A-Z of Entries

call on Goldsmith with McAdam 16.3.1802 / 19.3.1802 sign with Goldsmith & McAdam

The event tag on 19.3.1802 in GD website suggests this related to Godwin renegotiating his tenancy. See my Goldsmith entry for Godwin's neighbour Charles Goldsmith. John Loudoun McAdam DNB 1756-1836 roadbuilder is an unlikely possible, becoming settled in Bristol at this time. The name was surprisingly rare also in the variant McAdams, most London instances I found were paupers. William Mackadam glover of Church Row Strand voted Fox 1784. PCC 1815 George Craig MacAdam physician to Forces Malta

7.10.1808 dine at Johnson's w. Macarthur / 8.10.1808 meet McArthur

Quite likely John McArthur DNB 1755-1840 seaman and author, as authors often dined with Joseph Johnson even if he did not publish them. In Holdens 1811 Directory there were two Macarthurs (both Mr John) in the Court section: in the Trades section were a bookbinder, an innkeeper, a shoemaker and a pilot

call on McCabe 23.1.1805 / 26.1.1805 call on MacCabe / 20.2.1805 call on McCabe / 16.10.1811 McCabe calls

James McCabe gent insured 13 Primrose St on 1.11.1806. He was probably a lodger in the house of John Smith appraiser (see Smith, John at Joseph Godwin's) who was listed for that house in the rate books from 1800 to 1807. The first and third entries above were in a list of calls that included Godwin's brother Joseph, who seems to have assisted Godwin in mamaging the Primrose Street houses, and in the first case Edward Ball (see Ball), another of the tenants. McCabe was perhaps…

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

Gregory McCannon ratebooks 60 Poland St 1782-3 / Gregory McCannon Westminster coroners jury 1772 / Gregory McCannon Esq bach otp (age 30) = St James 9.11.1777 Sophia Newman sp of Chelsea / Nat Arch PRIS 4/7 p 234 Gregory McCannon committed to Kings Bench prison 30.11.1780 at suit of John Davies for £60 & by John Willoughby Aston, baronet, (a musical baronet and active in horse racing) discharged 8.11.1782 / William Gregory s of Gregory & Sophia McCannon bapt 3.2.1781 St Geo the Marytr, Southwark (note this…

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Owen McDermott Esq of Delahay St, Westminster proposed member 31.10.1788 by Joseph Adams 2nded Thomas Brand Hollis

William McDermott son of Owen McDermott of Galway admitted Trinity College Dublin 1815 age 17, admitted Grays Inn 1828 son of Owen McDermott of Springfield, Galway. William McDermott of Springfield died 1877. William Kelly of Springfield House had had two daus who married Owen McDermott and Glasgow Connolly (landedestates.nuigalway.ie). Owen McDermott =1791 Honora Kelly. Owen McDermott subscr 1791 to Reports of Cases Kings Bench…

See Castle Street East 1 to 15 in London Addresses dataset

No 13 Castle St East Land Tax 1784-1799 Jonah McEwen 1800 John Stanner / SunFire 1787, 1794 Jonah McEwen cabinetmaker

Jonah McEwen Land Tax 1780 Wells St, St Marylebone / Jonah s of Jonah & Jannet McEwen bapt 20.2.1785 Wells St Scotch Church / Jonah McEwen took apprs Evan Hopkins 1786 Jno House 1792 (Castle St) / 1793 subscr to Sheraton's cabinetmaker / Jonah McEwen bur 19.5.1815 age 31 Bunhill Fields / London Consistory Court 16.10.1816 admon of Jonah McEwen late of 14 Riding House Lane, St Marylebone, died last…

K B, Mcgrain v. Armstrong 8.7.1800 / 12.7.1800 Macgray (at Curran's?)

Perhaps John Warneford Armstrong Dict Irish Biog 1770-1858 noted for his active suppression amd harsh treatment of rebels and radicals. The only possibility I could find for Mcgrain/Macgray was Dublin Trades 1797 George Magrane hat manufacturer and merchant. K B was presumably Kings Bench. Sadly I don't have easy access to Dublin newspapers which may have covered this case

McKinley 31.10.1801 at D Stuart's

McKinnen & Keenan call 25.1.1804 / 13.6.1804 McKinnen calls / 15.6.1804 call on McKinnen with M(ary) J(ane)

See Shelley & His Circle SC55. Daniel McKinnen of Binfield Villa Berks & 6 Grays Inn Sq, his will PCC 1830 mentioned his wife Rachel. He died in Connaught Terrace 31.1.1830. His son Daniel Henry DNB 1813-1884 and his eldest son William Henry died at Bpulogne in 1824 aged 18. He was perhaps the John Daniel Mackinnon son of William of Monmouth admitted Grays Inn 1784 and/or the Col. Daniel Mackinnon of 4 Hertford St voted Lamb 1820. His brother was Brigadier General…

McKitty 12.10.1799 at Curran's

16.5.1794 Hudson printer, McManus his assistant.

See Hudson, printer. No McManus in British Book Trades Index

mrs Mcmillan 11.5.1799 adv at S Elwes' (& Sutherland) / 7.11.1800 Mcmillan adv at theatre / 17.5.1805 call on McMillan /  20.5.1805 call on McMillan with M(ary) J(ane) / 25.5.1805 call on McMillan / 26.5.1805 call on McMillan (copy) / 2.6.1805 McMillan calls / 7.7.1805 again / 19.7.1805 adv McMillan at Philips / 2.10.1805 call on Mc Millan / 3.10.1805 again / 5.10.1805 again / 22.10.1805 again / 30.1.1806 again / 12.2.1806 again / 13.2.1806 again / 21.1.1809 again / 23.5.1809 McMillan calls / 8.7.1809 again / 10.7.1810 again / 8.6.1812 call on McMillan / 12.11.1812 write to McMillan /…

See Castle Street East 1 to 15 &c in London Addresses dataset

No 6 Castle St East Land Tax 1800-1802 Mary Mead / 12 Portman St Marylebone Land Tax 1796-1799 Mary Mead

Mary Mead sp = 10.9.1803 by lic St Marylebone Thomas Godley bach

Medland 31.3.1805 at Philips

Perhaps Thomas Medland DNB 1765-1833 engraver. Or William Morton Medland whose Collection of Trials was published by Badcock in 1803

Meek 12.5.1788 at Robinson's

Melanscheg 31.5.1793 calls on Godwin. 

In Godwin Diary website not coded as Identified or Unidentified. Caspar Melanscheg fur manufacturer. "Melanscheg from Dyde's Pall Mall at no 333 opposite Somerset Place Strand" (World 26.11.87) See Dyde, Robert. "On Wed 3rd instant at his residence in Hackney of an apoplectic attack on the 22nd ult Mr Caspar Melanscheg (formerly of the Strand) in the 68th year of his age" (Morning Chronicle 18.3.1819). His will PCC 1819, his son George Melanscheg of the Strand, furrier went bankrupt 1822. Nat Arch C13/44/22 Thomas Pilbrow vs Caspar Melanscheg…

28.4.1789 Mellish at Webb's. In Godwin's 1796 list for 1788, and in 1794 version

Perhaps William Mellish 1764-1838 (History of Parliament) MP Gt Grimsby 1796-1806 Middlesex 1806-1820; Director of Bank of England 1792-1838; Boyle's 1792 at 21 Albemarle St; Counsel Grays Inn 1793; With brother John (d 1798) at 112 Bishopsgate St within. Other MPs Charles & Joseph Mellish

22.4.1808 Mellon dines at Joseph Johnson's

Not likely to be actress Harriet Mellon DNB 1777?-1837 as very few women attended Johnson's dinners. But no other clues

8.11.1803 miss Mellor & Smith dine / 22.11.1803 P(hebe) G(odwin) dines adv E Mellor / 15.12.1803 theatre, w. M(ary) J(ane), C(harles), J(ane), miss Mellor & M(arshall? or Mary?), Shylock, & Caravan / 26.12.1803 mrs Mellor & G(race) M(ary) C(ooper) dine /  23.1.1804 theatre with M(ary) J(ane), EM, M(arshall?) & children; Way to Keep Him, & Cinderella / 21.2.1804 M(arshall) dines: adv. Jo G(odwin).    EM  / 15.3.1804 Smith dines: theatre, w. Smith, M(ary) J(ane), EM & F(anny) / 5.7.1804 mrs Mellor calls (from sa fille) / 15.1.1806 EM calls

Phebe, Godwin's…

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Dr John Melville of Southampton St, Covent Garden proposed member 20.4.1792 by Charles Frederick Walsh 2nded Bush (Michael or Atkinson?)

Dr Melville Medical Assistant to Humane Society at Woolwich 1781. Medical Register 1783 Dr melville essex St removed from Woolwich. John Melville, M.D. Essex-street, Strand in the list of the Medical Society of London printed 1784. John Melville M.D. Arundell Street in List of Governors of Scottish Corporation 1786. There is a letter to Sir Joseph Banks from John Melvill 21.10.1786 at Natural History Museum (…