A-Z of Entries

walk to Leadenhall with Cl(airmon)t 23.11.1801 / call on mrs Lester 27.11.1801 sleep at St Agnes / 2.12.1801 sleep at Baldock / 3.12.1801 again / 11.12.1801 again / 12.12.1801 sleep at St Agnes / 19.12.1801 again / 21.12.1801 Shoreditch Church &c with Ct (=Mrs Godwin) / 30.12.1801.call on Lester &c with Ct

William St Clair in The Godwins & The Shelleys suggests that Godwin (before his marriage on 21.12.1801) slept at St Agnes in order to fulfil the oath that he was "of this parish", the place being probably St Agnes Place or St Agnes Circus, Old Street Road in the parish…

First in list of "unnumbered division" (QV) joined 22.1.1794 address 2 Artillery St Bishopsgate (2 Artillery St SunFire 1790, 1800, 1818 Joseph Pegrom baker).

Isaac Lestourgeon born 3.1.1752 bapt 26.1.1752 son of Pierre & Marie Lestourgeon of St Giles parish at Savoy French chapel, Strand by Mr. Lestourgeon lecturer of Spring Gardens chapel
Isaac Lesturgeon apprenticed 16.1.1766 for 7 yrs to Peter Perigall, Merchant Taylor's Co, premium £20
Isaac Lestourgeon patterndrawer bach otp married St James Piccadilly 28.7.1773 Susanna Matilda Douxsaint sp of Christchurch…

22.9.1809 call on Letterman / 27.1.1810 Guildhall, Didier; adv. Letterman / 12.6.1810 call on Letterman / 23.6.1810 (Guildhall; adv. Letterman &c) / 29.6.1810 Guildhall (Tabart); adv. Letterman &c / 13.7.1810 call on Letterman / 18.7.1810 Chancery Lane, w. Letterman &c / 21.7.1810 call on Letterman / 31.7.1810 Guildhall (Tabart); adv. Letterman / 11.8.1810 Guildhall; Tabart, Letterman &c / 20.8.1810 Examination of sir R P; Letterman &c / 21.8.1810 Guildhall; Tabart, Letterman &c / 24.8.1810 call on Letterman / 11.9.1810 again / 5.10.1810 again / 9.10.1810 Baptist's…

Lettsom jr 11.6.1800 at Mary Robinson's

Probably one of the sons of John Coakley Lettsom DNB 1744-1815. Edmund 1781-1821 was hydrocephalic and said to have been an imbecile from 1797. Samuel Fothergill 1779-1844 (married 1802 Eliza Sophia Garrow, bankrupt 1823) and Pickering 1782-1808, a barrister of the Inner Temple (admitted 7.11.1803) and said to have been very handsome

Leviczac adv at Dulau's 28.1.1805

Jean-Pons-Victor Lecoutz de Levizac DNB c1750-1813

call on mrs Leward 25.1.1804

see work notes below

GODWIN DIARY; Lee Lewes's Benefit (The Wonder) 24.6.1803

GREATER SOHO: see Poland Street 10 to 18 & 45 to 48 in London Addresses dataset

World 26.2.1791 tickets from Mr Lee Lewes at Mr Brough's 16 Poland St  /  William Brough adult buried 22.5.1795 St James (William Brough staymaker of Carnaby St voted Hood & Fox 1784 will PCC 1785 mentioned wife Margaret, son Thomas)

Charles Lee Lewes DNB 1740-1803

see Poland Street 10 to 18 & 45 to 48 in London Addresses dataset

World 26.2.1791 tickets from Mr Lee Lewes at Mr Brough's 16 Poland St / Charles Lee Lewes DNB 1740-1803 /  William Brough adult buried 22.5.1795 St James (William Brough staymaker of Carnaby St voted Hood & Fox 1784 will PCC 1785 mentioned wife Margaret, son Thomas)

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Sir Watkin Lewes of Kings Road, Grays Inn Lane original member 1780. took on Wales for SCI tract distribution

Watkin Lewes 1740-1821 (historyofparliamentonline 1754-1790 & 1790-1820)

GODWIN DIARY: 11.11.1788 Lewis at miss Williams' / 9.2.1790 again / 7.5.1790 again / 13.5.1791 again.

Many of the Lewis entries have been coded in GD website to Sir Watkin Lewes but I find most of these unlikely. The Lewis at miss Williams' could have been one of a number of subscribers to her 1786 Poems (T Lewis Esq, C Lewis Esq, R Lewis Esq…

Erving & Lewis Cs call 31.1.1802

Lewis Cs could have been an abbreviation for a surname ending in s like Chalmers but was more likely a plural. Lewis Goldsmith who had met Godwin in 1801 had left for France in December (see Goldsmith) and the C is clearly not a G, no other obvious candidates among people mentioned in the diary before or after. Searching PCC wills produced a few possibles of which my favourite was Lewis Crespin of St Pancras will PCC 1824 who married Ann Massy 13.2.1768 at St Paul Covent Garden and whose will mentioned his son William, his dau Ann born 1770 who…

Lewis, distiller 21.8.1800 at Nicholson's

There was a bit of a family of distillers called Lewis. William Lewis distiller Uxbridge will PCC 1782 / George Lewis distiller Fulham will PCC 1784 / Lewis & Co distillers New Inn Yd, Holloway Lane 1785 / J & R Lewis distillers Holywell La, Shoreditch 1790 / William Lewis distiller Uxbridge will PCC 1803 dated 13.4.1794 mentioned wife Jane, Mrs Mary Turner of Charles St, St James Sq, and his friend William Bird of Old South Sea House, Old Broad St

HCR diary 7.10.1832 re Sir Thomas Lawrence "There is a letter by L: to J: Fred: Lewis at Mrs Aders 'I sincerely rejoice at your good fortune in securing the kind hospitality of Mr & Mrs A: and in having for your present companion Mr Gotzenberger of whose genius I have a most sincere admiration - The compositions that I saw of his pencil were in the purest taste yet with equal originality and power' "

Probably John Frederick Lewis (DNB 1804-1876)

                                                                            HCR diary 20.6.1818 musical party at Aders' house "The Schunks Platts Mrs Fazy Miss Lewis were my acquaintances"  re the failure of Mr Becher (QV*) "I chatted with Miss L: She seems fully aware of the nature of the imputations on Mr B:  She spoke with good sense and feeling on the subject. She is no slight sufferer thro' this affair as she loses a home. Mrs B: offered to take her to the Continent but Miss L: feels that she ought not to accept the offer"

HCR diary 25.2.1826 "dined at Henry Rogers' at Highbury" a Dr Leigh or Lee among guests

                    25.1.1837 "The mortality of this season is unusually great - Dr Ley is gone"

Reminiscences 19.10.1857 Mrs Aders' daughter Ellen Kelly "I should think about the worst person I ever knew - She was plain in person but had a certain humour & vivacity in society which enabled her to gain the affections of an amiable M.D. a Dr Ley whom she married and all but ruined - She spent his money pawned his plate & so tormented him by her misconduct every way, that she killed…

see Poland Street 19 to 44 in London Addresses dataset

Henry Liddle 25 Poland St ratebooks 1778-1781 / SunFire 1777 Sarah Hales widow at Mr Liddal's tailor Poland St (note Thomas Hales leaseholder of 50 (then 49) Poland St 1788) / Daily Advertiser 26.3.1778 sale on the premises in Poland St opposite the Pantheon, the effects of Mr Henry Liddle and lease of said premises ten & 3 quarter years unexpired rent £30 p.a. "substantially built, in perfect repair, four storeys high, two rooms to a floor"/ Ann Liddle 25 Poland St ratebooks 1800-6

see Poland Street number not known in London Addresses dataset

Mary Limm widow SunFire 1788 matron of St James Infirmary Poland St / SunFire 1779 Mary Limm widow 10 Queens Row Knightsbridge / perhaps Joseph Limm bach = St Geo Han Sq 20.12.1756 Mary Latham sp by lic / Land Tax 1757 Joseph Limm Ditch Side / Mary dau of Joseph & Mary Limm of Ditch Side bapt 18.12.1757 St Bride Fleet St / Eleanor dau of same bapt 22.2.1759 there / Joseph Limm Land Tax 1768 Silver St, Whitefriars Precinct / Mary Limb adult of White Bear Court, High St bur 29.6.1794 St Botolph Aldgate

mrs Lind at John King's 28.5.1798 / 14.11.1799 mrs Lind adv at theatre / 7.6.1809 Lind adv at Perry's

subs to Egerton Leigh's Munster Abbey 1797 included mrs Lind of Bruton St and mrs Lind of Stratford Place. Edward George Lind of 16 Stratford Place (will PCC 1832) had married Elizabeth Ainslie at Kendal in 1786. His brother Francis of 30 Bruton St (will PCC 1840 of Twickenham) married his cousin Anne daughter of the engraver Richard Cooper DNB 1701-1764. Mrs Lind of Bruton St was also named in Cesare Mussolini's Italian conversation book of 1800 which rather charmingly listed the…

27.11.1809 call on Lindsel

William Lindsell bookseller 87 Wimpole-st Cavendish-sq (bbti)

22.12.1809 call on H Lindsey

Probably Hannah Lindsey (died 1812) widow of Theophilus Lindsey DNB 1723-1808 her will PCC 1812

Ling 21.3.1802 at King's

see work notes