Daily entries from the 17th century London diary
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John Spong was a “musical friend” of Pepys.
from _Samuel Pepys, A Life_, by Stephen Coote.
On two occasions, Sprong came to SP’s place both in Feb 1660 on a Tuesday (21st & 28th):
“and Mr. Spong who staid late with me singing of a song or two, and so parted”
“Then home, where I found Mr. Sheply almost drunk, come to see me, afterwards Mr. Spong comes, with whom I went up and played with him a Duo or two, and so good night.”
L&M Companion: “The Spong who is a clerk in the Six Clerks’ Office of Chancery http://www.pepysdiary.com/p/1058.php in 1660 is apparently the same man who after 1662 is a maker of optical instruments, living in 1668 in Bloomsbury market. His arrest on suspicion of treason in 1662 would explain his disappearance from government service. He was born in 1623; a ‘John Spoung’ (? his father) died in St. Bride’s parish in 1644.”