A-Z of Entries

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Daniel Sutton of Portsmouth St, Lincolns Inn Fields proposed member 8.6.1792 by William Sturch 2nded William Maxwell

Daniel Sutton bapt 2.7.1757 at Salt Lane Prebyterian, Salisbury, son of Richard & Martha. Richard Sutton had married Martha Goodbee at St Martin's, Salisbury 30.5.1750. Their other children bapt at Salt Lane: Henry 1759, James 1761, Ann 1768, Martha 1771. SunFire 1791 Richard, Henry & James Sutton, Sarum, Wiltshire, clothiers. SunFire 1793 Daniel Sutton of London, carpet manufacturer in partnership with William Buller of…

25.12.1791 Dr Sutton at Webb's.

Thomas Sutton born Staffs 1763/4. MD Leyden 1787. Dedicated his thesis to Samuel Shore of Norton Hall. LCP London 1790. Will PCC 1835 Greenwich. Daniel Sutton (DNB 1735-1819) surgeon and inoculator was not generally referred to as Dr Sutton though surgeons sometimes were
 

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Mr Swainson of Frith St Soho proposed member 8.2.1793 by Thomas Holcroft 2nded William Harwood

GODWIN DIARY: Swainson 2.5.1797 at John King's

Isaac Swainson buried Twickenham 13.5.1812 will PCC 1812 of Frith St, St Anne Soho "for 25 years proprietor of secret or receipt for Volne's Vegetable Syrup which I bought from Peter Mercier formerly of Frith Street Doctor of Physic". Also mentioned his niece Margaret Swainson, his partner Thomas Whittingham, and John Bellamy wine merchant of Old Palace Yard Westminster, dated 16.2.1807, codicil…

Swale 4.3.1793 at Jardine's

John Swale Esq Charlotte St Bloomsbury Sun F 1786 / John Swale Esq subscr to Charles Moore's Suicide 1790 subscr to Stephen Street's Psalms 1790 / John Swale Esq 39 Lower Gower St Boyle's 1792 / John Swale Mildenhall, Suffolk will PCC 1821 / John Swale & James Losh of Grays Inn witnesses to John Bell of Trinity Coll Cambridge

3 Swans 4.6.1797 at Horseman's Oxford / 6.11.1810 at Ward's (with Coleridge & Middleton)

Godwin's letter to Mary Wollstonecraft (Abinger c40 f168) referred facetiously to "Mr Swan and his two wives or sisters". Unlike the others Godwin met at Horseman's, there was no Swan at Oxford University at that time, the nearest in Alum Ox being Abraham Swanne son of Richard of Raphoe Ireland cleric, adm 17.12.1784 age 17 BA 1789. Maybe it really meant some swans rather than humans.

For the 1810 Swan see my entry for Ward for the context. Of Swan entries in Holdens directory 1811…

4.12.1807 call on Swannack / 5.12.1807 again

Charles Swannack grocer of Russell-st Covent-garden, his will PCC 17.3.1814 mentioned sister Mary Griffin widow and Maria Felicite Choraldi

Swannick 17.9.1794 at Hazlit's  

Joseph Swannick 1777-1841 was baptised 8.6.1777 at the Presbyterian chapel, Wem, son of John & Mary, and was educated by Rev William Hazlitt in Wem. He studied at New College, Hackney in the 1790s and became a merchant. He was probably the Joseph Swannick silk manufacturer of Prestbury, Cheshire who was declared bankrupt in 1837
 

15.11.1810 dine at Cooper's, w. Swartwout / 29.11.1810 call on Swartwout / 2.12.1810 Swartwout invited to dine / 14.2.1811 Swartwout calls: sups / 17.2.1811 Swartwout dines / 29.3.1811 Swartwout calls / 15.12.1817 letter from Swartwout / 9.1.1818 write to Swartwout

Samuel Swartwout (wikipedia 1783-1856) friend of Aaron Burr

Sweeney 11.8.1800 dines

Sweeting 23.3.1794 at Hubbard's

1760 Wm S cit & draper of Ldn / 1763 Wm S merchant Bow Bridge, Ldn / 1770 Wm S appr to Robt Ansell gilder St Marylebone 1785/7 Wm S gilder St Pancras / 1790 Wm S engraver 102 East Smithfield / W P S of Warwick St Golden Sq subscr 1789 to novel by Eliz Todd / Thos S cooper St Giles without Cripplegate 1775 / Thos S---g by Mr Lindsey, Unitarian Socy 1791 / Saml S boot & shoe maker 36 St Swithins La Ldn 1789-90 / Saml S appr 1802 to Jn Nixon Dukes pl Pimlico carpenter

27.10.1788 Swift at Miss Williams' / 12.2.1790 again. Theophilus Swift DNB 1746-1815. See Letters of Anna Seward, ii 129, 285. Although Anna Seward doesn't appear in Godwin's diary she was close to H M Williams and introduced her friends to her, see Weston, Penelope Sophia and Powell, Jane. According to the DNB Swift lived in Dublin but his Female Parliament is prefaced 41 Wigmore St 1.5.1789, and he fought a duel with Colonel Lennox on the Uxbridge Road on 3.7.1789
 

10.11.1789 Swinney at Robinson's.

Myles Swinney printer and bookseller of Birmingham since 1770s, PCC will 1812
 

swiss 11.4.1791 at Brand Hollis'

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Thomas Simmons of Inner Temple proposed member 25.5.1792 by Samuel Favell 2nded Jeremiah Joyce. Symmons and Joyce proposed John Fenwick SCI member 5.10.1792

GODWIN DIARY: 4.2.1793 Symonds at tea (with Jardine, Fenwick & Pearson) / 20.2.1793 with Jardine / 19.5.1793 at Tooke's /28.5.1793 / 2.6.1793 / 16.6.1793 / 8.8.1794 / 24.10.1794 / 1.11.1794 / 3.11.1794 / 25.11.1794 / 6.3.1795 / 9.6.1795 adv at Joyce's with Tooke.

On 2.6.1793 his name was followed by Grecian, and on 8.8.1794 preceded by Grecian, separated by a comma each time.…

31.10.1807 T(homas) T(urner), from T R D L, sups, seeking Sheridan

In GD website T R D L is underlined as unidentified here, but it clearly meant Theatre Royal Drury Lane as on 21.12.1807 and on 15.9.1818 where GD website correctly explains it in a note

3 Tabarts sup 4.1.1810 / 9.2.1810 call on Tabart (not seen) / 10.2.1810 call on Tabart / 23.6.1810 call on Tabart (not seen) (Guildhall) / 29.6.1810 Guildhall (Tabart) / 31.7.1810 again / 11.8.1810 again / 21.8.1810 again / 11.9.1810 Baptist C H; Tabart / 9.10.1810 Haines calls from Tabart: Baptist's Head; Tabart / 18.12.1810 Tabart calls / 7.4.1820 call on La(dy) Phillips adv. Tabart

Benjamin Tabart (1767-1830) son of Benjamin Tabart & Mary St Paul. Both his parents died while he was a child and his grandfather Daniel Tabart a jeweller left money in his will PCC 1775 for his…

Taggart 10.10.1799 at Curran's / 12.10.1799 again / 28.10.1799 again / 29.8.1800 calls (& Curran) / 9.9.1800 sup at Taggart's with Curran

7.9.1809 seek Zoust, at Tain's &c, w. M(ary) J(ane)

This must surely have meant J Thane, printseller 18 New Lisle-st Leicester-sq (Holdens trades directory 1811). They were seeking a print of Shakespeare's head by Gerard de Soest (or Zoust)

Fell, S Elwes & Talbot call (not in) 11.6.1800

The only Talbot in Godwin's diary and Godwin didn't even see him, but I could still hazard a guess on Montague Talbot DNB 1774-1831 actor. His last appearance at Drury Lane theatre was a week later on 18.6.1800 and he then removed to Ireland and married an Irish actress that autumn. Consider also Thomas Talbot DNB 1771-1853 but there were plenty of other Talbots who this could have been

Tanner 30.11.1793 at Wrights

Samuel Tanner cordwainer Litchfield St Soho voted Fox 1790 wife Frances (Old Bailey witness 1787)

John Tanner steward Friends of Parliamentary Reform 18.5.1797