Thursday 20 December 1660
All day at home with my workmen, that I may get all done before Christmas. This day I hear that the Princess Royal has the small pox.
Daily entries from the 17th century London diary
All day at home with my workmen, that I may get all done before Christmas. This day I hear that the Princess Royal has the small pox.
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vincent Link to this
On the 13th "she who must who must obeyed" has up and**** .
"...Troubled with the absence of my wife...."
then he is just saying nowt, I do believe he is in the dumps. A week of watching the white wash and gilding [the lily]and it appears he is not even telling the diary what's up. SP's keeping mum about this work, no gory details, [ who is a paying - Bills?]except he keeps a beady eye on the work; 7 days now. No morning draugh ?, not even a mention of the boys , or {bbc version of fun and games}
Veddy Veddy strange?
Mary Link to this
"Her indoors"
Lady Batten kept Elizabeth with her at Woolwich for the nights of 11th and 12th December. On 13th December both women returned home. This was the same day on which the workmen arrived; they arrived in the morning and the two women got safely home about midday. Why should Pepys be 'down in the dumps'? He's just trying to ensure that all the decorating is done before Christmas and this is uppermost in his mind. Distracting, certainly, but not depressing.
Lawrence Link to this
All Day at home with my workman,
I wonder who told him the news about Princess Mary? one of the workman I guess as he doesn't mention any other visitors today.
I reckon Sam's a little fed up, stuck in doors all day and acording to Ralph Josselin's Diary entry; today is "very wintery cold, wet weather.
David Quidnunc Link to this
Today's weather in Essex
From the Rev. Ralph Josselin's diary:
"very wintery cold, wet weather..."
http://linux02.lib.cam.ac.uk/earlscolne//diary/...
David Quidnunc Link to this
Oops, didn't see the bottom of Lawrence's annotation!