A-Z of Entries

Chase

12.4.1809 call on Chase / 13.4.1809 Chase calls / 19.8.1810 call, w. Jo(seph) G(odwin) on Chase

Possibly John Chase surgeon & apothecary 31 Duke-st, West Smithfield PODirectory 1810. Many Chases in London, chose this one because near to Godwin at Skinner-st


Chater

11.4.1809 call on Chater / 19.9.1809 again / 1.8.1810 Chater calls / 14.8.1810 again / 21.8.1810 call on Chater / 3.1.1811 again / 13.4.1811 again / 17.6.1811 again / 27.11.1811 write to Chater / 20.12.1816 call on Chater

Probably Eliezer Chater stationer 11 Cornhill Sun Fire 1790, 1811 & Upper Clapton will PCC 1835, son George. Buried 1.9.1835 Bunhill Fields age 71 from Finsbury Circus. Son of James Chater watchmaker, apprenticed in Stationer's Co 1777. partner William Limbery Grosvenor. Bankrupt 1826. There was an extensive family of Chaters in London, mostly watchmakers,…


Chatfield, John

Godwin Diary: Chatfield 8.6.1794 at Holcroft's

John Chatfield of Back Hill, Hatton Garden proposed member of Society for Constitutional Information 1.6.1792 by William Sturch 2nded Jeremiah Joyce

directories 1789-91 John Chatfield timber merchant 7 Back Hill, Land Tax 1788-99 Back Hill / SunFire 1780 John Chatfield & Thomas Wood timber merchants 4 Bains's Row, Cold Bath Fields / John Chatfield timber merchant St James Westminster took appr 1782 Jonathan Agate (Bessels Green Baptist, Orpington, Kent born 14.7.1764 son of William & Jane Agate, signed Friends to Liberty…


Chawner

Chawners 13.11.1794 at Foulkes'. The will of Ann Chawner of Kentish Town PCC 1810 dated 3.3.1809 mentioned Mrs Foulkes, and Philippa Foulkes (John Foulkes' wife) witnessed it. She also mentioned her sister Dorothy and niece Hester both of Hart Street, Bloomsbury. In Boyle's Court Guide 1792 Mrs Chawner was at 10, Hart Street, Bloomsbury, four doors from Foulkes.
 


Cheap

Cheap 28.1.1798 at(Horne) Tooke's

 


Chelsum, James

31.3.1789 Chelsum at T Hollis' and 2.2.1790 there.

Rev James Chelsum DNB 1738-1801 though very much a Church of England man, was a member in 1788 for the Society for Abolition of the Slave Trade so would have had something in common with Hollis. The name Chelsum is very rare which adds to positive identification
 


Chenevix

9.3.1810 dine at St Paul's, w. Chenevix, &c / 26.2.1831 Chenevix calls

The 1810 entry seems likely to have been Richard Chenevix DNB 1774-1830 chemist who according to the DNB visited London in 1810.  The 1831 entry cannot have been him as he died in 1830 but was possibly one of his illegitimate sons George and Charles Smith who changed their surname to Chenevix after their father's death


Chennels, Lydia Frances

Chennels 5.12.1794 at Foulkes' / 2.1.1795 at Dyer's.

Lydia Frances Chennels, schoolmistress of 73 Hatton Street (Sun Fire 1794) because Miss Chennill of Hatton St and George Dyer subscribed to the poems of Sarah Spence, and Mrs Spence was also present at Dyer's on 2.1.1795, along with the poet Edward Williams. Lydia was baptised 3.3.1771 dau. of Thomas & Ann Chennels at Edlesborough, Bucks and married Richard Sharp (not 'Conversation' Sharp) on 6.8.1796 at St Leonards Shoreditch. Children bapt St Andrew Holborn, Charles Chennels S 1798, Harriet Lydia S 1799, Henry Richard S 1800…


Cherry

18.9.1810 call on Cherry / 26.12.1812 again / 8.1.1814 again

Perhaps the Rev.Thomas Cherry head master of Merchant Taylors School 6 Suffolk-lane Upper Thames-st, and vicar of Loose, Kent. Godwin may have been supplying him with educational books, or trying to.


Chervet

1.7.1809 Chervet calls

Claudius Chervet and James Fletcher merchants of Walbrook bankrupt 1806 (Nat Arch B3/846); Fletcher fled to Lisbon (Nat Arch HO42/81/133), Chervet gained his certificate early in 1807. Chervet v. Mercier Chancery bill 1810 (Nat Arch C13/515/15). Claudius Chervet & Charles Mercier printers Bartholomew-close bankrupt 1811. Claudius Chervet married Catherine Jones at Shoreditch in 1789 and their son Claudius was born 1790 but he was probably too young to have been Mercier's partner.In 1818 Chervet lived at Hunter-st, Brunswick-sq (Old Bailey Chervat)


Cholmley

Cholmley 31.10.1800 at Northmore's (& Welby & Gordons)

See Thomas Northmore DNB 1766-1851. His first wife who died 1792 was the sister of William Earle Welby 1768-1852, their father William Earle Welby 1734-1815 was the son of William Welby and Catherine nee Cholmeley whose brother Montague was father of Montague Cholmeley 1772-1831 who became MP for Grantham 1820-6 following William Earle Welby senior 1802-6 and junior 1806-20 (History of Parliament Online)


Cholmondeley

8.7.1808 write to Cholmondeley

George James Cholmondeley 1749-1827 known as the Earl of Cholmondeley between 1770 and 1815 doesn't seem to have been of the Whig persuasion so not a natural choice for Godwin to write to. Thomas Cholmondeley 1767-1855, MP for Cheshire 1796-1812 wasn't a Whig either, though in 1810 he married the daughter of a Whig, William Watkins Wynn.

There were also the following who I daresay were all Tories too. Hugh Cholmondeley, Dean of Chester will PCC 1816. George James Cholmondeley of Marylebone will PCC 1830. Rev Charles Cooper Cholmondeley will PCC…


Christian & Hope

5.1.1810 call on Christian / 5.5.1810 write to Withers, Holt: call on Christian (Hope) / 6.5.1810 write to Withers, Holt /  7.5.1810 call on Hope, D C, w. Jo(seph) G(odwin) & T(homas) T(urner) / 8.5.1810 D C, w. T(homas) T(urner) / 9.5.1810 write to Withers, Holt / 14.5.1810 write to Withers, w. administrations

John Giles Christian proctor & notary 19 Great Knightrider-st, Doctors Commons (Holdens directory 1811) and Richard Hope 9 Great Knightrider-st, Doctors Commons (Post Office directory 1819). Christian's wife died age 57 in 1815 at Smallberry-green, nr Hounslow and he…


Christie, E

see E Christie 8.6.1799 / 17.3.1800 meet E Christie / 26.3.1800 call on E Christie / 5.6.1800 call on Christie (incog) & Colman (do) / 19.6.1800 E Christie calls / 20.2.1801 meet E Christie24 / 5.4.1801 call on R Christie / 16.6.1801 call on E Christie / 25.6.1801 call on E Christie...dine at Johnson's, with Christie / 20.6.1802 E Christie calls / 24.6.1802 E Christie dines / 28.6.1802 call on E Christie / 25.4.1803 E Christie adv at Fitzjames, (ventriloquist at Dulau's Library)

Perhaps Edward Christie baptised 1783 son of James Christie DNB 1730-1803 auctioneer and…


Christie, Miss

miss Christie 13.2.1794 at Mackintosh's /  16.2.1794 again (both times with Bell) / 28.2.1794 at Bell's

possibly a sister of Thomas Christie DNB 1761-96 son of Alexander C of Montrose & his wife Katherine nee Speid. He married Rebecca Thomson in 1792. He signed the declaration of Friends to Liberty of Press 1792. He was perhaps the Mr Christie who was proposed SCI 20.4.1792 by Frost 2nded Lockhart, and the Mr Christie of Devonshire Sq who sent £50 to the French 23.2.1793 (Thale). His sisters according to baptism records were Margaret 1765, Katherine 1767, Jean 1769 and Agnes…


Christie, Thomas

Mr Christie proposed Society for Constitutional Information 20.4.1792 by John Frost 2nded John Lockhart

This seems likely to have been Thomas Christie (DNB 1761-1796) but since there was no surname or address entered in the minutes it's hard to be sure

GODWIN DIARY Christie 22.3.1795 at John King's / 30.12.1795 at Newton's / 15.4.1796 adv at Wolstonecraft's / 23.4.1796 call on, w. Imlay / 5.6.1800 call on Christie (incog) & Colman (do) / 9.9.1801 adv Mr Christie at Lamb's

The first four entries above have been coded to Thomas Christie (DNB 1761-1796) in GD website…


Christy

dr Christy 18.1.1801 at Lamb's / 26.1.1801 Christy at Lamb's / 12.2.1801 again / 3.7.1801 Christys at Lamb's / 9.9.1801 mr Christie at Lamb's / 15.3.1819 Christy at Booth's / 2.6.1820 again

Dougal Christy (Letters of Charles & Mary Lamb says died1857 but will PCC 1837 Dougal Christie of Montagu Square, Middlesex) and his brother, see Lamb's letter to Godwin of 29.6.1801. Married 17.12.1813 Mary (Crozier?) nephew John McGowan


Chubb

24.4.1796 Chubb at Mrs Robinson's

All the Chubbs in PCC wills were of Salisbury. Lawrence C PCC 1797 his dau Ann wife of Thomas Roles her will PCC 1829 his sister Susanna spinster her will 1829, will PCC 1815 Thomas C, 1844 Alexander, 1845 Latitia widow


Churchill, Thomas Otton

Churchill 17.2.1801 at Joseph Johnson's / 9.12.1803 at Philips's / 19.9.1804 at Johnson's / 21.11.1804 again / 23.6.1807 again / 29.12.1809 at Johnson's funeral / 11.5.1824 Ld Cha Churchil at theatre

Otton 3.10.1791 tea at Godwin's with Holcroft / 30.11.1791 calls / 2.12.1791 calls (talk of Moses) / 25.10.1792 call on / 17.5.1793 tea at his / 17.6.1793 calls / 2.7.1793 calls, talk of property / 23.9.1793 calls / 25.12.1793…


Clairmont, Charles

CC 28.5.1801 at Sadler's Wells / 11.6.1803 wet docks & beasts in tower with C C / 30.6.1803 C C / 27.8.1803 C C at Lamb's / 21.4.1804 C C / 17.12.1807 theatre, w. T(homas) T(urner), F(anny), C(harles) & M(ary)

Careful study will convince you that these all referred to Charles Clairmont (born 1795) who was usually noted as C when with several other children all with a single initial. The GD website has left them uncoded, even though it has coded later examples of C C to him. One C C that wasn't him was 23.2.1804 Golden Cross C C where Godwin and his brother Joseph boarded the…