Godwin Diary

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.

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

Gattie 29.4.1799 at G's head with Suett, Sedgwick &c

If Suett and possibly Sedgwick were actors, Henry Gattie DNB 1774-1844 would be in context, but according to the DNB he made his debut as an actor at Bath in 1807. William Gattie of Brompton Row Middlesex will PCC 1814 had a perfumers and combmakers business. See also my entry for Gatty

Sedgwick 29.4.1799 at G's head with Suet , Gattie, Chandler, Dering &c / 17.7.1830 Sedgwick at Holm's

Highfill, Burnim & Langhans have a Thomas Sedgwick d.1803 who was an ironmonger of Budge Row, Cannon St who performed at Drury Lane Theatre, (like Richard Suett). Also possibly James Sedgwick DNB 1775-1851

Whiteford 29.4.1799 at Royal Academy exhibition / 9.3.1827 C Whitefoord

Caleb Whitefoord DNB 1735-1810 may well have been at the RA exhibition in 1799. His son Charles was born 1797 before his marriage, after which he had a son Caleb born 1805 who became rector of Dunford, and twins Charles & Harriet born 1807

Cobbett 29.4.1799 at Chandler's / 24.10.1811 call on Cobbett with Curran / 29.10.1811 again / 3.12.1811 call on / 18.12.1811 again / 2.12.1813 Cobbet, mercer calls / 4.12.1813 call on Place & Cobbet  / 10.1.1814 call on Place twice, & Cobbet / 8.7.1821 call on Cobbet, adv Hutchinson Liverpool / 18.6.1835 W Cobbet dies

Knyvet's 21.4.1799 / 23.6.1830 Knyvet adv at Bain

Charles Knyvett DNB 1752-1822 organist of Chapel Royal from 1796, married 1772 Rose Alloway who d.1807 / his sons Charles Knyvett DNB 1773-1852 married 1795 Jane Laney, William Knyvett DNB 1779-1856 married 1801 Sarah Laney (see Laney), & Henry Knyvett 1773-1844 army officer

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

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

mrs Tyler calls 5.4.1799 / 19.7.1799 meet Tyler's beau / 11.6.1800 call on mrs Tyler (not in) / 25.10.1801 Tyler at Horne Tooke's

see Villeneuve. Robert Tyler of St James Piccy jeweller = 26.6.1771 St Marylebone Mary Ann Villeneuve sp otp by lic wit Geo Villeneuve. Since Mrs Tyler called on Godwin out of the blue three weeks after Godwin met Villeneuves at James Perry's the above marriage may be relevant