Thursday 10 May 1660

This morning came on board Mr. Pinkney and his son, going to the King with a petition finely writ by Mr. Whore, for to be the King’s embroiderer; for whom and Mr. Saunderson I got a ship. This morning come my Lord Winchelsea and a great deal of company, and dined here. In the afternoon, while my Lord and we were at musique in the great cabin below, comes in a messenger to tell us that Mr. Edward Montagu, my Lord’s son, was come to Deal, who afterwards came on board with Mr. Pickering with him. The child was sick in the evening. At night, while my Lord was at supper, in comes my Lord Lauderdale and Sir John Greenville, who supped here, and so went away. After they were gone, my Lord called me into his cabin, and told me how he was commanded to set sail presently for the King,¹ and was very glad thereof, and so put me to writing of letters and other work that night till it was very late, he going to bed. I got him afterwards to sign things in bed. After I had done some more work I to bed also.

“Ordered that General Montagu do observe the command of His Majesty for the disposing of the fleet, in order to His Majesty’s returning home to England to his kingly government: and that all proceedings in law be in His Majesty’s name.”—Rugge’s Diurnal.—B.

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N Laura Brown on Sat 10 May 2003, 11:51pm

Mr Whore/Hoare

(cf. link)
Um. Was it something he said? Or does this show us how Pepys’ mind works? Or was it simply an error in deciphering the shorthand?
N Paul Brewster on Sun 11 May 2003, 02:22am

L&M Footnote:
“George Pinckney, sen., again petitioned for this office in (? March) 1661, recalling that he had been promised it the year before at The Hague, when he presented to the King a book on whose cover he had embroidered the royal arms. He was then granted a moiety of the office; and in November 1663 his son Charles was also granted a moiety.

Richard Hoare was in 1668 a clerk in the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Pepys kept, for its calligraphic interest, a petition in his hand.
N Paul Brewster on Sun 11 May 2003, 02:30am

L&M footnotes shed a different light on the nature of Montagu’s orders:
“By a resolution of both Houses of the 9th, he was to await orders from the King. But Grenville urged on him the importance of going immediately; Montagu therefore sent word to the King by Grenville that he would lose no time in sailing … Montagu wrote to the President of the Council (11 May) announcing the fleet’s departure for Scheveningen, ‘the best place and nearest where his Majesty is for such great shipps as ours are to ride in’ … (in Pepys hand).”
N vincent on Sun 11 May 2003, 03:28am

job applicant “George Pinckney, sen.,” got half the job: “…petitioned for this office in (? March) 1661,… ” who got the other half ? was it his son “…in November 1663 his son Charles was also granted a moiety.” (the other ‘alf?)
N PHE on Sun 11 May 2003, 02:13pm

To be a witness to a key event
So today, Pepys learns he is to be a part of and a witness to one of the most significant events in England’s/Britain’s history. That is, to physicaly return the monarchy. It seems strange that he reports the news as if it is just another task for his master. Surely, he thought a lot more about this than he wrote. After weeks of only reading and hearing about momentous events in London while stranded on ship, it must seem quite overwhelming to suddenly find you will be right at the heart of things, and that you will be the eyes and ears for a world without modern news media.
N Alex on Mon 12 May 2003, 09:28am

Is there a certain amount of revenge here?

“…and so put me to writing of letters and other work that night till it was very late, he going to bed. I got him afterwards to sign things in bed.”
N tamara on Mon 12 May 2003, 04:17pm

Pinckney
It would be interesting to know if this man is part of the same Pinckney family who became big plantation owners in I believe South Carolina—one of the daughters, Eliza Pinckney, was unusually talented and independent and built the plantation into a model farm and thriving business.
N Susanna on Mon 12 May 2003, 08:01pm

Pinckneys of South Carolina

There have been Pinckneys in South Carolina since the 1690s. (Eliza Lucas Pinckney, the innovator with indigo cultivation, married into the family, however. She was born in Antigua.) The family’s great period was the early years of the republic, when Pinckneys signed the Constitution, served as ministers (ambassadors) to France and Spain, and ran for President.

I am told the famous Pinckneys from South Carolina descend from a family from Durham County in England. It’s possible, I suppose, that there is a connection; if these Pinkneys are from that area, it is a bit more likely.
N Emilio on Mon 12 May 2003, 08:27pm

Pinckney
Charles Pinckney was the one who signed the Constitution, and he has the distinction of being the only Southern politician to have a street named after him in downtown Boston. It’s a pricey residential street on Beacon Hill, and still preserves much of the original architecture from when it was built in the late 18th century.
N Glyn on Tue 13 May 2003, 05:13pm

“he was commanded to set sail presently for the King”

Finally! After waiting around for weeks, Montagu is told to get ready to set sail to the Continent.

But this being a government organization, everything has to happen immediately without being planned ahead after weeks of delay. So, Pepys has to work very late to get the paperwork ready when in a sensible organization things would have been done slowly and steadily. But perhaps that was impossible, and events are now happening very quickly.
N Nigel Pond on Wed 14 May 2003, 04:00pm

Quick note to Susanna on English English usage:

When we refer to counties in the UK, we usually use just the name of the county, so we would say “He is from Durham”. Sometimes we use “county of…” as in “He is from the county of Durham”. We do not use the US form “He is from Durham county”.
N Grahamt on Wed 14 May 2003, 05:25pm

Counties:
In fact we would say County Durham, not county OF Durham. This usage is common in Ireland (County Antrim, County Clare, etc.) but not usually in England, apart from Durham. This may be because most English counties end in -shire, which means county, so it would be tautology to prefix a shire’s name with County. Another reason is that Durham is both the town name and the county name, so prefixing with County differentiates the two. I can’t think of any other non-shire counties where this is the case.
N jeannine on Wed 1 Mar 2006, 12:03am

Sandwich’s Journal Entry Today

Thursday. The ship Richard came into the Downs. The Earl of Winchelsea dined on board the Naseby. Sir John Grenville came on board the Naseby about ten of the clock at night. [In margin- Sir John Grenville came to me with a message from General Monck that the King’s friends thought His Majesty’s present repair to London was absolutely necessary, and therefore he wished me to sail and waft the King over as soon as I could. Accordingly I engaged my word to Sir John Grenville to do so, and sent him over in a ship to the other side to assure the King as much].
N cumsalisgrano on Thu 12 Apr 2007, 05:11pm

The Sexes fail to hail the word shire when called upon and it is the same for the other Saxon counties “so prefixing with County differentiates the two. I can’t think of any other non-shire counties where this is the case.”
So the result is that some will have shire in the title, others be called shire when addressed by legal papers, others be called County pre and post. For clarity the legal status of shire, county, needs a constitutional eager beaver to spell out the acceptable terms use in the courts of the land, other wise one rely on county cricket to define the name as some of the hundreds do not indulge in the sport.