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3.2.1807 Parr of Ex. at Johnson's



Bartholomew Parr (1751-1810) MD of Exeter, his will PCC 1811 Exeter Flying Post 22.11.1810 died 21.11.1810 in 60th year. Essays philosophical and chemical 1799, Life of Richard Hole 1803

miss Parr 6.7.1794 in Norwich (coded in GD website as Sarah Parr).

I tried to find any other Miss Parr in Norwich; Samuel Parr had a cousin the Rev Robert Parr of Norwich (d.1812) but in his and his father's wills there is no sign of his having had any sisters or daughters, so Sarah Parr on a visit to her cousins seems a reasonable guess

 

HCR diary 18.12.1820 at Aders "I went by particular desire to meet a Mr & Mrs Parry - He a wealthy merchant - she a fine and interesting woman - Aders' prints afforded us all entertainment"

                   21.12.1822 large party at Aders, Coleridge the star "The Parrys - I do not see why they were invited to meet C:"

                     13.2.1823 musical party at Aders  "Miss…

see Newman Street 1 to 9 in London Addresses dataset

George Parry 1 Newman St Land Tax 1791-4 / Middlesex Sessions May 1782 George Parry and 6 other wheelwrights convicted of conspiracy to ask 18s instead of 14s per set of wheels, fined £50 each, Parry was at Mr Jell's coachmaker, Margate (SunFire 1788 Benjamin Jell coachmaker Margate) / George Parry wheelwright of Newman St took appr 1788 Wm Spencer / Whitehall Evening Post 3.2.1789 Old Bailey 4.2.1789 George Parry wheeler of I Newman St witness / directory 1790 George Parry coachmaker Newman St / George Parry coachmaker Long Acre…

23.5.1796 at Debrett's / 14.9.1796 again / 9.1.1797 again / 29.1.1797 at H(olcrof)ts / 4.2.1797 at Debrett's / 5.2.1797 at H(olcrof)ts / 9.2.1797 at theatre / 20.2.1797 at Debrett's / 1.3.1797 again / 3.3.1797 meet Parry : dines / 4.3.1797 adv at theatre / 19.3.1797 at H(olcrof)ts / 29.3.1797 at Debrett's / 1.4.1797 again / 7.5.1797 at H(olcrof)ts / 8.5.1797 at Debrett's / 24.5.1797 again / 1.6.1797 again / 2.6.1797 again / 21.6.1797 call on Parry (not in) / 25.6.1797 Parrys at H(olcrof)ts / 28.7 Parry at Debrett's / 18.10.1797 meet Parry senr / 8.11.1797 Parrys at H(olcrof)ts /…

Parry arrives 27.6.1795 & 1.7.1795 at Willes's & 4.7.1795 at Morley's & 6.7.1795 at Greatheed's

Richard Parry admitted pensioner age 18 at Trinity cambridge 17.6.1793 eldest son of Richard P of Cambridge. School. Rugby (of Llanbaidr, Denbighshire). BA & medal 1798. Admitted Lincolns Inn 7.5.1796, son of Richard P of Warfield, Berks. Richard P of Warfield, Berks will PCC 1828, Richard P of Llwyn-ynn, Denbighshire will PCC 1834.

Parr's Works vol8 p381 letter from Richard Parry re: monument for Thomas Jones of Trinity Cambridge p382 letter congratulating Parr on…

call on Dr Parson 27.3.1797

There was a medical doctor, Dr John Parson of St James Clerkenwell, perhaps alive in 1797, mentioned in his son's entry in Alum Ox, but this is more likely the son Samuel of Doctors Commons, who got his doctorate of Law in 1792, his will PCC 1819. Two days before Godwin and Mary Wolstonecraft were married, this visit was probably connected with obtaining the marriage licence 

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Laurence Parsons Esq MP for Dublin University proposed member 12.1.1787 by Charles Hamilton 2nded Richard Brocklesby

Lawrence Parsons 1758-1841 (historyof parliamentonline 1790-1820). And see History of Irish Parliament. said to have been a protégé of Henry Flood, though Flood didn't join SCI till 30.5.1788

29.2.1796 mrs Parsons at mrs Robinson's / 1.5.1796 there / 29.4.1806 Parsons at Tuffin's with Wordsworth, Southey, Rickman & Richard Johnson / 24.9.1808 Parsons's call

First two entries perhaps Dorothea widow of William Parsons, actor DNB 1736-1795. Parsons died 3.2.1795, his widow Dorothea married her son's tutor Rev Richard Davis on 17.8.1795 but he deserted her after he spent Parsons' legacy. She was one of 3 daughters of the Hon James Stewart MP for Wigtown burghs. She would have been technically Mrs Davis but perhaps still known, or preferred to be known as Mrs Parsons if…

see Poland Street 19 to 44 in London Addresses dataset

Richard Parsons 40 Poland St (Pantheon Punch House) ratebooks 1784-6 / SunFire 1784 Richard Parsons 40 Poland St dealer in wines & spirituous liquors / Bailey's directory 1785 Richard Parsons wine merchant Poland St Carnaby Market / Richard Parsons bach = St Marylebone 6.2.1782 Elizabeth Bruce sp botp banns wit Barbara Rousset / Elizabeth born 16.10.1785 bapt 24.10.1785 St James d of Richard & Elizabeth Parsons / possible burials 4.6.1791 St Marylebone adult (poor), 27.1.1795 St Pancras age 34 from Small Pox Hospital, 7.…

13.3.1794 at Wedgwoods. This appearance has been linked on the GD website to a person record William Parsons 1736-95 actor but the name in the diary transcription is underlined and clicking on it takes you to unidentified 'parsons'. In Godwin's 1796 list for 1794 as Parsons F M (and in 1794 version as Parsons inserted above), this was clearly William Parsons DNB (fl 1785-1824) of the Florence Miscellany. He may also have been 29.4.1806 at Tuffin's and 24.9.1808 Parsons's call



 

4.8.1807 dine at Johnson's, w. partner to Constable

Archibald Constable (DNB 1774-1827) in 1803 took on a partner Alexander Hunter son of the owner of the large estate of Blackness in Forfarshire. From 1809 Constable's London 'branch' was Constable, Hunter, Park and Hunter. Within a year Park died. All this from DNB. ?Thomas Park of Hampstead will PCC  2.3.1811

28.3.1810 J Johnson, H, W & P Hopwood dine; adv. mrs Topping, L(ouisa) H(olcroft), V(illiers), miss Pashley & Jas Hopwood

Kezia daughter of William Pashley (d.1807) wine merchant and his wife Mary born 1783, married in 1815 Frederick Betham, brother of Matilda Betham DNB 1776-1852. When Matilda Betham first appeared in Godwin's diary in 1813 it was twice at L Kenney's (Louisa Holcroft as was in 1810). She and miss Pashley were of a similar age. Soon after their marriage the Bethams went to Gernany & Russia and Kezia died giving birth to her fifth child in 1823 in Germany…

2.5.1807 breakfast at Coleridge's, w. Pasley

Charles William Pasley (DNB 1780-1861). See Letters of S T Coleridge. Godwin was lucky to catch him off duty between the battle of Maida July 1806 and the siege of Copenhagen August 1807

18.5.1809 Pass calls / 24.5.1809 call on Pass / 10.6.1809 again / 19.6.1809 call, w. M(ary) J(ane), on Pass / 26.6.1809 call on Pass, w. W(illiam) / 30.6.1809 call on Pass / 10.7.1809 Pass calls

Holdens 1811 trades directory had Abraham Pass coffee house keeper Oxford-market / Charles Pass butcher Hampstead-rd / David Pass butcher Goodmans-fields / William Pass warehouseman. Cateaton-st / Mr Wm Thos Pass, Goswell-st-rd

bbti John Pass copperplate engraver active 1796-1807, address 4 Chapel-st  Pentonville 1799-1805. Apprenticed to Robert Pollard 1784. Land Tax Chapel-st…

HCR diary 15.4.1838 at Aders' "He, I should say they are annoyed at the difficulty in disposing of any of the pictures and now propose writing to Passavant at Frankfurt"

See Marquardt II p520 and n37. Johann David Passavant 1787-1861 art historian, saw Aders' collection in London in 1831 and described it in his book Kunstreise durch England und Belgien (1833). Not to be confused with the doctor Johann Karl Passavant (1790-1857) his brother?  whom Robinson met in Germany in 1829 (Marquardt II p 284 and n14)

HCR DIARY 10.4.1842 Miss Pate "related to me a strange story of Basil Montagu" (shorthand passage) "Miss P: is the godmother of his son Frederick"

This was possibly Eliza Lloyd Pate daughter of John Pate solicitor of Bury St Edmunds and his wife Susanna who was bapt 5.2.1778 at St Mary's Bury, died at Bury 23.4.1857. Bury & Norwich Post 11.11.1829 & 28.4.1857. Her will PCC 1857 spinster mentioned a godson but not Frederick Montagu

GODWIN DIARY 13.4.1809 dine at Thelwall's, w. miss Pate

The Miss Pate that knew Basil Montagu (see above) may well have been the…

Paterson 19.11.1793 at Jennings' / 2.4.1794 at Newgate / 1.2.1795 & 3.2.1795 at Foulkes' / 27.2.1798 col. Paterson at Joseph Johnson's / 18.12.1798 & 29.1.1799 Paterson (Coryat) at JosephJohnson's. In Godwin's 1796 list for 1798 S Paterson / 13.3.1799 & 25.8.1802 Paterson at Joseph Johnson's / 20.1.1803 Patterson at Carlisle's / 13.6.1806 Paterson's at Perry's / 21.12.1810 Pattersons call / 9.4.1816 Paterson dines (in York) / 10.9.1817 & 13.9.1817 Paterson calls (not in) / 14.9.1817 call on Paterson / 16.9.1817 Paterson calls / 18.2.1816 call…

see Batemans Buildings in London Addresses dataset

Alexander Paterson 11 Batemans Buildings ratebooks 1774-1777 / Alexander Paterson Batemans Buildings subscr Universal Family Bible 1774 (as did Macklin at No1 & Robinson & 2 Robertsons at No7) below are listed just ratepaying tradesmen from the West End of London, the name was very common

UNLIKELY AS RATED ELSEWHERE AT SAME TIME Alexander Patterson carpenter James St St Geo Han Sq voted 1774 Percy & Clinton / SunFire 1779 Alexander Patterson carpenter, Carpenter St / Alexander Patterson ratebooks Carpenter St, St…

8.4.1796 Patrickson at Thos Fawcett's

This could have been the father of Godwin's protegé Procter Patrickson. Procter has a person record on GD website except it is wrongly titled Patrick Patrickson. The father was Nicholas Pattrickson, Navy surgeon in 1779 (Nat Arch ADM 106/1246/273), surgeon of 13, Queen-st Cheapside (directory 1791) who married Jane Barton in 1785. Their children Margaret born 1786, Mary born 1789, Procter born 1792 and Bernard, apprenticed 1812 in Merchant Taylor's company. A Chancery suit of 1803 (Nat Arch C13/602/38) Nicholas Pattrickson versus his wife and 4…