A-Z of Entries

see Poland Street 19 to 44 in London Addresses dataset

Joseph Riseley 43 (44) Poland St ratebooks 1779

3 Ritherdons adv at dinner 11.1.1805

George Ritherdon was a gold & silver smith Aldgate High St Sun Fire 1779 his will PCC 1796 of Aldgate mentioned his wife Mary & his sons Robert & Samuel Huntley Ritherdon and his son-in-law John Stockwell /   Geo & Robert R goldsmiths Aldgate 1790, Robert R = miss Hannah Stockwell of Crutched Friars 2.8.1787. Mary R = John Stockwell 1791, Major Robt R Hon Artillery Company 1794, £2000 to loyalty loan 1797, George R clerk in East India House from 1805, Robert R clerk in East India House from 1809, Samuel R 42 Penton, Pl Pentonville…

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

George Ritso 1773 paymaster of the interest of Exchequer bills, Tally Court / SunFire 1777 George Ritso at Mr Harris's coal merchant 2 Poland St / 1801 George Ritso £150 pension as servant of late Princess of Wales / 1825 died at Bath age 85 Louisa relict of late George Frederick Ritso (maiden name Grinch, they married 1763)

9.4.1793 calls on Godwin / 19.4.1793 again / tea at Godwin's with Scott 13.5.1793 / Godwin calls on A Scott and talks of Taylor & Rivers 14.8.1793 / calls on Godwin 23.2.1794

David Rivers dissenting minister of a small congregation at Highgate (p 202 Literary Memoirs of Living Authors 1798 - of which he is supposed to have been the author, and which is not sympathetic to Godwin) and had a principal share in conducting the Sunday Reformer and Sunday Recorder newspapers, was frequent correspondent in the World newspaper as Marcus Antoninus. According to the Surman Index he was…

20.11.1809 call on Rivington / 22.12.1809 again / 18.7.1810 Chancery Lane, w. J Rivington &c / 31.7.1810 Guildhall (Tabart); adv. Rivington &c / 20.8.1810 examination of sir R P; adv. Rivington &c / 21.8.1810 Guildhall; Tabart, Rivington &c / 9.10.1810 Baptist's Head; Tabart, Rivington &c

John, Francis & Charles Rivington booksellers 62 St Paul's-churchyard, see DNB Rivington family (per. c. 1710- c. 1960)

call on Roach 13.3.1798 (in Bath)

Perhaps John Roach DNB fl 1789-96 bookseller, but no special reason to think he was in Bath in 1798. A Mr & Mrs Roach were among Bath arrivals in 1789 and a Mrs Roach in Oct 1798. There were also some of the name in Bristol. Solomon Roach of Hotwells, Bristol, merchant married Mrs Rachel Spencer, sister to Mrs Morgan of Bristol (Bath Chronicle 3.6.1784) and his will was PCC 1803, (wife Rachel, brother Benjamin deceased, brother Samuel, sons James & John, son Timothy beyond the seas dated 3.3.1803). John Roach (probably son of Solomon) was a…

18.2.1792 Road to Ruin. (te0119) by Thomas Holcroft. Also relevant to this text are 25.3.1792 Mercier's Road to Ruin (already tagged to te0119) / 3.4.1792 'talk with Holcroft of literary monopoly' / 8.4.1792 'Holcroft calls, talk of literary monopoly. Dine at Holcroft's, his explanation with Mercier; sup with him at Fenwick's, explanation' / 6.8.1792 'Smith in the Road to Ruin' when Thomas Cooper appeared in that role at Newcastle / 4.11.1792 Mercier adv at Holcroft's; talk of languages and precision

I would suggest that the Mercier on 8.4.1792 and 4.11.1792 was the playwright Louis…

18.12.1809 write to Robbins / 12.3.1811 again / 4.9.1811 (in Winchester) call on Robbins, twice / 26.9.1811 write to Robbins / 11.2.1818 again / 21.8.1818 again

James Robbins bookseller Winchester (bbti)

4.10.1794 Roberts at Powel's ( & Walker) / 20.12.1794 again / 1.11.1794 Roberts M at Hardy's trial / 2.4.1797 at M Robinson's / 30.8.1801 Roberts calls / 21.9.1802 meet Roberts / 4.3.1803 write to Roberts / 4.9.1805 Roberts adv at J Taylor's, Norwich / 10.10.1815 Museum, M Roberts / 5.6.1816 miss Roberts at Sarah Elwes' / then 30+ entries 1832-1835

a John Roberts of the LCS is mentioned in Thale and in Trials for Treason & Sedition but without any info about him. He may have been the first three entries above. The Roberts of 1797 appeared at Mary Robinson's along with Porter…

HCR diary 11.7.1836 at Mrs Aders' blue stocking party "Miss Robarts, an authoress"

Very likely Emma Roberts (DNB 1791-1840) who was in India from 1828 to 1832, in London from 1832 to 1839, then returned to India and died at Poona 17.9.1840. Lived with Letitia Elizabeth Landon (DNB 1802-1838) at 22 Hans Place, half boarding house, half boarding school (Landon lived there from 1826). Her sister Laura, Mrs Macnaghten. Blackburn Standard 25.11.1840 (from the Britannia)

See Castle Street East 1 to 15 & 11 Berners Street (in London Addresses dataset)

Alexander Robertson Land Tax 1780-1784 2 Castle Street East / SunFire 1794 Alexander Robertson, 16 Castle Street, Oxford Market, tailor

There were quite a few Alexander Robertsons around and it may just be coincidence that the two above were both in Castle Street. No Robertson appeared in Castle Street Land Tax lists in the 1790s so the insuring tailor above could have been a sub-tenant at Castle Street East or West., though East was perhaps more likely as John Gibson paid Land Tax at 16…

See Batemans Buildings in London Addresses dataset

Robertson ratebooks 7 Batemans Buildings c.1777? / subscribers to Universal Family Bible 1774 George Robertson, John Robertson, John Robinson, Bateman's Buildings (also Thomas Macklin (QV*) and Alexander Paterson (QV*) of Batemans Building / George Robertson, Batemans Buildings subscr 1774 to The Christian's Dictionary by John Fleetwood / SunFire 1777 John Robinson gent 7 Batemans Buildings / Public Advertiser 22.10.1777 auction of effects of George Robertson deceased at his late dwelling house on the west side of Frith Street, Soho…

see Poland Street 19 to 44 in London Addressesdataset

SunFire 1784 James Robertson gent Poland St (at a guess 37 Poland St as James Bine was a cabinet maker like James Robertson, but perhaps another of nos 34 to 37 to which Turst owned the ground rent) / the will PCC dated 12.12.1785 of James Robertson cabinet maker of Poland St mentioned his agreement for a lease of house "I now live in" in Poland St from Philip Elias Turst (QV*) Esq for 31 years from 5.12.1785 his wife Ann his mother Jean Hodge (£3 p.a. annuity) of Airth Stirlingshire £50 from Yeomen of the Guard proved 4.2.1786…

14.9.1789 Robertson at Miss Williams & 7.5.1790 & 13.5.1791 there & 7.6.1795 adv (at Holcroft's?). In 1796 list for 1789 and in 1794 version.

Joseph Robertson (DNB 1726-1802) on 7.5.90 his wife Sarah, daughter of Timothy Raikes was also at Miss Williams (Mes Rn) according to DNB they never spent an evening apart. Rev Mr Robertson, Vicar of Horncastle and Mrs R (as well as a Mrs R of Prendergast) were subscribers to HMWilliams Poems 1786. Whether he was the Robertson (at Holcroft's?) in 1795 I've no idea, no further Robertson - apart from authors read - entered in Godwin…

24.8.1794 Robe talked of at Gray's with Holcroft.

Must have meant Robespierre, especially as they were talking about him the night before at Jennings'
 

4.8.1810 write to Robins

James Robbins bookseller College-st Winchester (Holdens directory 1811) from 1793 to 1816 (bbti). Unlikely to have been the Robins at Egerton's on 28.2.1801

see Autobiography of Francis Place page 87

William Robinson buried Epsom 9.1.1780 will PCC 12.1.1780 dated 22.12.1779 painter of St Clement Danes mentioned late wife and present wife Ann, house in Water Street and house in Pimlico, owned other houses in Pimlico & elsewhere which he left to his various children, sons John & William, and daughters Sarah, Alice, Eleanor Stevens and Elizabeth Stevenson. Also mentioned brother John, sisters Jane, Eleanor, Margaret and Alice Ashley, cousin James Robinson of Bromley, Middlesex, and mother-in-law Sarah Robinson.

John Robinson…

13.11.1794 Robinson, Irish barrister at Foulkes' / Robinson I.B. (alongside week ending) 22.11.94 at Tooke's trial / 17.2.1795 at Foulkes' with Parker adv Robinson IB / 8.3.1795 at Foulkes', Robinson, Parker / 6.6.1796 at hustings Robinson / 25.4.1797 meet Robinson barr

George Robinson admitted Middle Temple 15.1.1782 eldest son of Arthur Robinson MD, late of Wood Park, Tynan, Armagh, Ireland (studied Leyden 1733 age 27, MD Rheims 1754). George Robinson barrister of Armagh subscribed 1793 to Poems of Rev John Anketell. May be the George son of Arthur Robinson baptised 2.11.1760…

27.2.1796 theatre with mrs R & C(ooper) / 10.3.1796 call on M Rn (not available) / 2.6.1800 dine at M Robinson's, call on Northcote & Fenwick with MR / 14.6.1800 theatre with M, MR, MER &c / 15.6.1800 MR calls (not in) / 29.10.1800 Stratford MRn

These entries were all clearly Mary Robinson, the first two are uncoded in GD website, the last 4 coded to Maria Reveley who was by then Maria Gisborne. On 2.6.1800 the calls followed on from dining at hers, on 14.6.1800 her daughter (MER) was present. The next one was the following day, and the last one has been transcribed in…

miss R 24.12.1799 at mrs Robinson's

Surely Mary Elizabeth Robinson who has a person record in GD website