A-Z of Entries

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Joseph Stafford of the Borough proposed member 24.1.1783 by Thomas Hinton Burley Oldfield 2nded John Jebb

World 2.2.1789 Joseph Stafford of Borough hosier bankrupt. World 5.2.1789 John Baskerville Stafford & John Wintle of 71 St Margarets Hill, Southwark hosiers advertised they had no connection with the bankrupt Joseph Stafford. So two of them to disentangle

Joseph Stafford (& 6 others) presented address of merchants and traders of Southwark to the King 1784 (Deformities of Fox & Burke), governor of Surrey Dispensary 1787,…

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Mr Staley, 10 Upper Thames St, proposed member 5.5.1786 by Henry Amory 2nded John Satchell

GODWIN DIARY: Staley 2.1.1796 at Dyer's /  5.6.1796 at Amelia Alderson's

Identity probable but not clear, either for SCI member or Godwin Diary. Benjamin Staley of Bankside, Southwark, subscr 1783 to Comfort by W Augustus Clarke pastor of Red Cross St chapel. Benjamin Staley of Horseshoe Wharf, Thames St in 1786 list of Socy for Promoting Religious Knowledge among Poor (joined 1784). Benj Staley Upper Thames St subscr 2 gns to New College Hackney…

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Thomas Stamford of Derby original member 1780

Thomas Stamford of All Saints, Derby hosier (& bondsman Geo Holford of Manchester innkeeper) license 8.6.1752 to marry Hannah Crompton of Bolton, Lancs sp. Bolton Archives ZAR/1/7 & 9 John Crompton of Bolton gent & wife Catherine, Thomas Stamford of Derby gent & wife Hannah. Jedediah Strutt DNB 1726-1797, Thomas Stamford hosier & dissenter of Derby and John Bloodworth, partnership 1758 to 1762 with Strutt & William Woollat. Will PCC 17.9.1787 of Thomas Stamford of Derby…

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Earl of Derby proposed member 29.11.1782 by Edward Hall 2nded Samuel Shore

Edward Smith Stanley DNB 1752-1834

GODWIN DIARY: Starke 1.4.1794 adv at Jennings' / 6.6.1800 baron Starke at King's

Charles Sigismund Baron Starke formerly of Mitten Hof in Prussian Silesia married Martha Ogle, (sister to Newton Ogle, dean of Winchester and, later, aunt to Mrs Sheridan, Mrs Grey & Mrs Whitbread) at Winchester 11.1753. Baroness Starck died 20.1.1805 (Gents Mag) and Charles Sigismund died 12.10.1776 at Oxford (Gents Mag) where his sons Charles George admitted 1772 age 17 and Edward Chaloner admitted 1775 age 17 (bur 1.7.1833 Lambeth St John age 76) were both at Merton College. For a third son see…

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Dr William Stevenson of Newark, Notts proposed member 3.1.1783 by John Cartwright 2nded Richard Brocklesby

William Stevenson DNB c1719-1783 which talks about him as a physician but not as a poet. See his Poems 1765 dedicated to his father William Stevenson, with poems addressed to Rev Edward Young DNB 1683-1765, John Home DNB 1722-1808 author of Douglas and Agis, William Woty DNB 1732-1791, and Mark Akenside DNB 1721-1770. also a poet and physician. He also published An Ode to Peace 1776

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: William Stone of Rutland Pl, Thames St proposed member 23.5.1783 by Joseph Towers 2nded Richard Brocklesby

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: John Hurford Stone of London Fields, Hackney proposed member 15.1.1790 by Thomas Brand Hollis 2nded Richard Sharp

John Hurford Stone1763-1818 DNB
CURRENT TEXT "his younger brother William"
SUGGESTED CHANGE <his older brother William>
NOTES I haven't found Wiilam Stone's birth or death details or any records giving his age but William Stone of Rutland Place, Thames…

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: John Story of Lawrence Lane proposed member 8.11.1782 by Joseph Brown 2nded Edward Hall

John Story appr 1724 to Henry Brown of Merchant Taylors Co (father unreadable of Bucks, clerk). John Story of St Lawrence Jewry age 30 and upwards bach license 7.8.1746 to marry Elizabeth Pritchard sp of All Hallows Lombard St age 21. 1766 John Story warehouseman of Lawrence Lane, Christopher Alderson otsp (Warwick Co Record Office). London directories 1768-1773 Story, Alderson & Nethercoat 16 Lawrence lane, 1776-1794 just Story & Alderson. Pub Adv…

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Thomas George Street of 4, Cowley St, Westminster proposed member 4.11.1792 by Joseph Gerrald 2nded Joseph Jennings

GODWIN DIARY: 25.11.1794 at Parr's / 26.11.1794 at Mackintosh's / 5.3.1796 at Parr's / 19.4.1800 again / 31.10.1801 at D Stuart's (wrongly transcribed as Sheet in GD website).

Editor of the Courier. His poem Aura the Slave was published 1788 and the first volume of his History of the Reign of Lewis the Sixteenth, dedicated to Samuel Parr, in 1794. The other two projected volumes never appeared and according to Parr this…

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: William Strutt, W Strutt junior & Joseph Strutt of Derby proposed members 28.9.1792 by Thomas Symmonds 2nded John Horne Tooke

William Strutt senior was a brother of Jedediah Strutt DNB 1726-1797. His two nephews William and Joseph are treated separately in the DNB entry of their father Jedediah. The will PCC 3.10.1800 of William Strutt of Derby hosier dated 29.1.1800 mentioned his three nephews William, George Benson, & Joseph Strutt

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: William Sturch of Stanhope St, Clare Market, ironmonger proposed member 9.8.1782 by John Jebb 2nded Edward Bridgen. Proposed again 6.4.1792. Transmitted tracts to Mr Christie of Montrose

GODWIN DIARY: Sturch 30.4.1799 at Joseph Johnson's / 16.9.1801 again / 16.3.1803 again / 12.5.1807 again / 11.9.1807 again / 24.7.1809 call on / 30.11.1809 again / 29.12.1809 at Johnson's funeral / 2.6.1814 M(arshall) from Sturch

William Sturch DNB 1753-1838. Mentioned in A Liberal Publisher as friend of Joseph Johnson's. GD website has mistranscribed…

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Dr Abraham Sutcliffe of Settle, Yorks proposed member 23.4.1784 by Jeremiah Batley 2nded Samuel Romilly

Abraham Sutcliffe apothecary at Settle took apprentices 1759 and 1769.Medical Register 1780 Abraham Sutcliffe, surgeon, Settle. Baileys Directory 1784 M.D. 1789 Abraham Sutcliffe, Sheffield, shares in Leeds & Liverpool canal. See Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 21.7.1900. Abraham Sutcliffe buried 29.3.1808 Rochdale St Chad schoolmaster of Brown Wardle age 69. Nat Arch IR 26/307/242 his will proved Chester 8.9.1808 under £300…

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Daniel Sutton of Portsmouth St, Lincolns Inn Fields proposed member 8.6.1792 by William Sturch 2nded William Maxwell

Daniel Sutton bapt 2.7.1757 at Salt Lane Prebyterian, Salisbury, son of Richard & Martha. Richard Sutton had married Martha Goodbee at St Martin's, Salisbury 30.5.1750. Their other children bapt at Salt Lane: Henry 1759, James 1761, Ann 1768, Martha 1771. SunFire 1791 Richard, Henry & James Sutton, Sarum, Wiltshire, clothiers. SunFire 1793 Daniel Sutton of London, carpet manufacturer in partnership with William Buller of…

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Mr Swainson of Frith St Soho proposed member 8.2.1793 by Thomas Holcroft 2nded William Harwood

GODWIN DIARY: Swainson 2.5.1797 at John King's

Isaac Swainson buried Twickenham 13.5.1812 will PCC 1812 of Frith St, St Anne Soho "for 25 years proprietor of secret or receipt for Volne's Vegetable Syrup which I bought from Peter Mercier formerly of Frith Street Doctor of Physic". Also mentioned his niece Margaret Swainson, his partner Thomas Whittingham, and John Bellamy wine merchant of Old Palace Yard Westminster, dated 16.2.1807, codicil…

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Thomas Simmons of Inner Temple proposed member 25.5.1792 by Samuel Favell 2nded Jeremiah Joyce. Symmons and Joyce proposed John Fenwick SCI member 5.10.1792

GODWIN DIARY: 4.2.1793 Symonds at tea (with Jardine, Fenwick & Pearson) / 20.2.1793 with Jardine / 19.5.1793 at Tooke's /28.5.1793 / 2.6.1793 / 16.6.1793 / 8.8.1794 / 24.10.1794 / 1.11.1794 / 3.11.1794 / 25.11.1794 / 6.3.1795 / 9.6.1795 adv at Joyce's with Tooke.

On 2.6.1793 his name was followed by Grecian, and on 8.8.1794 preceded by Grecian, separated by a comma each time.…

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: John Bayley Tailor proposed member 16.4.1784 by Joseph Towers 2nded James West, to be sent to Mr Knight's, 57 Strand (John Knight draper Strand 1778-1823)

Presumably son of John Tayler and Sarah Bayly who married 17.7.1752 or 17.7.1751 somewhere in Suffolk (familysearch.org). From his age at burial he was born about 1752. He took an apprentice as grocer of Woodbridge 1776 (and another in 1790 at a premium of £105). His son John Bayly Tailer junior was born 22.2.1787 son of John Bayly Tailer & Elizabeth and baptised at age 44 on 3.10.1831…

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: William Tate of Battersea proposed member 27.4.1792  by Michael Pearson 2nded John Horne Tooke

William Tate married 6.11.1766 at Leconfield, Yorks Hannah Hilbert. Francis Tate baptised at Muston, Yorks 31.8.1769 son of William. (York Guide 1787 William Tate spirit merchant Colliergate, SunFire 1790 William Tate, York, hop merchant & dealer in spirituous liquors, beer & cider. William Tate subscr to Ogden's poem Revolution 1790 but there were several other William Tates in or near London then / a tailor of 8 Monmouth St SunFire 1792 and…

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: James Tatlock of 3 Wood St, Cheapside proposed member 1.2.1794 by Thomas Wardle 2nded George Williams

Thomas Tatlock who married Mary Wade 13.2.1763 at St Michael Wood St was probably either his father or brother. London Gazette 7.7.1772 Richard Blackburn & Thomas Tatlock of Wood St, London merchants bankrupt, their.agreement 1764 re 2 silk mills in Stockport, Cheshire (Nat Arch C 111/198). Another relative Charles Tatlock of St Lawrence Jewry bach = St Margaret Pattens 26.4.1765 Sarah Marriott sp otp by lic. Directories 1768-1771 Charles…

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Francis Taylor of Hull proposed member 15.11.1782 by Jeremiah Batley 2nded John Jebb. Provided constituency info re: Hull, Beverley & haydon, offered to cover Scarborough & Malton as well

Francis Taylor = Bridlington 27.12.1791 Mary Marshall botp by lic wits Eliza Marshall, John Walmsly. Marriage register didn't state if bach or wid but licence said age 21 and upwards, I found no other record of his age. He was perhaps the son of Francis Taylor of Bridlington who married Ann Dalton there 30.4.1760. There was a marriage at Airmyn not…

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Richard Godman Temple of Fratton nr Portsmouth proposed member 26.1.1781 by John Cartwright 2nded Edward Bridgen

Baptised 27.4.1752 son of Robert & Susanna Temple at Portsmouth Unitarian. Robert Temple = Palace Chapel, Chichester, Sussex 11.1.1749 Susanna Godman. 1779 freeholder of Portsea voted for Jervoise Clark Jervoise (QV*). SunFire brewer of Portsea. He married at Mortlake 8.9.1785 Elizabeth dau of Timothy Yeats of Mortlake (will PCC 1792). SunFire 1788, 1792 Esq of Portsea. Subscr 1786 to Pike's Sermons, 1787 to Jebb's works, 1788…