Godwin Diary

P(hebe) G(odwin) & miss Yates at tea 15.7.1803 / 6.5.1804 Forsyth, Yates & P G dine / 5.8.1804 Yates's & miss Clarke dine; adv Jo(seph) G(odwin) / 9.8.1804 meet H(annah) G(odwin) & Yates / 15.4.1805 P G & Yates dine / 12.11.1805 miss Yates & P G dine / 17.12.1805 call on Jo G; adv miss Clarke

The GD website has coded the Yates entries above to a person record but it is blank and states No appearances in diary found. Probably one of Hannah Godwin's millinery assistants, see my entry for Godwin, Hannah

write to Nicholson (P H) 4.8.1804

Coded in GD website to William Nicholson DNB 1753-1815 which may well be correct but in that case what did P H stand for? Godwin may have used PH to distinguish this person from his usual Nicholson. I wondered if P H stood for Political Herald this could have been a former colleague of Godwin's

Robinsons (Thiebault) 31.7.1804 / 24.10.1804 (contract, Thiebault)

mrs TCJoyce 19.7.1804 at Joyce's

This may have been Mary Joyce wife of Jeremiah Joyce's brother Joshua, who was a tallow chandler (TC?). The brothers married sisters, so she had a double reason for being at Joyce's. See Joyce, Jeremiah and Joyce, Joshua on this website

miss Benjer 13.7.1804 at Joyce's / 19.12.1811 miss Benjer at Coleridge's lecture

These two entries should be added in the GD website to the person record of Elizabeth Ogilvy Benjer DNB 1775-1827. The Benjers of the 16.6.1803 entry, which is coded to her, perhaps also included her mother Mary. The first entry on GD website was to Benjers on 16.6.1803 and the plural probably included her mother Elizabeth Benger widow who outlived her and proved her will on 14.3.1827 as universal legatee

dine at Pearsal's: Spitalfields, silk mill 12.7.1804 / 28.2.1809 call on Pearsal / 2.3.1809 Pearsal calls / 5.6.1809 call on Pearsal / 13.6.1809 again / 18.7.1809 again / 20.3.1810 again / 7.7.1812 again / 19.5.1818 again / 25.7.1821 again / 1.8.1821 again / 2.8.1821 Pearsal calls

Jane Silver adv at dinner 8.7.1804 (& mrs Fraser) / 9.7.1804 call on mrs Silver with M(ary) J(ane) / 14.7.1804 again / 27.9.1809 Jacob Silver calls / 1.8.1813 mrs Silver adv at Kenney's / 31.10.1813 Silvers adv at Kenney's / 26.11.1814 call on Silver / 17.12.1814 C(harles) C(lairmont) from Silver / 10.1.1815 call on Silver / 7.2.1815 Silver calls / 9.5.1815 seek Silver / 30.6.1815 again / 1.7.1815 call on Silver / 15.9.1815 seek Silver / 16.9.1815 again / 6.1.1816 again / 9.1.1816 write to Silver

call on Sibbald (Holbrook) with M(ary) J(ane) 11.8.1804

No idea about this one really. See Holbrook. The bankers Marsh, Sibbald & co were at 6 Berners St Oxford St

Holbrook calls 27.6.1804 / 28.6.1804 call on Holbrook with M(ary) J(ane) / 11.8.1804 call on Sibbald (Holbrook) with M(ary) J(ane)

Possibly Ann Catherine Holbrook DNB 1780-1837, or her husband, though they were mainly touring as provincial actors at that time This doesn't seem very likely though. Quite a common name. And see Sibbald

J & Ht Rowan dine 8.10.1804 / 11.3.1805 mrs Rowan & Jane call / 28.3.1805 A & F Rowan dine / 15.4.1805 young Rowans adv at dinner / 10.11.1805 F Rowan dines / 20.12.1805 Archd Rowan & 4 to theatre / 28.3.1806 G(race) M(ary) C(ooper) & F Rowan dine / 27.4.1806 GMC & Boadens dine; adv. F Rowan / 29.5.1807 F Rowan dines at Godwin's with H Rowan & others