2.1.1790 hear Bishop at Holcroft's / 7.7.1791 again. Given Holcroft's many musical guests and the phrase 'hear Bishop' this may have been Henry Bishop, dancing master and violinist (see below) rather than listening to a bishop's sermon as suggested by the event tag (although Godwin earlier noted 'see bishop Newton' and 'hear bishop Horsley' both times he used a small b). Aickin the actor and Otley who was often at Holcroft's musical gatherings were perhaps less likely to go hear a sermon - and the second 'hear Bishop' was with Clementi, Shield & Bossy, all musicians. There was also a Bishop 17.12.1793 visiting Muir & Reid on the hulks at Woolwich /11.10.1795 adv at Holcroft's (the violinist?) / 28.8.1798 meet Fuseli & Bishop / 20.2.1801 meet Bishop / 5.9.1801 again / 12.10.1811 Bishops at Collier's / 8.9.1815 S(arah) E(lwes) & Bishop dine / 26.1.1826 at Lady Caroline Lamb's / 29.1.1826 again. Mrs Bishop and E Bishop were all Mary Wollstonecraft's sister Eliza and so may have been some of the Bishops listed above. A Samuel Bishop signed the declaration of Friends to Liberty of Press 1792
see Batemans Buildings in London Addresses dataset
15 Batemans Bulidings ratebooks 1777 / SunFire 1776 15 Batemans Buildings dancing master / Gazetteer 12.4.1777 Mr Bishop's benefit, tickets at 15 Batemans Buildings / Highfill, Burnim & Langhans, rejected by 20 votes to 4 as member of Royal Society of Musicians 1785 because he was a professed dancing master / Doane's 1794 Henry Bishop violinist, dancing master 45 Paddington St / Longman & Broderip published two volumes of his compositions / Henry Bishop Esq = Soho 4.9.1778 Sarah Pitches botp by Archbishop's lic wit John Jefferson / Henry Bishop gent wid = Soho 8.4.1806 Charlotte Haley sp by lic / Henry Bishop dancing master Greek St Soho will PCC 1809 all to wife Charlotte