mrs Robert Montagu's, Brampton 17.6.1797 / 18.6.1797
Admiral Robert Montagu 1763-1830 will PCC 1830, elder brother of Basil Montagu & son of 4th Earl of Sandwich by Martha Ray, married 10.5.1786 at St Margaret's Westminster, Mary Elizabeth dau of Edward L'Epine merchant of Gt George St will PCC 1788. Her husband was probably absent on naval service at the time
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