A-Z of Entries

27.10.1788

Identified, probably wrongly, in GD website as the cartoonist Isaac Cruikshank. Given the many medical men and their wives at Miss Williams' tea parties this seems more likely to have been William Cruikshank (DNB 1745-1800). He was partner to Hunter, whose widow also attended the tea parties, and then to Baillie, who did as well.

4.8.1801 miss Cruickshank at Carlisle's

The will of William Cruikshank PCC 1800 and dated 1794 provided for his daughters Ann and Isabella and mentioned no wife, though the DNB says he married in 1773 and had four…

22.5.1807 call on Binney, S Nicholson, Stephens & Nicholson / 23.05.1807 call on Binney & Stephens, & w. Stephens on Crutchley & Fry / 27.5.1807 call on Crutchley (not seen) / 1.6.1811 call on Fry, on Cumberland / 26.11.1811 call on Fry

Holdens 1811 Henry Fry & William Cruchley (secretary to Knight Marshal of King's household) attornies 14 John-st Bedford-row. If Stephens was Alexander Stephens (DNB 1757-1821) though mainly known as a writer he was also a lawyer and perhaps introduced Godwin to Fry & Crutchley (perhapson a mission connected with William…

Crutwell 18.2.1801 at Robinson's

Holdens 1811 Richard Crutwell, Bath & Bristol warehouse, Swan Inn & 63 Holborn Hill, Bath bookseller Richard Crutwell will PCC 1799, Sherborne printer William Crutwell died 1791

A Cullen 2.3.1795 at Mackintosh's / 16.4.1796 adv at C Moore's / Cullen 11.8.1810 at Guildhall / 20.8.1810 again / 21.8.1810 again / 23.8.1810 again

Archibald Cullen 1792 barrister of 1, Pump Court, Temple & Richmond, Surrey, admitted Middle Temple 1782 son of Dr William Cullen of Edinburgh, called to bar 1787, will PCC 1824

7.6.1810 call, w. M(ary) J(ane), on D. of Cumb^d

Ernest Augustus 1771-1851 fifth son of George III was Duke of Cumberland & Teviotdale from 1799. On 31.5.1810 he was attacked and wounded and his valet Sellis was found with his throat cut. Cumberland was an extreme Tory in the Lords. Francis Place was foreman of the coroners jury which concluded Sellis had cut his own throat but there was much speculative scandal about Cumberland's role in these events

24.9.1796

In right hand column of dary Vol V!! f 45v

Richard Cumberland DNB 1732-1811. Godwin didn't meet him till 1810, see "1796 list" (my entry on this website date 24/09/1796)

Cumbers 16.8.1800 on post coach from Chirk to Shrewsbury

Might be a plural, Cumber is commoner than Cumbers, but Cumbers not very rare either.

mrs Cummins dines 20.5.1802 / 16.10.1802 again / 6.12.1802

There are no Cummings in Godwin's diary and the ony Cummins are the three Mrs entries above. A Mrs H Cummins (nee farrell) was an actress of the Hull theatre in 1794 and sang at sadlers Wells in 1814, of the Theatre Royal, York. See work notes below (restricted to this spelling Cummins)

Cuppage 23.3.1800 at Mary Robinson's

Curran jr at H Tooke's 2.9.1798 (coded in GD website to W H Curran but more likely the oldest son Richard) / R Curran 2.7.1800 at Rathfarnham (J P Curran's) / 4.7.1800 R & A, E & S Currans there / 5.7.1800 4 Currans there / 30.7.1800 (Grattan?) asks of R C /10.10.1804 R Curran calls / 12.10.1807 Currans dine / 17.10.1807 Currans at Perry's / 21.10.1807 adv Rd at Curran's / 15.4.1808 call on Curran; adv R C £100 / 20.9.1808 Curran & R C at O'Hara's / 5.10.1808 call on Curran & O'Hara: meet Taylors / 17.2.1809 R Curran calls / 20.10.1809 R C at Curran's / 9.5.1810 R & A…

call on (Fenwick &) Curry 19.4.1798 / 15.3.1811 Curry invited to dinner at Godwin's (& Aldis, Hume, J Taylor) / 5.11.1817 Dr Curry calls (on S)(Shelley) July 9 / 13.11.1817 at Shelley's adv Curry Baxter & Booth

The 1817 entries were probably Dr James Curry (Monk's Roll) born Antrim, MD Edinburgh 1784, physician of Guy's Hospital from 1802, published work on late high price of provisions 1815, died 26.11.1819 his will PCC 1819 of St Ann Blackfriars, Surrey. There were no Currie entries in Godwin's diary but the two spellings were often being used for the same…

Curteis 28.11.1805 at Joseph Johnson's

Perhaps Edward Jeremiah Curteis History of Parliamnet 1762-1835 MP for Sussex 1820-1830 by then a Tory but had been a member of Society for Constitutional Information, proposed 27.2.1784 as Jeremiah Curties of Inner Temple by James West, 2nded John Baynes. See Westminster School Register for date of birth, mother &c.  He was rebaptised as Edward Jeremiah in 1788 and called to the bar that year. He married in 1789 Mary dau of Rev Stephen Barrett of Hothfield, Kent. Member of Society of Friends of the People 1792. He contributed to the…

9.8.1796 at Joseph Johnson's

see Curtis person record in GD website, William Curtis DNB 1746-1799 and Curtis entries in index to Farington's Diary

Cuthbert 19.7.1800 at Lefanu's (in Ireland)

see Autobiography of Francis Olace, ed. Mary Thale p. 53-4 (in Greyhound Court where Place learned to turn and file) Place made a simple error calling him Cuthbertson. There was indeed a John Cuthbertson, mathematical, philosophical and optical instrument maker c.1743-1821 who worked in Amsterdam in the 1770s and 1780s and then returned to London, trading in Shoe Lane Holborn and then Poland Street. However the mathematical instrument maker in Greyhound Court was David Cuthbert

A David Cuthbert was apprenticed to James Mackay coppersmith of Edinburgh for 6 yrs on 13.8.1768, premium…

Thomas Cuthbert bapt 15.5.1791 Amey & Elizabeth Cuthbert bapt 18.12.1791 all at New Jerusalem

Cutting 19.3.1797 at (Thomas) Knight's

17.3.1799 mrs Foulkes, SC, EM at Holcroft's / mrs Curson calls 25.5.1799 / S Curson calls 27.5.1799 / S Cuxson at tea 29.5.1799 / call on mrs Cuxson 2.6.1799

The two Curson entries were clearly Godwin's misreading (the cataloguer of the Abinger manuscripts has made the same mistake) of the name in the letter (Abinger c14 f76-7) in which S Cuxson asked Godwin to comfort an afflicted being for an hour or two. Dated Friday evening it fits best with the call of mrs Cu(r)son on Godwin on Saturday 25.5.1799. In another letter (Abinger c14 f78-9) (s)he asked him to keep a secret. The…

Cyclops 18.4.1790 at John Paradise's

5.7.1788  v. D.B. at Epsom