William Godwin's Diary

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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1790

23  May  1790

1793

21  September  1793 (V) 23  September  1793 23  September  1793 24  September  1793 26  September  1793 27  September  1793 (V) 1  October  1793 (V) 21  October  1793 (NV) 22  October  1793 (V) 28  October  1793 (V) 1  November  1793 5  November  1793 (V) 8  November  1793 (V) 12  November  1793 15  November  1793 (V) 17  November  1793 19  November  1793 21  November  1793 (V) 25  November  1793 (V) 28  November  1793 (V) 2  December  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 22  January  1794 (V) 23  January  1794 (V) 29  January  1794 (V) 4  February  1794 (V) 8  February  1794 (V) 14  February  1794 (V) 17  February  1794 (V) 21  February  1794 (V) 26  February  1794 (V) 1  March  1794 (V) 6  March  1794 (V) 7  March  1794 (V) 13  March  1794 (V) 15  March  1794 (V) 19  March  1794 (V) 24  March  1794 (V) 31  March  1794 (V) 1  April  1794 7  April  1794 (V) 14  April  1794 (V) 20  April  1794 24  April  1794 (NV) 28  April  1794 (V) 29  April  1794 (V) 2  May  1794 (V) 5  May  1794 (V) 8  May  1794 (V) 12  May  1794 (V) 23  May  1794 (V) 26  May  1794 (V) 31  May  1794 2  June  1794 (V) 9  June  1794 (V) 17  June  1794 (V) 19  June  1794 21  June  1794 (V) 22  June  1794 7  July  1794 (NV) 11  July  1794 (V) 14  July  1794 (V) 15  July  1794 19  July  1794 21  July  1794 (V) 25  July  1794 (V) 28  July  1794 (V) 30  July  1794 (V) 2  August  1794 4  August  1794 5  August  1794 6  August  1794 11  August  1794 (NV) 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 20  October  1794 (N) 23  October  1794 26  October  1794 8  December  1794 (V) 22  December  1794 (V) 29  December  1794 (V)

1795

5  January  1795 (V) 12  January  1795 (V) 19  January  1795 (V) 24  January  1795 (V) 30  January  1795 (V) 2  February  1795 (V) 9  February  1795 (V) 16  February  1795 28  February  1795 (V) 4  March  1795 (V) 9  March  1795 (V) 16  March  1795 (V) 23  March  1795 (V) 10  April  1795 (NV) 9  May  1795 (V) 15  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) 22  June  1795 (V) 27  July  1795 2  December  1795 (V) 5  December  1795 7  December  1795 (V) 23  December  1795 (V)

1796

4  January  1796 (V) 29  January  1796 (V) 10  February  1796 10  February  1796 (V) 24  February  1796 (V) 11  March  1796 16  March  1796 (V) 22  March  1796 24  March  1796 24  March  1796 (V) 2  April  1796 6  April  1796 (V) 27  April  1796 (V) 14  May  1796 (V) 25  May  1796 (NV) 8  June  1796 (NV) 29  June  1796 (V) 27  July  1796 (V) 10  August  1796 (V) 24  August  1796 (V) 7  September  1796 (V) 21  September  1796 (V) 5  October  1796 (NV) 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) 18  February  1797 22  February  1797 (V) 8  March  1797 (V) 22  March  1797 (V) 5  April  1797 (V) 19  April  1797 (V) 19  April  1797 3  May  1797 (V) 16  May  1797 (V) 17  May  1797 (V) 31  May  1797 (V) 9  August  1797 (V) 30  August  1797 (V) 7  September  1797 13  October  1797 (V) 25  October  1797 (V) 9  November  1797 (V) 22  November  1797 (V) 8  December  1797 (V) 20  December  1797 (V)

1798

5  January  1798 (V) 8  January  1798 19  January  1798 (V) 31  January  1798 (V) 18  April  1798 (V) 18  July  1798 (V) 15  August  1798 (V) 18  September  1798 (V) 16  October  1798 (V) 13  November  1798 (V) 11  December  1798 (V) 16  December  1798

1799

8  January  1799 (V) 5  February  1799 (V) 5  March  1799 (V) 29  March  1799 6  July  1799

  • 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.

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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