"Pegg Kite's business of her portion,…but I will have nothing to do with it.”
L&M note: "Peg Kite…had inherited most of her mother’s estate under a will of which Thomas Penner and Pepys were joint executors. Pepys, however, seems to have resigned the charge.” See vicente who also ref. Pauline http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1… and http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
Dr. Bates --William Bates was Rector of St. Dunstan’s and a great Presbyterian preacher; he was ejected from his living by the Act of Uniformity a fortnight later. [ He had a ] calm and equable style of preaching….
Mr. Gouge --Thomas Gouge was a leading Presbyterian. [ Vicar of St Sepulchre-without-Newgate from 1638 until his extrusion in 1662 ]* The newly revised Prayer Book was now enforced on all the clergy, who had to accept it by St. Bartholomew’s Day, 24 August. Gouge was extruded on his refusal. [A reluctant Dissenter, he devoted himself after his extrusion to charitable works in London and evangelism in Wales, distributing Welsh versions not only of the Bible but of the Anglican prayer-book ] * (*L&M Companion, 159.)
Mr. Herring --Relations between John Herring, Vicar of St. Bride’s since ca. 1656, and his churchwardens and vestry had been uneasy for some time, and this may have caused him to relinquish the living earlier than the last day allowed by law. The church was also served by a lecturer.
"Turner, Ald. Sir William, kt 1662 (1615-93). Younger brother of John, the lawyer. A draper (both Pepys and Tom Pepys had accounts with him), Master of the Merchant Taylor's Company 1661-2, 1684-5; prominent in the R. Africa and E. India Companies. Sheriff 1662-3: Lord Mayor 1668-9; M.P. for the city1690-3. In 1668 he claimed and was awarded £400 from the King -- a gift traditionally made to bachelor Lord Mayors -- and gave it towards the rebuilding of Guildhall. A Puritan, who headed each page of his accounts *Laus Deo*, he founded a hospital and free school at Kirkleatham, Yorks., in 1676." L&M Companion, 460.
"did a good morning's work upon the rigging”: Sam reviews with Cooper the finest points that he needs to know for his job - following Coventry’s advice of yesterday: sticking on task; - optimizing his remaining time with Cooper while the model is there; considering the masts, booms, gaffs (spars), also the sails, cordage and davits: article and figure about “rigging” here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigg…
Yes, JWB, and only 6 weeks ago Sandwich saw his position severely threatened by none other than Coventry -- what a read: http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
(Cumgranissalis, I could do a 4-hour night one night in a row; but my younger son. who is an animator, could do that in art-school and does now at 27: perhaps these genes are from my paternal line -- farmers who in season could work days and nights on end.)
Jeannine, Robert Gertz, have you always thought/felt so about Sam? There were times, as I recall, when there was speculation about what his evident enjoyment of playing with others' children signalled about his hope for his own. Of course, his jealousy whenever he suspected she might be eyed/have an eye out, doesn't mean he didn't have ye olde double-standard....
And is Sam the man Elizabeth left when she went to Brampton? How will he "fit her in" to his new, "improved," nose-to-the-grindstone schedule with "no plays," etc.
A final take: Sam writes at *his* place, then goes to Penn's to sleep.
Considering the sentence as a whole, with emphasis added: "At night writing in *my* study a mouse ran over *my* table, which I shut up fast under *my* shelf's upon *my* table till to-morrow, and so home and to bed.”
Rex Gordon, I think the shelf (top) has been lowered (“shut”) so as to secure the “table” “till to-morrow” against the mouse that ran *over” and, thank goodness, not *into* it.
As for cats and mouse-traps, I wonder whether the remodeling hasn’t quite disrutped the normal anti-rodent measures of the Pepys’s house.
"Writing a letter to my brother John to dissuade him from being Moderator of his year"
L&M note: "John Pepys was now in his second year at Christ's College, Cambridge. Moderators presided over academic disputations."
Is John's brother concerned about an extracurricular distraction? or is it a matter of it being a greater distinction to refuse (what Samuel too views as) an honor?
Touché! On a jog to Deptford, Coventry seems to say: Sit still! — he, also peripatetic, not heeding his own advice? Of course, he doesn’t say *always* sit still, nor does Pascal (great get Sean Adams!).
Coventry's advice is doubly self-referential: 'attend to the speaker's interest,' speaks he; and, 'leave your desk and see what's happening,' as he goes with Sam on a walk to Deptford for surprise inspection.
Are we to wonder what's happening at Portsmouth? Will there be thither another road trip?
"Thence by boat; I being hot, he put the skirt of his cloak about me." George R, surely you are correct: neat read. L&M also like it “hot,” but sometimes Sam misspells. I wonder what the two are like in the shorthand.
9 days ago was the "Rosebush" adventure at Woolwich, showing how urgent it was for the bosses to leave the office and scarify-into-life the inert on board and in the yard: a dramatic instance of what ye say. http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
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About Sunday 10 August 1662
Terry F. • Link
"Pegg Kite's business of her portion,…but I will have nothing to do with it.”
L&M note: "Peg Kite…had inherited most of her mother’s estate under a will of which Thomas Penner and Pepys were joint executors. Pepys, however, seems to have resigned the charge.”
See vicente who also ref. Pauline http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1… and http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
About Sunday 10 August 1662
Terry F. • Link
L&M notes about clergy discussed this day:
Dr. Bates
--William Bates was Rector of St. Dunstan’s and a great Presbyterian preacher; he was ejected from his living by the Act of Uniformity a fortnight later. [ He had a ] calm and equable style of preaching….
Mr. Gouge
--Thomas Gouge was a leading Presbyterian. [ Vicar of St Sepulchre-without-Newgate from 1638 until his extrusion in 1662 ]* The newly revised Prayer Book was now enforced on all the clergy, who had to accept it by St. Bartholomew’s Day, 24 August. Gouge was extruded on his refusal. [A reluctant Dissenter, he devoted himself after his extrusion to charitable works in London and evangelism in Wales, distributing Welsh versions not only of the Bible but of the Anglican prayer-book ] * (*L&M Companion, 159.)
Mr. Herring
--Relations between John Herring, Vicar of St. Bride’s since ca. 1656, and his churchwardens and vestry had been uneasy for some time, and this may have caused him to relinquish the living earlier than the last day allowed by law. The church was also served by a lecturer.
Carpenter
http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclo…
Mr. Calamy
--Edward Calamy, sen., a leading Presbyterian, Rector of St. Mary Aldermanbury. He Preached his farewell sermon on the 17th [ August ]….”
About Ald. Sir William Turner (b)
Terry F. • Link
"Turner, Ald. Sir William, kt 1662 (1615-93). Younger brother of John, the lawyer. A draper (both Pepys and Tom Pepys had accounts with him), Master of the Merchant Taylor's Company 1661-2, 1684-5; prominent in the R. Africa and E. India Companies. Sheriff 1662-3: Lord Mayor 1668-9; M.P. for the city1690-3. In 1668 he claimed and was awarded £400 from the King -- a gift traditionally made to bachelor Lord Mayors -- and gave it towards the rebuilding of Guildhall. A Puritan, who headed each page of his accounts *Laus Deo*, he founded a hospital and free school at Kirkleatham, Yorks., in 1676." L&M Companion, 460.
About Richard Carpenter
Terry F. • Link
About Saturday 9 August 1662
Terry F. • Link
"did a good morning's work upon the rigging”: Sam reviews with Cooper the finest points that he needs to know for his job
- following Coventry’s advice of yesterday: sticking on task;
- optimizing his remaining time with Cooper while the model is there;
considering the masts, booms, gaffs (spars), also the sails, cordage and davits: article and figure about “rigging” here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigg…
About Saturday 9 August 1662
Terry F. • Link
Yes, JWB, and only 6 weeks ago Sandwich saw his position severely threatened by none other than Coventry -- what a read: http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
(Cumgranissalis, I could do a 4-hour night one night in a row; but my younger son. who is an animator, could do that in art-school and does now at 27: perhaps these genes are from my paternal line -- farmers who in season could work days and nights on end.)
About Saturday 9 August 1662
Terry F. • Link
Jeannine, Robert Gertz, have you always thought/felt so about Sam?
There were times, as I recall, when there was speculation about what his evident enjoyment of playing with others' children signalled about his hope for his own. Of course, his jealousy whenever he suspected she might be eyed/have an eye out, doesn't mean he didn't have ye olde double-standard....
About Saturday 9 August 1662
Terry F. • Link
But, moreover, how will she feel?
About Saturday 9 August 1662
Terry F. • Link
And is Sam the man Elizabeth left when she went to Brampton? How will he "fit her in" to his new, "improved," nose-to-the-grindstone schedule with "no plays," etc.
About Wednesday 6 August 1662
Terry F. • Link
A final take: Sam writes at *his* place, then goes to Penn's to sleep.
Considering the sentence as a whole, with emphasis added: "At night writing in *my* study a mouse ran over *my* table, which I shut up fast under *my* shelf's upon *my* table till to-morrow, and so home and to bed.”
Rex Gordon, I think the shelf (top) has been lowered (“shut”) so as to secure the “table” “till to-morrow” against the mouse that ran *over” and, thank goodness, not *into* it.
As for cats and mouse-traps, I wonder whether the remodeling hasn’t quite disrutped the normal anti-rodent measures of the Pepys’s house.
About Saturday 9 August 1662
Terry F. • Link
"Writing a letter to my brother John to dissuade him from being Moderator of his year"
L&M note: "John Pepys was now in his second year at Christ's College, Cambridge. Moderators presided over academic disputations."
Is John's brother concerned about an extracurricular distraction? or is it a matter of it being a greater distinction to refuse (what Samuel too views as) an honor?
About Friday 8 August 1662
Terry F. • Link
Touché! On a jog to Deptford, Coventry seems to say: Sit still! — he, also peripatetic, not heeding his own advice? Of course, he doesn’t say *always* sit still, nor does Pascal (great get Sean Adams!).
About Friday 8 August 1662
Terry F. • Link
Coventry's advice is doubly self-referential: 'attend to the speaker's interest,' speaks he; and, 'leave your desk and see what's happening,' as he goes with Sam on a walk to Deptford for surprise inspection.
Are we to wonder what's happening at Portsmouth? Will there be thither another road trip?
About Friday 8 August 1662
Terry F. • Link
"Thence by boat; I being [wet], he put the skirt of his cloak about me."
Emendation per George R.
About Friday 8 August 1662
Terry F. • Link
"Thence by boat; I being hot, he put the skirt of his cloak about me."
George R, surely you are correct: neat read. L&M also like it “hot,” but sometimes Sam misspells. I wonder what the two are like in the shorthand.
About Friday 8 August 1662
Terry F. • Link
Correction: today at Deptford.
About Friday 8 August 1662
Terry F. • Link
Today the Dynamic Duo strike at Greenwich: there seems to be a pattern here: who's next? Woolwich again? (Chatham's in good shape)
About Friday 8 August 1662
Terry F. • Link
9 days ago was the "Rosebush" adventure at Woolwich, showing how urgent it was for the bosses to leave the office and scarify-into-life the inert on board and in the yard: a dramatic instance of what ye say. http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
About Friday 8 August 1662
Terry F. • Link
Pedro, nice Economist piece on what is "like a French humour".
About Friday 8 August 1662
Terry F. • Link
"To Deptford, and there surprised the Yard, and called them to a muster"
L&M note: "Surprise musters were a normal way of inspection and discipline:...."