A-Z of Entries

29.3.1796 at Holcroft's / 31.10.1801 at D Stuart's. In 1796 list for 1801 / 27.2.1805 at Philips adv Heron (Peltier)

Jean Gabriel Peltier 1765-1825 (Index Biographigue Francaise). Fled to England in 1792 and returned to France 1820. Published a journal L'Ambigu and may have had British government support (Nat Arch HO42/26/37 HO42/29/177 PRO30/8/165). Plenty of detail on him from a search of newspapers on the name Peltier. He interceded in the scrap between John Wolcot and William Gifford in Wright's bookshop in 1800. He was tried and found guilty in 1803 for a libel on Napoleon…

Penny 9.2.1800 at King's / 4.4.1802 mrs Penny at King's / 15.5.1812 L Penny at Lamb's

A Chancery suit of 1805 (Nat Arch c13/57/37) was between Catherine Penny plaintiff and Augustus Richard Butler Danvers & others defendants. There were several Chancery suits involving Butler Danvers often against other former guests at John King's like Robert Derville and James Stevenson. These did not necessarily mean that the parties were no longer friendly, there were various legal reasons for starting "friendly" suits. But it makes a fairly good identifier of Mrs Penny as having been called…

19.5.1806 Wordsworth, Wolcot & Penwarne call



This was very likely the poet John Penwarne who died 20.1.1838 in his 80th year. His volume of poems "Contemplation" was published 1807 and began with a quote from Peter Pindar (John Wolcot). Morn Post 5.7.1808 asserted that the play "The Fall of Portugal" was written jointly by Wolcot and Penwarne. His father, also John, was an attorney of Penryn, Cornwall, son of Peter Penwarne and possessed of some property, his will proved Exeter 1789. In 1779 a John and an Edward Penwarne were articled as clerks to John Penwarne of…

8.1.1808 dine at Joseph Johnson's w. Percival

This is the only instance of this name in Godwin's diary. It's possible this may have been Robert Percival DNB 1765-1826. In fact he died in 1825 see his PCC will, which shows he had a wife Antoinetta. Two of his children by her were baptised in Jamaica in 1812 and 1813 and her maiden name was given as Cheverer or Chevivia. His brother was Westby Percival died 1850, whose parents Robert Percival and Frances Armstrong married in Dublin in 1775. Captain Westby Percival RN was more likely their uncle (see…

Percy, sculptor 27.8.1804 at Tooke's / 6.10.1807 theatre; Percy / 23.11.1809 call on Percy / 12.5.1817 Percy calls (not seen) / 13.5.1817 call on Percy (w. Ogilvie) / 14.5.1817 Percy calls / 17.5.1817 Percy calls: dine at Curran's, w. Ogilvie / 21.5.1817 Percy calls / 23.5.1817 again / 26.5.1817 again / 29.5.1817 dine at Curran's: meet Percy / 4.7.1817 Percy calls / 17.1.1818 again / 28.1.1818 again / 27.12.1821 call on Hone; adv. Percy / 28.12.1821 Percy calls, to & from Morrison / 2.1.1822 Percy calls / 1.1.1824 again / 31.1.1824 again

Samuel Percy 1750-1820 Dict British…

25.12.1795 Perigord jr at King's

Identified on GD website in editorial notes for his father Archambeau de Talleyrand Perigord but still underlined as a unidentified person in transcription

11.11.1788 at Timothy Hollis' / 16.11.1790 again /  30.11.1790 again / 31.1.1796 at Horne Tooke's / 14.8.1798 at Joseph Johnson's

see Poland Street 1 to 9 & 49 to 62 in London Addresses dataset

John Perkins ratebooks 49 Poland St 1780-4 / John Perkins tea dealer Poland St voted Mountmorres & Mahon 1774 Fox 1784 / will PCC 1807 John Perkins teaman of Gt Marlborough St teaman mentioned sister Martha wife of Thomas Parish of Isle of Wight husbandman, Frances widow of late brother William Perkins, nephew William Perkins of Rupert St, nephew Henry Perkins living with me / William Perkins of St James = St Geo Mayfair 25.5.1748 Frances Walsh of Kensington. The will (date?) of William Perkins of St Martin in…

9.9.1807 seek Hepburn & Perks



The only Perks in Godwin's diary, and he never found him, so little to go on. Some ossibles: SunFire 1797 William Perks stationer 10 Duke-st, York-bldgs, SunFire 1808 William Perks stationer 21 St Martins-lane, bookbinder & publisher (BBTI) Mary Perks of 21 St Martins-la will PCC 6.6.1826 / SunFire 1809 William Perks tallowchandler 7 Wheeler-st Spitalfields, William Parkes or Perks tallowchandler Spitalfields will PCC 19.1.1797, William Perks gent of Bethnal Green will PCC 22.9.1820 / Francis Perks of Marylebone will PCC 14.5.…

write to Philips, on Perrault 22.2.1804

Charles Perrault 1628-1703 of fairy tale fame must surely have been referred to here

HCR diary 14.2.1819 dined at Aders Mr Perret there

                 24.10.1821 dined with Aders Perret there

                      6.7.1822 at Aders "the afternoon was pleasant enough - the Sievekings, Souchays and Perret were sufficient for entertainment"

see Marquardt I p 24 n14 and II p 421 n 295 and p 462 n 356.  Apprenticed to the merchant Jonas Darfeld along with Isaac…

2.5.1795 Peary should be added to James Perry, he was with his partner James Gray as usual. Also Perry in Godwin's 1796 list for 1787 (and in 1794 version) but 1796 list entry not coded to his person record on GD website

Perry patissier 18.8.1793 at Horne Tooke's and 23.11.94 at Newgate.

John George Perry confectioner 158 Oxford St with John Tupp (Sun Fire insurance 1792) his will PCC 1802. His son John George Perry, surgeon was born 1802, the year his father died, and baptised May 1802 at St Marylebone, son of John George & Charlotte

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Capt Perry of Salisbury St, Adelphi proposed member 27.4.1792 by Robert Merry 2nded John Williams

Sampson Perry (DNB 1747-1823?) which is vague about his family details. (See Lorraine Millard's thesis Univ Queensland 2015 by a google search on Sampson Perry. She mentions Duncan van Reisjwoud as her source for genealogical information). He was probably the Sampson Perry son of John & Mary bapt 30.12.1748 at Deritend Warwicks.He joined Lodge no 14 of the United Grand Lodge of Freemasons on 2.12.1772 and declined on 24.6.1774. He voted as a…

P Pester dines 11.3.1804 (& Napiers)

Probably Peggy  wife of Emanuel Pester who died 23.6.1821 at Preston (nr Yeovil) Somerset. Their son John was baptised at Odcombe (nr Yeovil) 1778 and was in India 1801-1805 and 1813-1825 (Bengal officers), he married in 1811, at Montacute Somerset, Elizabeth dau of Rev William Phelips. The Napier (qv) family came from Tintinhull near Yeovil

16.2.1808 Peto calls / 21.11.1812 again / 23.11.1812 again / 18.11.1813 again

Possibly Henry Peto DNB 1774-1830 builder and contractor. The two calls in 1812 coincide with mentions of the (Sun) Fire Office, though not clearly linked to them. Godwin is in Fire Office records for Skinner Street 14.12.1812

17.1.1806 tea at Rowan's w. Petries / 4.3.1806 Rowan's w. Petrie & many

Holdens directory 1811

Henry Petrie esq Brixton-villa Surrey (will PCC 18.4.1842)

Martin Petrie esq of 13 Bearbinder-la (will PCC 6.4.1805)

Robt Petrie esq of 13 Bearbinder-la

William Petrie 17 Queen Ann-st Cavendish-sq & Elm-cottage Old Windsor

John Petrie broker 21 Walbrook

will PCC 16.7.1828 of John Petrie of Marylebone:

will PCC 31.10.1835 of William Petrie merchant of London

will PCC 26.4.1826 of William Petrie of Calcutta

According to the records of Ann Smith's trial for adultery 13.3.1780 (London Met Arch DL/C/ & DL/C/), John Pettit was 17 and had been apprenticed to J R Smith for about a year. He stayed in contact with Ann Smith after J R Smith had banished her from his house. See Background Articles 3 Husbands, 3 Wives Living on this website. Brandes' Catalogue vol 2 p 56 listed a stipple of George Prince of Wales engraved by John Pettit in 1784 18"x7" (J R Smith's catalogue of 1798 listed a 3" circular stipple of the Prince of Wales after Gainsborough engraved by William Ward c.1784/5). BMSatires…

24.12.1808 mrs Oldfield, 2 sons & Petman dine / 30.10.1811 Petman calls / 31.10.1811 Boinville & Petman dine

Clarissa Indiana Oldfield ran a school in Margate where the Oldfields lived from before 1798 till around 1808. See my entry for Oldfield, Thomas Hinton Burley. A promissory note dated 31.12.1808 (maybe in Abinger but in Shelley & his Circle SC 94) for £13 6s to Mes Oldfield & Pettman was endorsed C J Oldfield which given identical capitals for I and J fits Mrs Oldfield's initials. Pettman was a strongly local name in Sandwich, Whitstable, Chatham area of Kent…

20.11.1789 Peysonnel talk of with Robinson.

Probably Charles Peysonnel 1727-90 French consul in Smyrna and colleague of Condorcet as writer (though others of his family also enjoyed some fame)