Wednesday 17 October 1660

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• N Paul Brewster on Fri 17 Oct 2003, 11:14pm. Flag this

  From thence home again with Mr. Creed
  L&M replace Mr Crew with Mr Creed. It seems to make more sense in the coontext of the day.

• N Nix on Fri 17 Oct 2003, 11:14pm. Flag this

  “but walked in the garden till they were gone” —

  Why is Samuel ducking them? I don’t recall anything in the past, or see anything here, that would suggest a reason.

• N Glyn on Fri 17 Oct 2003, 11:21pm. Flag this

  And how old is Theophila Turner? The link to her biography says she’s aged eight - presumably that’s her daughter?

• N Paul Brewster on Fri 17 Oct 2003, 11:22pm. Flag this

  her aunt Dike
  L&M replace aunt Duke with Aunt Dike. A genealogy contained in the Wheatley identifies her as Elizabeth Dyke.

• N Paul Brewster on Fri 17 Oct 2003, 11:37pm. Flagged

  Mrs. The Turner
  from the OED
  

• N Paul Brewster on Fri 17 Oct 2003, 11:39pm. Flag this

  where Mr. Spong came to me. They being gone and Mr. Creed, Mr. Spong and I went to our Musique to sing;
  L&M insert “. They being gone”

• N vincent on Sat 18 Oct 2003, 12:18am. Flag this

  The Aunt: she may have a wee small bone to pick with our SP: maybe not paying sufficient attention to T or too much???

• N Mary on Sat 18 Oct 2003, 08:37am. Flag this

  Theophila Turner

  Is indeed just 8/9 yeaers old at this point. She is the daughter of Jane Turner (nee Pepys) and the niece of Jane’s sister, Elizabeth Dyke. (L&M Companion). Jane and Elizabeth are related to Pepys, but only distantly, as their father, John Pepys, is Sam’s 3rd cousin once removed.

  During at least part of the period of the diary, the Turners lived in a house in Salisbury Court.

• N vincent on Sat 18 Oct 2003, 10:30pm. Flag this

  “…my wife and I went to put up my books in order in closet, and I to give her her books. After that to bed….” The wife gets the easy job again maybe? Up the ladder and stretching…….. was “her books” her books her way ? and He put up his own books in his way?
  

• N Pauline on Sun 19 Oct 2003, 04:24am. Flag this

  “…and I to give her her books.”
  It almost sounded like he was passing them up to her and she was up the ladder, except for the “her books.”

  Back on March 17, Sam made out a will in which all his French books would be left to Elizabeth. http://www.pepysdiary.com/archive/1660/03/17/index.php
  I wonder if as they get moved in and shelve the books he hasn’t decided to give them to her now?

  Or maybe they are just unmixing their books that have been jointly packed away. There is more room in their new home, so each may have lots of options for arranging their own possessions, which may have been shoved together before.

• N Mary on Sun 19 Oct 2003, 09:24am. Flag this

  Closets (a small spoiler)

  We shall find that both Sam and Elizabeth have their own closets (sometimes called cabinets). Every person of fashion came to have one; a small room or partitioned area where personal treasures (which could include books) were stored and might be displayed to a select few friends.

  Pauline has it: their books have all been packed together for the house-move and now that the painters and carpenters have done there work, are being unpacked and sorted. Sam, having the greater quantity of books, gets Elizabeth to help with shelving his own library. Now that they are living in a larger house, Elizabeth can have her very own closet and so Sam gives her her books to shelve as she wishes.

• N vincent on Sun 19 Oct 2003, 09:00pm. Flag this

  The Closet [w.c.] Is still called a library in some circles when off to the “Jacques” or “Lou”