Daily entries from the 17th century London diary
At the office all the morning, and all the afternoon rummaging of papers in my chamber, and tearing some and sorting others till late at night, and so to bed, my wife being not well all this day. This afternoon Mrs. Turner and The. came to see me, her mother not having been abroad many a day before, but now is pretty well again and has made me one of the first visits.
Wednesday 12 March 1661/62Monday 10 March 1661/62
6°C / 43°F
(monthly average for March 1662) About
organising..”…all the afternoon rummaging of papers in my chamber, and tearing some and sorting others till late at night, …”.
while Sam be a cleaning; the Actual Hearth tax be set at 20 Shillings: so ingrossed;
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=26475#s10
“my wife being not well all this day”
Strategic illness with wash day and visit of the precocious The.?
Yes, I also independently came to the same ‘I suspect she’s conveniently ill conclusion’ regarding Elizabeth
“rummaging”
Lovely word! Apparently has its roots in medieval merchant shipping. C14 from Old French (probably from German) for loading a ship’s hold.