Godwin Diary

call on mrs Leward 25.1.1804

see work notes below

McKinnen & Keenan call 25.1.1804 / 13.6.1804 McKinnen calls / 15.6.1804 call on McKinnen with M(ary) J(ane)

Fillingham (& L Harrington) 20.1.1804 at theatre / 27.11.1804 la Harrington at Wake's / 27.1.1805 again / 18.3.1805 again / 16.5.1805 sir Edward Harrington at Wake's

Hesse 13.1.1804 at Foulkes's

Possibles

Obadiah Legrew bapt 22.8.1781 Wheeler Chapel Spialfields of Obadiah, weaver of Steward st, Old Artillery Ground & Martha, admitted Inner Temple 12.1.1792 changed surname (Whitehall Evening Post 12.7.1794) to that of his grandfather Solomon Hesse (will PCC 1795 weaver of Norton Folgate). His will PCC 1837 dated 29.4.1834 mentioned his wife Margaret (nee Brooks?) and by a codicil dtaed 20.4.1835 he annulled a legacy to Mrs Josette Hughes because she had married an MP De Lacy Evans whose political principles he thought subversive

adm Stanhope 13.1.1804 at Foulkes's

Sir Henry Edwyn Stanhope,  born 21.5.1754 bapt St m,arylebone of Edwyn Franci (d.1807) & Catherine (Lady Catherine Lyon or Brydges her will PCC 1810). He married Peggy Malbone 17.8.1783 at Trinity Church,  Newport, Rhode Island. He was made Rear Admiral 1.1.1801, baronet 1807, full Admiral 12.8.1812, lived at 1 The Circus, Greenwich in 1810 and died 1814, will PCC 1815 of Stanwell House, Middlesex

call on Fell (Laver's) 13.1.1804 / 13.4.1804 Fell at Laver's / 20.12.1813 Day writes to Pattison & Laver

The first two entries above referred to Godwin's friend Ralph Fell who'd been arrested for debt. Three of the Laver family were officers of Giltspur St Compter, William of 1-9 Chancery Lane, Joseph of Took's Court Cursitor St and Benjamin of 92 Chancery Lane, the last two kept safe custody houses. See work notes below for others of the name in London

Hommy 11.1.1804 at Joseph Johnson's / 18.8.1807 Hommey at Joseph Johnson's / 24.6.1808 again / 29.12.1808 Hilton, Hommey & misses Bonnycastle & Yeates call

10.12.1800

Dowding 7.12.1803 at Johnson's / 21.9.1812 call on Dowding (at Salisbury) / 22.9.1812 again / 23.9.1812 again / 22.12.1812 write to Dowding

John Dowding will PCC 1828 stationer, printer & banker of Salisbury was likely the entries of 1812 and possibly the entry of 1803. In the British Book Trades Index he was a bookseller & printer in partnership with Brodie in Salisbury from 1816 to 1827, and there was a John Dowding bookseller of 82 Newgate St London from 1817 to 1840.

8.11.1803 miss Mellor & Smith dine / 22.11.1803 P(hebe) G(odwin) dines adv E Mellor / 15.12.1803 theatre, w. M(ary) J(ane), C(harles), J(ane), miss Mellor & M(arshall? or Mary?), Shylock, & Caravan / 26.12.1803 mrs Mellor & G(race) M(ary) C(ooper) dine /  23.1.1804 theatre with M(ary) J(ane), EM, M(arshall?) & children; Way to Keep Him, & Cinderella / 21.2.1804 M(arshall) dines: adv. Jo G(odwin).    EM  / 15.3.1804 Smith dines: theatre, w. Smith, M(ary) J(ane), EM & F(anny) / 5.7.1804 mrs Mellor calls (from sa fille) / 15.1.1806 EM calls