A-Z of Entries

25.5.1798 Taylor Northn calls / 2.6.1798 Taylor Northn calls, talk of self and atheism

George Taylor (1772-1851) father of Henry Taylor (DNB 1800-1886). See Una Taylor, Guests and Memories (1924) p 21 on and the Autobiography of Henry Taylor, The anecdote in Una Taylor's book of Horne Tooke kissing Godwin's hand at Mrs Opie's while George Taylor was present was probably a conflation of stories. Taylor was only in London for a couple of weeks and he apparently met Holcroft and the newly married Mrs Opie. Tooke and Mrs Opie never appeared together in Godwin's diary (except in the…

8.7.1796 call on J Taylor, adv Philip, Morris & mrs W Barnard / 21.7.1796 dine at J Taylor's, with Philip, Samuel, Thomas & T Barnard

Although Philip Taylor DNB 1786-1870 civil engineer was ten years old, these names don't fit his brothers John, Richard, Edward and Arthur, but they do fit the brothers of John Taylor DNB 1750-1826, Philip b1747, Meadows b1755, Samuel b1757 and Thomas b1758, particularly if Meadows by nickname or Godwin's mistake was noted as Morris.

Meadows Taylor married Elizabeth Dyson at Ganton Suffolk in 1793, their son Meadows baptised at Palgrave…

14.1.1807 Sa T sleeps

Should be added on GD website to the person record of Sarah Austin (nee Taylor) (DNB 1793-1867). The entry on the same day of Sarah Taylor dines has been coded to her person record so this is not problematic

26.1.1794 'Opera Taylor' at Perry's. William Taylor c1753-1825 (Highfill, Burnim & Langhans) was the proprietor of the opera house King's Theatre. See R B O'Reilly An Authentic Narrative...(1791); Price Milhous & Hume, Italian opera ...vol 1(1995); DNB John Gallini 1728-1805

see Autobiography of Francis Place ed. Mary Thale page 54. Where Place learnt to use a saw

William Taylor carpenter of Arundel Street voted 1780, 1784, 1788 and 1790. In the ratebooks in Arundel Street next to the Kings Arms from 1778 to 1795, and was therefore Simon Place's next door neighbour in the mid 1780s. St James' Chronicle 28.6.1781 the house of  Mr Taylor carpenter in Arundel Street fell down. "happily no Lives were lost, as the Inhabitants had just Time to leave it before it fell; but the greatest Part of the Furniture was broke to Pieces". William Taylor age 55 buried St…

call on Teague 28.2.1805

This was probably John Teague who succeeded his father John as keeper of Poultry St compter 27.4.1803 and was transferred to the Giltspur St compter (Morning Chronicle 22.9.1804) where he died 17.7.1841 his will PCC 1841. On 23.1.1805 Godwin had visited his former tenant Edward Ball (see Ball) at the Giltspur St compter and was perhaps having twinges of conscience for evicting him, anyway Teague wasn't in and never appeared in the diary again

call on Tebbut 13.4.1804

see work notes below

Taygart 25.9.1800 at mrs Plunket's / 28.9.1800 call on Tegart (at Wimbledon) / 6.10.1800 Tegart at theatre (& Curran) / 18.10.1803 call on Tegart, Curran expected / 22.10.1803 Tegart adv at Curran's / 3.11.1806 at theatre / 3.5.1813 at Curran's / 12.7.1815 call on / 8.9.1815 meet / 9.10.1917 at Curran's / 11.10.1817 again / 12.10.1817 again / 15.10.1817 again / 4.11.1817 at Curran's funeral / 12.9.1818 steamboat for Southend / 8.10.1818 at theatre / 22.4.1820 again / 27.8.1820 meet / 18.5.1824 call on

Clearly a friend of Curran's, probably pronounced Taygart. Arthur Tegart…

see Poland Street 19 to 44 in London Addresses dataset

William Telfer 38 Poland St ratebooks 1782-4 / William Telfer hairdresser Poland St voted 1784 Hood & Fox / William Telfar (signed Telfer) = St Anne Soho 19.12.1774 Betty Morres her mark botp banns

15.7.1796 mes Temple & Arthur at Raven's / 8.1.1797 mes Temple at King's / 17.9.1804 call on Jo(seph) G(odwin) & H(olcrof)t (or Harriet?) : Curran calls n(ot in). adv. Temples / 1.10.1824 call on Lemon, SPO adv  Upcot, Temple / 19.10.1831 dine at Uwins with miss Temple

Temple was a fairly frequent surname among Norfolk farmers. Of the later four entries in London, that of 1804 may have been the Norfolk connection Temples if they were visiting Joseph Godwin, the diary entry seems ambiguous as to where the "adv" was.

Norwich wills John T farmer Thornage 1777, Mary T…

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Richard Godman Temple of Fratton nr Portsmouth proposed member 26.1.1781 by John Cartwright 2nded Edward Bridgen

Baptised 27.4.1752 son of Robert & Susanna Temple at Portsmouth Unitarian. Robert Temple = Palace Chapel, Chichester, Sussex 11.1.1749 Susanna Godman. 1779 freeholder of Portsea voted for Jervoise Clark Jervoise (QV*). SunFire brewer of Portsea. He married at Mortlake 8.9.1785 Elizabeth dau of Timothy Yeats of Mortlake (will PCC 1792). SunFire 1788, 1792 Esq of Portsea. Subscr 1786 to Pike's Sermons, 1787 to Jebb's works, 1788…

Templeton 29.5.1797 adv at Bail M(arshall)

John Henry Templeton 5th Baron Templeton married 7.10.1796 Mary daughter of John Montagu 5th Earl of Sandwich (see Sandwich). Godwin went with Basil Montagu, illegitimate son of the 4th Earl of Sandwich, to bail James Marshall. At present I don't know where or what Marshall's offence might have been, but it does look as if Basil Montagu asked his half brother, and his son-in-law, both peers of the realm, to come along, and that must have added considerable weight in Marshall's favour

Letter from Emma Pauncefote to Crabb Robinson dtaed 7.8.1842 but probably error for 7.9.1842 "I had no sooner despatched my letter to you yesterday than I received one from my friend in Wales (Mrs Tennant) in answer to my application to her on my sisters account the following is an extract of her letter on that subject 'Your sister my dearest friend, appears indeed to be in a most unfortunate situation, I quite agree with yours and her friend, that an Annuity would be the wisest mode of assisting her. I shall be most happy to send my mite of fifteen pounds (you only do justice to my…

Terry 16.7.1800 at Reeves's / 20.7.1800 at Webb's

Terry 17.12.1794 at Crisp's.

Christopher Terry of Kingston, Surrey swore to handwriting of John Crisp's will 1803. He was buried at Kingston 26.1.1838 age 92 and baptised at St Botolph Aldersgate 30.1.1745/6 son of Christopher Terry of the Wheelwright's Company and Elizabeth his wife nee Burton married 29.6.1742 St Andrew Holborn., Freedom of City 13.9.1775, subscr 1794 to poems by Mrs Darwall (formerly Mrs Whateley), 1795 to 6 satires of Horace trans Wm Clubbe
 

23.11.1813 dine at Poole's, w. Terry / 29.5.1814 dine at Kenney's, w. Poole & Terry / 14.9.1815 dine at Poole's, w. Terry / 3.10.1817 meet Kenney & Terry / 15.7.1825 meet Terry / 23.6.1829 Terry

Daniel Terry DNB 1789-1829 actor and playwright. The 1829 entry above is written very faintly and probably meant Terry dies but Godwin uncertain of date?

The so-called "1796 list" is at the end of Vol VII of Godwin's diary on folios 45 to 48 after the diary entry for 24.9.1796 and is transcribed on the GD website after that day. There is an earlier version of it in Abinger c 31 f 90-92 readable online in the Western Manuscripts section of the Bodleian Library website / e-Resources / All Resources, which goes nearly to the end of 1794 and probably dates from soon after 1.11.1794 (when its last name, Wharton, appeared in the diary). The version in the diary is preceded by a sort of top twenty-five list of Godwin's acquaintances on f 45v…

Mrs Thelwal 15.5.1794 Godwin calls on her / 18.5.1794 adv at Holcroft's / 15.7.1794 & 8.8.1794 Godwin calls on her / 17.9.1794 tea at Hazlitt's, 23.11.1794 dines at Foulkes'.

All these while her husband was in prison. Susan Vellum see John Thelwall DNB 1764-1834

16.6.1809 call on Theobald, bill-brokers / 20.6.1809 call on Theobald / 19.9.1809 again / 25.9.1809 again / 29.11.1809 again / 14.12.1809 again / 6.1.1810 again / 29.1.1810 again / 16.2.1810 again / 17.2.1810 again / 21.11.1810 again / 6.12.1810 again / 13.4.1811 again / 20.8.1811 again / 18.9.1811 again / 2.3.1812 call of Theobald & Lambert / 4.7.1812 call on Theobald / 1.12.1812 again / 3.5.1813 again / 26.1.1814 again / 23.8.1816 again / 8.12.1816 call on Aldis: meet Theobalds / 21.6.1819 meet Theobald jr / 13.7.1819 call on Theobald / 28.8.1820 Theobald & Monro sign / 3.10.1823…

HCR diary 1.3.1831 "called at Birchall's in Bond Street, to order musick for Thibaut"

                    2.3.1821 Robinson (by letter) asked Pickford "to tell Thibaut that Aders will procure his musick for him"

Marquardt I p181 n129 Anton Friedrich Justus Thibaut 1772-1840. For his younger brother Bernhard Friedrich Thibaut 1775-1832 see Marquardt I p 41 n 72. And see Marquardt's index