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This person is mentioned in the diary a total of 622 times, but was not at home (N) 32 times, and was a venue (V) 174 times.
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25 August 1788 9 November 1788 (V) 28 December 1788
27 June 1790 8 August 1790 (V) 15 August 1790 22 August 1790 (V) 26 September 1790 (V) 27 October 1790 31 October 1790 3 November 1790 8 December 1790 26 December 1790
9 January 1791 (V) 21 January 1791 (V) 6 February 1791 (V) 27 February 1791 (V) 8 May 1791 3 July 1791 (V) 14 August 1791 (V) 25 September 1791 2 October 1791 (V) 9 October 1791 6 November 1791 (V) 27 November 1791 (V) 4 December 1791 (NV) 11 December 1791 (V)
1 January 1792 2 January 1792 (V) 8 January 1792 (V) 3 February 1792 (NV) 19 February 1792 8 April 1792 (V) 22 April 1792 (V) 27 April 1792 (N) 28 April 1792 29 April 1792 8 May 1792 30 May 1792 (V) 7 July 1792 5 August 1792 6 August 1792 17 August 1792 3 September 1792 (V) 4 October 1792 2 December 1792 3 December 1792 15 December 1792
6 January 1793 (N) 9 January 1793 15 January 1793 (V) 16 January 1793 23 January 1793 2 February 1793 2 February 1793 3 February 1793 4 February 1793 4 February 1793 17 October 1793 26 October 1793 6 November 1793 22 November 1793 5 December 1793 7 December 1793 17 December 1793 28 December 1793
1 January 1794 6 January 1794 9 January 1794 23 January 1794 27 January 1794 30 January 1794 1 February 1794 6 May 1794 (V) 13 May 1794 (V) 7 June 1794 (V) 20 June 1794 (V) 21 June 1794 (V) 17 July 1794 (V) 1 August 1794 (V) 14 August 1794 (V) 4 September 1794 (V) 27 September 1794 (V) 16 October 1794 (V) 4 December 1794 (V) 13 December 1794 (NV) 15 December 1794 (V)
6 January 1795 (V) 13 January 1795 (V) 16 January 1795 (NV) 30 January 1795 (V) 3 February 1795 (V) 11 February 1795 (V) 12 February 1795 (V) 23 February 1795 (V) 10 March 1795 (V) 13 March 1795 (V) 14 March 1795 (V) 20 March 1795 23 March 1795 25 March 1795 29 March 1795 3 April 1795 (NV) 8 April 1795 (V) 20 April 1795 2 May 1795 10 May 1795 31 May 1795 2 June 1795 4 June 1795 13 June 1795 (V) 17 June 1795 21 June 1795 11 July 1795 19 July 1795 7 August 1795 (V) 14 August 1795 (V) 14 August 1795 14 September 1795 15 September 1795 (V) 19 September 1795 24 September 1795 28 September 1795 29 September 1795 5 October 1795 17 October 1795 20 October 1795 21 October 1795 29 October 1795 9 November 1795 9 November 1795 10 November 1795 26 November 1795 28 November 1795 (V) 28 November 1795 29 November 1795 30 November 1795 5 December 1795 9 December 1795 12 December 1795 15 December 1795 22 December 1795 23 December 1795 29 December 1795
5 January 1796 6 January 1796 18 January 1796 19 January 1796 (V) 27 January 1796 1 February 1796 6 February 1796 13 February 1796 27 March 1796 29 March 1796 2 April 1796 8 May 1796 10 May 1796 26 May 1796 29 May 1796 7 June 1796 22 June 1796 23 June 1796 4 August 1796 4 August 1796 10 August 1796 17 August 1796 23 August 1796 23 August 1796 27 August 1796 31 August 1796 10 September 1796 24 September 1796 1 October 1796 22 October 1796 24 October 1796 10 November 1796 6 December 1796 14 December 1796
31 January 1797 9 February 1797 20 February 1797 (V) 26 February 1797 2 March 1797 4 March 1797 6 March 1797 (V) 10 March 1797 (V) 18 March 1797 24 March 1797 27 March 1797 28 March 1797 (V) 8 April 1797 8 April 1797 10 April 1797 (V) 12 April 1797 (V) 15 April 1797 17 April 1797 18 April 1797 19 April 1797 20 April 1797 (V) 22 April 1797 24 April 1797 27 April 1797 28 April 1797 8 May 1797 26 May 1797 2 June 1797 20 June 1797 21 June 1797 (V) 26 June 1797 (V) 6 July 1797 (V) 9 July 1797 29 July 1797 31 July 1797 7 August 1797 26 August 1797 30 August 1797 13 September 1797 14 September 1797 15 September 1797 16 September 1797 20 September 1797 22 September 1797 25 September 1797 26 September 1797 27 September 1797 29 September 1797 2 October 1797 4 October 1797 5 October 1797 6 October 1797 7 October 1797 8 October 1797 10 October 1797 12 October 1797 14 October 1797 15 October 1797 16 October 1797 20 October 1797 23 October 1797 26 October 1797 (V) 28 October 1797 29 October 1797 31 October 1797 (V) 1 November 1797 19 November 1797 22 November 1797 20 December 1797 21 December 1797 27 December 1797 29 December 1797 30 December 1797 31 December 1797
2 January 1798 7 January 1798 8 January 1798 (V) 11 January 1798 (V) 17 January 1798 30 January 1798 7 February 1798 8 February 1798 (V) 9 February 1798 11 February 1798 16 February 1798 (V) 20 February 1798 23 February 1798 2 March 1798 15 March 1798 (V) 27 March 1798 28 March 1798 2 April 1798 (V) 5 April 1798 (V) 9 April 1798 10 April 1798 17 April 1798 19 April 1798 (V) 20 April 1798 (V) 11 May 1798 12 May 1798 1 June 1798 2 June 1798 4 June 1798 11 June 1798 22 June 1798 25 June 1798 30 June 1798 (NV) 5 July 1798 (V) 26 July 1798 (V) 2 August 1798 4 August 1798 (V) 9 August 1798 13 August 1798 23 August 1798 (V) 9 September 1798 9 September 1798 9 September 1798 11 September 1798 21 September 1798 24 September 1798 16 October 1798 16 October 1798 24 October 1798 25 October 1798 3 November 1798 6 November 1798 9 November 1798 13 November 1798 28 November 1798 5 December 1798 13 December 1798 14 December 1798 24 December 1798 25 December 1798 26 December 1798 29 December 1798 31 December 1798
2 January 1799 9 January 1799 12 January 1799 4 February 1799 22 April 1799 23 April 1799 19 May 1799 23 May 1799 3 June 1799 28 June 1799 (V) 7 July 1799 8 July 1799 (V) 10 July 1799 (V) 12 July 1799 (V) 14 July 1799 (V) 16 July 1799 (V) 17 July 1799 (V) 19 July 1799 (V) 22 July 1799 25 July 1799 (V) 31 July 1799 7 August 1799 (V) 13 August 1799 22 August 1799 24 August 1799 (V) 25 August 1799 31 August 1799 (V) 30 September 1799 1 October 1799 3 October 1799 3 October 1799 7 October 1799 (V) 8 October 1799 9 October 1799 10 October 1799 12 October 1799 23 October 1799 26 October 1799 31 October 1799 2 November 1799 4 December 1799 8 December 1799 14 December 1799 (V) 15 December 1799 (V) 22 December 1799 (V) 22 December 1799 (V)
8 January 1800 11 January 1800 21 January 1800 24 January 1800 9 February 1800 12 February 1800 4 March 1800 5 March 1800 23 March 1800 (V) 6 April 1800 (V) 20 April 1800 25 April 1800 1 May 1800 9 May 1800 27 May 1800 (NV) 1 June 1800 1 June 1800 2 June 1800 (N) 4 June 1800 (V) 6 June 1800 11 June 1800 14 June 1800 15 June 1800 24 June 1800 23 August 1800 24 August 1800 26 August 1800 2 September 1800 10 September 1800 (NV) 12 September 1800 15 September 1800 19 September 1800 (V) 24 September 1800 (V) 2 October 1800 (V) 4 October 1800 (V) 12 October 1800 15 October 1800 21 October 1800 (V) 28 October 1800 (NV) 2 November 1800 12 November 1800 (V) 13 November 1800 (V) 15 November 1800 (V) 16 November 1800 17 November 1800 20 November 1800 (V) 6 December 1800 14 December 1800 15 December 1800
21 January 1801 23 January 1801 15 February 1801 (V) 7 March 1801 (NV) 7 March 1801 8 March 1801 (V) 31 March 1801 1 April 1801 12 April 1801 (V) 16 April 1801 25 April 1801 26 April 1801 1 May 1801 (V) 5 June 1801 (V) 6 June 1801 (V) 20 June 1801 (V) 4 July 1801 (V) 19 July 1801 (N) 23 July 1801 (NV) 2 September 1801 (V) 9 September 1801 2 October 1801 5 October 1801 21 October 1801 31 October 1801 12 November 1801 (V) 21 November 1801 (N) 27 November 1801 6 December 1801 (V) 9 December 1801 14 December 1801 19 December 1801 (V) 20 December 1801 20 December 1801 (V) 26 December 1801 (NV) 27 December 1801 29 December 1801 (V) 31 December 1801
2 January 1802 (V) 4 January 1802 (V) 4 January 1802 7 January 1802 (NV) 8 January 1802 (V) 9 January 1802 (V) 14 January 1802 14 January 1802 (V) 17 January 1802 (V) 20 January 1802 20 January 1802 29 January 1802 (NV) 1 February 1802 (NV) 17 February 1802 (V) 18 February 1802 (V) 20 February 1802 5 March 1802 12 March 1802 (V) 17 March 1802 20 March 1802 (V) 27 March 1802 2 April 1802 9 April 1802 (V) 18 April 1802 7 May 1802 8 May 1802 18 May 1802 (V) 30 May 1802 25 June 1802 4 July 1802 7 July 1802 11 July 1802 18 July 1802 20 July 1802 15 August 1802 22 August 1802 30 August 1802 1 September 1802 (V) 2 September 1802 2 September 1802 12 September 1802 2 November 1802 12 December 1802
9 May 1803 6 November 1803 17 November 1803 29 November 1803 (V) 5 December 1803 13 December 1803 (V) 25 December 1803
12 January 1804 (NV) 1 February 1804 (NV) 2 February 1804 3 February 1804 6 February 1804 (V) 9 February 1804 (NV) 14 February 1804 (NV) 2 March 1804 (V) 22 March 1804 3 April 1804 (V) 13 April 1804 (V) 20 April 1804 30 April 1804 2 June 1804 (V) 4 June 1804 9 June 1804 (V) 22 June 1804 (NV) 9 July 1804 (V) 20 July 1804 1 August 1804 (V) 8 August 1804 (V) 12 August 1804 (V) 23 August 1804 (V) 20 September 1804 (V) 5 October 1804 (V) 20 October 1804 22 October 1804 30 October 1804 (V) 6 November 1804 10 November 1804 16 November 1804 20 November 1804 14 December 1804
4 January 1805 12 January 1805 17 January 1805 29 January 1805 11 February 1805 (V) 13 February 1805 (V) 18 February 1805 20 February 1805 16 March 1805 19 March 1805 15 April 1805 17 April 1805 27 April 1805 31 May 1805 5 June 1805 19 July 1805 19 July 1805 22 July 1805 23 July 1805
30 April 1807 9 May 1807 (N) 24 June 1807 2 November 1807 8 November 1807
22 February 1808 (V) 7 April 1808 (V) 10 April 1808 16 May 1808 14 October 1808
12 January 1810 26 February 1810 27 February 1810 30 May 1810 12 July 1810 15 August 1810 2 September 1810 5 September 1810 (N) 6 September 1810 19 September 1810 (N) 30 September 1810 21 October 1810 21 October 1810 (V) 24 October 1810 4 November 1810 (V) 18 November 1810
4 February 1811 18 March 1811 12 June 1811 27 August 1811 12 September 1811 14 October 1811 15 October 1811 21 October 1811 23 October 1811 (N) 18 November 1811 22 November 1811 27 November 1811 29 November 1811 13 December 1811 30 December 1811
21 September 1815 2 November 1815
18 September 1816 30 October 1816 23 December 1816 (N)
15 January 1817 (N) 24 January 1817 31 January 1817 17 April 1817 2 June 1817 15 August 1817 20 August 1817 1 October 1817 10 December 1817 12 December 1817 26 December 1817
12 January 1820 (N) 24 November 1820
12 September 1821 22 September 1821 9 October 1821
John Fenwick was an Irish radical who had an estranged marriage with Eliza Fenwick, the novelist who also worked in Godwin's Juvenile Library. He may have been a member of the Philomaths, the polite conversation club Godwin was also a member of in the 1790s. Fenwick was a dissolute drinker which contributed to the break-up of his marriage. He was also a friend of Charles Lamb.
'Fenwick' and 'Fenwick's' have been coded as John Fenwick, but there are many references to Mrs Fenwick, and some also to Orlando and Elizabeth Fenwick jnr, their children. There are also references to Thomas Fenwick have been John's brother, who owned a shop in Penzance and provided support and refuge for Mrs Fenwick on a number of occasions. He went bankrupt in 1803 and moved to Portsmouth.
The estrangement between the couple means that two 'Fenwicks' entries may not be to Fenwick and his wife, although there do seem to have been bouts of periodic reconciliation; we have taken 'Mrs and E Fenwick' to refer to the mother and daughter, but it is possible it refers to Eliza Fenwick and her mother in law.
Godwin notes his death.
This table lists the people this person is most frequently noted with in the diary.
| Name | Number of Meetings |
|---|---|
| Fenwick, Elizabeth (Eliza) (née Jaco, pseudonym Reverend David Blair) | 201 |
| Holcroft, Thomas | 45 |
| Marshall, James | 34 |
| Godwin, Mary Jane (Clairmont) (née de Vial) | 24 |
| Lamb, Charles | 19 |
| Lamb, Mary Anne | 18 |
| Fell, Ralph | 15 |
| Godwin, Hannah | 13 |
| Reveley, Maria (Gisborne) (née James) | 11 |
| Dyson, George | 9 |
| Robinson, Mary (née Darby, Perdita, Polly Derby) | 8 |
| Fell, Sarah | 7 |
| Northcote, James | 7 |
| Curran, John Philpot | 6 |
| Jardine, Major Alexander | 6 |
| Perry, James (Pirie) | 5 |
| Wollstonecraft, Mary (Godwin) | 4 |
| Carlisle, Sir Anthony | 4 |
| Jones, Louisa | 4 |
| Smith, Charlotte (née Turner) | 3 |
| Chandler, John Westbrooke | 3 |
| Wolcot, Dr John (pseudonym Peter Pindar) | 3 |
| Smith, George | 3 |
| O'Bryen, Dennis (O'Brien) | 3 |
| Fenwick, Orlando | 3 |
| Hazlitt, William | 3 |
| Rickman, John | 3 |
| Reveley, Willey | 3 |
| Stoddart, John | 3 |
| Jones, Margaret | 2 |
| Moore, C[harles]? | 2 |
| Nicholson, William | 2 |
| Dawe, George | 2 |
| V, P | 2 |
| Opie, John | 2 |
| Fillingham, William | 2 |
| Reynolds, Elizabeth (née Mansel) | 2 |
| Cole, | 2 |
| Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (née Godwin) | 2 |
| Imlay, Fanny (Godwin) | 2 |
| Robinson, Mary Elizabeth | 2 |
| Plumptre, Annabella (Bell) | 2 |
| Coleridge, Samuel Taylor | 2 |
| Smith, | 2 |
| Cooper, Grace Mary Rae | 2 |
| Robinson, Henry Crabb | 2 |
| Alderson, Amelia (Opie) | 2 |
| Inchbald, Elizabeth | 2 |
| Kearsley, Thomas | 2 |
| King, John (Jacob Rey) | 2 |
| Mackintosh, Sir James (of Kyllachy) | 2 |
| Mercier, Charles André | 2 |
| Turner, Thomas | 2 |
| Tierney, George | 2 |
| Arnot, John | 2 |
| Forsyth, | 1 |
| White, | 1 |
| LeClercq, Théodore | 1 |
| Shield, William | 1 |
| Fiévée, Joseph | 1 |
| Botwright, | 1 |
| Crosdill, John | 1 |
| Hume, Joseph | 1 |
| Reynolds, Frederick | 1 |
| Hume, Alexia | 1 |
| Plumptre, Anne | 1 |
| Perry, Anne (née Hull) | 1 |
| Dawe, Mary Margaret (Wright) | 1 |
| Johnson, Joseph | 1 |
| Clairmont, Charles | 1 |
| Rowan, Archibald Hamilton | 1 |
| Rowan, Sarah Jane (née Dawson) | 1 |
| Godwin, John | 1 |
| Batty, Robert | 1 |
| Burney, Martin Charles | 1 |
| Boaden, James | 1 |
| Burney, Captain James | 1 |
| Phillips, Sir Richard (Philip Richards) | 1 |
| Shee, Sir Martin Archer | 1 |
| 1 | |
| Brown, William Cullen | 1 |
| Flather, John | 1 |
| Fenwick, Eliza Anne | 1 |
| Morton, Thomas | 1 |
| 1 | |
| Stuart, Daniel | 1 |
| Allen, Robert | 1 |
| Taylor, (Taylor Lanc) | 1 |
| Ritson, Joseph | 1 |
| Wilson, | 1 |
| Moore, Sir Graham | 1 |
| Adair, Robert | 1 |
| Marsh, Charles | 1 |
| Weld, | 1 |
| Davis, | 1 |
| Cooper, Elizabeth Priscilla | 1 |
| Thelwall, John | 1 |
| Reid, William Hamilton | 1 |
| Muir, Thomas | 1 |
| Dibbin, Henry | 1 |
| Symonds, Henry Delahoy | 1 |
| Montagu, Basil | 1 |
| Wollstonecraft, James | 1 |
| Bonney, John Augustus | 1 |
| Hamilton, Samuel | 1 |
| Phillips, | 1 |
| Burnett, George | 1 |
| Holcroft, Sophia (Cole) | 1 |
| Barry, James | 1 |
| Walker, Alexander | 1 |
| Tobin, James Webbe | 1 |
| Fawcett, Joseph | 1 |
| Elwes, Sarah | 1 |
| Allinhgam, John (Till) | 1 |
| Wollstonecraft, Charles | 1 |
| Fawcett, Charlotte (née French) | 1 |
| 1 | |
| Kemble, John Philip | 1 |
| Potts, Ann M | 1 |
| Hays, Mary | 1 |
| Skeys, Hugh | 1 |
| Holcroft, Louisa (née Mercier) | 1 |
| Johnson, Joseph | 1 |
| Pinkerton, John (pseudonym Robert Heron) (pseudonym H. Bennet) | 1 |
| Holcroft, Ann (Harwood) | 1 |
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This person is mentioned in the diary a total of 395 times, but was not at home (N) 7 times, and was a venue (V) 130 times.
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9 November 1788 (V)
8 August 1790 (V) 22 August 1790 (V) 26 September 1790 (V)
9 January 1791 (V) 21 January 1791 (V) 6 February 1791 (V) 27 February 1791 (V) 3 July 1791 (V) 14 August 1791 (V) 2 October 1791 (V) 27 November 1791 (V) 11 December 1791 (V)
2 January 1792 (V) 8 January 1792 (V) 8 April 1792 (V) 22 April 1792 (V)
30 January 1794 1 February 1794 13 May 1794 (V) 6 June 1794 21 June 1794 (V) 17 July 1794 (V) 1 August 1794 (V) 4 August 1794 14 August 1794 (V) 4 September 1794 (V) 27 September 1794 (V) 16 October 1794 (V) 4 December 1794 (V)
6 January 1795 (V) 13 January 1795 (V) 16 January 1795 (NV) 3 February 1795 (V) 12 February 1795 (V) 23 February 1795 (V) 13 March 1795 (V) 14 March 1795 (V) 11 July 1795
5 February 1797 9 February 1797 (V) 26 February 1797 21 March 1797 (V) 24 March 1797 28 March 1797 (V) 8 April 1797 17 April 1797 19 April 1797 20 April 1797 (V) 22 April 1797 24 April 1797 9 July 1797 16 July 1797 17 July 1797 (V) 29 July 1797 7 August 1797 16 August 1797 26 August 1797 30 August 1797 4 September 1797 13 September 1797 14 September 1797 15 September 1797 17 September 1797 17 September 1797 18 September 1797 22 September 1797 23 September 1797 25 September 1797 26 September 1797 29 September 1797 4 October 1797 5 October 1797 6 October 1797 10 October 1797 12 October 1797 15 October 1797 20 October 1797 23 October 1797 24 October 1797 25 October 1797 31 October 1797 (V) 1 November 1797 19 November 1797 21 November 1797 (V) 22 November 1797 21 December 1797 27 December 1797 30 December 1797 31 December 1797
7 January 1798 8 January 1798 (V) 11 January 1798 (V) 17 January 1798 30 January 1798 7 February 1798 20 February 1798 23 February 1798 1 June 1798 (V) 11 June 1798 21 June 1798 (V) 22 June 1798 (V) 5 July 1798 (V) 2 August 1798 4 August 1798 (V) 9 August 1798 13 August 1798 23 August 1798 (V) 23 August 1798 24 September 1798 16 October 1798 (V) 24 October 1798 1 November 1798 3 November 1798 6 November 1798 13 November 1798 28 November 1798 (V)
2 January 1799 23 February 1799 (NV) 27 February 1799 (NV) 5 March 1799 (V) 11 March 1799 21 March 1799 (V) 24 March 1799 9 April 1799 (V) 19 May 1799 23 May 1799 7 July 1799 8 July 1799 12 July 1799 (V) 14 July 1799 (V) 16 July 1799 (V) 17 July 1799 (V) 19 July 1799 (V) 20 July 1799 22 July 1799 25 July 1799 (V) 31 July 1799 7 August 1799 (V) 24 August 1799 (V) 25 August 1799 31 August 1799 (V) 12 September 1799 (V) 1 October 1799 9 October 1799 23 October 1799 8 December 1799 14 December 1799 (V) 22 December 1799 (V)
5 January 1800 8 January 1800 18 February 1800 (V) 4 March 1800 5 March 1800 23 March 1800 (V) 6 April 1800 (V) 20 April 1800 25 April 1800 9 May 1800 11 June 1800 24 June 1800 24 August 1800 26 August 1800 2 September 1800 19 September 1800 (V) 24 September 1800 (V) 4 October 1800 (V) 6 October 1800 12 October 1800 12 October 1800 13 October 1800 15 October 1800 21 October 1800 (V) 2 November 1800 16 November 1800 17 November 1800 (V)
23 January 1801 29 January 1801 15 February 1801 (V) 12 March 1801 31 March 1801 (V) 3 April 1801 (V) 12 April 1801 (V) 16 April 1801 26 April 1801 1 May 1801 (V) 5 June 1801 (V) 6 June 1801 (V) 2 September 1801 (V) 9 September 1801 21 October 1801 19 November 1801 (V) 21 November 1801 (N) 6 December 1801 (V) 14 December 1801 19 December 1801 (V) 28 December 1801 (V) 31 December 1801
2 January 1802 (V) 4 January 1802 (V) 4 January 1802 12 January 1802 14 January 1802 (V) 20 January 1802 20 January 1802 18 February 1802 (V) 20 February 1802 5 March 1802 6 March 1802 12 March 1802 (V) 17 March 1802 20 March 1802 (V) 27 March 1802 7 May 1802 8 May 1802 18 May 1802 (V) 27 May 1802 30 May 1802 6 June 1802 12 June 1802 25 June 1802 26 June 1802
30 October 1803 23 November 1803 29 November 1803 (V) 5 December 1803 5 December 1803 13 December 1803 (V) 15 December 1803 25 December 1803
3 January 1804 (V) 4 January 1804 (V) 21 January 1804 2 February 1804 3 February 1804 6 February 1804 (V) 14 February 1804 (NV) 29 February 1804 (V) 15 March 1804 22 March 1804 23 March 1804 (V) 24 March 1804 (V) 25 March 1804 (NV) 30 March 1804 3 April 1804 (V) 11 April 1804 (V) 13 April 1804 (V) 19 April 1804 20 April 1804 27 April 1804 15 May 1804 (V) 17 May 1804 2 June 1804 (V) 4 June 1804 15 June 1804 20 July 1804 1 August 1804 (V) 12 August 1804 (V) 14 August 1804 20 September 1804 (V) 24 September 1804 22 October 1804 30 October 1804 (V) 6 November 1804 6 December 1804
19 January 1805 11 February 1805 (V) 13 February 1805 (V) 18 February 1805 20 February 1805 2 March 1805 7 March 1805 27 April 1805 9 June 1805 9 June 1805 26 June 1805 23 July 1805 6 August 1805 16 August 1805 30 October 1805
15 January 1806 21 January 1806 30 March 1806 19 April 1806 11 May 1806 6 July 1806 20 July 1806 22 July 1806 (V) 13 September 1806 19 September 1806 1 November 1806 (V) 7 November 1806 27 November 1806 (V) 6 December 1806 (V) 18 December 1806 (V) 21 December 1806
1 January 1807 12 June 1807 20 June 1807 24 June 1807 29 June 1807 (V) 7 July 1807 (V) 23 July 1807 24 July 1807 (V) 15 August 1807 (V) 23 August 1807 25 August 1807 (V) 26 August 1807 30 August 1807 4 September 1807 8 September 1807 24 September 1807 (V) 26 September 1807 30 September 1807 21 December 1807
29 January 1808 (V) 31 January 1808 2 February 1808 3 June 1808 10 November 1808
29 May 1810 30 May 1810 4 June 1810 11 June 1810 19 July 1810 31 July 1810 7 August 1810 13 August 1810 (V) 15 August 1810 17 August 1810 27 August 1810 30 August 1810 1 September 1810 1 September 1810 2 September 1810 3 September 1810 4 September 1810 6 September 1810 7 September 1810 10 September 1810 18 September 1810 19 September 1810 (N) 25 September 1810 24 October 1810 18 November 1810 27 November 1810 28 November 1810 2 December 1810 6 December 1810 17 December 1810 19 December 1810
7 January 1811 8 January 1811 15 January 1811 (V) 18 January 1811 27 January 1811 4 May 1811 21 July 1811 24 July 1811 4 August 1811 10 August 1811 12 September 1811 6 November 1811 8 November 1811 23 November 1811 30 November 1811 1 December 1811 13 December 1811 15 December 1811 21 December 1811 30 December 1811
19 January 1812 25 January 1812 2 February 1812 6 February 1812 1 March 1812 10 March 1812 15 March 1812 17 March 1812 19 April 1812 5 May 1812 28 May 1812 20 June 1812 25 June 1812 4 July 1812
21 June 1814 29 June 1814 4 July 1814 6 July 1814 18 July 1814 20 July 1814 25 July 1814
Elizabeth Fenwick was a novelist and writer who married John Fenwick in the late 1780s. The couple had two children, Orlando and Elizabeth or 'Eliza'. John Fenwick proved to be an incorrible alcoholic whom she had left by 1800, relying on her own talents to support the family. She worked for a period managing Godwin's Juvenile Library. The DNB has her emigrating to Barbados and then America in 1814 and there are no later appearances of 'E Fk' (Godwin's shorthand for her name) in the diary. On her son Orlando's birth record, the grandparents are identified at Peter and Elizabeth Jaco. Peter Jaco was an early Methodist preache, serving in Warrington, Dublin, Cornwall, Sheffield and London, from 1767.
In Godwin's diary, she is normally denoted by 'Mrs Fenwick, E Fenwick, E Fk' but she has also been included when he calls on the Fenwicks, or Fenwick's. Mrs Fenwick is also sometimes used to differentiate Mrs Fenwick from her daughter Eliza.
Elizabeth Fenwick becomes a regular independent entry in the Diary from 1797, especially around the death of Wollstonecraft (and after the death she is entered as 'EF'), and Godwin seems careful to note plural Fenwicks in visits, although visits to and from a singular Fenwick continue and are not coded for both. 'Fenwick's' is, it seems, used as a plural rather than simply as a possessive, and these have been coded for both Fenwick and 'EF'.On 26 June 1802 E Fenwick called ppc (pour prendre congé) indicating a prolonged absence. In 1803 Mrs and E Fenwick call. In 1804 E and E Fenwick dine. Also in 1804 the way Godwin enters the name changes to E Fk but there are also a number of E Fks. It is possible these refer to John Foulkes, but it seems more likely that E Fk refers to Elizabeth Fenwick and E Fks refers to her when she appears with her daughter Eliza, and these have been coded accordingly. The appearance of E Fk and E Fks in the diary predates the disappearance of Foulkes entries.
Godwin seems to use Fk as a shorthand for Fenwick. However, it has to be noted that there are a variety of forms of reference to Mrs Fenwick, Eliza Fenwick, EF and EFk and, perhaps above all E Fks, and that these must give rise to some concern about the accuracy of the identification. The occasional use of 'Mrs Fenwick' suggests the possibility that, after their initial friendship, Godwin uses this to refer to John Fenwick's mother. It is also unclear whether 2 FKs always refers to Mr and Mrs - simply because their marriage was turbulent and involved a number of breakdowns.
There are also references to Thomas Fenwick, who is uncoded but may have been John's brother, who owned a shop in Penzance and provided support and refuge for Mrs Fenwick on a number of occasions. He went bankrupt in 1803 and moved to Portsmouth. He may have moved to London later, and it is possible that the T Fenwick, Limehouse, (1 February 1811) is a reference to him, but this is conjectural and the entry has not been coded.
There must also be some hesitation in the identification of 'O Fk' as the son, when O Fks is also being used (which would be an unusual form of reference for a single person). Indeed, there are also issues about the age of the children - since independent visits by Orlando, who was born in 1798, would be unlikely - yet there are references to O Fenwick from 1804.
This table lists the people this person is most frequently noted with in the diary.
| Name | Number of Meetings |
|---|---|
| Fenwick, John | 201 |
| Fenwick, Eliza Anne | 40 |
| Godwin, Mary Jane (Clairmont) (née de Vial) | 29 |
| Holcroft, Thomas | 22 |
| Marshall, James | 22 |
| Lamb, Mary Anne | 17 |
| Lamb, Charles | 16 |
| Fell, Ralph | 12 |
| Turner, Thomas | 11 |
| Godwin, Hannah | 10 |
| Reveley, Maria (Gisborne) (née James) | 8 |
| Northcote, James | 8 |
| Robinson, Mary (née Darby, Perdita, Polly Derby) | 6 |
| Dyson, George | 6 |
| Fell, Sarah | 6 |
| Dawe, Mary Margaret (Wright) | 5 |
| Wolcot, Dr John (pseudonym Peter Pindar) | 5 |
| Cooper, Grace Mary Rae | 5 |
| Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (née Godwin) | 4 |
| Imlay, Fanny (Godwin) | 4 |
| Curran, John Philpot | 4 |
| Fenwick, Orlando | 4 |
| Jones, Louisa | 4 |
| Wollstonecraft, Mary (Godwin) | 4 |
| Alderson, Amelia (Opie) | 3 |
| Clairmont, Charles | 3 |
| Smith, Charlotte (née Turner) | 3 |
| Carlisle, Sir Anthony | 3 |
| Robinson, Henry Crabb | 3 |
| Hume, Joseph | 2 |
| Coleridge, Samuel Taylor | 2 |
| Reveley, Willey | 2 |
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