Daily entries from the 17th century London diary
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“On Dec 10, 1661, a warrant was issued appointing Adrian May to be supervisor of the French gardeners employed at Whitehall”.
‘Notes & Queries’, William White
http://books.google.com/books?id=31wEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA382&dq=adrian+may#PPA383 -
Per L&M Companion: Groom of the Privy Chamber in ordinary to the King.
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Noel Malcolm presents a short bio of Adrian May in “The Correspondences of Thomas Hobbes”
http://books.google.com/books?id=GYF_mBtgIVwC&pg=PA859&lpg=PA859&dq=surveyor
”’…was wont to foretel the change of weather confidently and infallibly’…he had confined a ‘great toad’ in a corner of the garden and went several times a day ‘to see how her colours change’”.