Re 'Friday next'. 'This Friday' would mean two days time to me (in the U.K.) and 'next Friday' would mean the week after. However, the quote from Michael Robinson above refers to Parliament meeting again on 'Monday next'. It looks as if Pepys is referring to the day after tomorrow perhaps to give his mother time to arrive.
Sadly the abuse of children has continued through the years. The enforced emigration of children taken into care, orphaned or poor from the UK to Australia, run by the UK Government, took place in the mid-20th century and had horrendous consequences for many of the children although the stated intention was to give them a better future. Details are emerging from the enquiry into historic child abuse which started in London this week.
Why the difference between the 1000£ that he stands "bound" and the 700£ bond he shows Bess? I took this as two separate matters. Sam 'stands bound with Sandwich' in a bond for £1,000 to Thomas Pepys - who lent money to Mountagu in 1658 according to the information page about him. Then there is the £700 which Sam has loaned directly to Sandwich himself. In the event that Sandwich defaulted on both bonds Sam would be left with nothing.
Reading the Newgate Calendar from the link above, the robbery wasn't an inside job, but the one that brought the criminal career of Colonel Turner to its end.
Re Pedro's post on 25 December 2006 about the red sails: in the south of England, cars are sometimes covered in red dust from the Sahara Desert in North Africa. It sounds as if Holmes had a similar experience.
I'm enjoying the Pepys Christmas Carol. Re Bradford's comment about the galloping horse - my mother-in-law, born 1925 in Dorset, had a similar comment from her mother when she complained about a coat as a child. Something like 'no-one's going to turn away from a galloping horse to look at you'.
The same law still applies in the UK today. No one owns the public highway outside their own house. Even parking bays put in for disabled residents aren't reserved. And users of footpaths have the right to pass and repass but not to stand around.
Trying to make sense of the agreement with Trice, I think Trice is being allowed to acquire £40 worth of land from Piggott which is charged with debt so Piggott gets let off £40 of debt but no money changes hands. Then Pepys releases the debt leaving himself £40 down and Trice with £40 of debt-free land but again no money changes hands. Trice is to spend 40s to entertain Pepys and the lawyers who helped broker the deal, and fortunately he has 46/8d in cash so he'll be able to pay it.
Anyone else think that Sam was keeping out of the way while the maids were finishing the washing? It was already dark before he went to the solicitor, where he stayed about an hour before going to his office and writing this long entry. It must have been very late indeed by the time he ventured back home. And surprise, surprise, it was all over.
Extract from Tuesday last: "by coach to the Old Exchange, and there cheapened some laces for my wife, and then to Mr.—— the great laceman in Cheapside, and bought one cost me 4l. more by 20s. than I intended, but when I came to see them I was resolved to buy one worth wearing with credit, and so to the New Exchange, and there put it to making" Did everyone forget this entry with all the gory details about Sam's health issues (or non-issues!)?
Having travelled to Temple for the past 2 weeks to attend Court proceedings I wonder who had the better journey. Sam (by water and/or foot in pouring rain) or I (by overground and underground trains in scorching heat)?
Thinking to have walked it ..... Sam was going to church by coach so I took this to mean that he had expected to walk instead and would have read his book on the way to church and back.
Annuities were compulsory for pension savers reaching the age of 75 until quite recently here in the UK. Pension savings had to be passed over to insurers in exchange for a guaranteed income for life. Different products were available, and still are, providing flat rate amounts, amounts rising in accordance with an agreed % each year or an inflation index, and on joint lives for a couple or a single life. Private annuities have also been used here in the UK but usually payments would continue until the death of the annuitant. If the grantor died first his estate/heirs would have to continue paying.
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Second Reading
About Monday 2 May 1664
JayW • Link
I suspect the 'debt' was a debt of thanks rather than an invoice of any sort.
About Wednesday 16 March 1663/64
JayW • Link
Re 'Friday next'. 'This Friday' would mean two days time to me (in the U.K.) and 'next Friday' would mean the week after.
However, the quote from Michael Robinson above refers to Parliament meeting again on 'Monday next'. It looks as if Pepys is referring to the day after tomorrow perhaps to give his mother time to arrive.
About Sunday 28 February 1663/64
JayW • Link
Sadly the abuse of children has continued through the years. The enforced emigration of children taken into care, orphaned or poor from the UK to Australia, run by the UK Government, took place in the mid-20th century and had horrendous consequences for many of the children although the stated intention was to give them a better future. Details are emerging from the enquiry into historic child abuse which started in London this week.
About Monday 22 February 1663/64
JayW • Link
Compare all these reports with Terry F's notes above, and it becomes clear that 'fake news' was about long before the Internet.
About Tuesday 9 February 1663/64
JayW • Link
Why the difference between the 1000£ that he stands "bound" and the 700£ bond he shows Bess?
I took this as two separate matters. Sam 'stands bound with Sandwich' in a bond for £1,000 to Thomas Pepys - who lent money to Mountagu in 1658 according to the information page about him. Then there is the £700 which Sam has loaned directly to Sandwich himself. In the event that Sandwich defaulted on both bonds Sam would be left with nothing.
About Friday 8 January 1663/64
JayW • Link
Reading the Newgate Calendar from the link above, the robbery wasn't an inside job, but the one that brought the criminal career of Colonel Turner to its end.
About Tuesday 22 December 1663
JayW • Link
Re Pedro's post on 25 December 2006 about the red sails: in the south of England, cars are sometimes covered in red dust from the Sahara Desert in North Africa. It sounds as if Holmes had a similar experience.
About Tuesday 15 December 1663
JayW • Link
I'm enjoying the Pepys Christmas Carol.
Re Bradford's comment about the galloping horse - my mother-in-law, born 1925 in Dorset, had a similar comment from her mother when she complained about a coat as a child. Something like 'no-one's going to turn away from a galloping horse to look at you'.
About Tuesday 1 December 1663
JayW • Link
The same law still applies in the UK today. No one owns the public highway outside their own house. Even parking bays put in for disabled residents aren't reserved. And users of footpaths have the right to pass and repass but not to stand around.
About Wednesday 28 October 1663
JayW • Link
Money for Will - £15 to pay for the lodgings and another £20 if I don't have to feed him in future?
About Tuesday 27 October 1663
JayW • Link
Trying to make sense of the agreement with Trice, I think Trice is being allowed to acquire £40 worth of land from Piggott which is charged with debt so Piggott gets let off £40 of debt but no money changes hands. Then Pepys releases the debt leaving himself £40 down and Trice with £40 of debt-free land but again no money changes hands.
Trice is to spend 40s to entertain Pepys and the lawyers who helped broker the deal, and fortunately he has 46/8d in cash so he'll be able to pay it.
About Tuesday 27 October 1663
JayW • Link
As it was washday yesterday I guess there are a lot of damp clothes about and the maids are busy trying to get them dry and probably ironing.
About Monday 26 October 1663
JayW • Link
Anyone else think that Sam was keeping out of the way while the maids were finishing the washing? It was already dark before he went to the solicitor, where he stayed about an hour before going to his office and writing this long entry. It must have been very late indeed by the time he ventured back home. And surprise, surprise, it was all over.
About Sunday 18 October 1663
JayW • Link
Extract from Tuesday last:
"by coach to the Old Exchange, and there cheapened some laces for my wife, and then to Mr.—— the great laceman in Cheapside, and bought one cost me 4l. more by 20s. than I intended, but when I came to see them I was resolved to buy one worth wearing with credit, and so to the New Exchange, and there put it to making"
Did everyone forget this entry with all the gory details about Sam's health issues (or non-issues!)?
About Monday 12 October 1663
JayW • Link
TerryF - I hope the MS is still under control as much as possible?
About Monday 3 August 1663
JayW • Link
Robert, I would agree with your reading. We might say 'closeted together' meaning just the three of us.
About Tuesday 21 July 1663
JayW • Link
There's even a regular river boat service run by Transport for London which is used by commuters as well as tourists.
About Tuesday 21 July 1663
JayW • Link
Having travelled to Temple for the past 2 weeks to attend Court proceedings I wonder who had the better journey. Sam (by water and/or foot in pouring rain) or I (by overground and underground trains in scorching heat)?
About Sunday 5 July 1663
JayW • Link
Thinking to have walked it ..... Sam was going to church by coach so I took this to mean that he had expected to walk instead and would have read his book on the way to church and back.
About Friday 26 June 1663
JayW • Link
Annuities were compulsory for pension savers reaching the age of 75 until quite recently here in the UK. Pension savings had to be passed over to insurers in exchange for a guaranteed income for life. Different products were available, and still are, providing flat rate amounts, amounts rising in accordance with an agreed % each year or an inflation index, and on joint lives for a couple or a single life. Private annuities have also been used here in the UK but usually payments would continue until the death of the annuitant. If the grantor died first his estate/heirs would have to continue paying.