Godwin Diary

19.7.1808 call on Philips: adv. Nolan

Only instance in Godwin's diary. Two authors from DNB. Michael Nolan DNB 1763?-1827 and Frederick Nolan DNB 1784-1864, neither in the radical camp.

19.7.1808 call on Philips, adv. Crosby / 14.3.1809 Crosby calls / 20.3.1809 call on, Philips, Crosby / 27.3.1809 call on Crosby & R Taylor / 26.8.1809 call on Johnson & Crosby / 22.9.1809 call on Crosby / 24.9.1809 H & P Hopwood & S Crosby dine / 15.11.1809 call on Crosby / 9.12.1809 again / 20.12.1809 call on Crosby, jr / 23.12.1809 call on Miles, adv. Crosby, jr / 11.7.1810 call on Crosby, jr / 2.11.1810 call on Crosby / 26.8.1813 Settlement at Crosby's / 28.1.1814 call on Crosby (not seen): R Crosby calls / 12.12.1815 R Crosby calls / 20.12.1815 call on Simpkin, adv.

17.7.1808 sup at Toppings w. Edlam

Edlam very rare name but Headlam was a Northern name and perhaps dropped his h. Five doors from Godwin

Slade, Scaife, Irving & Headlam warehouseman 51, Bread-st (Holdens Directory 1805)  / insured SunFire 1808 John Headlam & Arthur Hill Slade 46 Skinner-st, Snow Hill / John Headlam warehouseman 46 Skinner-st & 3, Snow Hill (P.O. Directory 1816)

17.7.1808 sup at Topping's, w. Dods

Only instance in Godwin diary. Usually spelt Dodds.

P.O. Directory 1808 Joseph Dodds silversmith 12 Aldersgate-st / Joseph Dodds ship & insurance-broker 5, Mark-la

Holdens Directory 1802 Miss Dodds, boarding school 22 Lisson-green / Dodds surgeon 45 Dorset-st, Manchester-sq / Wm. Dodds carver & gilder, 72 Oxford-st / John Dodds attorney, Maiden-lane, Covt. Gdn / John Dodds & Turner corn-dealers 71 Tooley-st (& 1811) will PCC 1819

8.7.1808 dine at Joseph Johnson's w. Cash

Only instance in Godwin's diary. No Cash in Holdens 1811 Court, in Trades only two publicans. Wills PCC 1811 John Cash, Quaker, stuff merchant of Coventry / Ann Cash PCC 1812 spinster of Spitalfields, (born 1760) father Edward Cash weaver will dated 1779 (not found) she left her stock in trade of books and stationery to her cousin Joshua Farmer who appeared as a bookseller in 1817 directory at 11 Hereford-pl Commercial-rd

8.7.1808 write to Rosslyn / 21.7.1808 letter from Rosslyn

James St Clair Erskine DNB 1762-1837 2nd Earl of Rosslyn was a Burkeite Whig up to 1793 then became a soldier and returned to politics in 1814 as a Tory so not a natural patron for Godwin, but he did reply

8.7.1808 write to Cholmondeley

George James Cholmondeley 1749-1827 known as the Earl of Cholmondeley between 1770 and 1815 doesn't seem to have been of the Whig persuasion so not a natural choice for Godwin to write to. Thomas Cholmondeley 1767-1855, MP for Cheshire 1796-1812 wasn't a Whig either, though in 1810 he married the daughter of a Whig, William Watkins Wynn.

5.7.1808 call on Bagster / 3.9.1808 again / 19.9.1808 Bagster calls / 18.11.1809 call on Bagster / 4.1.1811 again / 8.3.1811 again / 15.3.1811 again / 6.3.1812 call on Bagster for Burr / 7.5.1813 call on Bagster / 15.5.1813 again / 10. 1 1815 again / 19.5.1818 again

The GD website has a person record for Miller and has lumped all Millers together but tried to distinguish them in the editorial notes. This entry is just to provide more info on Walter Miller of Perth. He died 19.3.1819 at Perth of asthma aged 63 years. Godwin recorded his death

Walter Miller ironmonger married Mary Young at Glasgow in 1786. Their children John b.1787, Walter b.1789, Jean b.1791, James b.1792, Mary b.1797, George b.1800 d.1855, Elizabeth b.1802, all born at Perth

1.7.1808 call on Comrie / 2.7.1808 write to Comrie / 30.8.1813 seek Comrie & W Morgan / 31.8.1813 seek Comrie / 1.9.1813 / 2.9.1813 seek Comrie: call on Walkden / 3.9.1813 call on Comrie