A-Z of Entries

Langley 6.3.1798 sups after Bath theatre / 5.6.1798 sups on Godwin's first night back in Bath / 8.6.1798 sups again with Ellistons & Randalls / 9.6.1798 dines with R Jones / 8.2.1799 at (John) King's / 10.2.1799 R(ichard) & L(ouisa) Jones, Langley & Dyson dine / 10.10.1808 Institution:Langley

Possibly John Langley appr 1794 to Nathaniel Bayley attorney of Bath, his will PCC 1849 mentioned widow Elizabeth Ann, witnesses were testator's clerks. A John Langley married Elizabeth Ann Walkins (7.7.1805 Bristol, 9.10.1805 Rodborough Glos). Eliz Ann Langley widow in 1861 census…

26.2.1804, 27.2.1804. This was William Balcombe Langridge attorney of Lewes. see Godwin, Harriet and Steel, Jeremiah.
 

GODWIN DIARY

25.11.1804 Langslow calls / 27.11.1804 call with Langslow on Alexander / 21.5.1805 Langslow calls / 27.7.1805 write to Langslow / 25.8.1805 Langslow calls / 23.11.1805 again / 1.12.1805 again / 8.12.1805 Langslow (calls?) / 9.12.1805 call on Langslow / 13.12.1805 meet Langslow / 2.1.1806 Langslow calls / 5.1.1806 call on Langslow / 19.9.1808 Langslow calls / 20.9.1808 Accounts, Langslow / 23.9.1808 Langslow & Alexander call / 24.9.1808 Langslow & Ash call

Possibly Richard Langslow MD died Hot Wells Bristol 24.12.1813 aged 60, will PCC 1813 (wife Sarah…

Lathorp 14.2.1802 at King's. Lathrop in Godwin's 1796 list for 1802 / 21.3.1802 again / 4.4.1802 Lathorpe at King's

The GD website has a person record for Murray Lathrop with relevant editorial notes but no diary entries are coded to it. The fullest account of Lathropp is A History of the Families of Skelt, Somerscales &c p166 though sources are not given the facts are mostly checkable, though I could find no other source for the suggestion that he was an illegitimate son of George III, something he would have been likely to have claimed and which King George would have been…

30.9.1788 interview with Thomas Latter of Hertfordshire, esquire / 5.10.1788 letter from mr Latter / 5.10.1790 call on mr Latter morning & afternoon / 10.10.1790 note from Latter. In Godwin's 1796 list for 1788 and in 1794 version

A newspaper report of 1.2.1773 announced the marriage of Thomas Latter junior of the Strand, childbed warehouseman, to Miss Elizabeth Dashwood, near relation of Lord Despenser, at the Savoy church. A Sun Fire Insurance record of 1808 (Guildhall MS11936/445/816828) had Thomas Latter Esq of Gadebridge House, Hemel Hempstead, Herts and Beaufort Buildings…

Four Courts, Lattin v Duigenan 25.7.1800. Lattin in Godwin's 1796 list for 1800 / 30.7.1800 Lattin at Cockburn's / 3.8.1800 Latten at Brown's

Covered by event tag on 25.7.1800 in GD website but not coded to a person record. The action which Godwin attended (according to the Dublin Evening  Post of 5.8.1800) was in fact Lattin v Milliken, the printer of Duigenan's pamphlet, at the Court of Exchequer and damages of sixpence and costs of sixpence were awarded by the jury

Laugh 4.4.1798 at Joseph Godwin's (&Lea)

W & H Laurie at tea 30.8.1803 / 11.1.1805 3 Lauries adv at dinner / 30.8.1805 4 Lauries adv at dinner / 14.1.1806 again / 9.7.1806 Laurie, DS calls / 11.12.1812 Rev Laurie calls / 2.11.1822 Laurie of Stowmarket calls

Possibly John Laurie of 2 Polygon (see Oracle & Daily Advertiser 15.6.1799). His father was Robert Laurie 1725-1774 will PCC 1774 trussmaker of Bartholomew Close London and his mother was Ann Laurie who died 12.3.1813 age 83 will PCC 1813 widow of Holloway. His brother William 1754-1827 will PCC 1827 gent of Cheshunt Herts and his sister Rebecca 1757-1836…

Laval 29.12.1799 at Lanesborough's / 19.1.1800 again

Perhaps Anne Alexandre &c, duc de Laval, 1747-1817 will PCC 1817 marshal of France 1783, who was certainly in England in August 1799 as the Oracle of 14.8.1799 reported his departure for Switzerland with his two sons, one of whom, Anne Pierre Adrien 1767-1837, succeeded him as duke and would have been styled marquis de Laval at the time (Hoefer, Nouvelle Biographie Generale). There are biographies of father and son in Adolphe Robert's Dictionnaire des Parlementaires Francais which I haven't yet seen

call on Fell (Laver's) 13.1.1804 / 13.4.1804 Fell at Laver's / 20.12.1813 Day writes to Pattison & Laver

The first two entries above referred to Godwin's friend Ralph Fell who'd been arrested for debt. Three of the Laver family were officers of Giltspur St Compter, William of 1-9 Chancery Lane, Joseph of Took's Court Cursitor St and Benjamin of 92 Chancery Lane, the last two kept safe custody houses. See work notes below for others of the name in London

3.10.1809 call on Law / 4.10.1809 again / 9.10.1809 calculations for Law / 10.10.1809 call on Law / 16.10.1809 Law calls / 15.11.1809 call on Law / 22.12.1809 again / 19.2.1810 again / 11.7.1810 again / 3.11.1810 again / 6.11.1811 meet Law / 30.12.1812 call on Law / 9.7.1813 again / 1.2.1814 again / 16.9.1814 call on Law (not seen) / 20.9.1814 call on Law

Probably Charles Law bookseller 13 Southampton-row & 13 Ave Maria-lane. Several of the above calls were in a round of booksellers, but others like the calculations in 1809 suggest a more particular business arrangement

miss Lawless's 8.8.1800 at Burne's / 6.5.1825 Lawless calls

Valentine Lawless (Lord Cloncurry) DNB 1773-1853, who was imprisoned at this time, in 1800 had two unmarried sisters, and one sister married to Thomas Whaley (see Whaley) who was also present at this dinner. Valetina Letitia was to marry in Merrion Row June 1801 the Hon Francis Nathaniel Burton, and Charlotte Louisa married Edward Plunkett 4th Baron Dunsany in 1803. John Lawless DNB c1773-1837 Irish nationalist was one of 21 children so probably had some sisters too. A Mary Lawless travelled to France with Lady Mountcashell…

13.9.1796 call on Saunders, Cliffords Inn & mr J Lawrence with Holcroft & Nicholson

GD website has this entry coded to Lawrence, which it says is for those who might be Thomas, James or William Lawrence but it is unclear which. Obviously (from the initial) this could only be James of those three. James Henry Lawrence (known as Chevalier Lawrence) DNB 1773-1840 suggests he was on the continent at this time. All the other (plain) Lawrence entries before and shortly after this one were very likely Thomas Lawrence, except just possibly Godwin called again on mr J Lawrence the…

meet Lawrence, ST 16.6.1802

This entry has been coded in GD website to the artist Thomas Lawrence DNB 1764-1830, but in asking what did ST stand for I thought of Somers Town. There was a John Lawrence of Brill Path in St Pancras Land Tax assessments 1802 and in Holden's Directory 1811 John Laurence Esq 10 Brill Row, Somers Town. John Lawrence mason of St Pancras left a will PCC 1814. ST cannot have meant Sir Thomas because the artist wasn't created a baronet until 1815.

Lawson 20.4.1798 at (Samuel) Lister's / 5.5.1798 again

As Lister (see Lister, Samuel) was an attorney and so were most of his guests, Lawson was likely William Lawson attorney of 5 Holborn Court Grays Inn or William Lawson attorney with David Smith at 22 Gt St Helens (Law List 1800). William son of Hannah Lawson widow of Stokesly, Yorks was articled 18.7.1791 to James Coates of Stokesly and transferred 11.6.1795 to Wm Spear of Grays Inn. A William Lawson attorney of Grays Inn took on a clerk 5.3.1790, The will PCC 1801 of William Lawson of Grays Inn mentioned his wife Elizabeth, and…

Mlle Le Canu 29.01.1799 (& Mary Hays & miss Reid) / 8.6.1799 E Le Canu calls (not in) / 14.6.1799 E Le Canu calls

le Cronier 6.1.1805 adv at dinner

Probably a merchant and ship's captain from the Channel Islands, Peter or Philip Le Cronier, sailing often to Plymouth, Padstow and Bristol also to Spain (search newspapers). At Bodmin sessions in 1805 Elizabeth wife of Philip Le Cronier was involved in an assault. Le Cronier's ships were taken by the French several times in the 1790s. Likely to have been an acquaintance of Mary Jane, Godwin's wife, from her earlier days. In France there was a Commissaire de Police of the name mentioned in 1825, and also painters called Le Crosnier in that period…

Le Grice 16.9.1800 at Lamb's

Brothers Samuel Le Grice 1775-1802, Charles Valentine Le Grice 1773-1858 see Letters of Charles & Mary Lamb. Winifred F Courtney "Young Charles Lamb" p282 gives a good reason why this entry was Samuel

Le Maitre 2.11.1803 at Joseph Johnson's / 14.6.1807 coach to Wimbledon with Le Maitre

Both the above entries should probably be added on GD website to the person record for Paul Thomas Le Maitre

Le Texier's 8.5.1799 with Fell / 25.5.1799 Este & Le Texier adv at theatre

Anthony A Le Texier DNB c1737-1814. Children of Anthony Stephen Peter le Texier & Mary bapt St Anne Soho 28.8.1784 Horatio 21.4.1787 Anthony / Sun F 1791 Le Texier 4 Lisle St Leicester Fields (insured by Sarah Dickinson widow 80 Gt Russell Bloomsbury) / Nat Arch HO42/23/313 Jacobin clubs 1792 / bankrupt 10.4.1797 / Chancery case between Le Texier and Margravine of Anspach 1796 Nat Arch C12/685/1, 1798 C12/681/2, 1799 c12/687/15 1807 C13/633/32.