A-Z of Entries

25.2.1808 Nason calls / 8.4.1808 again

No clues. Often an Irish name

see Poland Street 19 to 44 in London Addresses dataset

SunFire 1800, 1807, 1810, 1814 Grange Naylor 29 Poland St, gent (also property in Free School St & Fair St, Horselydown & 16 Little Windmill St, St James apothecary) / Grange son of Johnson & Margaret Naylor of Church La, St Mary Whitechapel / Johnson Nailor 7.8.1723 freedom of Merchant Taylor's Company, freedom of son Grange 1745 attested by Abram & Jame Naylor clothworkers / Grange Naylor = All Hallows London Wall 21.12.1752 Elizabeth Hovendon / Robert s of Grange & Eliz Naylor shipwright Raven & Sun…

GODWIN DIARY: Naylors 12.11.1794 at Gerald's.

Probably Samuel Naylor attorney of Great Newport Street from 1770 and of Hogs Lane Hammersmith, buried 12.2.1799 at Baptist Chapel, Hammersmith age 53 (will PCC 1799 dated 7.9.1793 wits Thomas & Ellen Maclean). His wife Elizabeth daughter of Thomas Maclean, sons Samuel and Thomas (born 1776 Dr Williams' registers) still at Newport St in 1841 census, son Samuel unmarried at Hammersmith with sister Elizabeth 1851 census

CRABB ROBINSON DIARY: 29.1.1829 at Naylor's Hammersmith

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Neale 26.3.1795 adv at King's.

See Trial of James Gillham 1795 for Mr Neale a former clerk of King's, also Scourge 1815 where John King's son George said he was "Jervoise Biddulph" at 16 Poland St  (1794) but concern was run by King's clerks Mr Brooks and Mr Neal

call on Neale 25.2.1804 (in Lewes) / 26.2.1804 call on mrs Neal / 27.2.1804 adieux, Neal & Langridge

Robert Neal corwainer of Lewes took an apprentice from 14.4.1803, and was leasing property from the Earl of Chichester in 1810 (East Sussex Record Office), Edwin Neal was a bootmaker of Lewes in 1827,…

Needham 18.12.1797 calls / 8.8.1800 mrs Needham at Burne's (Ireland)

call on Nelson 8.8.1805 / 25.9.1805 again / 27.9.1805 again / 7.10.1805 again / 10.10.1805 again / 16.10.1805 Nelson calls / 29.10.1805 again / 1.11.1805 call on Nelson / 9.1.1806 Nelson's funeral / 15.1.1806 Nelson calls / 17.2.1806 call on Nelson / 17.5.1806 again / 20.5.1835 Nelson calls / 17.6.1835 again / 10.8.1835 again / 13.1.1836 again / 16.3.1836 again

The funeral in Jan 1806 was of Horatio Nelson DNB 1758-1805 as explained in the GD website event tag but he doesn't have a person record in GD website. The identity of the Nelson of 1805 & 1806 calls only, and that of…

see Batemans Buildings in London Addresses dataset

Jane Nelson 2 Batemans Buildings ratebooks 1779? / Jane Nelson woman bur 24.5.1804 St Martin i t Fields

17.5.1794 / 9.7.1794 / 15.7.1794 / 12.8.1794 Mr Nevinson came. Saw Charles / 2.9.1794 / 10.9.1794 / 23.10.1794 / 27.10.1794 (wrote to) Nevinson / 8.11.1794 / 19.11.1794 (played at cards)

Bonney's sister Charlotte (her will PCC 1840) married Charles Nevinson apothecary  (his will PCC 1814) at St James Piccadilly 24.10.1772. Their son Charles Dalston Nevinson 1773-1846 became a doctor, and may have been the "saw Charles" on 12.8.1794

see Poland Street 10 to 18 & 45 to 48

Charles Newby 47 Poland St ratebooks 1778-1818 / SunFire 1778 Charles Newby apothecary no 46 / voted 1774 (apothecary of Brewer St) Mountmorres & Mahon 1802 Fox & Gardner 1806 Sheridan & Paull / born 1744 Yorks son of Ambrose Newby, married St James 2.11.1769 Elizabeth Crowther who died 17.12.1803 her admon 1.4.1814 London Consistory Court, his will same court 30.1.1819 under £14,000 mentioned John William Newby of 48 Poland St apothecary, his dau Maria Frances Waum widow of Newcastle on Tyne, his dau in law Mary widow of late…

see Poland Street 19 to 44 in London Addresses dataset

John Newcomb Doane's 1794 bass, piano teacher 29 Poland St / John Newcomb = St Martin i t Fields 1.2.1773 Elizabeth Wilkes botp banns wits Titus Newcomb, Joseph Coles / Titus s of John & Eliz Newcomb bapt 30.12.1773 St James / John bapt 18.5.1777 Eliz Amelia bapt 1.1.1784 St Martin i t F both of John & Eliz Newcomb / John Morris Newcomb bur St James 7.3.1789 child /  Charles Augustus Henry Newcomb bapt 23.3.1789 John Newcomb bapt 14.2.1797 St James both of John & Eliz / Titus Newcomb = Dudley, Worcs 4.11.1751…

Newcome 29.6.1800 on Holyhead coach (from Barnet) / 2.11.1813 call on Newcome

William Newcome DNB 1729-1800 archbishop of Armagh died 11.1.1800, his will PCC proved 6.6.1800 by his widow Anna Maria (nee Smyth her will PCC 1828 Clifton, Glos) in London. Perhaps Godwin was referring to her but though he seems to have often used plain surnames for actresses and authoresses I don't think he would have used one for an archbishop's widow on a first meeting on a coach

Newdicks 28.3.1795 adv at Adams'

Joseph Baden Newdick colourman of Cornhill to 1779, Kings Arms Yd Coleman St to 1798;  born 1743 married 1770 Frances dau of Christopher Tyler of Hornchurch Essex. His brother William 1747-1807 of Cheshunt Herts, Highgate & Holborn 3rd wife 1788 Mary Charlotte Wigmore. Both in Wax Chandlers Company. I have more info on paper re this family but none that links them to Adams or his other guests



 

5.8.1796 Newdon adv at Montagu's

Newhouse 10.1.1798 at C(harlotte) Smith's / 20.1.1800 L Newhouse at C(harlotte) Smith's

Lucy Eleanor daughter of Benjamin & Charlotte Smith baptised 17.4.1776 at Hinton Ampner, Hants, married 12.6.1798 at St Marylebone by license Thomas Postlethwaite Newhouse bachelor of St Andrew Holborn, witness John Shitz Duncan. T P Newhouse admitted New College Oxford 1783 age 19 son of John N of Petworth, Sussex (will PCC 1780 wife Susannah, children Thomas, Charles, Ann & John). Sons ofT P & Lucy Newhouse, Thos Hy bapt 25.5.1799, Wm Chas bapt 29.4.1800 St Andrew Holborn. T P…

Newman 16.4.1797 at John Godwin's / 7.5.1813 call on Newman, Newgate / 24.11.1821 Newman of Guildhal calls / 4.5.1822 copy of writ, Newman / 7.11.1823 Murray's with Newman's clerk / 15.6.1824 Finch fr. Newman calls

Robert Finch Newman bapt St Sepulchre son of John & Charlotte 1792 died 3.12.1839 Brighton will PCC 1840 Surveypr of Bridge Lands 1819 City Solicitor 1834 succeeding W Lewis Newman PCC 1834 and Samuel Newman PCC 1818 or 1819. John Godwin's employer was barrister Thomas Finch PCC 1810. Newgate and Guildhall being identifiers I haven't yet investigated, though Guildhall…

(QV*) means there is an entry for that person in Greater Soho dataset

Ground rent of nos 1 to 13 Newman St sold by executors of Sir Herbert Mackworth Bart deceased World 19.1.1793

No 1  SunFire 1781 William Birch Land Tax 1783-4 William Birch (QV*) COACHMAKER William Birch bankrupt 1788 directory 1790 1 Newman St & 71 Gt Queen St / George Parry (QV*) WHEELWRIGHT of Newman St took appr 1788 Land Tax 1791-4 / Land Tax 1795 empty / Richard Chase Gedge (QV*) LINEN DRAPER directory 1790 muslin warehouse Newman St  Land Tax 1796-7 / Land Tax 1798-9…

27.7.1796 capt Newman adv at Reveley's

James Newman Newman captain RN 1794, married 11.3.1798 St Geo East Stonehouse, Devon Ann Brace, captured at least 4 prize ships 1800-1809, will PCC 1812 of HMS Veteran wife Ann sisters Frances & Maria Newman, brother Charles, brothers-in-law Thomas Bruce & capt Edward Brake sisters-in-law Frances Paynes? & Rosie Bruce friend George Edward Griffith dated 10.4.1805 proved 13.3.1812

A capt Newman was listed in newspapers on 6.4.1786 as an arrival at Bath. There were also at least two army captains called Newman at that…

mrs Newnham 26.10.1799 at John King's / 17.11.1799 again

9.8.1796 Newnham at Joseph Johnson's / 18.4.1797 again / 3.10.1797 mrs Newnum at J Johnson's / 23.1.1798 Newnum at J Johnson's / 6.2.1798 again / 29.11.1798 Newnum at J Johnson's K(ings) B(ench) P(rison) / 18.12.1798 Newnum at J Johnson's / 29.1.1799 again / 5.3.1799 mrs Newnum calls / 12.3.1799 Newnums at J Johnson's / 30.4.1799 Newnum at J Johnson's / 11.6.1799 mrs Newnum at J Johnson's / 15.10.1799 again / 26.10.1799 adv mrs Newnham at King's / 17.11.1799 mrs Newnham at King's / 17.6.1800 Newnum adv at J Johnson's / 2.12.1800 Newnum at J Johnson's / 2.6.1801 Newnum adv at J Johnson's /…

Newsoms 8.9.1805 at tea (Mousehold, just outside Norwich on NE)

W Newson Norwich subscr 1798 to Wm Enfield / Wm Newson 1784 grocer & hop merchant Magdalen St, Norwich 1811grocer & tea dealer St Saviours Norwich / William Newson will PCC 1805 Norwich mentioned wife Mary son William, dau Frances wife of William Theobald, daus Deborah, Elizabeth & Mary Newson / William Newson will PCC 1836 Norwich / William Newson will PCC 1831 Diss Norfolk