About Saturday 28 March 1663

London Miss on 7 Nov 2023  •  Link

The Hooke papers as mentioned by TerryF in the 2006 annotation above were saved by the Wellcome Trust who gifted the Royal Society the funds needed to buy them. They have all been digitised by the Society and are available to be viewed here online.

https://makingscience.royalsociet…

About Friday 27 February 1662/63

London Miss on 6 Nov 2023  •  Link

Here is a link to the Holbein and the cup with bells on as described by Sam plus some more information about the collections held by the barbers/surgeons company in London.

https://barberscompany.org/archiv…

About Monday 23 February 1662/63

London Miss on 6 Nov 2023  •  Link

Bending at the hams. Could he be talking about ladies high-kicking /doing the splits?

About Thursday 8 January 1662/63

London Miss on 5 Nov 2023  •  Link

It’s a wonder they didn’t require pre-booking/ticketing of seats at the theatre. Has Sam ever failed to get into a popular show? They just seemed to chance it and turn up back then. Can’t imagine that working these days on a big new show!

About Thursday 25 December 1662

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I would suggest that poor Elizabeth was suffering from Endometriosis. It can cause very painful, debilitating periods and it also affects fertility, causing difficulties in getting pregnant…

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/end…

About Sunday 27 April 1662

London Miss on 2 Nov 2023  •  Link

The salt cellar is now owned by the London Goldsmiths Company. Here it is, just as described:

https://www.thegoldsmiths.co.uk/c…