in 1800. He was tried and found guilty in 1803 for a libel on Napoleon…

Penny 9.2.1800 at King's / 4.4.1802 mrs Penny at King's / 15.5.1812 L Penny at Lamb's

A Chancery suit of 1805 (Nat Arch c13/57/37) was between Catherine Penny plaintiff and Augustus Richard Butler Danvers & others defendants. There were several Chancery suits involving Butler Danvers often against other former guests at John King's like Robert Derville and James Stevenson. These did not necessarily mean that the parties were no longer friendly, there were various legal reasons for starting "friendly" suits. But it makes a fairly good identifier of Mrs Penny as having been called…

19.5.1806 Wordsworth, Wolcot & Penwarne call

This was very likely the poet John Penwarne who died 20.1.1838 in his 80th year. His volume of poems "Contemplation" was published 1807 and began with a quote from Peter Pindar (John Wolcot). Morn Post 5.7.1808 asserted that the play "The Fall of Portugal" was written jointly by Wolcot and Penwarne. His father, also John, was an attorney of Penryn, Cornwall, son of Peter Penwarne and possessed of some property, his will proved Exeter 1789. In 1779 a John and an Edward Penwarne were articled as clerks to John Penwarne of Penryn.…

8.1.1808 dine at Joseph Johnson's w. Percival

This is the only instance of this name in Godwin's diary. It's possible this may have been Robert Percival DNB 1765-1826. In fact he died in 1825 see his PCC will, which shows he had a wife Antoinetta. Two of his children by her were baptised in Jamaica in 1812 and 1813 and her maiden name was given as Cheverer or Chevivia. His brother was Westby Percival died 1850, whose parents Robert Percival and Frances Armstrong married in Dublin in 1775. Captain Westby Percival RN was more likely their uncle (see…

Percy, sculptor 27.8.1804 at Tooke's / 6.10.1807 theatre; Percy / 23.11.1809 call on Percy / 12.5.1817 Percy calls (not seen) / 13.5.1817 call on Percy (w. Ogilvie) / 14.5.1817 Percy calls / 17.5.1817 Percy calls: dine at Curran's, w. Ogilvie / 21.5.1817 Percy calls / 23.5.1817 again / 26.5.1817 again / 29.5.1817 dine at Curran's: meet Percy / 4.7.1817 Percy calls / 17.1.1818 again / 28.1.1818 again / 27.12.1821 call on Hone; adv. Percy / 28.12.1821 Percy calls, to & from Morrison / 2.1.1822 Percy calls / 1.1.1824 again / 31.1.1824 again

Samuel Percy 1750-1820 Dict British…

25.12.1795 Perigord jr at King's

Identified on GD website in editorial notes for his father Archambeau de Talleyrand Perigord but still underlined as a unidentified person in transcription

11.11.1788 at Timothy Hollis' / 16.11.1790 again /  30.11.1790 again / 31.1.1796 at Horne Tooke's / 14.8.1798 at Joseph Johnson's

9.9.1807 seek Hepburn & Perks

The only Perks in Godwin's diary, and he never found him, so little to go on. Some ossibles: SunFire 1797 William Perks stationer 10 Duke-st, York-bldgs, SunFire 1808 William Perks stationer 21 St Martins-lane, bookbinder & publisher (BBTI) Mary Perks of 21 St Martins-la will PCC 6.6.1826 / SunFire 1809 William Perks tallowchandler 7 Wheeler-st Spitalfields, William Parkes or Perks tallowchandler Spitalfields will PCC 19.1.1797, William Perks gent of Bethnal Green will PCC 22.9.1820 / Francis Perks of Marylebone will PCC 14.5.1824 / Henry Perks…

write to Philips, on Perrault 22.2.1804

Charles Perrault 1628-1703 of fairy tale fame must surely have been referred to here