Godwin Diary

Fransom calls 30.9.1803 (at Norwich) / 4.7.1831 Fransom at John Martin's

John Fransham DNB 1730-1810. The name was very rarely spelt Fransom in Norfolk, e.g Daniel Fransom farmer of Hindringham 1864. In 1831 there were Fransoms in Kent, e.g. at Ospringe but the nearest I have found in London was Francis Fransham silversmith of St Luke Old St born 1789 Brook, Norfolk and buried 26.4.1849 Old St. All the other guests at Martin's that day were regulars there and all but one (Wheatsen) are identified in GD website and have entries in DNB

call on mrs Dalrymple 29.9.1803 with mrs Taylor (at Norwich) / 30.9.1803 Dalrymples sup

William Dalrymple DNB 1772-1847 surgeon who married Marianne Bertram in 1799 and had 6 sons & 3 daus. John dalrymple brandy merchant Norwich 1784. Wm dalrymple sobscr to W Enfield 1798

call on mrs Grimsby 27.9.1803  / 11.9.1805 again / both at Stowmarket

William Crowfoot Grimsby will PCC 1823 grocer & draper of Stowmarket. He married at Stowmarket 5.7.1784 Mary Eleanor Sutton

call on Burch 26.9.1803 / 11.9.1805 call on mrs Burch / both at Stowmarket

Samuel Burch will PCC 1826 liquor merchant of Stowmarket, Esther Burch widow of Stowmarket will PCC 1847

call on Harwood, Abington 25.9.1803

GD website has Abington as an unidentified person. This was a place near Cambridge on the road to Newmarket

call on Tice 24.9.1803 at Ware

John Tice will PCC 1818 surgeon of Ware. John Tice of Ware subscr 1795 to Winterbotham's America

call on Ellis B Mm Philips 19.9.1803

GD website has B Mm Philips uncoded, but B Mm was short for British Museum where Ellis worked, and Philips should be coded to Richard Phillips DNB 1767-1840

sup at Philips's Haverstock Hill with M(arshall) [N N] 15.9.1803

I've racked my brains with this N N. Robert Watt's Bibliotheca Britannica vols 3 & 4 (1824) had book titles and subjects in alphabetical order, which gave me New Nomenclature, which referred to the post Lavoisier chemical names. A translation of Dumas came out in 1801 and one of Hassenfratz in 1807. James Marshall certainly undertook translation work, so this is one possible suggestion for N N

dine at H Tooke's, with his sister & miss Wood 4.9.1803 / 21.9.1806 mrs Dicker at H Tooke's

John Horne Tooke DNB 1736-1812 had four sisters - Mary  = Thomas Wildman, Sarah = Stephen Demainbray, Elizabeth = William Clark, and Ann = Dicker. The will PCC 1834 of Ann Dicker widow of Strand on the Green Chiswick mentioned (as well as Demainbray relatives which identify her) her friend Harriot Wood spinster

W & H Laurie at tea 30.8.1803 / 11.1.1805 3 Lauries adv at dinner / 30.8.1805 4 Lauries adv at dinner / 14.1.1806 again / 9.7.1806 Laurie, DS calls / 11.12.1812 Rev Laurie calls / 2.11.1822 Laurie of Stowmarket calls