Website: http://www.pepysdiary.com/
Phil Gyford
Articles
Phil Gyford has written four articles:
- Evelyn to Pepys, 26 March 1666 (26 March 2009)
- John Evelyn’s Fire of London (2 September 2009)
- Q&A with Dr Kate Loveman (14 April 2019)
- A bill of exchange (18 August 2020)
Annotations and comments
Phil Gyford has posted 773 annotations/comments since 27 December 2002.
Comments
Second Reading
About Thomas Howard (1st Earl of Berkshire, Gentleman of the Bedchamber to the King)
Phil Gyford • Link
I think Latham & Matthews have made an error in their Index when they refer to "HOWARD, Thomas, 2nd Earl of Berkshire, Gentleman of the Bedchamber to the King (d. 1669". I'm assuming it is this fellow, who was in fact the 1st Earl. One of his sons, Charles, was the 2nd Earl (and another, Thomas, was the 3rd).
About New search page
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If you were searching for "tokens" then the first results were diary entries that included the word "token" - although because it's not an exact match these weren't displayed as highlights underneath each link, something I'd like to improve (although I'm not sure how).
Yes, to search in the Encyclopedia you have to choose to search in the Encyclopedia, rather than the Diary Entries (which is the default choice; something has to be).
You can also click the "Google" link in the sidebar of the search page and you'll get the same results as you used to get here.
About Will’s Coffee House (Covent Garden)
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Not to be confused with Will's ale house in Westminster: https://www.pepysdiary.com/encycl…
About Tuesday 24 October 1665
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I've belatedly corrected the fleece/fleete scanning error.
About '17c': A play at the Old Vic
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I went to see the show last night and it was a lot of fun! Dance, movement, music, monologues, video, and other little scenes based on lots of aspects of the diary over the years. Well done Kourtney and co. I can only imagine what Sam would have made of the performance...
(Disclosure: After I posted this news item the Old Vic offered me free tickets.)
About Monday 3 June 1667
Phil Gyford • Link
That makes sense psw; I've changed the link now.
About Monday 26 June 1665
Phil Gyford • Link
Good point; L&M seem to think it's St Clement Danes, hence the link, but we'll never know for sure...
About Friday 23 June 1665
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Thanks both; it's now fixed.
About Tuesday 28 March 1665
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I've belatedly corrected the "9 o'clock" to "4 o'clock", as per L&M, which makes more sense.
About Friday 6 November 1663
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James Sumner, historian and author of 'Brewing Science, Technology and Print, 1700-1880' tweeted a few thoughts on the idea of iron being laid on beer barrels preventing the beer souring, after someone asked him about it, following @samuelpepys' tweets. His first tweet is here ( https://twitter.com/JamesBSumner/… ) and here's the exchange:
@angela_mcshane: any truth in this Pepysian claim?
@JamesBSumner: Modern scientific orthodoxy says not. William Black's 1830s manual argues electrical action causes souring, and some of the scientific figures he consulted thought this plausible then. Brewing consultant Frank Faulkner was promoting same idea as late as 1880s but by that time the view was eccentric and drew strong objections. See my book for details!
@angela_mcshane: One wonders what it was that brewers experienced that led them to this conclusion though.
@JamesBSumner: "Modern" expln wd prob be changeable weather => rapid temp changes => irregular fermentation.
About Saturday 26 October 1667
Phil Gyford • Link
The "Mr. Corbet" link has belatedly been corrected to "Mrs. Corbet" now.
About Friday 10 July 1663
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John G - the punctuation (and much else) in all versions of the diary was added by the translators. Because this is what the original looks like: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki…
So rather than being "ignored", punctuation marks should be used to help make sense of the text, in the knowledge that they, and most of the letters themselves, weren't written by Pepys.
About Wednesday 24 June 1663
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'Chancellor' is now linked correctly to Sire Edward Hyde.
About Wednesday 10 June 1663
Phil Gyford • Link
This does happen occasionally with family tree folk Googling for names. I've now removed that erroneous Richard Piggott annotation
About Thursday 7 May 1663
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Regarding the earliest annotations here – I've now re-ordered the paragraphs to match the order given in L&M.
About Saturday 31 December 1664
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He's not dead yet Mary Ellen! See the first footnote to today's entry - Samuel must have updated the list with "mort" on one or more later dates.
About Saturday 28 February 1662/63
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Just a note to say... sorry the front page was broken briefly - pesky leap years!
But also, let's try to keep things on-topic. I realise the discussion about whether America was "raped" or not began with a ten-year-old annotation, but please try not to stray too far from what's relevant to today's diary entry. Thanks!
About Friday 3 October 1662
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Re "I might have been spilt". L&M have it as "I might have been spoilt", which makes a little more sense.
About John Bland
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Re Pedro's annotations above, there is now a page for John's son, Giles, or "young Bland": http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclo…
About Saturday 31 December 1664
Phil Gyford • Link
The version of the text we're using from Project Gutenberg (http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4… ) doesn't include the "notes" at the end of today's entry. However, both L&M and this otherwise less complete Project Gutenberg version (http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3… ) include them. So I've added them to today's entry from those sources.