A-Z of Entries

see Poland Street 1 to 8 & 49 to 62 in London Addresses dataset

John Prendergast 50 Poland St ratebooks 1774-7 / SunFire 1778 John Prendergast MD & Honora Morgan widow execs to the will of Jeffrey Morgan Poland St / will PCC of Jeffrey Morgan Esq mentioned house in Bentinck St, St Marylebone, wife Honora, son Jeremiah, brother Charles, John Prendergast of Poland St Doctor of Physic, sister Margaret Broderick, brother in law William Burke, James Henry Burke, cousin James Moore dated 19.9.1777 proved 24.11.1777 / Jeffery Morgan bach of St Marylebone = St Bride Fleet St 2.12.…

Prescot 21.3.1802 at King's / 4.4.1802 again / 9.12.1809 call on Prescot

The 1802 entries at King's must have been Thomas Leveson Prescott who was involved in John King's Portland Bank scandal, (see also Lathorp / Rogers, George / & Davis, William). A Lieutenant RN 1797, he married 10.4.1802 at St Marylebone Louisa Carter of St Giles Cripplegate (see Carter). The scandal came out directly after his marriage, see Morning Post 1.5.1802 for his disclaimer. His will PCC 1849, half pay Captain RN of 105 Marina St, St Leonards, Sussex dated 11.3.1843 left all to Mary Anne Prescott…

write to R Prescot 17.4.1799

Rachel Prescott of Blackburn, Lancs dated her first letter to Godwin 10.3.1799 (Abinger c4 f88-9), her second letter 12.4.1799 (c4 f100-3). Godwin's reply (c22 f107-10)

See Harriet Guest, 'Unbounded Attachment' for details of her life. There is a will at Chester of Rachel Prescott spinster of Bedford Cheshire March 1825

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Roger Prescott of Devonshire Square proposed member 12.11.1782 by William Falkener 2nded Thomas Hinton Burley Oldfield

How I hate not being able to find anything definite about someone. Land Tax for 1781 and 1782 recorded a Roger Prescott at Cavendish Court, Devonshire Square. This doesn't seem likely to me to have been the Roger Prescott brazier at Old Dock, Liverpool (Baileys directory 1781) and brazier of Liverpool and mortgager, Plato Denny merchant mortgagee (SunFire 1784). This was likely the Roger Prescott of St Peters Liverpool who…

5.3.1791 at Timothy Hollis /  18.9.1796 at Horne Tooke's

Isaac Preston admitted Lincolns inn 1769, eldest son by 2nd wife of Isaac Preston deceased (will PCC 1768) of Beeston St Laurence Norfolk; subscr to Jebb's Works 1787, Law List 1793 counsel Norfolk circuit, recorder of Lynn, died 6.5.1796, will PCC 1796. Likely the Hollis entry in 1791 but cannot be the Tooke's entry as he was dead.

Just possibles are William Preston DNB 1750-1807 dramatist lived Dublin, Thomas Preston DNB 1774-1850 for the Tooke's entry & William Preston DNB 1742-1818 freemason

19.3.1807…

Mr Preston of Jerico 20.8.1792 at Brand Hollis'.

A near neighbour of Hollis in Essex, the will (PCC 1802) of Richard Preston of Jericho House, Blackmore Essex specified his epitaph "formerly eminent mercer behind St Clements London began with £13 7s 6d" and an executor was his friend Dr William Garthshore of St Martins Lane. Also mentioned brother Capt Achilles Preston, Mrs Dubourgh his late sister's mantua maker, nephew Richard Preston Prichard, and grandnephew Christopher son of John Preston formerly of St Clements mercer
 

Prevot at Philips'2.4.1802 / 30.5.1805 Mde Prevot at tea / 1.7.1805 again / 11.7.1805 Me Prevost calls

Rev Francis Prevost along with Francis William Blagdon DNB 1777-1819 published Mooriana in 1803 but the publisher was Crosby not Phillips. Prevost's dedication to John Julius Angerstein DNB 1732-1823 suggests he may have been tutor to Angerstein's son John (Hist of Parl 1774-1858). The Rev Francis Prevost was buried at Fulham 28.8.1810 and Gents Mag 80/2 p388 said he was minister of the French Conformist chapel in Dean St Soho. I have found no details of his wife or family. Ann…

3.6.1796 Price adv at E Mansel's / 21.1.1801 adv at liberate Walker / 12.4.1802 adv at T C Rickman / 2.5.1811 Price calls / 3.5.1811 again / 25.5.1811 again / 23.12.1811 sir C Price at Wardmote / 31.12.1813 call on Price / 3.1.1814 again / 7.1.1814 again / 12.1.1814 again / 13.1.1814 again / 14.1.1814 again / 18.1.1814 again / 22.1.1814 seek Price / 24.1.1814 call on Price / 29.1.1814 again / 27.12.1814 clerk from Ralph Price calls / 4.1.1815 call on Ralph Price / 10.4.1815 message from R Price / 20.4.1815 mrs & miss Price at tea / 14.2.1818 Price at Telford's / 4.11.1820 write to R…

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Job Hart Price of Kensington proposed member 5.12.1783 by Richard Brocklesby 2nded Charles Ball

The only clue I found to his origins was his subscription in 1776 to Leland's History of Ireland published in Cork, which also fits with his seconder, Rev Charles Ball of Dublin. At the time he joined SCI he had recently on 21.10.1783 married Sarah Clarke of Ulcomb, Kent at Clifton, Glos. She was the daughter of Godfrey Clarke (will PCC 1774 of Sutton, Derbyshire who apparently left his estates heavily encumbered with debts) and heiress of her…

GODWIN DIARY: In Godwin's 1796 list for 1777. Under 1778 in 1794 version. Person record in GD website but 1796 list entry not coded to it.

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Rev Dr Richard Price original member 1780

Richard Price DNB 1723-1791

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

Jacob Priddy 14 Poland St ratebooks 1784-1797 / Jacob Priddy = Fivehead, Somerset 21.8.1783 Betty Cozens, their children Robert Cozens & John bapt 30.4.1786 Henry bapt 25.12.1787 James bapt 3.7.1791 all at St James / Italian warehouseman, oilman, foreign warehouse many ads & directories / will PCC 1831 Jacob Priddy gent of Stamford Hill, Middlesex

see Poland Street 19 to 44 in London Addresses dataset

John Rogers Pride 23 Poland St (Kings Arms) ratebooks 1795-1800 / 14.11.1792 "Pride scotchman" Marquis of Granby 33 Castle St Oxford Market meeting place of Div 5 of London Corresponding Society August 1792 (Thale, Selections p 17, 27, 29) / Old Bailey 28.5.1800 murder of Bartolomichi (QV*) witness William Hearne potboy at Kings Arms Poland St / John Rogers Pride victualler Chandos St, St Martins voted Graham 1802 / SunFire 1807 51 Chandos St exec of will PCC 1807 of John Christie cabinet maker / will of Samuel Pride PCC 1808…

see Poland Street 19 to 44 in London Addresses dataset

Joseph Prigmore 21 Poland St ratebooks 1788-91 / coroners jury 1790 Joseph Prigmore Poland St cabinet maker / Wakefields directory 1790 cabinet maker / Joseph Prigmore bach = St Marylebone 12.8.1788 Mary Grace Hooks Haylett sp by lic (wits John Skellet, John Low), their son Joseph Robert bapt St James 16.11.1789 / Mary Prigmore bur 7.6.1795 Yarmouth Norfolk / Joseph Prigmore = Yarmouth 7.10.1798 Martha Pratt / 1801 Joseph J Prigmore cabinet maker Yarmouth took appr Wm (Richardson?) 

25.2.1789 P of E surely referred to the Primate of England

miss Prince 28.3.1795 at Adams'.

This was probably but not certainly at Joseph Adams DNB 1755/7 - 1818 who at this point was an apothecary probably still of Basinghall St. Identifying any of his guests might identify the others, Newdicks, Hinckley, Atkins's see my entries for them

11.1.1809 call on J Taylor : meet mrs Beresford & Perry. adv. Proby / 30.5.1818 call on J Taylor; adv. Proby / 11.7.1818 call on J Taylor; adv. Smith & Proby

The only three times Proby appeared in Godwin's diary, (except in 1798 when Godwin read a book by William C Proby comparing Godwin's philosophy with that of Lycurgus of Sparta), and all at (or near in the first case) John Taylor's. Possibly the author William C Proby about whom I know nothing, possibly John Proby, Lord Proby 1780-1855 History of Parliament. John Taylor DNB 1757-1832. Records of My Life

HCR diary 8.7.1834 see Stewart-Mackenzie, James Alexander in Crabb Robinson Diary dataset

HCR diary 14.5.1820 "called on Mrs Montagu, Barry Cornwall there"

                  10.12.1820 "Hazlitt, Mrs Horace Twiss and Barry Cornwall were at Montagu's and I had a very pleasant lounge there till past 12 o'clock"

                    30.6.1826 Procter "his brother Robert is to take the Dairy - I think it a hazardous speculation"

                    13.1.1829 "Geo: Procter "candidate for presidency of Guernsey College"

                    29.4.1829 shorthand passage re|: Procter's dairy

                      3.7.1835 chat at Procter's on family…

19.7.1808 call on Philips; adv. prophet

Samuel Best DNB 1737/8-1825 / Richard Brothers DNB 1757-1824 / Joanna Southcott DNB 1750-1814 / are all possibles but no doubt there were minor prophets who didn't make the DNB

Prowit &c call 27.6.1798

Rev Edward Prowitt (Dissenting Academies Online database) Gents Mag 1802 pt 2 p877 died at Catterick Bridge 3.7.1802 taken ill on a journey age 42. Came to Bristol Baptist Academy 1780-3 from Leicester, Harvey Lane, married Anna Maria Howe at Bristol 26.5.1783, Minister at Oxford 1783-7 at Pardon Bank, Newcastle upon Tyne unitarian baptist church 1787-99 then to Fleet, Lincolnshire. Assistant to William Turner DNB 1761-1859. 1792 subscr to Robert Robinson. Schoolmaster Newcastle 1801. Daughter Elizabeth born Oxford c1786 died 1868, daughter Anna Maria…