A-Z of Entries

16.9.1806 Curran & Hetherington call

No clear identification. The only instance of this name in Godwin's diary. The format above does not mean he called with Curran, though he may have done. Andrew Hetherington & John Mackie wholesale perfumers of 40 Drury Lane went bankrupt and dissolved their partnership in October 1806. An Andrew Hetherington was buried 2.3.1814 at St James Westminster age 35 from Cumberland St, St Pancras. A William Hetherington of 31 Skinner's St, Somers Town was one of the spectators crushed to death at the Old Bailey in the crowd witnessing a hanging…

HCR diary 14.11.1827 "dined afterward at Aders -Dr Wurm and Dr Heusler were there"

                   25.12.1827 Christmas dinner at Aders "Heusler and Peiper were there - H: is so very shy and quiet I can make nothing of him, and only give him credit for learning and talents"

                     24.4.1828 "Scargil, Dr Heusler and Beldam breakfasted with me" "H: who is soon to leave the country. He is an excellent man, I believe, though dull and somewhat tiresome"

Marquardt II p115-6 "a young Swiss lawyer, whom I have scarcely seen". Also in HCR diary 14.12.1827, 23.2…

30.11.1793 Hewardine at Wrights and 11.7.1794 at Mrs Jennings and 2.5.1797 at King's, with Swainson. In Godwin's 1796 list (crossed out) for 1793 and in 1794 version.

William Hewardine 1763-99 songwriter (Highfill, Burnim & Langhans). His song satirising patriots in Public Advertiser 24.5.1792. He often sang at Anacreontic Society with Dignum who was at Wrights with him in 1793. He was often anti-radical and sang at Hood's election dinners but according to Pryse Lockhart Gordon's Personal Memoirs (vol 1 p249, 262 vol 2 p 372-4) he did this only for money and was a 'double-tailed…

dr Hewit & son 7.2.1805 at Wake's

The only medical doctor Hewitts I found were Thomas who died 1794 and Cornwallis who only got his MD in 1822. There were several surgeons, but this was more probably Alexander Hewat DNB 1738/9?-1824? who began his career as a minister in South Carolina came to London in 1777. in 1797 his sermon The Obligations of Christians to Avoid War was published. He married  Mrs Eliza Barksdale at St Marylebone on 16.9.1798, and she died in 1814. His will PCC 1824 Alexander Hewat DD of Gt Quebec St Marylebone mentioned no children

8.8.1793 at LCS  General Committee a motion was put from the United Divisions 1, 13 & 29, John Hewitt President (Thale p79). 19.6.1794 a handbill requesting subscriptions for families of prisoners detained under the suspension of Habeas Corpus listed those authorised to receive subs, including John Hewitt, tinman, 72 Goswell St (Thale p185 note 87). 26.7.1795 LCS general committee, Div 32 delegate Hewitt (Thale p271). 30.7.1795 LCS general committee Hewit sent to unrepresented Div 21 (Thale p275). 13.8.1795 LCS general committee Div 28 to Dog & Duck Bond St to be Div 49, French,…

27.9.1788

In Godwin's 1796 list for 1788 (crossed out) and in 1794 version. GD website has a person record for him but the 1796 list entry is not coded to it.

John Hewlett DNB 1762-1844. The DNB states that he ran a school at Shackleford, Surrey. As he appeared in newspapers (e.g. Times 18.1.1800) as keeping a school in Shacklewell this looks like DNB's mistake rather than Godwin's. Shacklewell was near Hackney, Middlesex. The GD website event tag wrongly states reference unclear on 27.9.1788 T.C. goes to Shacklewell, when it is explained in John Hewlett's person record. The…

Hewson 22.8.1797 at Joseph Johnson's

see Hay

In Godwin's 1796 list for 1785, also in 1794 version. There is a person record on GD website but this 1796 list entry is not coded to it

Samuel Heywood DNB 1753-1828

meet E Hick 15.2.1805

See work notes below

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

John Hickey 47 Poland St ratebooks 1784-6 / DNB 1751-95 statuary = 1794 St James Ann Mack / his will dated 12.1.1795 mentioned brother Thomas Hickey portrait painter brother Isaac Hickey sister Ann Daly of Ormond Quay Dublin friend Henry Webber modeller of Lisson Grove witness sister Mary Hickey. "Mr Taylor of Hatton Garden put a masque Forest of Dodona to managers of Covent Garden" Mrs Henley otherwise Mary Mc Daniel of 6 Little St Martins Lane

see Poland Street 1 to 9 & 49 to 52 in London Addresses dataset

William Hickford ratebooks 52 Poland St 1784 / William Hackford apothecary of Broad St, St James voted Percy & Clinton 1774 / William Heckford apothecary Broad St Golden Sq 1758 administrator of Charles Des Clouseaux late Lt Governor of Carlisle / 1761 William Heckford prisoner for debt in Kings Bench prison formerly of Carnaby Market but late of Gt Windmill St, both in St James, victualler / directory 1785 Heckford & Furnivall apothecaries 52 Poland St / Morning Post 19.2.1784 Mr Heckford apothecary of…

Higgins 25.7.1800 at Hamilton's

GD website has coded this entry to Godfrey Higgins DNB 1773-1833 but I couldn't see any Irish connection for this Yorkshire squire. Perhaps Francis Higgins DNB 1746-1802 owner of Freeman's Journal, Dublin & informer, or William Higgins DNB 1763?-1825 chemist, in Dublin from 1791. Subscrs 1798 to D E O'Conor Matthew H missionary Limavaddy co. Derry, Dr H, Frankford, Kings Co. / Godfrey H of Higginsbrook, Derry = Oct 1808 Eliza dau of James Hamilton of Lurgan Louth (note venue on 25.7.1900 though GD website has coded this perhaps correctly to the…

18.11.1809 call on Highley

In a string of calls on booksellers so probably Samuel Highley medical bookseller 24 Fleet-st (bbti)

Hills 30.12.1800 adv at M(arshall)'s / E Hill jr 6.1.1801 at M(arshall)'s, adv H Hill / 24.7.1801 E Hill's bill / 6.8.1801 E Hill dines (& Lambs) / 20.11.1801 E Hill calls / 15.9.1803 C & E Hills adv at L Knapp /  27.4.1807 E Hill adv at dinner / 23.9.1823 call on H Hill / 1.3.1827 M Hill at Hodget's

Thomas Holcroft's letters from Germany to Godwin of 24.10.1800 (Bodleian Abinger c6 f60-1) and 24.11.1800 (Abinger c6 f78-9) referred to a Mr Henry Hill who appears to have been the pretended author of a theatrical piece for which Holcroft was trying to negotiate payment from…

Hill's study 30.9.1801 / 1.10.1801 Fillingham's study

These entries surely referred to Thomas Hill DNB 1760-1840 and his friend William Fillingham, but the GD website has left Hill as inidentified, and coded Fillingham to te 1301, an unidentified text, although it has a person record for both of them. As they were both book collectors, study may have referred to rooms in their houses, but more probably to amateur sketches of Godwin, the sort of fun they might have enjoyed

call on Luntley & Hill, PS 5.12.1804 / 22.12.1804 call on Luntley & mrs Hill / 31.12.1804 call on Batty, mrs Hill, Luntley / 5.1.1805 call on Luntley, mrs Hill / 12.1.1805 call on Luntley, Brookes & mrs Hill / 24.1.1805 call on Luntley, mrs Hill, Batty

Luntley (qv) was a surveyor at 62 Shoreditch, not far from Primrose Street where Godwin was managing property for the sisters of his first wife Mary Wollstonecraft. A James Hill and a Samuel Brooks (qv) both appeared in the ratebooks for Primrose St in 1803 and 1806, though as far as I can tell neither was a tenant of the…

see Newman St 1 to 9 in London Addresses dataset

Elizabeth Hill 9 Newman St Land Tax 1784-91, Boyles 1792 (1st ed only) Rev Dr Hill 9 Newman St / The Genealogist New Series xv p 236-7 Rev John Hill LL.D. Rector of parishes in Northants married Elizabeth dau & coheir of Thomas Medlycott of Cottingham, Northants, sister to Anne Barbara who married the rector's older brother George Hill DNB 1716-1808. Rev Dr Hill died 7.12.1793 at Rothwell, Northants, his widow Elizabeth died at Kensington 19.9.1798 and was buried at Rothwell. Their dau Ann Elizabeth was born about 1768 and married…

J Hill shoemaker, Ferriers Buildgs, Bishopsgate, marginal note in spy Gosling's report of 9.5.1794 at Hillier's (Thale p155 note 11).

Address not found, maybe error for Farrers Rents Bishopsgate but no J Hill found there, so unidentified

Robert Hill Esq of Bear Binder Lane proposed Society for Constitutional Information 26.2.1790 by Benjamin Cooper 2nded Richard Sharp

Proposed along with John Hemming (QV*) but I've found no record of a Robert Hill in connection with Bearbinder Lane or John Hemming, and Robert Hill is quite a common name. The will PCC 24.4.1795 dated 20.9.1791 of Robert Hill merchant of Fenchurch St yielded no relevant clues but mentioned his friend James Wollstonecraft (the brother of Mary Wollstonecraft?) commanding the brig Miriam on a voyage to the South Seas