Godwin Diary

18.2.1792 Road to Ruin. (te0119) by Thomas Holcroft. Also relevant to this text are 25.3.1792 Mercier's Road to Ruin (already tagged to te0119) / 3.4.1792 'talk with Holcroft of literary monopoly' / 8.4.1792 'Holcroft calls, talk of literary monopoly. Dine at Holcroft's, his explanation with Mercier; sup with him at Fenwick's, explanation' / 6.8.1792 'Smith in the Road to Ruin' when Thomas Cooper appeared in that role at Newcastle / 4.11.1792 Mercier adv at Holcroft's; talk of languages and precision

17.2.1792 pidd / 10.9.1792 pides

the Godwin Diary editors have avoided explaining Godwin's words in Greek letters, using squares to represent them. Perhaps their Greek is as weak as mine but for completeness I've included them anyway.

I think these may mean piss or urine. please enlighten me

Hey 4.2.1792 at Shields' with Gray, Perry & Holcroft / 24.8.1794 Hay at Gray's with Gordon & Holcroft / 14.12.96 Hay at House of Commons with Gordon & Perry / 7.1.1805 adv Hay & 2 at H Rowan's / 11.7.1813 miss Hay at Hume's

see Hay

Serbonnier 9.1.1792 at Brand Hollis'

18.1.1792 Huniades.

John Huniades was a Hungarian general who defeated the Turks and died in 1456. Godwin mentioned him in St Leon. By the time he wrote St Leon he was reading the 12 volume 1797 edition of Gibbon's Decline and Fall (te0884) but Gibbon was the most likely source of information on Huniades so he may have referred to an earlier edition at this point
 

Pinard 18.12.1791 at Holcroft's and 20 more times there till 24.1.1796, plus 25.117.93 Godwin calls on him and 7.7.1793 Godwin dines at his, with Holcroft

Nat Arch PROB31/1015/473 inventory of Jean Baptiste Pinard 1808 late of Oxford St, St Ann Soho bachelor, father Francois Pinard. creditor Rev Andre Benoitt Hardouin. sureties Rice Ives wine merchant & Wm Grant upholsterer both of Oxford St

18.12.1791 Mrs Shield and 22.10.1794, 23.10.1794. In his will (PCC 1829) dated 29.6.1826 William Shield DNB 1748/9-1829 left everything to his 'beloved partner whose maiden name was Anne Stokes daughter of James and Mary Stokes late of Marylebone deceased, Mrs Shield upwards of forty years'

25.12.1791 Dr Sutton at Webb's.

Thomas Sutton born Staffs 1763/4. MD Leyden 1787. Dedicated his thesis to Samuel Shore of Norton Hall. LCP London 1790. Will PCC 1835 Greenwich. Daniel Sutton (DNB 1735-1819) surgeon and inoculator was not generally referred to as Dr Sutton though surgeons sometimes were
 

13.12.1791 lodgings and 28.12.1791 Remove.

Godwin moved to 39 Devonshire Street, Portland Place