A-Z of Entries

Henderson 27.2.1791 at Fenwick's

John H merchant Mitre Court Milk St 1780-91

John H jeweller 21 Cornhill 1780-91

J H signed declaration of Friends to Liberty of Press 1792

Anthony H special pleader 8 Fig Tree Court Inner Temple Law List 1793

Thomas H attorney Staples Inn Law List 1798

H Esq 82 Newman St Boyle's 1792; & Alex H Esq 4 Adelphi Terr, John H FSA 1794 there; Col H Lower Grosvenor Pl; H Esq 20 Hart St Bloomsbury

William H dealer in eggs (Trials for Treason & Sedition) witness known Thomas Hardy nearly 20 yrs

3.11.1791 Henley calls/4.11.1791 call on / 25.1.1792 dine at Mr Henley's nr Angel Edmonton / 27.4.1792 again, with his son and Mr Rahl / 16.3.1793 dine at Henley's / 9.4.1793 calls / 12.8.1794 dine at his / 31.12.1799 at Joseph Johnson's. In Godwin's 1796 list / 3.1.1800 meet / 15.4.1800 at Joseph Johnson's / 26.6.1800 meet / 20.9.1800 again / 30.3.1802 call on mrs Henley, Watling Street / 4.8.1802 adv at Philips / 13.5.1803 meet / 15.6.1803 at Joseph Johnson's / 21.6.1803 meet / 27.7.1803 at Joseph Johnson's / 7.9.1803 again / 10.2.1804 John Henley calls / 6.7.1804 meet rev. Henley / 24.…

Henly 5.6.1797

Clearly the place Henley-in-Arden

(Henry) 31.3.1800 at S Cuxson's  / 15.4.1800 at Joseph Johnson's / 13.6.1801 L Henry at Lansdown's / 23.3.1802 Henry at Davy's / 1.8.1804 Henry at Joseph Johnson's. In Godwin's 1796 list Henry of Manchester / 21.11.1804 again / 9.12.1806 capt Henry at Johnson's / 22.2.1810 Henry & C Hopwood dine / 30.12.1810 Henry dines / 17.2.1811 again / 14.5.1820 Harwood H(olcrof)t dines adv Henry / 3.6.1820 mrs Pilcher & Henry call / 4.6.1820 mrs Pilcher & Henry sup / 14.12.1828 dine at Robinson's with Henry, adv Harold

Some of the above Henry entries may have referred to a christian…

Henshaws 3.7.1801 at Lamb's

Letters of Charles & Mary Lamb. 13.11.1810 to Dorothy Wordsworth. William Henshaw died yesterday aged 56. His father the gunsmith outlived him. ( Wm H sr was Lamb's godfather). William son of William & Elizabeth Henshaw of King St bapt 23.11.1755 St Botolph Aldgate. Wm H gunmaker Strand opp. Norfolk St 1763, 279 Strand 1783, 181 Strand 1784-90. Holdens 1611 Wm H & Wm H jr 4 Pratt St, Camden Town. Wm H bur St James Picc'y 15.11.1810. Wm H sr died 28.7.1822 of Bexley, Kent age 99 bur St John Wapping 5.8.1822 will PCC 1822

3.5.1795 at Tooke's (& Kennedy) / 30.5.1797 Hepburn & Kennedy call / 9.9.1807 seek Hepburn

According to St Clair and GD website this was John Hepburn of Barfoot Haddington who later offered Godwin his landed property near Edinburgh as security for loans (1812). This seems probable for all entries coded to him on GD website from 1811 on, but I'm less sure about the three earlier entries above. John Hepburn farmer of Barefoot was certainly an enthusiastic radical who was prosecuted for a riot in Edinburgh on the day Maurice Margarot was to come to trial (Lloyds Evening Poast…

Hereford 23.4.1793 at the theatre

Boyle's 1792 Lord Viscount Hereford 7 Chandois St / Lady Hereford 8 Chandois St Cavendish Sq / Lady Hereford 17 Portland Place / Bishop of Hereford 1 Chesterfield St

Herolet 9.10.1798 at Joseph Johnson's

GD website transcribed Hewlet wrongly, see Hewlett, John

Heron 28.10.1803 at Lamb's / 22.2.1805 Heron adv at Philips / 27.2.1805 Heron (Peltier) adv at Philips / 18.9.1806 meet Perry & Heron

Robert Heron DNB 1764-1807. Editor of Globe, British Press, parliamentary reporter, The Fame 1806. Not sure what his connection with Peltier (qv) and Richard Phillips DNB 1767-1849 was. The GD website has omitted the word Perry from its transcription of the 1806 entry above

24.10.1809 Heseltine calls

Perhaps William Heseltine printer Hand-court Upper Thames-st (Holdens directory 1811, & bbti 1809 & 1810)

H Heslop & J Calvert 16.4.1800 at Mary Robinson's / 11.6.1800 Heslop & Calvt at Mary Robinson's

Most of Mary Robinson's guests were male but Godwin often used initials for females even where (as here) there was no need for initials in order to distinguish people with the same surname. No other Heslops or Calverts appeared in Godwin's diary and both times they appeared they were together. The only H Heslop in PCC wills was Hannah Heslop widow of Aldersgate St 1824, see work notes below.

Hesse 13.1.1804 at Foulkes's

Possibles

Obadiah Legrew bapt 22.8.1781 Wheeler Chapel Spialfields of Obadiah, weaver of Steward st, Old Artillery Ground & Martha, admitted Inner Temple 12.1.1792 changed surname (Whitehall Evening Post 12.7.1794) to that of his grandfather Solomon Hesse (will PCC 1795 weaver of Norton Folgate). His will PCC 1837 dated 29.4.1834 mentioned his wife Margaret (nee Brooks?) and by a codicil dtaed 20.4.1835 he annulled a legacy to Mrs Josette Hughes because she had married an MP De Lacy Evans whose political principles he thought subversive

16.11.1809 call on Taylor & Hessey / 12.6.1819 call on Hessey / 16.10.1825 sup at Lamb's; adv. Hessey

John Taylor & James Augustus Hessey booksellers 93 Fleet-st 1806 to 1825 (bbti). Published Keats. Hessey was father of James Augustus Hessey DNB 1814-1892. John Taylor died 1853 (bbti).

16.9.1806 Curran & Hetherington call

No clear identification. The only instance of this name in Godwin's diary. The format above does not mean he called with Curran, though he may have done. Andrew Hetherington & John Mackie wholesale perfumers of 40 Drury Lane went bankrupt and dissolved their partnership in October 1806. An Andrew Hetherington was buried 2.3.1814 at St James Westminster age 35 from Cumberland St, St Pancras. A William Hetherington of 31 Skinner's St, Somers Town was one of the spectators crushed to death at the Old Bailey in the crowd witnessing a hanging…

30.11.1793 Hewardine at Wrights and 11.7.1794 at Mrs Jennings and 2.5.1797 at King's, with Swainson. In Godwin's 1796 list (crossed out) for 1793 and in 1794 version.

William Hewardine 1763-99 songwriter (Highfill, Burnim & Langhans). His song satirising patriots in Public Advertiser 24.5.1792. He often sang at Anacreontic Society with Dignum who was at Wrights with him in 1793. He was often anti-radical and sang at Hood's election dinners but according to Pryse Lockhart Gordon's Personal Memoirs (vol 1 p249, 262 vol 2 p 372-4) he did this only for money and was a 'double-tailed…

dr Hewit & son 7.2.1805 at Wake's

The only medical doctor Hewitts I found were Thomas who died 1794 and Cornwallis who only got his MD in 1822. There were several surgeons, but this was more probably Alexander Hewat DNB 1738/9?-1824? who began his career as a minister in South Carolina came to London in 1777. in 1797 his sermon The Obligations of Christians to Avoid War was published. He married  Mrs Eliza Barksdale at St Marylebone on 16.9.1798, and she died in 1814. His will PCC 1824 Alexander Hewat DD of Gt Quebec St Marylebone mentioned no children

27.9.1788

In Godwin's 1796 list for 1788 (crossed out) and in 1794 version. GD website has a person record for him but the 1796 list entry is not coded to it.

John Hewlett DNB 1762-1844. The DNB states that he ran a school at Shackleford, Surrey. As he appeared in newspapers (e.g. Times 18.1.1800) as keeping a school in Shacklewell this looks like DNB's mistake rather than Godwin's. Shacklewell was near Hackney, Middlesex. The GD website event tag wrongly states reference unclear on 27.9.1788 T.C. goes to Shacklewell, when it is explained in John Hewlett's person record. The…

Hewson 22.8.1797 at Joseph Johnson's

see Hay

In Godwin's 1796 list for 1785, also in 1794 version. There is a person record on GD website but this 1796 list entry is not coded to it

Samuel Heywood DNB 1753-1828