• Name: Fell, Sarah
• Gender: Female
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Sarah Fell (nee Carey/Karre) was the wife of the writer Ralph Fell. In November 1799 Fell wrote to Godwin referring to his getting married which Godwin appeared to have opposed, but the diary indicates that Godwin's reservations were ignored and Fell married Sarah on 5 July 1800 (at St Dionis Backchurch, with Marshall and Hannah Godwin as witnesses).. Fell was friendly with Godwin's sister, Hannah, and Louisa Jones. It seems that Hannah employed Miss Sarah Carey/Karre as an apprentice in her business and Fell met her through that connection. Fell's marriage to Carey, followed by Dibbin's marriage to Louisa Jones led to a cooling in Godwin's relationship with his sister. Fell and Miss Carey married on 5 July 1800 (for further details see Ralph Fell's entry). Godwin's letter to Hannah, criticising her conduct in relation to the affair, describes Fell as a young man of superlative talents, throwing himself away on a creature comparatively worthy only of a dunghill! MS. Abinger c. 17, fol. 91v The diary suggests that she became an active participant in literary conversations.

There are independent and joint entries to S Fell, Ralph's wife, including in 1815. There are also an S Fell junr entry at the end of that year and another at the beginning of 1816. There are also references in 1801 to J and Jo Fell in 1801 (3) and 1806 (1). There is then a Joseph Fell junr entry in 1822. J Fell entries in the 1800s and after remain uncoded.. It is possible that S Fell junr is a child of Sarah and Ralph Fell.

• MS. Abinger c. 17, fol. 91r/91v: 11, 13 November 1799
• MS. Abinger c. 5, fols. 9-10: 14 November 1799
• MS. Abinger c. 5, fol. 22: 25 November 1799
• MS. Abinger c. 5, fol. 23: 25 November 1799
• MS. Abinger c. 31, fol. 34: November – December 1799
• MS. Abinger c. 9, fol. 99: 23 April 1806

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