A-Z of Entries

see Francis Place's Autobiography p 42 (Place's schoolmaster)

Francis Bowis tailor Holywell Street voted Vandeput 1749
Francis Bowis taylor of St Clement Danes wid marr. lic 12.2.1750 Mary Sutton of Holborn wid at St Bride's
Francis son of Francis & Mary Bowis bapt 22.12.1751 St Clement Danes
John son of Francis & Mary Bowis bapt 4.3.1753 St Clement Danes
Francis son of Francis & Mary Bowis bapt 15.9.1758 St Clement Danes
Mary Bowis (adult) buried 8.3.1759 St Clement Danes
Francis Bowis tailor Windsor Court voted Mountmorris…

John Bowler of Hounslow plumped for Burdett

Land Tax Heston 1802 JB £5 pa freehold 1814 £11 pa freehold. This suggests he would have been entitled to a vote as a 40 shilling freeholder without a Mill share so there may have been two John Bowlers in Heston parish (where Hounslow is). A John son of Thomas & Dinah Bowler was bapt Heston 27.1.1782 so this may have been the Mill voter age 20, as Dinah dau of John & Dinah Bowler was bapt 11.3.1792 Heston, Dinah Bowler was buried 17.10.1794 Heston and Elizabeth dau of John & Elizabeth Bowler was bapt 23.9.1804 Heston.

Wm Bowley of Isleworth

WB otp bach (his mark) = 26.10.1780 Ealing St Mary by banns Esther Shrimpton otp sp / Ann d of WB & Heather bapt 12.7.1786 Isleworth / Land Tax 1795 Bowley & tenants £24 pa prop Duke of Northumberland / George s of WB & Esther bapt 7.9.1800 Isleworth / their son Edward Bowley 1794-1843 married 29.11.1819 Lambeth to Decima Bromley baptised children as servant at Hampton 1819 as hairdresser at Walton 1824 / WB bur Isleworth 14.8.1831 age 78 Esther B bur Isleworth 11.5.1845 / 1851 census son George B wid laborer age 50 at New Brentford born Isleworth…

24.5.1795 dine at King's, Bowling Green

there was a Bowling Green House at Putney, where Godwin had just walked. It had been the residence of Lady Grantham, and William Pitt died there in 1806. There was also a Bowling Green House on the other side of New Road from Somers Town, and John King's address was sometimes given as New Road, though in 1795 he was living in Piccadilly

Box 18.2.1803 at Lea's

Lea was a contact of Godwin's brother Joseph in the carpet trade. See work notes below

30.7.1809 dine at Bonnycastle's; adv. miss Boyce & Fred. Winsor

Possibly one of the daughters of Robert Boyce appraiser, will PCC 1827, grandfather of George Price Boyce DNB 1826-1897. His will mentioned three daughters, Sarah, Mary and Joanna Petronella, but I could only find baptisms for Elizabeth born 1798, Sarah born 1799 and Joanna Petronella born 1803. If Fred. Winsor was 12 years old (see my entry for him) it was most likely to have been the eldest. Since Frederick Winsor lost his mother when he was an infant, Miss Boyce may have been an older person looking after him for…

mrs Boydel 6.4.1800 at S Cuxson's / 17.5.1800 at Milton Gallery (Boydel)

Possible mrs Boydells 1) Jane (nee North) who married Josiah Boydell DNB 1752-1917 in 1774 and died 1830 her will PCC 1830 she had one son John North Boydell but he didn't marry until 1802 2) Catherine (nee Rutland) who married James Boydell will PCC 1800 brother of John Boydell DNB 1720-1804 in 1787 and died 1807 her will PCC 1807 mentioned no children 3) Jane (nee Pickfatt) who married Josiah Boydell will PCC.1795 merchant of Bethnal Green brother of John Boydell DNB 1720-1804 and died (from my note but I've…

Francis Boyer of Isleworth

Francis Boyer = 30.10.1797 Thames Ditton Elizabeth Bryham / Francis s of Francis & Elizabeth Boyer born 27.3.1804 bapt 22.4.1804 Isleworth / Land Tax 1809 Isleworth FB £19 pa prop John newton / Francis jr Bowyer or Boyer age 22 Old Bailey April1827 Larceny in a Dwelling House sentenced to death / FB bur Isleworth 12.8.1832 (FB bur St Matthew Brixton 23.4.1826)

John Boyes merchant of Hull proposed 3.8.1781 by John Cartwright 2nded Edward Bridgen. SunFire 1777 JB master mariner Whitby, Yorks 1780 merchants Kingston-upon-Hull & merchants for acc of the concerned 1781, 1783 merchants Hull 1785 grocers, tea dealers Hull, merchant Hull. Subscr to Hinderwell's Scarborough 1798, JB jr sub to Darling's Four Gospels 1800.

17.1.1806 tea at Rowan's w. Brackenburys / 14.2.1806 Brackenbury adv.at theatre / 4.3.1806 Rowan's w. Brackenburys & many / 28.5.1907 Brackenbury calls (not seen) / 29.5.1807 Brackenburys invited to dine at Godwin's with Rowan &c

Most Brackenburys were from a Lincolnshire landed gentry family. Charles Brackenbury 1751-1816 of Fludyer St Westminster voted Fox 1780, gave 5gns for relief of American prisoners Public Advertiser 14.1.1778 his will PCC 7.6.1816. Langley Brackenbury 1759-1835 married Elizabeth Perkins 7.5.1796 St Bart the Less London his will PCC 21.2.1835 Brighton…

21.6.1794 miss Braddock at Fenwick's / 25.3.1795 Fenwicks & miss H Braddock dine / 16.7.1797 mes Fenwick & Braddock adv at Godwin's / 7.8.1797 E Braddock / 26.10.1797 same / 19.11.1797 Braddock / 21.12.1797 E Braddock / 7.1.1798 Braddocks, 8.1.1798 same, 11.1.1798 same, 17.6.1798 same, 9.4.1799 E Braddock, 19.5.1799 same / 3.6.1799 Milton Gallery adv Fenwick's & E B / 7.7.1799 E Braddock, 10.9.1799 E & H Braddock, 22.12.1799 Braddocks / 9.5.1800 E Braddock / 19.4.1804 same / 20.4.1804 same / 2.6.1804 same / 4.6.1804 same / adv Braddock jr 25.8.1807.

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Bradley 13.5.1802 at Philips / 1.1.1803 again / 19.1.1804 mrs Bradley at Philips / 21.12.1807 advertisement, shopman, Bradley, &c / 10.8.1810 Bradley v Kerr (te 1829 unable to identify on GD website) / 9.3.1812 Bradley absent / 10.12.1814 Bradley (on Harrison) calls / 8.2.1835 Bradley adv at Ayrton's

Thomas Bradley DNB 1751?-1813 Quaker physician was editor of the Medical & Physical Journal published by Richard Phillips. Boyle's 1800 Dr Thos B 3 Delahay St Westminster, Holdens 1811 Pall Mall Court. DNB (from Gents Mag 84/1) says he died St Georges Fields at the close of 1813…

Benjamin Bradley Esq of Little St Helens proposed 8,6,1787 by Thomas Brand Hollis 2nded Batley. The notes below are on more than one Benjamin Bradley, each para perhaps a different one

17.4.1784 BB merchant of Clements Lane = at St Mary Lambeth Sarah Aldridge of Bisley, Glos (Gloucester Journal 26.4) their son James Daniel born 17.6.1787 bapt 21.6.1787 St Helens Bishopsgate, his mother died 18.6.1787 and was buried at Bisley Glos / directories 1786, 1787 BB merchant of 2 Little St Helens, Bishopsgate Within / BB steward of Revolution Socy 4.11.1786 / 1.1.1789 BB Esq Deputy Master of…

Bradley 23,6,1795 at Parr's, Hatton & 5.6.1797 at Boot's, Atherstone (Albertson) nr Stratford

Dionysius Bradley will PCC 1779 gent of Old Stratford / Dionysius B son of John of West Bromwich matric Oriel Oxford 1792 age 18 / subscr to History & Antiquities of Stratford on Avon 1806 Dennis B, Hampton Lucy / John B of West Bromwich died 1809, Dennis B died intestate before 1809 / Dionysius Bradley sr attorney bur 11.4.1815 St Peter Westcheap London age 42 / Joseph B will PCC 1830 civil engineer of Warwick

Bradley appeared in Morley's diary 1.5.1797, 7.6.1797, 13.9.1797…

John Bragg of Birmingham at April 1792 Swedenborgian conference appointed a Director of the Church

Bragge's 23.4.1801 at Goldsmith's

Braham of Boston calls 4.7.1802 In Godwin's 1796 list for 1802 / 17.2.1820 Theatre, Braham / 9.8.1834 Braham dies (crossed out)

The only reference I can find to a possible Braham of Boston was in the Morning Post of 21.8.1806 where it was said that Dr Erskine had been appointed minister to the US congress and set off last Thursday. "The same day Mr Braham quitted London on a mission to the court of Lisbon". This suggests to me that Braham was the name of an American consul but I can find no other reference to him. The Braham at the theatre in 1820 was John Braham DNB 1777-1856 but…

14.12.1807 tea at Philips's w. Brancomb

A rare name, the only clue I could find was Morn Chron 30.4.1825 Harvey v. Brancomb an action in the Court of Common Pleas for criminal conversation with Harvey's wife. The name Branscomb was a bit more frequent and there was a John Branscomb will PCC 17.4.1815 one of the proprietors of the Royal Circus or Surrey theatre and of a coffee house nearby, he also designed machinery and sets for the theatre (Morn Chron 11.4.1815). There was also James Branscomb, in early life a servant to the Earl of Gainsborough, who became a stockbroker and…

Brand 10.10.1793 adv at Jennings'

Thomas Brand surgeon 1 Soho Sq 1791 (his will PCC 1820) / Thomas Brand MP 1774-1851 & his father 1749-94 (?will PCC 1795) (History of Parliament) / Thomas Brand subscr £5 to London Corresp Socy April 1797 / Charles Brand of Serjeants Inn counsel (Law List 1793) / Boyle's 1792 J B Esq 24 Upper Brook St / Lady B 46 Charlotte st Portland Pl / Dr Brande 10 Arlington St

Isaac and Mary Brand 1788 on printed list of 77, 1792 letter to New Jerusalem Journal p165 signed Isaac Brand, Liverpool /  Isaac Brand bapt  31.7.1787 New Jerusalem / Mary Brand bapt 8.6.1788 there /  Elizabeth B of Isaac & Mary born 26.7.1790 bapt 15.8.1790 there / Ebenezer B of Isaac & Mary bapt 24.7.1791 there / Isaac Brand otp bach = 24.2.1788 St James Paddington by banns Mary Cobbing otp sp wits Saml Cobbing (see Cobbing, Samuel), Wm Bryan / SunFire 1794 Isaac Brand jeweller 7 Pear Tree Court Clerkenwell / Morning Post 13.11.1794 Isaac Brand watch jeweller 29 South Audley St…