dine at Hatton, with Wynns 15.6.1797 / 9.11.1805 dine at Holland's with Wynne & Allen

Samuel Parr had vanished from Hatton to give space to his newly Gretna Green married daughter Sarah and his son-in-law John Wynne. Wynne's younger brother Julius was 15 years old at the time. See Godwin's letter Abinger c40 f182-3. The 1797 entry should also be coded to Sarah Parr's person record on GD website

breakfast at George in Tree 15.6.1797

an inn 10 miles north of Warwick, still there in what is now Berkswell, Balsall Common. Strange name, maybe it was changed from Charles in Tree, none of the King George's having had to hide in a tree like Charles II did

Davis 14.6.1797 at Bage's / 10.6.1800 Davis of Tamworth calls

Likely to have been James Davis gent of Tamworth will PCC 1811

Bage 14.6.1797 at Elford and Tamworth / 4.6.1800 write to Bage / 17.8.1800 adv Bages at Darwin's

Robert Bage DNB 1728?-1801. His workplace was at Elford. The GD website editors were clearly aware of this person but must have forgotten to give him a person record. See Godwin's letter Abinger c40 f180-1

call on mrs Darwin 13.6.1797 at Derby

Erasmus Darwin DNB 1731-1802 married 2ndly Mrs Elizabeth Pole 1747-1832 illegitimate daughter to the Earl of Portmore

navigate the Tunnel 9.6.1797

GD website has transcribed this wrongly as Funnel. It is covered in Godwin's letter to Mary Wollstonecraft (Abinger c49 f178-9) and in the notes to that letter in Pamela Clemit's edition of Godwin's letters Vol 1. Harecastle Tunnel

Siguieras 24.4.1797

see Sequeira

theatre, Stoke; School for Scandal & Catharine 8.8.1797

On GD website this entry is event tagged but the link is empty. This visit is covered in Godwin's letter to Mary Wollstonecraft (Abinger c40 f74-5). The "company of strollers" was based at Newcastle-under-Lyme. Catharine was David Garrick's adaptation of William Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew

miss Ja Willet 7.6.1797 at mrs Wedgwood's / 12.6.1797 miss Willet jr at mrs Wedgwood's

mrs Wedgwood's 7.6.1797 / 12.6.1797 again / 17.8.1800 mrs & miss Wedgwoods at (Robert) Darwin's, Shrewsbury / 28.11.1813 S Wedgwood at Mackintosh's

Sarah Wedgwood 1734-1815 widow of Josiah Wedgwood DNB d.1795. The S Wedgwood of 1813 was perhaps more likely her unmarried daughter Sarah (see Wedgwood, Catherine). Mrs Robert Darwin was Mrs Wedgwood's daughter so the three sisters and their mother were probably at dinner