6.1.1808 write to Birket
This the only mention of this name in Godwin's diary. A common enough name in London 1808 and apparently in Cumberland and the north west of England. It's clutching at straws to note Godwin wrote a letter to his by then estranged sister Hannah (see my entry for Godwin, Hannah) directly after Birket, but there was a Richard Birkett corn factor, partner with Fothergill at Fen Court (very near to Hannah Godwin at Cullum Street) in 1788 and 1794, and a bit further away at Great Tower Hill in 1808 and 1811. Richard Birkett was from Westmorland, his will PCC 1829 Hackney.
Birketts in the book trades in London included John Lewis Birkett, bookbinder 40 White Cross St, wife Mary (London Lives 1811) / John Birkett law stationer 25 Castle Hill, Holborn 1804-1839, his will PCC 1848 / Richard Birkett stationer & bookseller, Norton Folgate (Sun Fire 1812)