Bob T, are "Navy Pines" Eastern white pines? These are large (>40 m) trees... which historically were prized for their use as ships' masts. http://www.globalforestscience.or…
The King's £200/Busse seems an incentive! Or so methinks can be inferred from Pepys's motion to send "these invitations from the King to all the fishing-ports in general, with limiting so many Busses to this, and that port, before we know the readiness of subscribers" -- in order to prevent the long-standing fishing-war with the Dutch from becoming a Civil War among the English ports.
The Lawes brothers occupy an important position in English music between Byrd and Gibbons and the generation of Matthew Locke and Henry Purcell in the later part of the 17th century. William Lawes, a loyal follower of King Charles I, was killed at the battle of Chester in 1645. Henry Lawes survived the civil war and the subsequent Commonwealth of Oliver Cromwell to be reinstated as a member of the King's Musick and the Chapel Royal on the restoration of the monarchy in 1660.
Sacred Vocal Music
Both Henry and William Lawes wrote sacred vocal music, Henry providing psalm settings and anthems and William a series of sacred songs and canons.
Secular Vocal Music
The Lawes brothers both won distinction as song composers, Henry with a vast quantity of songs and William with settings of verses by many of the leading poets and dramatists of the time.
Instrumental Music
William Lawes enjoyed the greatest success as a composer of instrumental music, with compositions for the keyboard, and, more especially, with consort music for viols, with lute and organ, including a number of dance movements. http://www.naxos.com/composer/btm…
Choice Psalmes put into musick, for three voices the most of which may properly enough be sung by any three, with a thorough base by Henry Lawes; William Lawes
Publisher: London : Printed by James Young for Humphrey Moseley ..., and for Richard Wodenothe ..., 1648.
English composer. Younger brother of Henry Lawes. Baptized at Salisbury Cathedral on May 1, 1602, he probably sang there also; his father, Thomas Lawes, was lay vicar of the cathedral.
Lawes studied with Coperario from about 1619 at the request and expense of Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford. Probably in 1634, but certainly by 1636, he was song-writer to the royal acting companies The King's Men and Queen Henrietta's Men.
According to a 19th century source Lawes was taken into the Private Musick of Prince Charles (another pupil of Coperario) as early as 1625, continuing in his service after he became king. Certainly on March 25, 1635, Lawes became a musician-in-ordinary to King Charles I, taking the post formerly occupied by the late lutenist, John Laurence, at the annual salary of forty pounds.
Lawes enjoyed great favor and friendship with Charles, and when the king moved the court to Oxford, William followed and was made a commissary in the king's personal life guards.
He was shot and killed at Chester in 1645 while riding with the king whose troops were attempting to free a garrison there. He was remembered by the king as the 'Father of Musick' and his portrait as a cavalier hangs in the Faculty of Music at Oxford.
His work consists of instrumental, vocal and stage works, as well as church music (for three voices) and he was the most important English composer of stage music prior to Henry Purcell; he also composed chamber music, keyboard works, and suites for viol consorts.
None of his works were published in his lifetime, but his influence on other composers of his day as well as those who followed was considerable. The rise of Purcell ultimately overshadowed Lawes' work, but he still maintains an important position in the history of mid 17th century English music. http://www.goldbergweb.com/en/his…
Henry Lawes LAWES, HENRY (1595-1662), English musician, was born at Dinton in Wiltshire in December 1595, and received his musical education from John Cooper, better known under his Italian pseudonym Giovanni Coperario (d. 1627), a famous composer of the day. In 1626 he was received as one of the gentlemen of the chapel royal, which place he held till the Commonwealth put a stop to church music. But even during that songless time Lawes continued his work as a composer, and the famous collection of his vocal pieces, A yres and Dialogues for One, Two and Three Voyces, was published in. 1653, being followed by two other books under the same title in 1655 and 1658 respectively. When in 1660 the king returned, Lawes once more entered the royal chapel, and composed an anthem for the coronation. of Charles II. He died on the 21st of October 1662, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.... 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica article http://66.1911encyclopedia.org/L/…
"Sir G. Carteret...tells us, that the silver which he received for Dunkirk did weigh 120,000 weight"
L&M note: "Carteret had been commissioned to receive the Dunkirk money (paid in silver *écus*) on the King's behalf in France.....A thousand-weight was 1000 lbs."
A transaction in écus! = premature Euros! Those of us who followed the nascent EU closely (my maven in 1993 was a British lawyer who'd been an EC transportation-law specialist in Brussels for 20 years) recall how this older French coin was linked to the European Currency Unit: "The acronym ECU is considered a word and in French is the name of ancient French coin" http://fx.sauder.ubc.ca/ECU.html Ancient? 20th century virtual humbuggery, vintage 1987! "In the 17th and 18th centuries, the name écu was applied exclusively to a large silver coin worth five livres tournois" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecu
"my Lord and Mr. Coventry, Sir Wm. Darcy, one Mr. Parham...with several others, did meet about stating the business of the fishery"
L&M note: "Of the persons mentioned only Sandwich was a member of the Royal Fishery Council. Richard Parham was a freeman of the Fishmongers' Company; Darcy a courtier with Northumbrian interests."
I ask of “his Majesty’s resolution to give 200l. to every man that will set out a Busse” which L&M say is a "two- or three-masted vessel chiefly for the North Sea fishery, heavily built and of about 60 tons” and about which Wim van der Meij reports that the saying was: ‘een buis is op zee een huis’ (A busse is a house at sea) -- and the answer to my Q. depends on how much it would cost to set out a Busse.
Emilio's citation [Courtesy of Brian, an annotation from 20 Mar, 1659/60]: I came across a site that attempts to document weather related events during the time we are 'living in'. The author has pulled some quotes from Sam's diary. [moved to a new web-site] http://homepage.ntlworld.com/boot…
Though the images of the medallion are dark on my browser, its Obv. image copied, tweaked using an app. to increase "balance," brightness and contrast is nicely legible -- confirms the worthy tribute to "MATTHEW BOULTON/ DIED AUGUST 17th 1809/ AGED 81 YEARS."
Between the 17c and the Victorians "The Gentlemen's Magazine for 1809, p. 883, records that 'On Thursday the 24th August the funeral of Mr. Boulton took place at the parish church of Hansworth. A numerous and most respectable assemblage of his friends and upwards of 500 of his work people attended. To each of these and all other individuals who attended the funeral, a medallic token was presented, recording the age of the deceased and the day of his death.'" http://www.napoleonicmedals.org/c… (The images of the token are dark [dead?] on my browser.)
"So to my office till late writing out a copy of my uncle’s will"
"So"? -- how often Sam'l uses this conjunction, as though it were "therefore" and the motive of the action that follows known, which it is to him, though not (always) to us.
What will he do with a[nother] copy of Uncle Robert's will? My guess is, furnish it to whoever will replace his cozen Roger an arbitrator in the case with (against) his Uncle Thomas.
"in wearing apparel, usually cylindrical covering of fur, fabric, feathers, or other soft material, with open ends into which the hands are placed to keep them warm. Originally a purse and hand warmer in one, the muff was first introduced to women's fashion in 1570, when fur trimming was becoming popular.
"In the 17th century they were used by both men and women. In the 19th century, however, muffs were considered an essential accessory only for feminine dress and ranged from large down muffs to small fur or velvet ones matching the trim on a woman's dress." http://www.britannica.com/eb/arti…
from L&M Companion: Parham, Richard. Citizen and fishmonger; freeman of the Fishmongers' Company by patrimony 1645; appointed to the Council for Foreign Plantations 1660, and to the Council for Fishery 1662; will signed 1676.
Comments
First Reading
About Thursday 27 November 1662
Terry F • Link
Bob T, are "Navy Pines" Eastern white pines? These are large (>40 m) trees... which historically were prized for their use as ships' masts. http://www.globalforestscience.or…
About Thursday 27 November 1662
Terry F • Link
Bob T, here's a botanical resource where you might find the “Navy Pines” of New Brunswick (I'm no botanist either) http://www.canadian-forests.com/
About Saturday 29 November 1662
Terry F • Link
Sam enjoys the sharing of the hard-won fruits of experience:
"I did here see the great pleasure to be had in discoursing of publique matters with men that are particularly acquainted with this or that business."
Good listener he, and then he makes the practical motion that brings the business to a prudent end.
About Saturday 29 November 1662
Terry F • Link
The King's £200/Busse seems an incentive!
Or so methinks can be inferred from Pepys's motion to send "these invitations from the King to all the fishing-ports in general, with limiting so many Busses to this, and that port, before we know the readiness of subscribers" -- in order to prevent the long-standing fishing-war with the Dutch from becoming a Civil War among the English ports.
About Choice Psalmes Put into Musick for Three Voices (Henry and William Lawes)
Terry F • Link
The Lawes brothers occupy an important position in English music between Byrd and Gibbons and the generation of Matthew Locke and Henry Purcell in the later part of the 17th century. William Lawes, a loyal follower of King Charles I, was killed at the battle of Chester in 1645. Henry Lawes survived the civil war and the subsequent Commonwealth of Oliver Cromwell to be reinstated as a member of the King's Musick and the Chapel Royal on the restoration of the monarchy in 1660.
Sacred Vocal Music
Both Henry and William Lawes wrote sacred vocal music, Henry providing psalm settings and anthems and William a series of sacred songs and canons.
Secular Vocal Music
The Lawes brothers both won distinction as song composers, Henry with a vast quantity of songs and William with settings of verses by many of the leading poets and dramatists of the time.
Instrumental Music
William Lawes enjoyed the greatest success as a composer of instrumental music, with compositions for the keyboard, and, more especially, with consort music for viols, with lute and organ, including a number of dance movements.
http://www.naxos.com/composer/btm…
About Choice Psalmes Put into Musick for Three Voices (Henry and William Lawes)
Terry F • Link
Choice Psalmes put into musick, for three voices the most of which may properly enough be sung by any three, with a thorough base
by Henry Lawes; William Lawes
Publisher: London : Printed by James Young for Humphrey Moseley ..., and for Richard Wodenothe ..., 1648.
About William Lawes
Terry F • Link
WILLIAM LAWES
English composer. Younger brother of Henry Lawes. Baptized at Salisbury Cathedral on May 1, 1602, he probably sang there also; his father, Thomas Lawes, was lay vicar of the cathedral.
Lawes studied with Coperario from about 1619 at the request and expense of Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford. Probably in 1634, but certainly by 1636, he was song-writer to the royal acting companies The King's Men and Queen Henrietta's Men.
According to a 19th century source Lawes was taken into the Private Musick of Prince Charles (another pupil of Coperario) as early as 1625, continuing in his service after he became king. Certainly on March 25, 1635, Lawes became a musician-in-ordinary to King Charles I, taking the post formerly occupied by the late lutenist, John Laurence, at the annual salary of forty pounds.
Lawes enjoyed great favor and friendship with Charles, and when the king moved the court to Oxford, William followed and was made a commissary in the king's personal life guards.
He was shot and killed at Chester in 1645 while riding with the king whose troops were attempting to free a garrison there. He was remembered by the king as the 'Father of Musick' and his portrait as a cavalier hangs in the Faculty of Music at Oxford.
His work consists of instrumental, vocal and stage works, as well as church music (for three voices) and he was the most important English composer of stage music prior to Henry Purcell; he also composed chamber music, keyboard works, and suites for viol consorts.
None of his works were published in his lifetime, but his influence on other composers of his day as well as those who followed was considerable. The rise of Purcell ultimately overshadowed Lawes' work, but he still maintains an important position in the history of mid 17th century English music.
http://www.goldbergweb.com/en/his…
About Henry Lawes
Terry F • Link
Henry Lawes
LAWES, HENRY (1595-1662), English musician, was born at Dinton in Wiltshire in December 1595, and received his musical education from John Cooper, better known under his Italian pseudonym Giovanni Coperario (d. 1627), a famous composer of the day. In 1626 he was received as one of the gentlemen of the chapel royal, which place he held till the Commonwealth put a stop to church music. But even during that songless time Lawes continued his work as a composer, and the famous collection of his vocal pieces, A yres and Dialogues for One, Two and Three Voyces, was published in. 1653, being followed by two other books under the same title in 1655 and 1658 respectively. When in 1660 the king returned, Lawes once more entered the royal chapel, and composed an anthem for the coronation. of Charles II. He died on the 21st of October 1662, and was buried in Westminster Abbey....
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica article
http://66.1911encyclopedia.org/L/…
About Saturday 29 November 1662
Terry F • Link
Today's theme is Pepys solving practical problems:
-- He deputizes Balty to trap la Marmotte;
-- His motion solves a potential problem of an over-subscription of setting out of Busses;
-- He replaces his cozen Roger Pepys and his brother, Dr. John, with cozen Turner and Mr. Calthrop to be his arbitrators.
About Saturday 29 November 1662
Terry F • Link
"Sir G. Carteret...tells us, that the silver which he received for Dunkirk did weigh 120,000 weight"
L&M note: "Carteret had been commissioned to receive the Dunkirk money (paid in silver *écus*) on the King's behalf in France.....A thousand-weight was 1000 lbs."
A transaction in écus! = premature Euros!
Those of us who followed the nascent EU closely (my maven in 1993 was a British lawyer who'd been an EC transportation-law specialist in Brussels for 20 years) recall how this older French coin was linked to the European Currency Unit: "The acronym ECU is considered a word and in French is the name of ancient French coin" http://fx.sauder.ubc.ca/ECU.html Ancient? 20th century virtual humbuggery, vintage 1987!
"In the 17th and 18th centuries, the name écu was applied exclusively to a large silver coin worth five livres tournois" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecu
"my Lord and Mr. Coventry, Sir Wm. Darcy, one Mr. Parham...with several others, did meet about stating the business of the fishery"
L&M note: "Of the persons mentioned only Sandwich was a member of the Royal Fishery Council. Richard Parham was a freeman of the Fishmongers' Company; Darcy a courtier with Northumbrian interests."
About Friday 28 November 1662
Terry F • Link
How much would it cost to set out a Busse?
(Everybody estimating and manipulating a 17c slip-stick....)
About Friday 28 November 1662
Terry F • Link
Royal subsidy or royal reward?
I ask of “his Majesty’s resolution to give 200l. to every man that will set out a Busse” which L&M say is a "two- or three-masted vessel chiefly for the North Sea fishery, heavily built and of about 60 tons” and about which Wim van der Meij reports that the saying was: ‘een buis is op zee een huis’ (A busse is a house at sea) --
and the answer to my Q. depends on how much it would cost to set out a Busse.
What think ye?
About Weather
Terry F • Link
Emilio's citation [Courtesy of Brian, an annotation from 20 Mar, 1659/60]:
I came across a site that attempts to document weather related events during the time we are 'living in'. The author has pulled some quotes from Sam's diary. [moved to a new web-site] http://homepage.ntlworld.com/boot…
About Friday 28 November 1662
Terry F • Link
Though the images of the medallion are dark on my browser, its Obv. image copied, tweaked using an app. to increase "balance," brightness and contrast is nicely legible -- confirms the worthy tribute to "MATTHEW BOULTON/ DIED AUGUST 17th 1809/ AGED 81 YEARS."
About Friday 28 November 1662
Terry F • Link
Between the 17c and the Victorians "The Gentlemen's Magazine for 1809, p. 883, records that 'On Thursday the 24th August the funeral of Mr. Boulton took place at the parish church of Hansworth. A numerous and most respectable assemblage of his friends and upwards of 500 of his work people attended. To each of these and all other individuals who attended the funeral, a medallic token was presented, recording the age of the deceased and the day of his death.'"
http://www.napoleonicmedals.org/c…
(The images of the token are dark [dead?] on my browser.)
About Friday 28 November 1662
Terry F • Link
"So to my office till late writing out a copy of my uncle’s will"
"So"? -- how often Sam'l uses this conjunction, as though it were "therefore" and the motive of the action that follows known, which it is to him, though not (always) to us.
What will he do with a[nother] copy of Uncle Robert's will?
My guess is, furnish it to whoever will replace his cozen Roger an arbitrator in the case with (against) his Uncle Thomas.
About Muffs
Terry F • Link
muffs
"in wearing apparel, usually cylindrical covering of fur, fabric, feathers, or other soft material, with open ends into which the hands are placed to keep them warm. Originally a purse and hand warmer in one, the muff was first introduced to women's fashion in 1570, when fur trimming was becoming popular.
"In the 17th century they were used by both men and women. In the 19th century, however, muffs were considered an essential accessory only for feminine dress and ranged from large down muffs to small fur or velvet ones matching the trim on a woman's dress."
http://www.britannica.com/eb/arti…
About Mr Graves
Terry F • Link
"A drowsy preacher." L&M Index.
About Sir William Darcy
Terry F • Link
"Darcy, Sir William, kt. 1639. Of Witton Castle, Co. Durham; appointed to the Royal Fishery, Aug. 1661" L&M Companion, p85.
About Richard Parham
Terry F • Link
from L&M Companion:
Parham, Richard. Citizen and fishmonger; freeman of the Fishmongers' Company by patrimony 1645; appointed to the Council for Foreign Plantations 1660, and to the Council for Fishery 1662; will signed 1676.