A-Z of Entries

mes Topping & Smith at tea 22.9.1806 / 6.10.1806 again /  15.10.1806 tea Topping's with miss Fearon / 23.10.1806 mrs Topping at tea / 24.10.1806 Toppings at tea / 12.11.1806 mrs Topping au soir / 18.11.1806 mrs Topping calls (£13) / 20.11.1806 mrs Topping at theatre / 21.11.1806 mes Topping & Smith sup / 3.12.1806 sup at Topping's / 12.12.1806 E Topping, Smith & Ford sup / 24.12.1806 call on Topping; adv Young / 26.12.1806 G(race) M(ary) C(ooper) dines; adv S Topping / 8.1.1807 Toppgs tea & supper / 29.1.1807 S Topping at tea / 1.2.1807 Topping & Smith sup / 18.2.1807…

Toulmin 16.5.1797 at Barbauld's

Seems likely to have been Joshua Toulmin DNB 1740-1815

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Rev Dr Joseph Towers elected honorary member 26.4.1782

Joseph Towers DNB 1737-1799

capt Towers 20.11.1799 at Charlotte Smith's

See Collected Letters of Charlotte Smith. Her cousin was Capt of Sussex Fencible Cavalry (see report of court martial of Worthington, Bristol 1796 & 1797 in Eighteenth Century Online). He came to London from York on military business but died of fever in Charlotte Smith's care 19.12.1799. His will PCC proved 28.2.1800 Thomas Towers of Ashling Sussex dated 6.6.1795 made his cousin Mrs Catherine Ann Dorset, widow, his executrix. It is possible he was also the Towers of 17.11.1799 at John King's, coded in GD website to Joseph Towers DNB…

29.12.1810 seek Towgood

Probably one of the brothers William, John and Matthew Towgood see my entries for them in the Society for Constitutional Information dataset on this website

Townley's collection 28.3.1797

Charles Townley DNB 1737-1805. Fully covered in the event tag on GD website, so Townley should have a person record or not be highlighted and underlined

Townsend at Losh's (Bath) 13.3.1798 (in Godwin's 1796 list)

Joseph Townsend DNB 1739-1816. Friend of Jeremy Bentham. Joseph Farington in his diary (p1497 & p 1499) in 1801 met Rev Mr Townsend author of A Tour In Spain at Mr Warner's Bath (see Warner, Richard). (Other Townsends in DNB, George T independent minister Ramsgate father of George T DNB 1788-1857, John T DNB 1757-1826 independent minister at Bermondsey from 1784, Henry Hare T (1765? - 1827) son of James T DNB 1737-1787 and father of Chauncy Hare T DNB 1798-1868 but Joseph T seems much more likely)

call on Nicholson (Townson) 8.4.1799 / 8.8.1799, 9.8.1799, 10.8.1799 Godwin reads Townson

Robert Townson DNB 1762-1827 in London from 1797, published Travels in Hungary 1797, Philosophy of Mineralogy 1798, Tract's & observations in natural history & physiology & poor man's moralist 1798. The brackets suggest Godwin didn't meet Townson but talked about him with, or borrowed one of his books from William Nicholson

Trafford 7.9.1805 at W Taylor's, Norwich

Sigismund Trafford born 15.5.1762 son of Sir Clement Boehm Trafford of Dunton Hall Lincs and his wife Jane (died 1809) dau of Edward Southwell of Wisbeach. Emanuel College Cambridge 1780. adm Lincolns Inn 1782. took surname Southwell c1791. Married 30.8.1791 at Lakenham, Margaret eldest daughter of James Crowe of Norwich. Subscr 1798 to Wm Enfield 1799 to Adam Walker. Of Tooke's Wood Norwich, & Wroxham hall (6 miles NE of Norwich). Lt Royal Regt Dragoons 7.1811. Died 1.8.1827

10;12;1806 theatre; Travellers & Mr H---

The event tag on GD website leads to a blank screen. Travellers by Andrew Cherry music by Domenico Corri. Mr H--- a new farce about a man who is ashamed of his own name (which turns out to be Hogsflesh). Morn Post 9.12.1806 Morn Chron 12.12.1806

30.9.1808 Travers calls

Only appearance in Godwin's diary, but quite likely Benjamin Travers DNB 1783-1858 surgeon. He had recently married Sarah daughter of William Morgan DNB 1750-1833 and was a colleague of Henry Cline DNB 1750-1827, both acquaintances of Godwin. The only other Travers in Holdens 1811 directory in London were Joseph Travers Esq (a City grocer), two watchmakers in Clerkenwell, and a shoemaker.

9.2.1790 Trefusis at Miss Williams. One of female plural.

Hon. Elizabeth Trefusis died 9.9.1808 in 45th year 'sister to late and aunt to present Lord Clinton' (Hampshire Telegraph 19.9.1808). Her Poems and Tales published 1806. Her will PCC 1808 spinster of James St Buckingham Gate, sister Barbara Crowley Trefusis
 

27.6.1806 call on La. Trelawny / 28.6.1806 Trelawnys call

Sir Harry Trelawny (DNB 1756-1834) and his wife Ann (née Brown). They married on 28.4.1778 and had 4 sons and 2 daus

18.11.1809 call on Triphook / 1.5.1813 again / 5.7.1813 again / 28.10.1813 call on Triphook; adv. D'Israeli / 9.4.1814 call on Rodd; adv. Triphook / 28.4.1815 call on Triphook / 29.4.1815 call on Triphook (not seen) / 1.5.1815 call on Triphook / 13.1.1817 Rodd's; adv. Triphook / 7.11.1818 again / 18.9.1820 again / 21.12.1822 again / 1.2.1823 call on Triphook / 17.5.1823 call on Rodd; adv. Triphook

Either John Triphook bookseller 28 St James-st or Robert Triphook bookseller 87 (or 37?) St James-st

10.8.1807 call w. (Marshall) on Troby

A rare name. Post Office directory 1801 Thomas Troby gold & silver plater Ship-ct Old Bailey. John Troby silversmith Old Bailey will PCC 4.9.1804 mentioned his wife Mary (1753-1838) and son William Bamforth Troby. John Troby son of John Troby musician of Soho was made free of Farriers Company 1796. Children of John & Mary Troby bapt St Martin Ludgate Harriet 1789, William Bamforth 1791, Hannah 1793. Children of John & Mary Troby bapt Sheffield Margaret 1774 Elizabeth 1776 Mary 1780 Thomas 1782 could have been the same family

L'Eveq de Troil 17.2.1794 at Parr's

write to J B Trotter 15.10.1803 / 28.4.1806 call on Trottrⁿ / 2.10.1806 tea Trotter's with M(ary) J(ane) (coffin of Fox) /  7.1.1808 dine at Hawthorns w. M[ary] J[ane], F[anny], capt. Trotter, mrs. Trotter, &c.

GD website has person record for J B Trotter but the first 3 entries above have not been coded to him and should be. The Trotters were from Downpatrick like the Hawthorns (if these Hawthorns were indeed the family of Steele Hawthorn, which I haven't proven) but J B Trotter's older brother had changed his name to Ruthven and his younger brother had just died at…

Truman 30.4.1804 at mrs Beresford's / 3.11.1805 Truman at Rowan's / 20.1.1806 again / 4.3.1806 again

The witnesses to the codicil dated 12.9.1825 at Paris to the will 1827 of Sydney Beresford were Samuel & Mary Truman. otherwise I,ve found nothing to identify Truman

Trusson 27.12.1790 at Steele's

Thomas T Esq 1777 steward of Ipswich races. Catherine T of Kelsale PCC 1785. Mr Gabriel T of Friston Hall, Suffolk died 1798. Sarah B T appr to Mary Vale milliner Lower Brook St Grosvenor Sq 19.2.1799. will IR26 1800 John T of Hollesly, execs Thomas T of Hollesley & Philip T of Bruisyard.Mrs Margaret T of Friston 1801. Daniel T East Soham Suffolk 1801. will IR26 1805 Susanna T (her letter to Wm Pitt). Sarah T spinster Sun F 1808 Piccadilly

14.2.1796 miss Tucker at Holcroft's with Mrs Cole / 28.3.1797 at Fenwick's / 24.4.1797 at her's / 11.1.1798 Tucker adv at Fenwick's / 9.10.1805 Tucker calls / 12.12.1809 call on Tucker / 6.9.1829 miss Tucker at Cooke's

On 29.7.95 J Tucker wrote a somewhat flirtatious letter to Godwin, from Whitestone (near Exeter) and sent by the hand of Thomas Cooper, in which she mentioned Mrs Cole's and Miss Braddock's conversations on Godwin's reasons for not employing a servant (Ms Abinger c.2 f106-7). I haven't been able to identify her family as there were lots of Tuckers in Exeter (cooper,…