Person record for Reveley, Willey and Reveley, Maria (Gisborne) (née James)

Reveley, Willey

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This person is mentioned in the diary a total of 197 times, but was not at home (N) 9 times, and was a venue (V) 153 times.

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Name: Reveley, Willey
Gender: Male
Birth Date:
Death Date: 6 July 1799
Occupation: architect
Occupation: illustrator

William (or Willey) Reveley was the husband of Maria Reveley née James, later Maria Gisbourne. The couple met and married in Rome. Reveley was an architect, illustrator of The Antiquities of Athens and he worked with Bentham on drawings for the design of Bentham’s panopticon. The couple had two children one of whom, Henry Reveley, became a friend of Shelley.

Godwin records his death in July 1799.

His DNB entry is under Willey Reveley although in his wife's entry he is referred to as William. The obituaries of him (e.g., Sun 10 July 1799; and Whitehall Evening Post) have him as Mr Revely - no first name and a shortened last name.

In his encouters with Bentham see Maria Reveley's account: MS. Abinger c. 44 fols. 49-50: n.d.

DNB.
St Clair, pp. 154-5.

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

Name	Number of Meetings
Reveley, Maria (Gisborne) (née James)	165
Jennings, Mrs (Jennyns)	25
Jennings, Joseph Clayton (Jennyns)	24
Holcroft, Thomas	15
Underwood, Thomas Richard	5
Sinclair, Charles	5
Dyson, George	5
Foulkes, John	5
Woodforde, Samuel	4
Fenwick, John	3
Barry, James	2
Banks, Thomas	2
King, John (Jacob Rey)	2
Porson, Richard	2
Wollstonecraft, Mary (Godwin)	2
Stoddart, John	2
Thelwall, John	2
Fenwick, Elizabeth (Eliza) (née Jaco, pseudonym Reverend David Blair)	2
Alderson, Amelia (Opie)	1
Hamilton, Samuel	1
Phillips,	1
	1
	1
Moore, C[harles]?	1
Marshall, James	1
Paradise, John	1
Hollis, Thomas Brand	1
Inchbald, Elizabeth	1
Fergusson, Robert Cutlar	1
Calonne, Vicomte Charles Alexander	1
Horne Tooke, John	1
Taylor, John	1
Tresham, Henry	1
Shield, William	1
Perry, James (Pirie)	1
Stewart, John (Walking Stewart)	1
Jardine, Major Alexander	1
Nollekens, Joseph	1

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This person is mentioned in the diary a total of 315 times, but was not at home (N) 13 times, and was a venue (V) 183 times.

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1793

21 September 1793 (V) 24 September 1793 26 September 1793 27 September 1793 (V) 1 October 1793 (V) 4 October 1793 10 October 1793 15 October 1793 (V) 17 October 1793 18 October 1793 (V) 21 October 1793 (NV) 22 October 1793 (V) 28 October 1793 (V) 1 November 1793 (V) 5 November 1793 (V) 7 November 1793 8 November 1793 (V) 12 November 1793 13 November 1793 15 November 1793 (V) 17 November 1793 19 November 1793 21 November 1793 (V) 25 November 1793 (V) 28 November 1793 (V) 4 December 1793 6 December 1793 (V) 11 December 1793 (V) 12 December 1793 (V) 14 December 1793 (V) 19 December 1793 (V) 21 December 1793 (V) 25 December 1793 27 December 1793 (V) 30 December 1793

1794

4 January 1794 (V) 10 January 1794 (V) 15 January 1794 (V) 20 January 1794 23 January 1794 (V) 29 January 1794 (V) 4 February 1794 (V) 5 February 1794 8 February 1794 (V) 14 February 1794 (V) 17 February 1794 (V) 21 February 1794 (V) 26 February 1794 (V) 1 March 1794 (V) 7 March 1794 (V) 13 March 1794 (V) 15 March 1794 (V) 19 March 1794 (V) 24 March 1794 (V) 28 March 1794 31 March 1794 (V) 1 April 1794 7 April 1794 (V) 14 April 1794 (V) 20 April 1794 29 April 1794 (V) 2 May 1794 (V) 5 May 1794 (V) 8 May 1794 (V) 12 May 1794 (V) 20 May 1794 23 May 1794 (V) 26 May 1794 (V) 31 May 1794 2 June 1794 (V) 9 June 1794 (V) 13 June 1794 16 June 1794 (V) 17 June 1794 (V) 19 June 1794 19 June 1794 21 June 1794 (V) 22 June 1794 11 July 1794 (V) 14 July 1794 (V) 15 July 1794 18 July 1794 (V) 19 July 1794 (V) 19 July 1794 21 July 1794 (V) 25 July 1794 (V) 28 July 1794 (V) 30 July 1794 (V) 30 July 1794 31 July 1794 4 August 1794 4 August 1794 5 August 1794 (V) 5 August 1794 13 August 1794 (V) 18 August 1794 (V) 26 August 1794 (V) 1 September 1794 (V) 5 September 1794 (V) 8 September 1794 (V) 10 September 1794 (V) 18 September 1794 29 September 1794 (V) 2 October 1794 20 October 1794 (N) 23 October 1794 26 October 1794 3 November 1794 19 November 1794 21 November 1794 8 December 1794 (V) 12 December 1794 22 December 1794 (V) 29 December 1794 (V)

1795

5 January 1795 (V) 9 January 1795 (V) 12 January 1795 (V) 19 January 1795 (V) 24 January 1795 (V) 2 February 1795 (V) 6 February 1795 (V) 9 February 1795 (V) 11 February 1795 16 February 1795 23 February 1795 (NV) 24 February 1795 26 February 1795 (V) 28 February 1795 (V) 4 March 1795 (V) 9 March 1795 (V) 16 March 1795 (V) 19 March 1795 (V) 21 March 1795 (V) 23 March 1795 (V) 9 May 1795 (V) 17 May 1795 23 May 1795 (V) 2 June 1795 (V) 8 June 1795 (V) 15 June 1795 (V) 20 June 1795 (V) 1 July 1795 11 July 1795 (V) 27 July 1795 22 August 1795 (V) 25 September 1795 (NV) 15 October 1795 (V) 7 December 1795 (V)

1796

4 January 1796 (V) 29 January 1796 (V) 10 February 1796 (V) 24 February 1796 (V) 16 March 1796 (V) 24 March 1796 (V) 6 April 1796 (V) 27 April 1796 (V) 14 May 1796 (V) 15 June 1796 29 June 1796 (V) 27 July 1796 (V) 10 August 1796 (V) 24 August 1796 (V) 7 September 1796 (V) 21 September 1796 (V) 2 November 1796 (V) 19 November 1796 (V) 30 November 1796 (V) 16 December 1796 (V) 28 December 1796 (V)

1797

18 January 1797 (V) 25 January 1797 (V) 8 February 1797 (V) 22 February 1797 (V) 8 March 1797 (V) 22 March 1797 (V) 5 April 1797 (V) 17 April 1797 19 April 1797 (V) 19 April 1797 28 April 1797 3 May 1797 (V) 16 May 1797 (V) 17 May 1797 (V) 22 May 1797 31 May 1797 (V) 28 June 1797 30 June 1797 3 July 1797 4 July 1797 (V) 4 July 1797 19 July 1797 (V) 20 July 1797 27 July 1797 29 July 1797 (V) 9 August 1797 (V) 16 August 1797 30 August 1797 (V) 31 August 1797 2 September 1797 16 September 1797 17 September 1797 (V) 18 September 1797 27 September 1797 (V) 28 September 1797 1 October 1797 4 October 1797 8 October 1797 13 October 1797 (V) 25 October 1797 (V) 2 November 1797 8 November 1797 9 November 1797 (V) 10 November 1797 17 November 1797 19 November 1797 22 November 1797 (V) 26 November 1797 30 November 1797 3 December 1797 5 December 1797 8 December 1797 (V) 10 December 1797 14 December 1797 16 December 1797 17 December 1797 20 December 1797 (V) 25 December 1797 27 December 1797 31 December 1797

1798

5 January 1798 (V) 7 January 1798 8 January 1798 11 January 1798 12 January 1798 19 January 1798 (V) 21 January 1798 23 January 1798 31 January 1798 (V) 5 February 1798 8 February 1798 12 February 1798 18 February 1798 18 March 1798 25 March 1798 28 March 1798 18 April 1798 (V) 17 May 1798 12 July 1798 18 July 1798 (V) 8 August 1798 15 August 1798 (V) 18 September 1798 (V) 16 October 1798 (V) 13 November 1798 (V) 11 December 1798 (V) 13 December 1798 16 December 1798

1799

8 January 1799 (V) 5 February 1799 (V) 1 March 1799 (V) 5 March 1799 (V) 20 April 1799 (V) 8 July 1799 (V) 10 July 1799 (V) 16 July 1799 17 July 1799 22 July 1799 (V) 25 July 1799 18 August 1799 26 August 1799 1 November 1799 9 November 1799 (N) 3 December 1799 15 December 1799 22 December 1799

1800

2 June 1800 14 June 1800 15 June 1800 (N) 29 October 1800

1820

10 June 1820 12 June 1820 (V) 15 June 1820 (NV) 18 June 1820 (V) 19 June 1820 21 June 1820 (V) 29 June 1820 (NV) 4 July 1820 (NV) 8 July 1820 (V) 20 July 1820 (V) 7 August 1820 (V) 21 August 1820 (V) 25 August 1820 (NV) 26 August 1820 26 August 1820 15 September 1820

1822

11 September 1822 (V)

1825

4 April 1825 11 June 1825 5 July 1825 (V)

1827

20 March 1827 (NV) 2 April 1827

1830

21 December 1830 23 December 1830 24 December 1830 31 December 1830 (V)

1831

7 January 1831 10 January 1831 13 January 1831 24 January 1831 10 February 1831 (NV) 11 February 1831 21 February 1831 (N) 28 February 1831 (V) 1 May 1831 (V)

1832

11 April 1832

Name: Reveley, Maria (Gisborne née James)
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 1770
Death Date: April 1836

In the 1796 diary list Godwin notes meeting M Reveley first in 1793, which suggests strongly that the Reveleys before that date are Maria Reveley's first husband William (d.1799), who was independently a friend of Godwin and Holcroft. This suggests that we should follow Godwin's distinctions between Reveley and M Reveley and that we should regard the former as referring to William and the latter to Maria. This raises the common problem of what to do with Reveleys plural (when indeed this is a proper plural referring to both).

The DNB claims that Holcroft introduced Godwin to Maria Reveley on 21 September 1793, but the entry for that date is ambiguous as to whether Maria is present and makes no mention of Holcroft: 'tea Reveley’s , with Jardine, Sinclair + mrs Jennings.' If Holcroft played an intermediary role (which would be odd considering his and Godwin's friendship with William Reveley), the likely date would be 4 October 1793, when he enters 'Dine at Jennings’s , with Gerald, Holcroft + mrs Reveley'. However, this seems very unlikely to have been their first meeting given the entry for Reveleys (an unmistakeable plural given the context) on both 24 and 26 September 1793. Given the evidence for the extent to which Godwin and Maria Reveley quickly formed a close friendship it seems probable that meetings at Reveley's would have included Maria as well as William and we have coded them as such.

Godwin was very close to Maria Reveley. In 1795, his notes indicate that he meets her in Greenwich (where the diary entry does not mention her name, but simply enters Greenwich), and the following few entries are a little eccentric. When her husband died in July 1799, Godwin quickly proposed and was incomprehending when she refused him. There is then a hiatus in their friendship during which she marries John Gisbourne and goes with him to live in Italy. While there she becomes acquainted with Mary Shelley and reconnects with Godwin.

MS. Abinger c. 22, fol. 112: 25 July 1799
MS. Abinger c. 22, fols. 119-20: 25 Aug. 1799
MS. Abinger c. 22, fols. 117-18: [18 Aug. 1799]
MS. Abinger c. 17, fols. 92-4: [1799]
MS. Abinger c. 55, fols. 52-5: [25] [July] [1799]
MS. Abinger c. 55, fols. 56-7: 25 Aug. 1799 [
DNB
St Clair, p. 154-6.

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

Name	Number of Meetings
Reveley, Willey	165
Jennings, Mrs (Jennyns)	37
Jennings, Joseph Clayton (Jennyns)	34
Holcroft, Thomas	28
Gisborne, John	17
Fenwick, John	11
Fenwick, Elizabeth (Eliza) (née Jaco, pseudonym Reverend David Blair)	8
Foulkes, John	7
Wollstonecraft, Mary (Godwin)	6
Underwood, Thomas Richard	6
Sinclair, Charles	6
Porson, Richard	5
Banks, Thomas	5
Dyson, George	5
Gerrald, Joseph	4
Woodforde, Samuel	4
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (née Godwin)	4
Thelwall, John	3
Harwood, Colonel William	2
Fergusson, Robert Cutlar	2
Scott, Alexander	2
King, John (Jacob Rey)	2
Marshall, James	2
Barry, James	2
Inchbald, Elizabeth	2
Fawcett, Joseph	2
Tresham, Henry	2
Stoddart, John	2
Hogg, Thomas Jefferson	2
Tuthill, Sir George Leman	2
Cole,	2
Shield, William	2
Cristall, Anne	1
Pinkerton, Ann (Nancy)	1
Phillips,	1
Kearsley, Thomas	1
Fordyce, Dr George	1
Addington,	1
Moore, C[harles]?	1
Godwin, Hannah	1
Alderson, Amelia (Opie)	1
Hamilton, Samuel	1
Jones, Louisa	1
Salomon, Johann Peter	1
Williams, Jane (Mrs Hogg)	1
Godwin, Mary Jane (Clairmont) (née de Vial)	1
Robinson family,	1
Robinson, Mary Elizabeth	1
Plumptre, Annabella (Bell)	1
Plumptre, Anne	1
Gillies, John	1
Cooper, Elizabeth Priscilla	1
Parry, Charles Henry	1
Parry, Dr Caleb Hillier	1
Parry,	1
Vaughan, Felix	1
Muir, Thomas	1
Symonds, Henry Delahoy	1
Moore, John	1
Calonne, Vicomte Charles Alexander	1
Horne Tooke, John	1
Taylor, John	1
Perry, James (Pirie)	1
Stewart, John (Walking Stewart)	1
Jardine, Major Alexander	1
Hays, Mary	1
Grattan, Henry	1
Fawcett, Charlotte (née French)	1
Tobin, James Webbe	1
Holcroft, Sophia (Cole)	1
Moore, Sir Graham	1
	1
Burney, Dr Charles	1
Ritson, Joseph	1
Glenie, James	1
Merry, Robert	1
Pigott, Charles	1
Frost, John	1
Wharton, John	1
Goring, Charles	1
	1
Knight, Robert	1
Rowan, Archibald Hamilton	1
Gawler, Captain John Bellenden (Ker)	1
Sempill, Lord Hugh	1
Wedgwood, Thomas	1
Coulson, Walter	1

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