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 771 annotations/comments since 27 December 2002.
Comments
First Reading
About Pepys performance and exhibition in London
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That's great Glyn - I've suddenly realised how wonderful it would be to see an object, such as a letter, that Pepys mentions in the diary. It must suddenly make all this seem much more real.
About Tuesday 20 March 1659/60
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I've created a page for swords and suchlike for further discussion; I'm sure it'll come up again! http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclo…
About Great Yarmouth
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I'm guessing that when Pepys refers to "Yarmouth" he means what is now Great Yarmouth on the Norfolk coast; this seems to make more sense to me than the Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight. I may be wrong though...
About Hackney coaches
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For information on carriages in general, see this page: http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclo…
About Carriages
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For information on Hackney carriages specifically, see this page: http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclo…
About Pope's Head (Chancery Lane)
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More on Chancery Lane here: http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclo…
About Tuesday 20 March 1659/60
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I've just created a Background Info page for general weather-related information: http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclo…
About Thursday 15 March 1659/60
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Just so you know, there's a page for Vanley here: http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclo…
About Lady Day
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Originally posted to 15 March 1659/60 by David Bell:
As annotated earlier this year, in discussion of the calendar differences, the date of the formal year-end for accounting, etc, shifted to the current April date when the calendar was changed in the middle of the next century.
However, in Britain at least, Estate Agents will still refer to "Lady Day" for this particular quarter day, though in contracts they use the calendar date.
About Lady Day
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Originally posted to 15 March 1659/60 entry by Susanna:
This was the Feast of the Annunciation, celebrated on March 25. "Known popularly as Lady Day in honour of the Virgin Mary, it was a favourite date for the payment of quarterly rents and dues. From the twelfth century to 1752 it also marked the formal beginning of the year..." (Ronald Hutton, The Stations of the Sun) So on the 25th of March 1659/60 becomes 1660, and Pepys is paying his quarterly rent early, as he will be at sea when it is due.
About Sir John Bernard
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John's father was Sir Robert Bernard: http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclo…
About Sir Robert Bernard
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His son was Sir John Bernard: http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclo…
About Diana Crisp
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Daughter of this Mrs. Crisp: http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclo…
About Laud Crisp
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Son of this Mrs. Crisp: http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclo…
About Mrs Crisp
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Lived close to the Pepys in Axe Yard: http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclo…
Her son was Laud: http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclo…
About Harpsichord
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According to this 1911 encyclopedia, the harpsichord, harpsicon and double virginals are all either the same or closely related instruments (scroll down): http://5.1911encyclopedia.org/H/H…
About Chequer (Holborn)
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The page for Holborn, the road, is here: http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclo…
About Chequer (Holborn)
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You can still see the location of Chequer Inn on this 1746 map (just to the right of Furnivals Inn): http://www.motco.com/Map/81002/Se…
About Monday 12 March 1659/60
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Re: Fuller. My mistake. I've changed the link to point to William Fuller, rather than Thomas.
About Creating a guide to annotating
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Nix: I think 20-30 is too many annotations myself (although not always), but maybe that's just me! *Some* guidelines will be valuable, if only so anyone new can't complain too much when they get told off for posting a 1000 word rant about their pet topic! But it'll be a guide, not rules.
I think a 60-day purge (or whatever) would help a PhD student an awful lot if any obviously useless annotations are removed (I know, "useless" is subjective).