William Godwin's Diary

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
Este, Reverend Charles 1
Taylor, John 1
Christie, Thomas 1
Reynolds, Elizabeth (née Mansel) 1
Knight, Thomas 1
Johnson, Joseph 1
Kearsley, Thomas 1
Pinkerton, Ann (Nancy) 1
Addington, 1
Reveley, Maria (Gisborne) (née James) 1
Tuthill, Sir George Leman 1
Vaughan, Mrs 1
Holcroft, Louisa (née Mercier) 1
Dignum, Charles 1
1
Potts, Ann M 1
Curran, John Philpot 1
Fuseli, Henry (Johann Heinrich Füssli) 1
Davis, 1