A-Z of Entries

Keir

C Keir 29.11.1800 dines / 19.12.1800 again / 10.6.1801 R K at Keir's / 27.8.1801 C Keir dines / 5.1.1804 K Keir dines / 11.1.1805 C Keir adv at dinner / 10.6.1806 R K at Keir's

Peter Keir coach axletree & box manufacturer, near Veterinary College St Pancras. Collections for prisoners under suspension of Habeas Corpus 1796, 1799 & 1818. John Thomas son of Peter & Elizabeth Keir born 25.9.1791 bapt 18.5.1800 St Pancras. Absence of baptisms for C, K & R Keir may suggest scepticai outlook. C appeared twice with Orlando Fenwick (born 1798) so was probably quite a small…


Kell, Christopher

Kell 27.2.1804

See Langridge, William Balcombe. Kell was his partner.
 


Keller

Keller 16.7.1800 at Reeves's / 22.7.1800 at Burton's

 


Kelly

Kelly 8.6.1800 at John King's / 5.8.1800 (in Ireland at Wallace's trial) hear Barrington: int. Kelly. M Kelly in Godwin's 1796 list for 1800 / 9.12.1801 theatre adv mrs Inchbald (mrs Martyr, Hooke & Kelly) / 21.1.1803 mrs Kelly at Nicholson's & 3 Smiths / 20.1.1805 E Kelly at Nicholson's & 3 Smiths / 25.7.1835 RR & Kelly call

The first entry above at King's might be Michael Kelly DNB 1762-1826 singer and composer, but there's no particular reason to think so. I would suggest John Francis Kelly an army officer noted in the Reminiscences of Rees Howell Gronow DNB 1794-…


Kemble, Charles

Cha K 12.4.1795 adv at Siddons / C K 27.10.1799 at Kemble's

Both theses should clearly be added to Charles Kemble DNB 1775-1854


Kendall

30.8.1796 Kendal at (George) Robinson's / 27.12.1796 again / 28.11.1810 at Cooper's with M(arshall) & Irving

The poet William Kendall (fl 1790 and also an attorney, vanished from Law List after 1795) the author Edward Augustus Kendall (1776? -1842) the author A Kendall (fl 1800) are possibles for having been at the publisher George Robinson's though none of their works I have found were published by him. There was a bookselling family of Kendalls in Colchester and John Kendall of Colchester will PCC 1815, William Kendall of Kelvedon Essex PCC 1806. See also under Kendall, John…


Kendall, John

Kendall 29.6.1795 at Howell's, Warwick

Rev John Kendall, son of Wilfrid of Whitehaven, gent, matric St Alban Hall, Oxford 1785 age 21. 1792 High St, Wrawick voted Villiers (pro govt). 1794 Master of Earl of Leicester's Hospital, Warwick. Mentioned in Parr's will PCC 1825. His will PCC 1844


Kendillon, Robert

3.9.1795 at John King's / 23.9.1795 there / 26.4.1798 there

See Trial of Robert Kindillon, natural son of the Earl of Belvidere, for a rape on the body of Miss Elizabeth Egan, Dublin 14.12.1789. She was catholic, he protestant, Sheridan prosecuted, Curran defended. Kendillon was acquitted.

Major Robert Kendillon of 53 Norton St buried St Marylebone 22.4.1830 age 76. His will PCC 1830 Robert Kindillon


Kennedy

3.2.1795 adv at Fenwicks / 3.5.1785 at Tooke's / 22.6.1796 at Coal Hole / 29.4.1797 calls / 30.8.1798 at Fell's / 17.9.1798 again / 2.9.1802 again / 10.9.1802 again

appeared twice with Fenwick, twice with Hepburn, four times with Fell

 


Kensington

15.4.1809 call on Kensington

Perhaps William Edwardes 1777-1852 Lord Kensington Irish peer and MP for Haverfordwest 1802-1816 see History of Parliament, supporter of Grenville, 30 Old Burlington-st. Might have approved of Godwin but was probably too poor to join his subscription. The only people with surname Kensington in London directory 1811.were all one wealthy family - John Pooley, Edward and Henry Kensington sons of John Kensington banker of Lombard-st will PCC 1794 and their cousin Charles Snell Kensington merchant 16 New City Chambers, Bishopsgate and slaveowner in Tobago. At…


Kent

Kent 29.1.1789 at Brand Hollis' / 7.3.1789 again / 30.5.1789 again / 27.1.1790 again /  2.3.1792 again / 6.3.1795 again / 29.3.1795  Kent at Holcroft's / 30.10.1798 meet Kent / 11.4.1805 Kent calls / 11.2.1817 L Hunt & m Kent dine / 4.8.1822 call on John Hunt, write to miss Kent / 15.4.1824 mesd Kent & Williams at M(ary) W(ollstonecraft) S(helley) / 23.1.1826 miss Kent at L Hunt's / 26.10.1828 again / 15.9.30 Kent at Ollier's.

3 out of 4 first times at Brand Hollis's Kent was in the company of (Edmund) Jennings.

All the five entries from 1817 to 1828 probably referred…


Kentish, Edward

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION; Dr Edward Kentish proposed member 27.5.1791 by John Frost 2nded John Horne Tooke

GODWIN DIARY: 27.12.1795 Kentish at Holcroft's / 14.1.1796 Godwin calls on (not in) / 29.1.1796 Godwin calls on / 10.3.1796 Godwin calls on (not in) / 12.3.1796 at theatre (Iron Chest adapted from.Caleb Williams by Godwin) / 27.3.1796 dine at his with Foot & Holcroft / 2.4.1796 at theatre / 27.5.1796 meet / 13.9.1812 call on Dr Kentish, deceased (at Bristol) / 18.2.1835 mes(dames) Martineau & Kentish at tea.   In Godwin's1796 list

GD website…


Kenyon

Kenyon 21.4.1794 at Thelwall's


Kerr

17.7.1810 Kerr calls / 10.8.1810 Bradley v. Kerr / 13.8.1810 Kerr calls / 31.8.1815 meet Kerr / 13.4.1829 call on Kerr

21.12.1807 Advertisement, Shopman; Bradley, &c / 9.3.1812 Bradley absent

J Kerr bookseller Holborn-hill 1810 (bbti) / John Kerr schoolmaster 18 Little Wild-st (Holdens 1811). Bradley could have been Godwin's shopman from 1807 to 1812, like the Godwin's domestic servants who hardly get a mention in the diary. If so, Bradley v. Kerr might have referred to him


Kerslake

3.11.1807 call on Kerslake

Only instance of this name in Godwin's diary. Possibles:

Thomas Kerslake brewer 19 Marshal-st Carnaby-mkt SunFire 1783, voted Paull 1806 Holdens directory 1811
Thomas Kerslake coal merchant Brewer-st voted Paull 1806 (will PCC 5.3.1827 Thomas Kerslake of Marylebone perhaps one of these)
Kerslake tailor 16 Devonshire-st Queen-sq Holdens 1811
Mary Kerslake single woman vendor of medicines 46 Salisbury-sq (Old Bailey 2.7.1806)
John Kerslake victualler The Crown, Essex-st Strand (Old Bailey 10.1.1816)
James Kerslake…


Ketting, Mrs

meet Sarah Elwes & mrs Ketting 31.5.1800 / 26.3.1800 mrs Ketting at Sarah Elwes'

Perhaps a Dutch name


Kettle

14.9.1796 mes(dames) Kettle & Lloyd at Foulkes'

Godwin used the mes to include married and unmarried ladies. The only other Kettle in his diary were 2 Kettles at his mother's funeral in Norfolk in 1809, unlikely to be the same person as this entry


Keylock

Keylocks 13.4.1800 at Southgate's

see Southgate. John Keylock glass grinder 11 Hatton St 1785, looking glass manufactory 11 Hatton Garden 1790


Keys

Keys 8.4.1805 at Philips / 18.6.1805 again / 7.10.1805 Keys jr calls / 31.6.1806 Keys at Philips / 7.5.1807 again

see work notes below


Kilburn

Kilburn 13.2.1805 at Joseph Johnson's

Perhaps William Kilburn DNB 1745-1818 artist and calico printer, his will PCC 1819