William Godwin's Diary

Fenwick, Elizabeth (Eliza née Jaco, pseudonym Reverend David Blair)

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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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1788

9  November  1788 (V)

1790

8  August  1790 (V) 22  August  1790 (V) 26  September  1790 (V)

1791

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)

1792

2  January  1792 (V) 8  January  1792 (V) 8  April  1792 (V) 22  April  1792 (V)

1794

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)

1795

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

1797

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

1798

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)

1799

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)

1800

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)

1801

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

1802

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

1803

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

1804

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

1805

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

1806

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

1807

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

1808

29  January  1808 (V) 31  January  1808 2  February  1808 3  June  1808 10  November  1808

1809

16  February  1809 15  May  1809

1810

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

1811

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

1812

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

1814

21  June  1814 29  June  1814 4  July  1814 6  July  1814 18  July  1814 20  July  1814 25  July  1814

1817

27  May  1817

  • Name: Fenwick, Elizabeth (Eliza née Jaco, pseudonym Reverend David Blair)
  • Gender: Female
  • Birth Date: 1  February  1766
  • Death Date: December  1840
  • Occupation: writer

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.

  • MS. Abinger b. 4, fol. 101: 12 September 1797
  • MS. Abinger c. 10, fols. 75-6: 17 November 1808
  • MS. Abinger c. 14, fols. 98-9: not dated
  • DNB
  • See Isabel Grundy, 'Introduction' Secresyby Eliza Fenwick, Broadview Press, Ontario, Canada 1998

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
Dawe, George 2
Arnot, John 2
Plumptre, Annabella (Bell) 2
Hume, Alexia 2
Rickman, John 2
Cole, 2
Wollstonecraft, James 2
Hazlitt, William 2
Keir, Peter 2
Moore, C[harles]? 2
Hopwood, 2
Thelwall, John 2
V, P 2
Stoddart, John 2
Clairmont, Clara Mary Jane (Claire) 2
Mulready, William 2
Jones, Margaret 2
Rowan, Archibald Hamilton 1
Rowan, Sarah Jane (née Dawson) 1
Horne Tooke, John 1
Bosville, William 1
Brown, William Cullen 1
Mocatta, 1
Burney, Captain James 1
Phillips, Sir Richard (Philip Richards) 1
Flather, John 1
Edgeworth, Richard Lovell 1
Boddington, Samuel 1
Cumberland, Richard 1
Cooper, Thomas (Abthorpe) 1
Burney, Martin Charles 1
Godwin, William 1
Hammond, Elton (Hamond) 1
Masters, M. K. 1
Patrickson, Patrick 1
Scott, William 1
Shelley, Percy Bysshe 1
Scott, Thomas Hobbes 1
Reynolds, Elizabeth (née Mansel) 1
Flaxman, John 1
1
Holcroft, Louisa (née Mercier) 1
Dibbin, Henry 1
Kearsley, Thomas 1
Phillips, 1
Hamilton, Samuel 1
Inchbald, Elizabeth 1
Holcroft, Fanny Margaretta 1
Allen, Robert 1
Shield, William 1
Chandler, John Westbrooke 1
Foulkes, John 1
Fawcett, Charlotte (née French) 1
Fawcett, Joseph 1
Tobin, James Webbe 1
Holcroft, Sophia (Cole) 1
Skeys, Hugh 1
Opie, John 1
Fillingham, William 1
Godwin, P 1
White, 1
LeClercq, Théodore 1
Fiévée, Joseph 1
Perry, Anne (née Hull) 1
Perry, James (Pirie) 1
Forsyth, 1
Plumptre, Anne 1
Burnett, George 1
Barry, James 1
Elwes, Sarah 1
Kemble, John Philip 1
Potts, Ann M 1
Hays, Mary 1
Mercier, Charles André 1
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Fenwick, Eliza Anne

  • Name: Fenwick, Eliza Anne
  • Gender: Female
  • Death Date: 24  March  1828
  • Occupation: teacher

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Eliza Fenwick was the daughter of John and Elizabeth Fenwick (see the latter's DNB entry).

She appears in the diary mostly with her mother although there are a number of 'Miss Fenwicks' and 'EF junr' entries in 1811. 'E and E Fk' call (ppc) in 1811, but this seems to be the daughter taking leave, since Elizabeth re-appears soon after this date.

  • DNB

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) 40
Turner, Thomas 6
Godwin, Mary Jane (Clairmont) (née de Vial) 5
Lamb, Mary Anne 3
Hazlitt, William 3
Mulready, William 2
Lamb, Charles 2
Hopwood, 2
Northcote, James 2
Wolcot, Dr John (pseudonym Peter Pindar) 2
Wollstonecraft, James 2
Dawe, Mary Margaret (Wright) 2
Fenwick, Orlando 2
Keir, Peter 2
Hume, Alexia 1
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (née Godwin) 1
Dawe, George 1
Hume, Joseph 1
Cooper, Thomas (Abthorpe) 1
Cumberland, Richard 1
Flather, John 1
Johnson, Joseph 1
Fenwick, John 1
Cooper, Grace Mary Rae 1
Clairmont, Clara Mary Jane (Claire) 1
Marshall, James 1
Moore, C[harles]? 1
Fillingham, William 1
Alderson, Amelia (Opie) 1
Flaxman, John 1
Curran, John Philpot 1
Holcroft, Thomas 1
Masters, M. K. 1
Brown, William Cullen 1
Imlay, Fanny (Godwin) 1
Clairmont, Charles 1
Reynolds, Elizabeth (née Mansel) 1
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