Lewis, distiller

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Lewis, distiller 21.8.1800 at Nicholson's

There was a bit of a family of distillers called Lewis. William Lewis distiller Uxbridge will PCC 1782 / George Lewis distiller Fulham will PCC 1784 / Lewis & Co distillers New Inn Yd, Holloway Lane 1785 / J & R Lewis distillers Holywell La, Shoreditch 1790 / William Lewis distiller Uxbridge will PCC 1803 dated 13.4.1794 mentioned wife Jane, Mrs Mary Turner of Charles St, St James Sq, and his friend William Bird of Old South Sea House, Old Broad St

Hatchard

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mrs Hatchard 18.8.1800 on mail coach from Shrewsbury to London / 20.11.1809 call on Hatchard

Williams. on mail coach

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Williams 18.8.1800 on mail coach from Shrewsbury to London

 

Fingal, Lord

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L Fingal 17.8.1800 at (Robert) Darwin's, Shrewsbury

Arthur James Plunkett Dict Irish Biog 1759-1836 8th Earl of Fingall (and see Burke's Peerage)

Cumbers

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Cumbers 16.8.1800 on post coach from Chirk to Shrewsbury

Might be a plural, Cumber is commoner than Cumbers, but Cumbers not very rare either.

Bates

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Bates 16.8.1800 on post coach fron Chirk to Shrewsbury / 25.10.1829 call on Bates, surgeon

First entry might be a plural of Bate, both Bate and Bates are common names. Rev William Bates of Bridgnorth, born 1775. William Bates will PCC 1850 surgeon of 20 George St Surrey

Kyan

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Kyan 16.8.1800 on post coach Chirk to Shrewsbury

Perhaps John Howard Kyan DNB 1774-1850, his father John Howard Kyan of Mount Howard, Ballymutagh, co. Wicklow who died 1804, or Esmonde Kyan DNB 1750-1798. Not everyone Godwin met accidentally got into the DNB but a remarkable number did and Kyan is not a very common name even in Ireland

Darwin, Robert Waring

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dine at Darwin's 17.8.1800

Robert Waring Darwin 1766-1848 in his son Charles Darwin DNB 1809-1882 lived at Shrewsbury where Godwin had slept the night before. The GD website has coded this entry to Erasmus Darwin, his father, who lived in Derby

Butler, Eleanor

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La E Butler 15.8.1800 call on, Llangollen

Lady (Charlotte) Eleanor Butler DNB 1739-1829. Godwin's letter to James Marshall (Bodleian Abinger c6 f37v) explained that he had an introduction from Mrs Grattan to the 'ladies of Llangollen'

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