50 Beale 1891, p. 58.
51 Some court-plaister was black, and it was so-called after the black patches formerly used by ladies at court to cover facial blemishes such as smallpox scars. It was priced at sixpence in various advertisements.
52 1 October 1777. Winstanley 1981, p. 168.
53 17 February 1796. Jameson 2005, p. 13.
54 Norfolk Chronicle 21 September 1805. Barwick was author of An essay on shooting.
55 The Literary Panorama 2 (1807), p. 989. A Rupture Society was founded in 1796, but was later disbanded. The New Rupture Society was founded either on 4 July 1804 or 15 May 1805 (see UCL Bloomsbury Project) and was active until 1950.
56 Beale 1891, p. 58.
57 4 June 1776. Winstanley 1981, p. 51
58 16 September 1813. Chapman 1932b, pp. 327–8. Fanny was twenty years old, Lizzy thirteen and Marianne twelve (her birthday was the previous day).
59 November 1808. Hall 1936, p. 122.
60 Leeds Mercury 19 November 1808.
61 Leeds Mercury 19 November 1808.
62 11 November 1799. Somerset Archives and Local Studies ABTL/2/1.
63 31 May 1802. Darbishire 1958, p. 167.
64 1 March 1812. Hawker 1893, p. 36. It is unclear where the dental surgery took place, but probably in London.
65 Hunter 1778, p. 219.
66 Hunter 1778, p. 221.
67 Hunter 1778, p. 223.
68 Hampshire Chronicle 21 January 1782.
69 Cooper 1843, p. 401. When Butler returned to England, he set up as a dentist in Liverpool under an assumed name.
70 Cooper 1843, pp. 414–15.
71 The number of overall dead and wounded was 50,000, a figure sometimes said to be the number who died on the battlefield.
72 Bailey 1896, p. 174. Tuesday 24 November 1812. Naples served under Collingwood at the Battle of St Vincent on board the Excellent.
73 Cooper 1843, p. 399.
74 Silliman 1820a, p. 143.
75 Benjamin Franklin wore bifocals but probably did not invent them, as is sometimes claimed.
76 Hampshire Chronicle 1 February 1802.
77 1 January 1809. Somerset Archives and Local Studies ABTL/2/29.
78 Darter 1888, p. 68.
79 Davy was not the apprentice of Beddoes, as is sometimes stated.
80 Davy 1800, p. 556. Nitrous oxide was first discovered in 1772 by Joseph Priestley.
81 The first operation under anaesthesia in England was in 1846.
82 This was a belated response to the dissolution of the monasteries in the sixteenth century, which had destroyed healthcare for the poor.
83 20 August 1793. Andrews 1936, p. 315. A hospital had been established in Northampton in 1744, but this new one was built by subscription. It still survives, in Billing Road.
84 The oldest operating theatre in England of 1822 can be visited. It was once part of St Thomas’s Hospital in London but became hidden and was rediscovered in 1956.
85 Aikin 1771, p. 25. Aikin later became a physician, and as a dissenter was a bitter opponent of injustice and an early supporter of the French Revolution.
86 Letter of 1 October 1771. Aikin 1771, p. 89.
87 Letter of 1 October 1771. Aikin 1771, p. 89.
88 Letter of 1 October 1771. Aikin 1771, p. 90.
89 The name ‘lock hospital’ was derived from the earlier leprosy hospitals.
90 Aikin 1771, p. 65.
91 5 and 7 December 1799. Somerset Archives and Local Studies ABTL/2/3. The small Over Stowey workhouse is also referred to as the poorhouse.
92 First Report: Minutes of Evidence taken before the Select Committee appointed to consider of provision being made for the better regulation of madhouses in England 1816 (London), p. 51.
93 First Report: Minutes of Evidence taken before the Select Committee appointed to consider of provision being made for the better regulation of madhouses in England 1816 (London), p. 53.
94 Mackenzie 1827, p. 525.
95 Newcastle Courant 14 May 1774.
96 The provision of county lunatic asylums was not a legal requirement until 1845.
97 Blackner 1815, p. 180.
98 First Report: Minutes of Evidence taken before the Select Committee appointed to consider of provision being made for the better regulation of madhouses in England 1816 (London), pp. 51–2.
99 First Report: Minutes of Evidence taken before the Select Committee appointed to consider of provision being made for the better regulation of madhouses in England 1816 (London), p. 53.
100 First Report: Minutes of Evidence taken before the Select Committee appointed to consider of provision being made for the better regulation of madhouses in England 1816 (London), p. 56.
101 15 April 1813. Somerset Archives and Local Studies ABTL/2/38.
102 Eden 1797b, p. 223.
103 Andrews 1935, p. 10.
104 Extract published in Annual Register (1783), p. 186.
105 Morning Post 29 October 1811.
106 Morning Post 29 October 1811.
107 Bailey 1896, p. 141.
108 8 January 1812. Bailey 1896, p. 147. ‘Harps’ was probably Harper, keeper of a burial ground (Bailey 1896, p. 139). The surname of Daniel is unknown.
109 Leicester Journal 10 January 1812.
110 Bailey 1896, p. 176.
12: LAST WORDS
1 From ‘The Order for the Burial of the Dead’ in The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be Sung or Said in Churches (Oxford, 1784).
2 1 May 1793. Jameson 2003, p. 241.
3 9 February 1806. Somerset Archives and Local Studies ABTL/2/25.
4 1 July 1789. Andrews 1935, p. 120. Fritwell is about 16 miles from Towcester.
5 6 July 1791. Andrews 1935, pp. 368–9.
6 Jane Austen probably had Hodgkin’s disease (a form of lymphoma) or possibly Addison’s disease.
7 Brabourne 1884b, pp. 334–5.
8 24 March 1817. Somerset Archives and Local Studies ABTL/2/43.
9 24 March 1817. Somerset Archives and Local Studies ABTL/2/43.
10 6 June 1780. Winstanley 1984, p. 48.
11 5 February 1806. Somerset Archives and Local Studies ABTL/2/26.
12 Holland was then rector at Monkton Farleigh in Somerset. The children’s names were William, Thomas, John and Mary (information from David Worthy).
13 6 August 1805. Somerset Archives and Local Studies ABTL/2/23.
14 For example, in the entry for Sunday 18 May 1800 (Somerset Archives and Local Studies ABTL/2/5), he says ‘These democrats are dreadful creatures’, when he was talking about the people who attempted to assassinate the king.
15 7 June 1810. Somerset Archives and Local Studies ABTL/2/33.
16 7 June 1772. Winstanley 1988, p. 42.
17 30 November 1810. Somerset Archives and Local Studies ABTL/2/34.
18 30 November 1810. Somerset Archives and Local Studies ABTL/2/34. The dead man was Hugh Acland, and he died at Madeira (information from David Worthy).
19 24 December 1792. Jameson 2003, p. 204.
20 8 December 1799. Somerset Archives and Local Studies ABTL/2/3.
21 28 August 1799. Moretonhampstead History Society manuscript of Treleaven’s diary.
22 Moretonhampstead History Society manuscript of Treleaven’s diary.
23 17 September 1790. Jameson 2001, p. 263. The original manuscript of Woodforde’s diary has been lost since it was published in Beresford 1927, p. 214.
24 19 September 1790. Jameson 2001, p. 264. The original manuscript of Woodforde’s diary has been lost since it was published in Beresford 1927, p. 216.
25 15 October 1808. Brabourne 1884b, p. 21.
26 15 December 1802. Somerset Archives and Local Studies DDSAS/C795/FA/185.
27 February 1810. Hall 1936, p. 236. Her pupil was Mary Gertrude Pe
dder.
28 Knight 1904, pp. 48–9.
29 9 June 1811. Somerset Archives and Local Studies ABTL/2/35.
30 Eden 1797a, p. 579.
31 Moritz 1809, p. 11.
32 Wordsworth 1815, p. 163.
33 Ayton 1814, p. 55. The funeral took place in the summer of 1813, probably in July. This is the same man who went down William Pit at Whitehaven.
34 Ayton 1814, p. 55.
35 12 February 1782. Winstanley 1998, p. 14.
36 Winstanley 1998, p. 14.
37 Winstanley 1998, p. 14.
38 Winstanley 1998, p. 15.
39 Moritz 1809, p. 11. This was in 1782.
40 1 February 1788. Jameson 2001, p. 9.
41 18 June 1782. Winstanley 1998, p. 51.
42 18 August 1778. Winstanley 1983, p. 64.
43 23 March 1791. Jameson 2003, p. 10.
44 25 June 1796. Jameson 2005, p. 53.
45 14 November 1799. Somerset Archives and Local Studies ABTL/2/1.
46 17 November 1799. Somerset Archives and Local Studies ABTL/2/1.
47 6 November 1799. Somerset Archives and Local Studies ABTL/2/1.
48 16 December 1802. Somerset Archives and Local Studies DDSAS/C795/FA/185.
49 15 November 1780. Winstanley 1984, p. 87.
50 The stone is now fixed to the chancel wall. Robert Phillips was a cooper by profession and made it well known what verse he wanted on his gravestone. See Hawkins 1819, pp. 19–20, which has a slightly different inscription.
51 Andrews 1895, p. 137.
52 White 1789, p. 322.
53 5 November 1783. Winstanley 1998, p. 185.
54 11 May 1810. Hall, 1936, p. 260. Letter to Miss Bessy Winkley from Dove Nest.
55 11 May 1810. Hall, 1936, p. 261. Letter to Miss Bessy Winkley from Dove Nest. Crape was a thin, loosely woven fabric.
56 Brabourne 1884b, pp. 21–2. Letter from Southampton dated Saturday 15 October 1808. Bombazeen was a thin silken material used especially for mourning clothes.
57 Brabourne 1884a, p. 311. Letter dated Friday 30 August 1805.
58 Darter 1888, p. 97.
59 Chapman 1932b, p. 509. Madame Bijion (or Bigeon) was an old family retainer.
60 Morning Post 1 May 1804.
61 The full text of the inscription is: ‘In MEMORY OF ANTHONY CURTIS who died April 11th 1787. Aged 77 Years. This world’s a City full of Crooked streets, And death the Market Place where all men Meets, If life was Merchandise that men could buy, The rich would live and none but poor would die.’ From a gravestone said to be in Basingstoke Cemetery, Hampshire, and recorded in Maiben 1870, p. 38.
62 Andrews 1935, p. 91.
63 Moritz 1809, p. 72.
64 5 September 1811. Simond 1817, pp. 358–9.
65 The account does not appear to have been by Pope, but is more likely to have come from Essays Moral and Literary vol. 2 by the Reverend Vicesimus Knox (London, 1779), where Pope and part of this epitaph are mentioned in the same paragraph.
66 Hay 1953, p. 174.
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