William Godwin's Diary

Godwin, Nathaniel

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This person is mentioned in the diary a total of 429 times, but was not at home (N) 27 times, and was a venue (V) 21 times.

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1791

8  September  1791 30  October  1791 14  November  1791

1792

20  January  1792 22  January  1792

1793

8  July  1793 16  November  1793 20  November  1793 20  November  1793

1796

13  July  1796 (V) 14  July  1796 (V)

1799

6  September  1799

1803

2  October  1803

1805

2  March  1805 10  March  1805 11  March  1805 14  March  1805 16  March  1805 18  March  1805 4  September  1805 8  November  1805 9  November  1805 (N) 17  November  1805 20  November  1805 30  November  1805 5  December  1805 8  December  1805 10  December  1805 (V) 11  December  1805 13  December  1805 13  December  1805 14  December  1805 (V) 15  December  1805 22  December  1805 23  December  1805 (V) 23  December  1805 27  December  1805 29  December  1805 30  December  1805

1806

5  January  1806 7  January  1806 8  January  1806 15  January  1806 (N) 18  January  1806 30  January  1806 1  February  1806 8  February  1806 12  February  1806 22  February  1806 23  February  1806 26  February  1806 28  February  1806 5  March  1806 9  March  1806 (N) 20  April  1806 27  April  1806 11  May  1806 1  June  1806 8  June  1806 22  June  1806 5  July  1806 20  July  1806 (N) 3  August  1806 7  September  1806 16  November  1806 21  December  1806

1807

18  January  1807 (N) 27  January  1807 12  April  1807 24  May  1807 6  July  1807 7  July  1807 13  September  1807 20  September  1807 1  November  1807

1808

1  January  1808 9  February  1808 1  March  1808 (N) 15  March  1808 5  April  1808 19  April  1808 27  April  1808 28  April  1808 15  May  1808 1  June  1808 15  June  1808 16  June  1808 27  June  1808 (N) 8  August  1808 14  August  1808 1  September  1808 27  September  1808 (N) 14  November  1808 22  November  1808 29  November  1808

1809

10  January  1809 26  January  1809 31  January  1809 13  February  1809 20  February  1809 20  March  1809 11  May  1809 1  June  1809 4  June  1809 (V) 2  July  1809 2  August  1809 15  August  1809 16  August  1809 23  August  1809 27  August  1809 29  August  1809 25  September  1809 27  September  1809 10  October  1809 10  November  1809 17  December  1809 19  December  1809 20  December  1809

1810

7  January  1810 12  January  1810 14  January  1810 22  January  1810 26  February  1810 23  March  1810 25  March  1810 12  April  1810 16  April  1810 21  April  1810 13  May  1810 15  May  1810 17  June  1810 22  June  1810 22  June  1810 (V) 24  June  1810 27  June  1810 22  July  1810 24  July  1810 (V) 31  August  1810 24  October  1810 4  November  1810 15  November  1810 17  November  1810 25  December  1810

1811

17  January  1811 31  January  1811 6  February  1811 6  March  1811 9  March  1811 13  March  1811 20  March  1811 25  March  1811 10  April  1811 14  June  1811 24  September  1811 6  December  1811

1812

21  January  1812 12  February  1812 20  August  1812 8  September  1812 (V) 6  November  1812 8  November  1812

1814

3  March  1814 2  June  1814 (V)

1815

1  April  1815 (V) 24  April  1815 (V) 23  May  1815 (V)

1816

11  March  1816 (V)

1817

3  October  1817 16  October  1817 2  December  1817 29  December  1817 30  December  1817

1818

6  January  1818 17  January  1818 14  February  1818 10  August  1818

1819

4  January  1819 5  January  1819 28  January  1819 8  February  1819 16  February  1819 8  March  1819 29  March  1819 31  March  1819 13  April  1819 16  April  1819 28  April  1819 7  June  1819 30  June  1819 14  September  1819 22  November  1819 10  December  1819

1820

3  January  1820 17  February  1820 12  March  1820 (NV) 17  March  1820 (V) 26  March  1820 14  April  1820 9  May  1820 (V) 9  July  1820 5  October  1820 (V) 5  November  1820 10  December  1820 31  December  1820

1821

28  January  1821 25  May  1821 (V) 27  May  1821 12  July  1821 (V) 7  October  1821

1822

27  January  1822 7  July  1822 25  December  1822

1823

13  April  1823 27  April  1823 11  May  1823 29  June  1823 14  September  1823 14  December  1823

1824

4  January  1824 11  January  1824 15  February  1824 18  April  1824 16  May  1824 27  June  1824 19  September  1824 (N) 24  October  1824 7  November  1824

1825

2  January  1825 13  February  1825 27  February  1825 6  March  1825 13  March  1825 20  March  1825 27  March  1825 3  April  1825 1  May  1825 15  May  1825 22  May  1825 12  June  1825 19  June  1825 (N) 20  June  1825 3  July  1825 (N) 4  July  1825 7  July  1825 9  July  1825 24  July  1825 7  August  1825 21  August  1825 (N) 4  September  1825 (N) 18  September  1825 25  September  1825 2  October  1825 16  October  1825 30  October  1825 6  November  1825 20  November  1825 27  November  1825 11  December  1825 17  December  1825 26  December  1825

1826

2  January  1826 3  January  1826 20  January  1826 15  February  1826 20  March  1826 24  March  1826 31  March  1826 6  April  1826 30  May  1826 1  June  1826 13  June  1826 19  June  1826 26  June  1826 10  July  1826 17  July  1826 20  July  1826 24  July  1826 8  December  1826 15  December  1826 22  December  1826 25  December  1826

1827

2  January  1827 10  January  1827 19  January  1827 26  January  1827 2  February  1827 6  February  1827 (N) 9  February  1827 16  February  1827 21  February  1827 24  February  1827 2  March  1827 6  March  1827 14  March  1827 (N) 20  March  1827 31  March  1827 1  April  1827 4  April  1827 10  April  1827 18  April  1827 25  April  1827 30  April  1827 3  May  1827 14  May  1827 14  May  1827 24  May  1827 4  June  1827 12  June  1827 24  June  1827 4  July  1827 7  July  1827 8  July  1827 18  July  1827 22  July  1827 5  August  1827 6  August  1827 6  August  1827 12  August  1827 22  August  1827 2  September  1827 16  September  1827 3  October  1827 29  October  1827 28  November  1827 28  December  1827

1828

22  January  1828 26  February  1828 29  March  1828 29  April  1828 29  May  1828 (N) 3  July  1828 29  July  1828 2  September  1828 (N) 9  September  1828 14  October  1828 17  November  1828 16  December  1828

1829

20  January  1829 19  February  1829 20  March  1829 23  April  1829 19  May  1829 19  June  1829 21  July  1829 19  August  1829 26  August  1829 18  September  1829 20  October  1829 18  November  1829 (N) 20  November  1829 18  December  1829 (N)

1830

19  January  1830 19  February  1830 19  March  1830 (N) 20  April  1830 18  May  1830 18  June  1830 16  July  1830 (N) 20  July  1830 26  August  1830 3  September  1830 5  October  1830 (N) 12  October  1830 12  November  1830 13  December  1830

1831

14  January  1831 (N) 15  February  1831 15  March  1831 (N) 13  April  1831 12  May  1831 20  June  1831 20  July  1831 22  August  1831 21  September  1831 21  October  1831 21  November  1831 21  December  1831

1832

20  January  1832 20  February  1832 20  March  1832 20  April  1832 21  May  1832 20  June  1832 20  July  1832 20  August  1832 20  September  1832 5  November  1832 5  December  1832

1833

4  January  1833 (N) 5  February  1833 5  March  1833 5  April  1833 6  May  1833 5  June  1833 5  July  1833 5  August  1833 5  September  1833 7  October  1833 6  November  1833 6  December  1833

1834

6  January  1834 5  February  1834 5  March  1834 5  April  1834 5  May  1834 27  May  1834 6  June  1834 5  July  1834 5  August  1834 5  September  1834 15  September  1834 6  October  1834 17  October  1834 (N) 5  November  1834 5  December  1834

1835

5  January  1835 5  February  1835 6  April  1835 5  May  1835 5  June  1835 6  July  1835 5  August  1835 5  September  1835 5  October  1835 5  November  1835 8  December  1835

1836

5  January  1836 5  February  1836 (V) 5  March  1836

  • Name: Godwin, Nathaniel
  • Gender: Male
  • Birth Date: 19  February  1768
  • Occupation: journeyman

Nathaniel, Godwin's youngest brother, went to sea. St Clair suggests he was pressed in 1788, and that there is evidence of him having left the Navy to start a business, then failing and resorting to the positon of a journeyman servant. Family correspondence suggests that he was, for a number of years in the service of Mr Hurry (his deceased brother Conyers had been in the service of Captain Hurry - see the entry to Ives Hurry). In 1799 Godwin's mother writes to him that 'Natty is entered on ye 5th year at Munton's' Abinger MS c. 4, fols. 96-7, and there are later references to Munton as a shopkeeeper. Nathaniel seems to have had an attempt at starting his own business, only to fail, and he also joined with Joseph in his carpet warehous. He is entered as a pensioner at Charterhouse in 1827, aged 60.

  • Abinger MS c. 4, fols. 96-7
  • Marshall, p. 13.
  • St Clair, p. 36-7

This table lists the people this person is most frequently noted with in the diary.

Name Number of Meetings
Godwin, Joseph 25
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (née Godwin) 9
Cooper, Grace Mary Rae 9
Turner, Thomas 7
Godwin, John 7
Godwin, William 4
Godwin, Hannah 3
Godwin, J J 2
Godwin, W 1
Kenney, James 1
Smith, Peter 1
Hopwood, 1
Robinson family, 1
Clairmont, Charles 1
Clairmont, Clara Mary Jane (Claire) 1
Shelley, Sir Percy Florence 1
Godwin, Emily (née Mary Louisa Eldred) 1
Taylor, Richard 1
Topping, Mrs 1
Holcroft, Louisa (née Mercier) 1
Sykes, John 1
Pilcher, 1
Northcote, James 1
Cooper, Thomas (Abthorpe) 1
Godwin, Harriet 1
Potts, Ann M 1
Wollstonecraft, James 1
Godwin, Ann 1
Godwin, Hull (Philip) 1
Godwin, Mary (Jex) 1
1
Taylor, Arthur 1
Mulready, William 1
Boaden, James 1
Dawe, George 1
Dawe, Mary Margaret (Wright) 1
Godwin, P 1
Holcroft, Harwood 1
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Godwin, Hannah

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This person is mentioned in the diary a total of 296 times, but was not at home (N) 5 times, and was a venue (V) 108 times.

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1790

14  March  1790 2  May  1790

1791

29  October  1791 31  December  1791 (V)

1792

5  January  1792 (V) 15  January  1792 17  January  1792 (V) 23  January  1792 (V) 1  February  1792 (V) 5  February  1792 8  February  1792 (V) 15  February  1792 (V) 21  February  1792 (V) 27  February  1792 5  March  1792 19  March  1792 (V) 23  March  1792 (V) 5  April  1792 (V) 11  April  1792 (V) 16  April  1792 (V) 26  April  1792 1  May  1792 (V) 16  May  1792 (V) 5  June  1792 (V) 23  July  1792 (V) 23  July  1792 28  July  1792 7  August  1792 (V) 18  August  1792 (V) 23  August  1792 (V) 28  August  1792 8  September  1792 2  October  1792 (V) 24  October  1792 (V) 7  December  1792 (V)

1793

14  January  1793 (V) 21  January  1793 7  February  1793 (V) 13  March  1793 (V) 16  March  1793 (V) 27  March  1793 (V) 29  April  1793 (V) 3  May  1793 (V) 11  May  1793 (V) 12  May  1793 14  May  1793 (V) 20  May  1793 (V) 22  May  1793 5  June  1793 (V) 27  June  1793 (V) 1  July  1793 10  July  1793 (V) 24  July  1793 (V) 14  August  1793 (V) 27  August  1793 (V) 9  September  1793 (V) 2  October  1793 (V) 15  October  1793 (V) 27  October  1793 (V) 20  November  1793 7  December  1793 (V)

1794

18  January  1794 (V) 6  February  1794 (V) 21  March  1794 (V) 28  April  1794 (V) 22  May  1794 (V) 5  June  1794 (V) 16  June  1794 (V) 18  July  1794 (V) 2  August  1794 (V) 16  August  1794 (V) 15  September  1794 (V) 24  October  1794 (V)

1795

29  January  1795 (V) 28  March  1795 (NV) 21  April  1795 13  May  1795 (V) 9  June  1795 (V) 22  July  1795 23  July  1795 (V) 14  August  1795 (V) 28  August  1795 (V) 18  September  1795 (V) 22  September  1795 28  September  1795 30  September  1795 (V) 22  October  1795 (V) 30  November  1795 1  December  1795 (V) 15  December  1795

1796

18  January  1796 (V) 19  March  1796 (NV) 23  April  1796 18  May  1796 (V) 4  August  1796 (V) 1  November  1796 (V) 24  November  1796 (V)

1797

2  February  1797 (V) 17  February  1797 (V) 19  February  1797 26  February  1797 (V) 19  March  1797 26  March  1797 (V) 8  April  1797 (V) 9  April  1797 16  April  1797 (V) 22  April  1797 1  May  1797 (V) 20  May  1797 12  July  1797 (V) 16  July  1797 5  August  1797 20  August  1797 31  August  1797 8  September  1797 10  September  1797 12  September  1797 17  September  1797 21  September  1797 24  September  1797 1  October  1797 8  October  1797 15  October  1797 17  October  1797 29  October  1797 19  November  1797 26  November  1797 10  December  1797 26  December  1797 29  December  1797 (V)

1798

14  January  1798 8  February  1798 (V) 11  February  1798 20  February  1798 25  February  1798 17  March  1798 6  April  1798 22  April  1798 29  April  1798 6  May  1798 20  May  1798 10  June  1798 17  June  1798 (V) 18  June  1798 25  June  1798 28  June  1798 1  July  1798 4  July  1798 15  July  1798 20  July  1798 29  July  1798 6  August  1798 11  August  1798 12  August  1798 17  August  1798 19  August  1798 25  August  1798 26  August  1798 28  August  1798 2  September  1798 9  September  1798 16  September  1798 19  September  1798 29  September  1798 7  October  1798 12  October  1798 18  October  1798 21  October  1798 30  October  1798 4  November  1798 15  November  1798 18  November  1798 (V) 29  November  1798 2  December  1798 4  December  1798 10  December  1798 30  December  1798

1799

13  January  1799 24  February  1799 24  March  1799 5  May  1799 19  May  1799 26  May  1799 2  June  1799 30  June  1799 7  July  1799 (V) 14  July  1799 20  July  1799 25  July  1799 (V) 27  July  1799 29  July  1799 4  August  1799 20  August  1799 25  August  1799 28  August  1799 30  August  1799 8  September  1799 14  September  1799 17  September  1799 22  September  1799 1  October  1799 6  October  1799 9  October  1799 29  October  1799 (V) 3  November  1799 13  November  1799 18  November  1799 25  November  1799 8  December  1799 17  December  1799

1800

12  January  1800 9  February  1800 23  February  1800 6  April  1800 2  May  1800 14  May  1800 (N) 29  June  1800 2  September  1800 14  September  1800 16  October  1800 29  October  1800 (N) 26  November  1800

1801

25  January  1801 8  March  1801 15  March  1801 3  June  1801 21  June  1801 5  August  1801 17  August  1801 11  September  1801 25  September  1801 21  October  1801 (NV) 21  October  1801 1  December  1801 (V) 14  December  1801

1802

3  January  1802 6  January  1802 (V) 8  January  1802 20  January  1802 7  February  1802 16  February  1802 28  March  1802 25  April  1802 9  May  1802 6  June  1802 10  June  1802 29  June  1802 30  June  1802 4  August  1802 14  August  1802 17  August  1802 (V) 30  August  1802 25  September  1802 6  October  1802 17  October  1802

1803

2  January  1803 (V) 7  February  1803 3  April  1803 15  May  1803 17  June  1803 26  July  1803 8  August  1803 (V) 23  September  1803 17  October  1803 6  November  1803

1804

2  January  1804 (V) 22  January  1804 22  March  1804 29  April  1804 (V) 1  July  1804 28  July  1804 (V) 30  July  1804 (V) 1  August  1804 (V) 3  August  1804 7  August  1804 (V) 9  August  1804 13  August  1804 (V) 25  August  1804 31  August  1804

1805

14  April  1805 5  August  1805 22  December  1805

1806

7  September  1806

1808

6  January  1808

1809

15  August  1809 22  December  1809 (V)

1812

8  September  1812

1816

6  May  1816

1817

9  August  1817 (V) 27  August  1817 (V) 6  September  1817 (V) 22  September  1817 (V) 25  September  1817 (V) 30  September  1817 (V) 2  October  1817 27  December  1817

  • Name: Godwin, Hannah
  • Gender: Female
  • Birth Date:
  • Death Date: 27  December  1817
  • Occupation: dressmaker

Hannah Godwin was William's only sister. She came to London to find work and was employed as a dress-maker - as St Clair notes (p. 37), 'one of the most exploited trades open to a respectable young woman.' However, she seems to have succeeeded to a certain degree. She was in partnership with Frances and Anna French (sisters of Charlotte Fawcett, Joseph Fawcett's wife). She employed a number of young women as apprentices (several of whom appear in the diary (Ann Potts, Elizabeth Axtel(l), Ann Hansard, and Charlotte Littlewood. Other apprentices do not appear in the diary.

There is evidence of trouble between Hannah Godwin and James Marshall. In 1797, Godwin's mother comments that her daughter's character is being harmed by Marshall dinning alone on Sundays with her. And In 1800, there is a letter from Hannah to Godwin welcoming him back, but refusing to come and see him if Marshall is going to be there because of some episode (MS. Abinger c.3, fols. 64-5 and c. 6, fol. 113)(Later entries suggest that their disagreement is resolved). Hannah and Godwin saw each other a good deal when she was first in London. Their relationship seems to have cooled following what seems to have been Hannah's encouragement of Fell's marriage to one of her apprentices and Dibbin's marriage to Louisa Jones.

It has been assumed that Godwin is consistent in the notation of family names. Therefore, all H Godwin's have been assumed to be Hannah while Ht Godwin has assumed to be his niece, Harriet in all cases. Hannah is also referred to as Miss Godwin in the early years of the diary (comparing social circles in 1797 and 1798 when he changes notation gives a high degree of correlation).

There does seem to be one case in which H G is used for Hull Godwin - when he refers to H G and family (5) on 4 September 1805, when he is visiting Norfolk. But otherwise the references do seem consistently to be to Hannah Godwin.

  • MS. Abinger c. 1, fols. 90-1: 1785
  • MS. Abinger c. 1, fol. 36: 1785
  • MS. Abinger c. 1, fols. 32-3: 1785
  • MS. Abinger c. 1, fols. 34-5: 1785
  • MS. Abinger c. 1, fols. 20-1: 8 February 1785
  • MS. Abinger c. 1, fols. 22-3: 21 April 1785
  • MS. Abinger c. 1, fols. 24-5: 29 June 1785
  • MS. Abinger c. 1, fols. 28-9: 29 August 1785
  • MS. Abinger c. 1, fols. 26-7: 20 August 1785
  • MS. Abinger c. 1, fols. 59-60: 1786-1787
  • MS. Abinger c. 1, fol. 92-3: 22 December 1786
  • MS. Abinger c. 1, fols. 61-2: 1786-1787
  • MS. Abinger c.3, fols. 64-5
  • MS. Abinger c. 4, fols. 4-5: 5 February 1798
  • MS. Abinger c. 5, fols. 16-17: 19 November 1799
  • MS. Abinger c. 22, fols. 127-8: 18 November 1799
  • MS. Abinger c. 22, fols. 129-30: 20 November 1799
  • MS. Abinger c. 6, fol. 113: 15 August 1800
  • MS. Abinger c. 9, fol. 49: 17 October 1805
  • MS. Abinger c. 24, fol. 12: not dated
  • MS. Abinger c. 17, fol. 91v: not dated
  • MS. Abinger c. 14, fol. 113: not dated
  • MS. Abinger c. 14, fols. 114-15: not dated
  • MS. Abinger c. 14, fol. 116: not dated
  • St Clair

This table lists the people this person is most frequently noted with in the diary.

Name Number of Meetings
Marshall, James 58
Jones, Louisa 38
Dyson, George 17
Forsyth, 17
Dibbin, Henry 14
Jones, Margaret 14
Fenwick, John 13
Godwin, Mary Jane (Clairmont) (née de Vial) 10
Fenwick, Elizabeth (Eliza) (née Jaco, pseudonym Reverend David Blair) 10
Fell, Ralph 8
Holcroft, Thomas 7
Godwin, Joseph 6
Cooper, Grace Mary Rae 6
Godwin, John 5
Imlay, Fanny (Godwin) 5
Godwin, P 4
Cooper, Thomas (Abthorpe) 4
Godwin, Nathaniel 3
Hansard, Ann 3
Wollstonecraft, Mary (Godwin) 3
Fell, Sarah 3
Axtell, Elizabeth Amy 3
Godwin, Harriet 2
Arnot, John 2
Smith, 2
Lea, Francis/Thomas 2
Godwin, Mary (Jex) 2
Montagu, Basil 2
Nicholson, William 2
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (née Godwin) 2
Cooper, Elizabeth Priscilla 2
Clairmont, Charles 2
Beccaria, J 1
Moore, Thomas 1
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor 1
1
Fenwick, Orlando 1
Wollstonecraft, James 1
West, Thomas 1
Lamb, Charles 1
Holcroft, Fanny Margaretta 1
Wilcocke, Samuel Hull 1
1
Clairmont, Clara Mary Jane (Claire) 1
Godwin, J J 1
1
Littlewood, Charlotte 1
Carlisle, Sir Anthony 1
Perry, James (Pirie) 1
Chandler, John Westbrooke 1
Fawcett, Joseph 1
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