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Authors: Hallie Rubenhold
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Actors 39–40
Adam, Robert 261
Addington, Justice William 106
Aitkin, John 280
Armistead, Elizabeth 287
Aretino’s Postures
253
Ashurst, Justice Henry 283
Baddeley, Sophia 201, 288
Baltimore, Lord 126
Banks, Nancy 216
Barry, Charlotte 292
Bath 227
Bedford Arms Tavern 12, 192
Bedford Coffee House 12, 38, 39, 52, 87, 92, 182, 183, 199, 235, 281
Bedford Head Tavern (Maiden Lane) 12, 22–3, 24, 26, 27, 28, 265–66
Beefsteak Society 52, 53
Bell, Ann 95–96
Bellamy, George Anne 84, 201
Bob Derry’s Cider Cellar 24
Bond, Ann 126
Boscawen, Admiral Edward 105
Boswell, James 53, 85, 110, 112, 223, 224, 230
Bridgeman, Sir Orlando 83
Brown, Miss (mistress of James Grant) 124
Burford, E.J. 26
Burney, Fanny 125
Canning, Elizabeth 125
Canons Park estate 168, 273–4, 275
Casanova, Giacomo 68
Chandos, 1st Duke of 273, 276
Charlemont, 1st earl of 224, 229
Charteris, Col. Francis 126
Chesterfield, 4th earl of 84, 224, 227, 229
Chidwick, Dr. 213–14, 271
Clarke, Miss 117
Clay Hill estate, Epsom 222, 243–4, 245, 248, 250, 252, 254–5, 259, 271, 272–3, 274
Cleland, John 44, 48, 221
Cole, ‘Mother’ 44
Collette, Jacques ‘the Frenchman’ 228, 230, 231
Colquhoun, John 121
Cooke, Francis 75
Cooly, Ann 127
Cooper, Lucy 49, 50, 83, 92, 100, 120, 128–9, 131, 290–1
Coram, Thomas 178, 241
Cork and Orrery, 5th earl of 224, 227, 229
Cornelys, Theresa 216, 252
Covent Garden 10–11, 80, 110, 116–117, 161, 169, 181
Coxe, Betsy 166, 209, 285
Creagh, Elizabeth 28, 31, 32, 33, 34, 39, 40, 41, 73, 106–7, 225–26
Cresdale, James 262
Crouch, Mrs 276
Cumberland, Henry Frederick Duke of 181
Curll, Edmund 76
D’Archenholz, Baron 216, 221
Dashwood, Sir Francis 84, 212
Dawson, Nancy 14, 285, 290, 293–4
Day, Ann 287
Defoe, Daniel 123
Delany, Mary 34
Denlinger Elizabeth Campbell 119
Derrick family of County Carlow 30–1
Derrick, Samuel 14, 24, 119, 120, 183, 223, 265, 268, 274, 277
early years and apprenticeship 28–37
poetry 29–30, 41, 73, 74, 77, 83–84, 97–98, 103, 226
theatre 34–36, 40, 74, 103
and Charlotte Hayes 50, 51, 92–99, 100–101, 104, 196, 239–40
physical appearance 78, 79, 93, 161
opinions of 84–85
and women 81–83
at the Shakespear’s Head 80–81
debts 78–79, 107–110, 237, 239
and Jane Lessingham 102–105, 106–108, 235–36
Memoirs of the Shakespear’s Head
103, 111–12, 113
and Jack Harris 111–113
as author of the
Harris’s List
112–117, 204–205, 277–78, 279
patrons 224–26
life in Bath 226–37
election as Master of the Ceremonies at
Bath and Tunbridge Wells 228–30
illness and death 236–37, 239
Derry, Bob 24, 128
Dingley, Robert 178, 179
Diver, Jenny 135
Douglas, ‘Mother’ Jane 12, 64, 118, 181–82, 184, 195
Drake family of Devonshire 30
Dubery, Sarah 251
Dublin 28, 31, 32, 34, 36, 37–8, 40, 41, 224–5
Dundas, Henry Viscount Melville 270
Egremont, 2nd earl of 217
Ellison, Miss 214
Falmouth, 2nd Viscount 217
Fanny Hill
44, 221
Faulkner, George 28, 34, 37, 38, 41, 79, 224, 225
Fenhoulet, Sir Peter 287
Fielding, Henry 13, 53, 76
Fielding, Justice John 13, 53, 122, 178, 179, 180, 183, 192, 206, 260
Fisher, Kitty 83, 92, 120, 129, 285, 288
Fleet prison 169, 187–90, 192–4, 196
Floyd, Thomas 79
Foote, Samuel 14, 38, 78, 84
Fox, Charles James 270, 287
Garrick, David 14, 35, 38, 41, 84, 201, 203, 206, 260, 261, 263
Gay, John 34
Gentleman, Francis 32, 33, 37, 77
Goadby, Jane 195–6, 198, 199
Goldsmith, Oliver 76
Grand Ball d’Amour
252
Grant, James 124
Grosvenor, 1st earl of 217, 255
Grosvenor, Lady Henrietta; 252
Grub Street 75–6, 77, 161
Haddock’s Bagnio 12, 118, 214
Hamilton, Emma 285, 287
Hanway, Jonas 178, 179, 183
Harris, Charles 263, 265
Harris, Jack/John Harrison 17, 118, 119, 165, 200
legend of 18–22, 184–6, 262–3
early years as Harrison 22–3, 24, 26–7, 281
and Shakespear’s Head 54–5, 56–7, 63–4, 111–12
arrest 181–3
and The Rose Tavern 201–6, 260–62, 263–4
publishing enterprise 204–5
final years and death 262–66
Harris, John 205
Harris’s List of Covent Garden Ladies
(printed version) 118–21, 124–27, 163, 164, 239–40, 266–7, 269, 276, 277–80, 281–3, 285
Women listed in
—, Miss 137
Abbingdon, Frances 131–2
Adams, Miss 138
Atchison, Kitty 175, 296
B—ckley, Kitty 135
B—l—w, Betsy 145
Baker, Sukey 286
Benevent, Charlotte 158
Berry, Mrs 155–6
‘Betsy’ 269
Bland, Miss 174
Boothby, Miss 158
Bowen sisters 293
Bradley, Lucy 159
C—l, Miss 158–9
C—l—d, Miss 176–7
‘Cherry’ Poll 128
Charlton, Miss 294
Child, Becky 286
Clarkson, Miss 160, 171
Coulthurst, Emily 144–5
Crosby, Nancy 294
Cross, Miss 134
Cullen, Sarah 294
Cumming, Mrs 134–5
Cuyler, Margaret 130
D—rkin, Hetty 176
Dafloz, Madam 156–7
Davenport, Nancy 294
Davis, Bet ‘Little Infamy’ 117, 129
Dean, Miss 295
Deville, Mrs 150
Dorrington, Jenny 146
Euston, Kitty (also Eustace) 290
F—m—n, Sally 142
Ferne, Mrs Charlotte 157
Fernehough, Miss 175–6
Fitzroy, Miss 294
Forbes, Mrs 154–5
Forrester, Pol 137
Fowler, Mrs 148–9
Freeland, Mrs 138
Gainsborough, Charlotte 295
George, Mrs 143
Gordon, Tamer 176
Grant, Miss 172
H—lsb—ry, Miss 151
Hamblin, Mrs 136
Hartford, Fanny (also Temple) 95, 286
Hawkins, Polly 129
Hendridge, Mrs 148–9
Heseltine, Miss 294
Horton, Mrs 160
Hudson, Betsy 269
Hudson, Miss 172–3
Ingmire sisters 293
Jackson, Polly 136
Jordan, Miss 146
Kennedy, Polly 155
Kilpin, Miss 138–40
L—k—ns, Miss 173–4
Ledger, Miss 149
Lee, Miss 152
Lefevre, Becky (also Clapereau) 285
Lorraine, Charlotte 132–33
Love, Eliza 132
Loveborn, Miss 152
M—c—ntee, Mrs 133–4
‘Madamoiselle’ 157–8
Marshall, Miss 286
Menton, Miss 289–90
Miles, Betsy 153–4
Noble, Miss 151
Norton, Lenora 292, 296
O’Dell, Miss 295–6
Orwell, Mrs 175
P—t—rson, Lucy 134
Quiller, Mrs 159–60
Ratcliff, Miss 290
Robinson, Miss 133
Saunders, Miss 137
Seabright, Miss 294
Sells sisters 147–8, 293
Sims, Miss 147
Smith, Miss 141–42, 164
St—y, Nancy 136
Str—on, Sally 146
Townsend, Miss 294
Trelawnley, Miss 294
V—ne, Nancy 136
Vincent, Mrs 294
W—ll—s, Miss 142
W—lp—le, Mrs 157–8
Wallington, Miss 143–4
Wargent, Miss 294
West, Miss 135
Wilkins, Miss 145–6
Wilkinson, Isabella 130–1
Williams, Mrs 140–41
Young, Miss 155
Harris, Thomas (theatrical manager) 78, 105–6
Harrison, George 22, 23, 24, 27
Harrison, Nicholas 204
Harvey, Mary (née O’Kelly) 248, 271
Hayes, Charlotte 15, 167, 237, 277, 290
birth and early years 42–3, 45–51, 122
physical description 50–1, 93–4, 161
and Robert Tracy 88–91, 92, 94–101, 189
and Sam Derrick 50, 51, 92–99, 100–101, 104, 196, 239–40
in the Fleet 100–1, 189–94, 250, 251
and Dennis O’Kelly 190–91, 192–99, 207, 239, 244–45, 246, 255–57, 270–71, 273–4
Kings Place nunneries 207–22, 238, 250–55
‘Tahitian Feast of Venus’ 252–54
pregnancy 240, 242–43
and Mary Charlotte O’Kelly 247–50, 268, 270–1
financial problems 100–1, 238, 250–51, 252
mental breakdown 271–73, 275–76
additional brothels 268–70
Half Moon Street 258–59, 268, 269, 270, 284
Hayward, Clara 209
Hedges, Maria 236
Hell Fire Club 22, 212
Hickey, Joseph 249–50
Hickey, William 53, 95, 124, 213–4, 249–50, 269–70, 286, 292, 297
Hill, Aaron 77
Hill, Dr. John 183–6, 263
Hillsborough, earl of, ‘Wills Hill’ 84
Hogarth, William 126, 161, 164, 165, 183, 201, 264
Home, John 85
Howard, Nancy 117
Hughes, Mrs 117
James, Ralph 76
Jenyns, Soame 77
Johnson, Dr. Samuel 14, 38, 41, 75, 79, 82, 84, 85, 110, 230
Jones, Inigo 13
Jones, Nancy 49–50
Kelly, Charlotte (see Hayes, Charlotte)
Kennedy, Polly 293–4
Kenyon, Lord Chief Justice 283
Kingston, 2nd Duke of 209
Kitty’s Attalantis
205
Leathercote, Richard 201
Lessingham, Jane (also Stott, Hemet) 102–8, 162, 235–6
Lewis, Harriott 251
Lists of Prostitutes 62–3, 112–3, 114–5, 204–5
Lucan, Lady Margaret 252
Mackintosh, Captain 270
Macklin, Charles 35, 52, 84
Macklin’s Piazza Coffee House 14
Magdalen Hospital 178, 179
Mahon, Gertrude 252
Mallet, David 77
Markham, Enoch 33
Matthews, Catherine 254
Memoirs of the Bedford Coffee House
110–111, 113
Memoirs of the Celebrated Miss Frances Murray
55, 60, 61, 164, 186
Mist, Nathaniel 19, 20
Mitchell, ‘Mother’ Elizabeth 216, 251
Mordaunt, Henry 292
Mossop, Henry 32
Murphy, Arthur 87
Murray, Fanny 49, 50, 64–5, 66, 88, 92, 166, 288
Nash, Richard ‘Beau’ 49, 227, 228
Needham, ‘Mother’ 126
Newgate prison 183, 186, 187, 283
Nocturnal Revels
22, 47, 88, 90, 91, 96, 99, 108, 195, 197, 210–211, 217–18, 219, 221, 251, 253–4
Oeconomy of Love
(John Armstrong) 220–1, 253
O’Kelly, Andrew Dennis 248, 251, 258–9, 268, 271, 275, 276
O’Kelly, ‘Mrs’ Charlotte (see Hayes, Charlotte)
O’Kelly Dennis 166, 167, 241, 250, 268
early years 190–91
physical description 190
rumours of marriage 191
in the Fleet 192–96
gambling 215, 190–2, 258
and Eclipse 243, 244, 245
Miss Swinbourne incident 245–6, 167
hospitality of 255–56
later years 272, 274
death and will 274–5
O’Kelly, Elizabeth 248, 271
O’Kelly Mary Charlotte 247, 248–50, 268, 271–2
O’Kelly Philip 244, 166, 272, 275, 276
‘Old’ Twigg 54
Oldys, Dr. William 84–5
Owen, Susannah 89
Pendergast, Sarah 251, 252
pimps/pimping
charges
‘Poundage’ 65
‘Tire money’ 65–6
‘Chair money’ 67
‘arranging a flier’ 68
‘humming fund’ 67
‘Whore’s club’ revenue 66
definition of 26
pimp’s lists (handwritten) 62–3, 64–5
Pitt, William 270
Place, Francis 46, 124, 281
posture molls 201–2
Powell, Harriet 209, 287
Pratt, Robert 88
Price, Chace 212, 221
Prostitution/Prostitutes 284–98
virginity 46–7
‘in keeping’ 47–8
professional names 48–9
and married women 59
Irish 60
training of 60, 208–9
‘the Whore’s Club’ 66, 69–70
brutalities and dangers of 95–6, 287, 288–91
arguments in favour of 120
social make-up 121–4, 287
routes into the profession 125–27, 210–11, 285
pregnancy 241–2
marriage to keepers 287
alcoholism 289–90
perceptions of 291, 294–8
relationships with other women 293–4
living arrangements 292–4
Queensborough, Duke of (‘Old Q’) 222
Quin, James 231, 232
Ranger, H. 114, 119, 122, 204, 280, 281, 282
rape 126–7, 292
Register Offices 58, 126, 210, 211
The Remonstrance of Harris
55, 60, 69, 183–6
Reynolds, Joshua 279
Rich, John 104
Richardson, Samuel 125
Roach, James 280–3
Roach, John 280–3
Roach, Margaret 281
Roach, Mrs 281
Roach, ‘Tiger’ 281
Rose Tavern 12–13, 95, 167, 201–4, 206
Ross, David 166
Rowlandson, Thomas 270
S—t—n, Miss ‘The beauty of Arlington Street’ 168
St James’s, Piccadilly 170, 199
St Leger, Lord Hayes 78
Sandwich, 4th earl of 217
Savage, Richard 75
Seaforth, 4th earl of 209, 287
Selwyn, George 211, 212, 220
Shakespear’s Head Tavern 12, 38, 39, 52–4, 70, 71, 80–1, 92, 95, 112, 181–82, 199, 200, 202, 203, 206
Shannon, 1st earl of 224, 226
Shelly, Miss 221
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley 203, 263, 264
Shuter, Ned 14, 52, 84, 131, 293
Smart, Christopher 84
Smith, Ann 45
Smollett, Tobias 69, 78, 79, 84, 93, 108–9
Soho 198
Southwell, Lord Thomas 224
Spencer, ‘The Honourable’ Charlotte 61–2, 165, 252
Spencer, Robert 61–2
Spilsbury, James 251
Star Tavern 68
Storace, Ann 276
Stott, Mrs Jane (see Lessingham, Jane)
Stott, Captain John 105
Strode, Edward 88
Strode, Lucy 88
Swift, Jonathan 28
Taylor, Dr. John 79, 102, 103, 104, 233
Thompson, Edward 50, 51
Temple, Fanny (see Hartford, Fanny)
Tighe, Elizabeth (
née
O’Kelly) 248
Timbs, John 24
Tomkins, Packington 53–4, 57, 63–4, 71, 111, 181, 182, 184–5, 200, 201, 202–3, 206,
Town and Country Magazine
93, 100, 231, 242
Tracy, Judge Robert 86
Tracy, Robert ‘Beau’ 86–91, 92–101, 189, 196, 231, 265
Uxbridge, 1st earl of 217
Vaughan, Thomas 124
Von la Roche, Sophie 121
Wales, George Prince of 217, 255
Walpole, Sir Robert 19
Ward, Charlotte (see Hayes, Charlotte)
Ward, Elizabeth 42–5, 46–7, 48, 89, 91, 100, 189, 196, 212
Ward, Ned 111
Warren, Emily 214, 209, 285
Watson, Thomas 201, 203
Weatherby, ‘Mother’ Elizabeth 49, 214
Welch, Justice Saunders 53, 121, 122, 123, 126, 178, 179, 180
Weyms, Betsy 292
Wildman, William 243
Wilkes, Thomas 225
Wilson, Tom 78, 233, 234
Windsor, ‘Mother’ Catherine 251
Woffington, Peg 35, 52, 84, 201
Wood, J.L. 281
Woodcock, Sarah 126
Wright, Justice 181, 182, 183
