About Tuesday 20 April 1669

Johan11 on 20 Apr 2022  •  Link

The Royal Armouries think Punchinello might be this one: https://collections.royalarmourie…

About Monday 8 February 1668/69

Johan11 on 8 Feb 2022  •  Link

The "little boy" who fell can't be Tom Edwards who is now an adult. Does he refer to male child servants anywhere else?

About Tuesday 15 December 1663

Johan11 on 22 Dec 2016  •  Link

"Captain Cooke and his two boys did sing some Italian songs, which I must in a word say I think was fully the best musique that I ever yet heard in all my life"

Have we any idea even perhaps what type of songs these might have been? I guess we could start by excluding any type of music that Samuel has elsewhere expressed a dislike of.