Godwin Diary

4.1.1808 call on Hankey

Joseph Hume DNB 1767-1844. Mentioned 540 times in Godwin's diary, only exceeded by Godwin's second wife, his two children, James Marshall, Thomas Holcroft, Charles Lamb, Thomas Turner, David Booth and John Fenwick. The DNB knows very little about him and most of their article concerns a practical joke he and Lamb played on William Hazlitt. He was born 9.4.1764 in Bishopsgate Street, London son of John Hume and Sarah Weatherly, who had been married on 14.3.1758 at St Augustine Watling St, London as bachelor and spinster.

3 Tabarts sup 4.1.1810 / 9.2.1810 call on Tabart (not seen) / 10.2.1810 call on Tabart / 23.6.1810 call on Tabart (not seen) (Guildhall) / 29.6.1810 Guildhall (Tabart) / 31.7.1810 again / 11.8.1810 again / 21.8.1810 again / 11.9.1810 Baptist C H; Tabart / 9.10.1810 Haines calls from Tabart: Baptist's Head; Tabart / 18.12.1810 Tabart calls / 7.4.1820 call on La(dy) Phillips adv. Tabart

20.5.1808 write to H T

3.1.1808 Chamberlaine calls / Godwin calls on (not in) / 21.1.1808 calls / 14.2.1808 again / 1.3.1808 again / 25.5.1808 again / 30.6.1808 again / 14.7.1808 again / 19.7.1808 again / 17.8.1808 calls on (not in) / 20.8.1808 calls / 27.8.1808 again / 30.9.1808 again / 10.1.1809 again / 28.1.1808 again / 25.4.1809 again / 5.5.1809 again / 6.7.1809 again / 10.7.1809 again / 9.1.1810 again / 16.1.1810 again / 26.1.1810 again / 26.4.1810 again / 22.12.1810 calls on / 12.8.1811 calls / 30.3.1813 again / 21.6.1813 again / 28.12.1813 again / 24.5.1814 again / 5.8.1814 again / 23.8.1814 meet / 24.4.18

15.2.1808 call on Wheeler (B Hosp)

Thomas Wheeler buried 11.8.1847 Norwood Cemetery aged 93 from Newcastle Court, College Hill. 1775 freedom of Apothecaries Co. Probably the TW who married Ann Blatch sp 24.6.1789 St Pancras. 1801 candidate for apothecary to St Barts in place of Mr Roberts, had been assistant apothecary there for 17 years, address Bolt Court, Fleet St. Retired as apothecary to St Barts 1822. 1841 census Gracechurch St. Will PCC 1847 of St Bartholomews Hospital mentions six sons Thomas Lowe, Charles West, William Lowe, James Lowe, Lowe & Joseph.

19.3.1808 call on Burney,designer

Edward Francisco Burney DNB 1760-1848. At that time a designer was an artist who made drawings for engravers and this is just what E F Burney did. After this call Godwin then called on Burney's cousin Martin Burney

write Clennel 14.9.1799 / 13.7.1806 dine at Nicholson's w.

15.1.1808 call on Benson, japanner

Josepn Benson 1764-1819 will PCC 1820 japanner (wife Elizabeth, 2 sons 2 daus). SunFire 1808 202 St John St, West Smithfield

4.12.1807 call on West / 5.12.1807 again / 28.3.1811 write to West / 12.7.1811 West of Cork calls / 13.7.1811 again / 1.1.1812 write to West / 20.3.1812 write to West / 23.4.1812 write to West (Cork) / 29.6.1812 write to West / 28.11.1812 again / 13.3.1813 again / 4.10.1813 again / 7.3.1814 write to West-Grinstead / 12.12.1814 call on S West / 24.11.1815 call on West (Leather-seller)