SP doesn't record how he dined; was it again "alone"?
That seems to be consistent with the mood of this day's entry: when with others, his mood brighten; when alone, it darkens, esp. as he takes inventory of what troubles him -- as Robert Gertz has noted.
(d. 1673). Chancery official. He had succeeded Edward Phillips in his post in the Crown Office after Phillip's death in 1631: shortly afterwards he married Phillips's widow, Anne, sister of John Milton. In 1660 he was appointed Clerk of Appeals." L&M Companion, 5.
L&M note: "By a recent act (14 Car. II c. 8) £60,000 was to be raised for distribution among indigent officers who had served in the King’s forces, by a levy on office-holders whose income was over £5 p.a. cf. [March 7]. For Pepys’s assessment see [15 December].”
Re Wolstenholme Towne, brian has it right; it was the principal town of the plantation named Martin's Hundred, a venture "of the joint-stock Virginia Company of London. The Society of Martin's Hundred, named for Richard Martin, recorder of the City of London, was its owner. Sir John Wolstenholme was among its investors." http://www.history.org/Almanack/p…
Nice post, Australian Susan; but didn't Sam "shut up [his] doors lest the being open might give them occasion of longing for [his] chamber" - lust coming from others, fierce possession from him?
"drank a cup of ale and a toast, which I have not done many a month before, but it served me for my two glasses of wine to-day."
There is still the matter of how to parse this and also to grasp how the "no wine" part of Sam's Sunday Oath can be harmonized with what seems to be his assumption of a "two glasses of wine"-daily allotment.
Does he consider his daily grog to be "two glasses of wine" and the "no wine" pledge to include only what is above that?
Well, Michael L, how do you suppose anyone would be allowed so close for so long as to distract him into closing his eyes and cut off a man’s mustacho? I’ve wondered that myself. It wouldn’t be one of his fellows, but could be done in a long embrace…
Perhaps Jane hasn’t committed a crime, but has displayed, for all (including his wife) to see, a reproach?
Phil on Wed 5 Mar 2003, 11:25 pm Viol. From Wheatley' list of Sam's instruments, it appears that the viol family of instruments is that most frequently referred to in the diary. For information on the viola da gamba and other members of the family see:
"(d. 1658) Secretary to the Earl of Northumberland as admiral of the fleet 1626 and as acting Lord High Admiral 1638-42; appointed secretary to the Admiralty by parliament, 1642; Navy Commissioner 1646, reappointed 1649. His widow (supported by her kinsman Speaker Grimston) appealed to the government for payment of debts due to her late husband." L&M Companion, 399.
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About Tuesday 16 September 1662
Terry F • Link
SP doesn't record how he dined; was it again "alone"?
That seems to be consistent with the mood of this day's entry: when with others, his mood brighten; when alone, it darkens, esp. as he takes inventory of what troubles him -- as Robert Gertz has noted.
Likely not an early or restful sleep this night.
About Thomas Agar
Terry F • Link
(d. 1673). Chancery official. He had succeeded Edward Phillips in his post in the Crown Office after Phillip's death in 1631: shortly afterwards he married Phillips's widow, Anne, sister of John Milton. In 1660 he was appointed Clerk of Appeals."
L&M Companion, 5.
About Josias Alsop
Terry F • Link
"Rector of Norton Fitzwarren, Som. 1637-?49; Rector of St Clement Eastcheap 1660-6 (and illegal preacher there, 1649-60)."
L&M Companion, 8.
About Tuesday 16 September 1662
Terry F • Link
"I have 30l. to pay to the cavaliers"
L&M note: "By a recent act (14 Car. II c. 8) £60,000 was to be raised for distribution among indigent officers who had served in the King’s forces, by a levy on office-holders whose income was over £5 p.a. cf. [March 7]. For Pepys’s assessment see [15 December].”
About Monday 15 September 1662
Terry F • Link
Re Wolstenholme Towne, brian has it right;
it was the principal town of the plantation named Martin's Hundred, a venture "of the joint-stock Virginia Company of London. The Society of Martin's Hundred, named for Richard Martin, recorder of the City of London, was its owner. Sir John Wolstenholme was among its investors."
http://www.history.org/Almanack/p…
About Monday 15 September 1662
Terry F • Link
Nice post, Australian Susan; but didn't Sam "shut up [his] doors lest the being open might give them occasion of longing for [his] chamber" - lust coming from others, fierce possession from him?
About Sunday 14 September 1662
Terry F • Link
Better: Does Sam regard "two glasses of wine" to be his daily grog, and the "no wine" pledge to include only what is more than that?
About Monday 15 September 1662
Terry F • Link
Methinks this entry has two uses of "being" no longer current:
(1) "shut up my doors lest the being open might give them occasion of longing for my chamber" -- I would say "their being open".
(2) "they being going through the garden" -- Would we not generally omit "being" as unnecessary to indicate a "progressive" tense of sorts?
I'll let the grammar experts rule on these and describe them formally.
About Sunday 14 September 1662
Terry F • Link
"drank a cup of ale and a toast, which I have not done many a month before, but it served me for my two glasses of wine to-day."
There is still the matter of how to parse this and also to grasp how the "no wine" part of Sam's Sunday Oath can be harmonized with what seems to be his assumption of a "two glasses of wine"-daily allotment.
Does he consider his daily grog to be "two glasses of wine" and the "no wine" pledge to include only what is above that?
About Sunday 14 September 1662
Terry F • Link
the carpenter's mustacho anecdote
Well, Michael L, how do you suppose anyone would be allowed so close for so long as to distract him into closing his eyes and cut off a man’s mustacho? I’ve wondered that myself. It wouldn’t be one of his fellows, but could be done in a long embrace…
Perhaps Jane hasn’t committed a crime, but has displayed, for all (including his wife) to see, a reproach?
About Sunday 14 September 1662
Terry F • Link
Viol/Viall/violin from the Background info
Phil on Wed 5 Mar 2003, 11:25 pm
Viol. From Wheatley' list of Sam's instruments, it appears that the viol family of instruments is that most frequently referred to in the diary. For information on the viola da gamba and other members of the family see:
http://vdgsa.org/pgs/stuff.html
[Originally posted by Derek on a general Instruments page.]
(Nifty site.)
About Sunday 14 September 1662
Terry F • Link
The cornett or *cornetto* daniel referenced is illustrated here in several kinds and further explained: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn…
About Sunday 14 September 1662
Terry F • Link
Wasn't drinking "no wine" a part of his Sunday Oath? -- if so, how much ale would that equate to?
(Are standards slipping? Are we decompensating a bit for our vexations -- the likely loss of access to the leads, the behavior of Wayneman, etc.?)
About George Payler
Terry F • Link
"Payler, [George]. Navy Commissioner 1654-60." L&M Companion, 310.
About Thomas Smith
Terry F • Link
"(d. 1658) Secretary to the Earl of Northumberland as admiral of the fleet 1626 and as acting Lord High Admiral 1638-42; appointed secretary to the Admiralty by parliament, 1642; Navy Commissioner 1646, reappointed 1649. His widow (supported by her kinsman Speaker Grimston) appealed to the government for payment of debts due to her late husband." L&M Companion, 399.
About Sunday 14 September 1662
Terry F • Link
"but I told them who I was."
L&M note: "The Waterman's Company had charge of the hire of boats. Pepys could claim privilege as a royal servant."
L&M also note: "Sheldon's injunctions about the observance of the Sabbath (12 September 1662) have no mention of boats...."
About Saturday 13 September 1662
Terry F • Link
"and so among my work folks"
Is this not the first time he has used such a "familiar" term for those he usually calls his "workmen"?
A change of tone as he tries to enlist them in his effort to gain precious access to the leads? -- worth far more than a farthing to him, as we knew!
About Saturday 13 September 1662
Terry F • Link
"my law business"
L&M note: "The dispute in Chancery with the Trices about Robert Pepys's will."
About Saturday 13 September 1662
Terry F • Link
"We met...to set accounts even between the King and the masters of ships hired to carry provisions to Lisbon"
L&M note: "The merchant ships hired for the purpose [ 6 April ] had not returned all the naval stores lent to them...."
About Friday 12 September 1662
Terry F • Link
Re purser's accounts see also http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…