A-Z of Entries

call on Ellis B Mm Philips 19.9.1803

GD website has B Mm Philips uncoded, but B Mm was short for British Museum where Ellis worked, and Philips should be coded to Richard Phillips DNB 1767-1840

see Blue Posts

"story of B.F." perhaps connected to "M to the papers" 8.2.91 see that entry

call on Bachelor 2.3.1804

Coming between calls on Richard Wordsworth attorney and Joslyn at Doctors Commons, this could have been some legal official but I found none in the 1800 Law List of that name, the nearest to that I found was William Batchelor a watchman of Smithfield in 1811 (Old Bailey Online)

10.12.1795 Godwin calls on / then no Bacon till 1822

see letter from Samuel Parr to Godwin (Abinger c.2  f.136-7) dated 16.12.1795. John Bacon DNB 1740-1799 was working on the sculpture of Dr Samuel Johnson in St Paul's cathedral for which Dr Samuel Parr had written the inscription. Parr asked Godwin to check on it for him

Bage 14.6.1797 at Elford and Tamworth / 4.6.1800 write to Bage / 17.8.1800 adv Bages at Darwin's

Robert Bage DNB 1728?-1801. His workplace was at Elford. The GD website editors were clearly aware of this person but must have forgotten to give him a person record. See Godwin's letter Abinger c40 f180-1

miss Bagnal 11.11.1802 at R(aphael) Smith's

5.7.1808 call on Bagster / 3.9.1808 again / 19.9.1808 Bagster calls / 18.11.1809 call on Bagster / 4.1.1811 again / 8.3.1811 again / 15.3.1811 again / 6.3.1812 call on Bagster for Burr / 7.5.1813 call on Bagster / 15.5.1813 again / 10. 1 1815 again / 19.5.1818 again

Samuel Bagster 1772-1851 father George 1739-1820 baptist, mother Mary née Denton / apprenticed 1787 to Wm Otridge bookseller St Clement Danes premium £100 / married Emma Birch 1797 chn. Benjamin, Samuel, John, Jonathan, Cornelius Birch, Eunice, Augusta (= Holloway), Charlotte (= Tims) / took apprentice 1804 John Lepard…

Bailey 17.1.1795 at Powel's / 31.1.1795 again / 2.2.1795 at Thelwal's / 12.2.1795 at Gerald's / 11.5.1804 Bailey adv at R Taylor's / 1.8.1804 Bailey (Turk) at (Joseph) Johnson's / 17.1.1809 Bailey, athee calls / 30.6.1809 Bailey calls / 15.11.1812 Bailey at (Walking) Stewart's

Thanks Jon Mee for bringing Citizen Bailey to my attention (see comment below). The Friends of Liberty met at Shacklewell 20.7.1795, William Toone chairman, Joseph Burks secretary and Bailey delivered his lectures The White Devils Uncased, and Prince Brothers's Scarlet Devils Displayed, at sections 2 and 7 of…

Joseph & Mary Godwin's eldest daughter Mary or Mary Ann. for baptism see Godwin, Joseph.
St Dunstan & All Saints Stepney 17.9.1798 John Bailey bachelor of this parish and of Ratcliff hamlet married Mary Ann Godwin spinster of same parish and hamlet by banns, witness John Godwin. Diary entry 17.9.1798 Mrs Bailey married
Mary Bailey was referred to in Ann Godwin's letters (Abinger c.4 f96-7 & c.5 f41 & c.5 f97). She appeared in the diary in addition to the Miss M G and Mary G entries from before her marriage, as M Bailey on 25.7.1799, 25.10.1799, 1.1.1800, 24.9.…

call on Baillie 29.11.1805  / 11.10.1818 Baillie dines / 30.11.1826 call on Baillie at Tower (adv Grimaldi). Grimaldi & Upcot / 7.12.1826 call on Baillie (Tower)

The first two entries above could well belong to Matthew Baillie DNB 1761-1823 who has a person record in the GD website but these two entries have been left uncoded. Particularly the first as it was followed by a call on Carlisle another medical man. I have not discovered who the Baillie at the Tower was but he was very probably an archivist or antiquary, Grimaldi was probably Stacey Grimaldi DNB 1790-1863 and Upcot…

16.3.1789 Dr Bailey & sisters at Miss Williams'. Baillie in Godwin's 1796 list for 1788 inserted above, and not in 1794 version, but miss Weston who was in 1794 version was left out of the 1796 list in the same place where Baillie was inserted. No Baillie in diary till 1789.

Matthew Baillie DNB 1761-1823, Joanna Baillie DNB 1762-1851 where is mentioned Agnes Baillie 1760-1861. Also there 31.7.1789 presumably Matthew and 12.2.1790 one or both of the sisters as part of plural 'Mes'

Bairds 23.4.1801 at Goldsmith's

2.3.1792 at Brand Hollis' / 26.8.1794 at Reveley's & Lowry / 20.12.1797 at Reveley's & Underwood / 1.2.1798 meet Baker / 18.4.1798 at Reveley's & Underwood / 26.7.1798 meet Underwood & Baker

Boyle's 1792 Sir Geo B MP 45 Jermyn St/ Wm MP 33 Hill St Berkeley Sq/ W P B 38 Portman Sq/ Capt B 4 Wimpole St/ Mrs B 3 Lower Grosvenor St/ Miss B 22 Edward St Portman Sq

Law List 1793 Robert Baker counsel 37 Southampton Bldgs Chancery La

Samuel Baker signed declaration of Friends to Liberty of Press 1792

Trials for Treason & Sedition vol 4 p398 testimony…

mrs Baker 8.6.1799 at E Reynolds'

Perhaps an actress but a common name (see Highfill, Burnim & Langhans)

23.2.1810 write to Baker / 4.8.1810 again / 10.11.1810 again / 19.11.1810 Baker (Southampton) calls / 10.12.1810 write to Baker / 15.7.1811 again / 3.9.1811 call on Baker / 25.1.1812 write to Baker / 9.3.1812 again / 16.3.1812 again / 22.12,1812 again

Thomas Baker bookseller Southampton from 1767 to 1805 (bbti) and Baker & Fletcher booksellers High-st Southampton (Holdens directory 1811).  Thomas Baker's will PCC 1806 so this was probably his eldest son Thomas. On 2.9.1811 Godwin was at Cowes, Isle of Wight, took a packet, and dined at Stow, then on 3.9.1811 saw Castle &…

28.10.1810 sup at Collier's, w. Bakewel &c / 30.12.1810 Colliers, Bakewel &c dine / 4.5.1834 mrs Gaskell & Bakewel au soir (not seen) / 28.5.1834 dine at Gaskel's, w. Bakewel &c / 17.6.1834 mrs Gaskel & Bakewel call / 5.7.1835 dine at Gaskel's, w. Bakewel &c

Holdens directory 1811 (only Bakewell entry) Robert Bakewell mineral & land surveyor, 11 Bury-st St James. SunFire 1824 Robert Bakewell 9 Torrington-sq Keppel-st gent. Robert Bakewell of Hampstead will PCC 1843. DNB 1767-1843. Note Bakewll's youngest son was named Frederick Collier born 1800, and his…

call with M(ary) J(ane) on mrs Balam 29.1.1805 (after calling on Mary Lamb)

A Mrs Balam nurse at Enfield was mentioned March 1800 in an Old Bailey trial. There were several families in Tottenham, Enfield and Edmonton of smiths and farmers named Balam

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Charles Ball of Dublin proposed member 6.6.1783 by John Horne Tooke at request of secretary Thomas Yeates 2nded John Jebb, SCI received letter 1784 from Mr Ball of Dublin

GODWIN DIARY: Ball 5.8.1800 dines at Carlow / 31.1.1802 at Wycombe's, with Curran / 23.1.1805 call on Ball (Giltspur)  GD website has Gittshur but see original / 1.2.1805 call on Ball with Wordsworth / 21.3.1817 at Curran's (from Rome) / 6.10.1823 at Bacon's / 21.1.1833 Balls at Martin's

Charles Ball, Trinity Coll Dublin 1772, Lincolns Inn 1776 BA 1780 called to Irish…

25.3.1796 miss Ballen at John King's with Este, Rogers, Gordon  / 8.4.1796 miss Ballen at John King's with Rogers, Este / 30.4.1796 at theatre: Este, Ritson & miss Parrs with miss Ballen

Noticeably each time with the Rev Charles Este. (Note I previously described Rev Charles Este here as "an unmarried literary parson". Not sure why I thought he was unmarried. In fact he had married Cordelia Croft in 1775 and they had at least five children who survived infancy. She died in 1828 a few months before he did. For information about their oldest son Charles Edward see boston1775.…