About Friday 1 January 1668/69

Samuel Powrie on 2 Jan 2022  •  Link

Apart from his book cases & other furnishings from his library room, has anything survived of Sam's domestic furniture or possessions - warming pan, walnut cabinet...?

About Friday 9 November 1666

Samuel Powrie on 10 Nov 2019  •  Link

I recommend the book, 'Everybody Here Spoke Sign Language' as a study of this immigrant community.

About Sunday 23 September 1666

Samuel Powrie on 24 Sep 2019  •  Link

What exactly do luminaries think this means?

"...and there did sport with her, without any knowledge of her though."

Is this 'knowledge' in the Biblical sense d'ye think? Sam

About Tuesday 18 September 1666

Samuel Powrie on 19 Sep 2019  •  Link

"Troubled at my wife’s haire coming off so much." Given her relative youth and what we know about her, I would suspect Hashimoto's Disease or some similar form of progressive hypothyroidism.

About Sunday 5 August 1666

Samuel Powrie on 6 Aug 2019  •  Link

Has anyone ever worked out how many times - on average & per diary entry - Pepys mentions a girl friend or makes reference to some other object of his lust? Better still, has anyone worked out how many women he was consorting with (or seeking to consort with) at any one time? And I wonder how exceptional (or otherwise) in this regard he might have been?