William Godwin
English
Notable Author - AsNotedIn
Lineage
- Daughter: Mary Shelley
Notable Author - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| 1756/03/03 | Anne Godwin, wife of John Godwin, gives birth to a son, William Godwin, in Wisbech, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire. | Born | Wisbech | Cambridgeshire | |||
| 1794/00/00 | The Adventures of Caleb Williams - published | Author | The Adventures of Caleb Williams | ||||
| 1797/03/29 | Mary Wollstonecraft weds William Godwin at Old Saint Pancras Church, London. | Groom | Old Church Of St Pancras | London | |||
| 1809/00/00 | Godwin publishes "Essay on Sepulchres or, a Proposal for erecting some Memorial of the illustrious Dead in all Ages on the Spot where their Remains have been interred" where he discusses marking the graves of the morally great with a simple wooden cross. | Author, Publisher | Tomb of Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin and Mary Jane Godwin, St Pancras Old Church Gardens | Old Church Of St Pancras | |||
| 1814/07/28 | Accompanied by Claire Clairmont, Mary W Godwin and Percy Shelley elope to France. William Godwin refuses any communication with his daughter for the next two and a half years. | Father of the Bride | Marriage of Mary Wollstonecraft and Percy Bysshe Shelley | ||||
| 1816/12/30 | Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin marries Percy Bysshe Shelley at St Mildred's Church, Bread Street, London (lost). Mary's father, William Godwin, and her step-mother Mary Godwin, Leigh Hunt and his wife Marianne attend the small and informal ceremony. | Father of the Bride | Marriage of Mary Wollstonecraft and Percy Bysshe Shelley | ||||
| 1833/00/00 | At aged 77, Godwin becomes Office Keeper and Yeoman Usher of the Receipt of the Exchequer with lodgings in New Palace Yard. A sinecure position, one of his duties is to oversee the sweeping of the chimneys in the Palace of Westminster. | Work | Gates, Railings, Gate Piers To New Palace Yard, Houses Of Parliament | Palace of Westminster | |||
| 1835/01/00 | William Godwin introduces himself to Robert Peel as the author of "Caleb Williams" and "St Leon" and makes an appeal to reinstate his position as Office Keeper and Yeoman Usher of the Receipt of the Exchequer. | Work | The Adventures of Caleb Williams | Gates, Railings, Gate Piers To New Palace Yard, Houses Of Parliament | Palace of Westminster | ||
| 1836/04/07 | William Godwin dies at his official residence in New Palace Yard, close by the entrance to Westminster Hall, Palace of Westminster. | Died | Gates, Railings, Gate Piers To New Palace Yard, Houses Of Parliament | Palace of Westminster | |||
| 1836/04/10 | William Godwin is buried "as near my mother as possible. His tomb in St Pancras Church Yd was accordingly opened - at a depth of twelve feet her coffin was found uninjured - .... The funeral was plain and followed only by a few friends." MWS | In Memoriam | Tomb of Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin and Mary Jane Godwin, St Pancras Old Church Gardens | Old Church Of St Pancras | |||
| 1851/02/00 | Following the death wishes of Mary Shelley, the remains of Wollstonecraft and Godwin are removed from St Pancras churchyard to the Shelley family tomb at the church of St Peter in Bournemouth. | In Memoriam | Church Of St Peter | Bournemouth |
1 Creative Work by William Godwin »
| Title | Type | Association | Y/M/D | Moniker |
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| Title | Type | Association | Y/M/D | Moniker |
| The Adventures of Caleb Williams | Author | Book | 1794/00/00 |
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