'Charles II: August 1668', in Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II, 1667-8, ed. Mary Anne Everett Green (London, 1893), pp. 516-565. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/…
@@@ Aug. 23. 1668 Billing. J. W[illiamson] to [Rob. Francis].
I am pleased with your diligence. I thank Dr. Rhodes for the pie, which I desire may be sent to Lady Anderson.
Sir Philip Warwick's letter is in the Earl of Norwich's petition, with other papers to be despatched, which may be found in my desk.
I wish you to attend to read the Gazette to Lord Arlington whilst he is dressing, on the mornings it comes out. I desire the Earl Northampton may be supplied with a newsletter, directed to Ashby.
I hope to return in the fortnight.
Remember Mr. Chiffinch for a warrant for a buck, but not from Sir J. Robinson's woods. [1-½ pages. S.P. Dom., Car. II. 245, No. 42.] --- Williamson is staying at the Earl of Thurmond’s manor house at Billing, Northamptonshire.
@@@ Aug. 24. 1668 Bristol. Daniel Furzer to the Navy Commissioners.
My accounts are returned for want of vouchers to every particular, which it is impossible for me to get; I hope, after all my sufferings, you will not be too strict to expect that which no man in my condition can accomplish.
It is 14 months since the St. David went to sea, and the workmen, after long expectation to be satisfied for their labour, dispersed to their habitations, leaving themselves engaged in the country for provisions had, and many of them through long attendance so far in debt that their wages will not satisfy debts for which I have passed my word.
The accounts were signed by the bearer and the clerk of the yard, Hen. Gainsford, is a gentleman, and was recommended by the late Col. John Barrow, justice of peace.
My disappointment of money from you is such that I cannot put the provisions on board to be sent about, or do many other needful things;
if you will appoint a person to dispose of the offal timber in the yard, the charge may be soon quitted. [2 pages. S.P. Dom., Car. II. 245, No. 43.]
@@@ Aug. 24. 1668 Woolwich. Wm. Sheldon, Clerk of the cheque, to [the Navy Commissioners].
At the weekly musters of the ordinary belonging to the King's ships here, never failed for the last 2 months of finding one warrant officer on board of each ship; and at the monthly musters, there has been general appearance of the whole ordinary, including those belonging to the sink ships. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 245, No. 44.] --- HA ... they never discharged the sailors after Medway?!?! I can hear the groan from the combined members of the Navy Board when this one came up for discussion.
Aug. 22. 1668 Whitehall. R. Francis to [Williamson].
I have delivered or sent your letters to Mr. Chiffinch, Sir John Robinson, and Mr. Hurt.
The Dutch post has come in by way of Harwich, with letters from Sir Wm. Temple, &c., I took them to Lord Arlington, but he did not rise till noon. He is going on an airing to Highgate with Lord Lauderdale.
The Lord Keeper, Duke of Buckingham, and Lord Arlington were together in private after the Council, from 11 till near 2 o'clock, when his lordship went to dine at Mr. Treasurer's.
A pass has been granted to one Warren, on the solicitation of Father Patrick, for 3 geldings to France.
I send several letters, and one from Sir Bernard Gascoigne; I can neither read nor understand it, but guess he aims at some business of traffic, by his proportioning of measures.
I waited upon Ladies Anderson and Browne, and Mrs. Cave and Cox, with your commands; Lady Anderson hopes you will not forget the promised day of return.
The Flanders packet has arrived, but too late to send an extract of the letters. [2-¾ pages. S.P. Dom., Car. II. 245, No. 36.] --- Williamson is staying at the Earl of Thurmond’s manor house at Billing, Northamptonshire. The “Countess” is presumable Lady Katherine O'Brien, daughter-in-law of the Earl of Thomond, who marries Williamson as her second husband in December 1678. So now we know how Williamson is spending his summer holidays!
@@@ Aug. 22. 1668 Tower, London.
I have to be to-morrow with the King, Lord Arlington, and the General, so I cannot come, but hope to meet you at Farmingwoods;
Lord Arlington shall see your desires to-morrow; I should fain see how he dares deny either of us.
I'll send no warrant for a buck, but you may carry one back to Billing if you can get it. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 245, No. 34.] *** Sir John Robinson has a home named Farmingwoods, Northants.
@@@ Aug. 22. 1668 Whitehall. John Swaddell to Williamson, Billing.
Lord Arlington was poorly this morning, but is better after an airing on horseback.
Mr. Godolphin wants the signed commissions for the officers in Scilly, and asks why they are not delivered.
I was sending a warrant from Mr. Chiffinch for a buck, but Mr. Francis has directions to dispose of it otherwise. [2 pages. S.P. Dom., Car. II. 245, No. 38.]
The Earl of Linlithgow marched horse and foot to London Hill, the surmised rendezvous of the rebels, but found not the slightest appearance of rebellion; the militia being now sworn, so that in 24 hours 20,000 men can be raised without a groat of charge to King, there is no fear of future attempts. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 245, No. 29.]
@@@ Aug 22. 1668 Deal. Rich. Watts to [Williamson].
A Dane ran aground near the Goodwins, and the skipper and her crew made their escape in their boat, and in our King's ships' boats, carrying away the anchors, cables, &c., which have been secured by our Admiral.
Her cargo consisted of deals, fagots, and skins. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 245, No. 31.]
@@@ Aug. 22. 1668 York. John Mascall to Williamson.
On Tuesday last several of Lord Frescheville's troop had a venison feast at the Golden Lion, when a quarrel arose between Jack Swan, one of the troop lately come in, and Capt. Hodge, one of the corporals; they went into the garden and drew upon one another, and Swan was slain.
It was concealed for 4 hours, and as the author is [not] to be found, the coroner has adjourned the verdict till October next;
John Mettham, a country gentleman, gave the Lord Mayor particulars, and has been bound in his recognizance to appear at the assizes. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 245, No. 32.]
@@@ Aug. 22. 1668 Weymouth. John Pocock to Hickes.
The Leopard frigate, with Sir Daniel Harvey aboard, bound for Constantinople, has come into Portland Road;
also a London ship having the Governor appointed for Newfoundland. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 245, No. 33.] --- "The Sieur de la Palme was the Governor of Plaisance (nowadays Placentia) in the New-France colony in Newfoundland from 1667 to 1670." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sie…
@@@ Aug. 22. 1668 Letter Office, London. James Hickes to Williamson, Billing.
I hear there is to be a new Secretary of State in the room of Sir. W. [Morice].
I believe J.D. and H. M[uddiman] will be much to seek for their employments and intelligences; for certainly they will never have that influence upon Sir John [Trevor] which they had of Sir William. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 245, No. 37.]
'Charles II: August 1668', in Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II, 1667-8, ed. Mary Anne Everett Green (London, 1893), pp. 516-565. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/…
@@@ Aug. 22. 1668 The Merlin yacht, Hung road. Capt. John Clements to the Navy Commissioners.
Has brought down the Edgar safe to her moorings here.
Has received an order for his complement of 20 men, so that his two months' provisions for 16 men is expended; desires a supply.
Mr. Rogers, the victualler, says that Sir Denis Gauden has divested himself of the victualler's place, and that he will not furnish any more provisions unless he be ordered money. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 245, No. 24. --- POOR SIR DENIS … you did not deserve this. For the location of Hung Road, see https://www.pepysdiary.com/encycl…
@@@ Aug. 22. 1668 Bristol. Fras. Baylie to the Navy Commissioners.
I understand there is some complaint for want of chain-plates; this was through my sickness, taken by wading in the water to see the clamps taken off the bottom of the ship, and the neglect of others.
They are almost finished, and will be fixed to the ship by Wednesday next. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 245, No. 25.]
@@@ Aug. 22. 1668 Bristol. Capt. John Wettwang to the Navy Commissioners.
I desire you to hasten Mr. Baylie in his works on the Edgar, as he has only two boys at work.
The victualler will not lay any more provisions on board, so I know not what course to take to keep the men that have entered themselves, who have done all the work since the ship was launched, as all those on weekly wages have not come to above 25/., which Sir John Knight has paid.
I must put all the men on rigging wages to keep them, but Sir John swears he will disburse no more than he has in hand.
I send a demand of the boatswain for stores;
send me word what was sent to the storekeeper at Deptford, for we do not know what to demand from him.
I hope you will let me have all things fitting, so that I may be able to get from this cursed place. [2 pages. S.P. Dom., Car. II. 245, No. 26.]
@@@ Aug. 22. 1668 London. R. Waith to the Navy Commissioners.
I find my clerk not only paid the tickets of all seamen that entered before 5 June, according to Lord Anglesey's directions, but was constrained to pay all others of a later date, which he accomplished, but was detained by Sir Jer. Smith, who required him to leave the remaining money, 700/., [IN] Lieut. Godden's custody, till orders could be sent for its payment; shall it remain there, or be sent for? [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 245, No. 27.]
The Leadenhall Market we know isn't the one Pepys knew ... "The ornate roof structure, painted green, maroon and cream, and cobbled floors of the current structure, designed in 1881 by Sir Horace Jones (who was also the architect of Billingsgate and Smithfield Markets), make Leadenhall Market a tourist attraction."
Henrietta Anne, AKA Minette, was the sister-in-law of Louis XIV ... and allegedly his former mistress. As we know from Pepys, they didn't use the "in law" tag, so, yes, he would have referred to her as his 'sister'. https://www.pepysdiary.com/encycl…
You may well be right, Gerald. I've spent the morning Googling this, resulting in a post in our encyclopedia under La Rochelle about what happened there in 1628. https://www.pepysdiary.com/encycl…
But nowhere did I find a list itemizing King Charles' misdeads. What I did find was: "There were then enumerated the various battles of the civil war, the attempted use of foreign troops and the renewal of the war in 1648, all the evils resulting being laid at his door. 'Charles Stuart', concluded the charge, was 'guilty of all the treasons, murders, rapines, burnings, spoils, desolations, dammages, and mischiefs to this nation, ordered and committed in the said wars, or occasioned thereby.' On behalf of the people of England, consequently, the said Charles Stuart was impeached 'as a tyrant, traytor, murderer and a publick and implacable enemy to the commonwealth of England'." https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpr…
My understanding is that it was his repeated attacks on the people of England, and his use of foreign troops that cost King Charles his head. Hard to think of Rupert and Maurice as foreign troops, but they and their German Protestant friends were -- also Catholic mercenaries volunteered for Charles through Henrietta Maria. The overseas volunteers for Cromwell came from the English Puritan plantations across the Atlantic, and they were still considered to be Englishmen. There were, of course, Scotsmen and Irishmen fighting on both sides ... whether or not Cromwell considered them as foreign I have no idea.
"Despite King Charles' agreement to provide the French with English ships as a condition of marrying Henrietta Maria, in 1627 he launched an attack on the French coast to defend the Huguenots at La Rochelle. The action, led by Buckingham, was ultimately unsuccessful.
"Buckingham's failure to protect the Huguenots — and his retreat from Saint-Martin-de-Ré — spurred Louis XIII's siege of La Rochelle and furthered the English Parliament's and people's detestation of the duke.
"Charles provoked further unrest by trying to raise money for the war through a "forced loan": a tax levied without parliamentary consent. "In November 1627, the test case in the King's Bench, the "Five Knights' Case", found that the king had a prerogative right to imprison without trial those who refused to pay the forced loan. "Summoned again in March 1628, on 26 May Parliament adopted a Petition of Right, calling upon the king to acknowledge that he could not levy taxes without Parliament's consent, not impose martial law on civilians, not imprison them without due process, and not quarter troops in their homes. "Charles assented to the petition on 7 June, but by the end of the month he had prorogued Parliament and re-asserted his right to collect customs duties without authorisation from Parliament.
"On 23 August 1628, Buckingham was assassinated." https://www.pepysdiary.com/encycl… By one of those unfed, unpaid soldiers, determined not to let Buckingham lead a second attack.
King Charles used the money raised to supply and pay the troops at the Ile de Rhe to buy the famous Gonzaga art collection. This article doesn't say that specifically, but the year is the same, and Charles didn't have the money to pay for both. He chose the paintings. https://www.christies.com/feature…
Not only did the sailors and troops go unfed and without adequate supplies, but according to "Earthly Joys" a book about John Tradescant by Philippa Gregory, the ladders they were supplied with to storm the walls of La Rochelle were too short, so it was a suicide mission. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sie… https://www.simonandschuster.com/…
Losses: La Rochelle, 14,000 dead and 5,000 fled of 25,000 citizens and sailors; Buckingham, 4,000 of 7,000; French Royalist, negligible of 30,000. https://www.britannica.com/event/…
Aug. 21. 1668 Newcastle. Rich. Forster to Williamson.
The Bishop of St. Andrews has passed through towards London;
several light ships have come in [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 245, No. 19.] --- Archbishop James Sharp of St. Andrews, who was involved in a shooting outside his Edinburgh residence on 28 July, 1668 https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
@@@ Aug. 21. 1668 Plymouth Fort. ——–– to Williamson.
The Leopard has arrived with the Ambassador for Constantinople,
and Sir Thos. Allin passed with his fleet to the westward. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 245, No. 16.] --- The Ambassador to Constantinople was Sir Daniel Harvey
@@@ Aug. 21. 1668 The Speedwell, Yarmouth Roads. Capt. Thos. Bridgeman to the Navy Commissioners.
Set sail from Iceland, with 5 out of 39 or 40 sail of fishermen, 10 Aug.; the rest, having made their voyages, went dropping home before; they are all well fished, and no wrong done them in the country.
Has plenty of provisions, and the ship is in a good condition for sea, and only waits for their commands. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 245, No. 23.]
'Charles II: August 1668', in Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II, 1667-8, ed. Mary Anne Everett Green (London, 1893), pp. 516-565. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/…
@@@ Aug. 21. 1668 Rydal. Dan. Fleming to Williamson.
On the 7th, a quarrel having taken place at the Sun in Carlisle, between Henry Howard, a younger son of Sir Charles Howard, and cousin to the Earl of Carlisle, and Pat. Curwen, the latter challenged the former, who with Rob. Strickland, cousin to Sir Thos. Strickland MP, met Curwen, and one Myles, a serjeant in Carlisle garrison, the next morning, a little without the city, when Mr. Howard was slain, and his second, Mr. Strickland, wounded.
Mr. Curwen is in custody, but is so badly wounded that he is not expected to live.
Mr. Strickland was also secured by the soldiers, but made his escape, and is not yet heard of.
The Earl of Carlisle came to Carlisle soon after it happened, but went out again that night;
all the people that were privy to the quarrel and fight are bound over and examined. A countryman fell off his horse at Appleby, by the sounding of trumpets accompanying the judges in the High Street, and broke his neck, and another escaped the like danger very narrowly.
A scuffle happened at Lancaster in the open street, betwixt Lord Morley and Mr. Crofts, when his lordship received a wound in the face, and had his arm put out of joint.
The discharge of M[argaret] Fell from her easy imprisonment does not a little encourage the rabble of fanatics, and discourages all magistrates acting against them;
it is now become a general policy to comply with the non-comformists, which much increases their number and confidence.
I wish less than all may please them. If it do, they are not of the brood of the old Presbyterians. [1-½ pages. S.P. Dom., Car. II. 245, No. 20.] --- My guess is that Daniel Fleming lives at Rydal Hall, a large house on the outskirts of the village of Rydal, Cumbria, in the Lake District. In the mid-17th century, Sir Daniel Fleming (1633 –1701) developed the landscape as an early Picturesque garden incorporating Rydal Beck and its natural waterfalls. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryd… --- Margaret Fell is known as “the mother of the Quakers” who later marries George Fox. --- L&M: Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle (1629 – 1685) was appointed ambassador to Russia, Sweden and Denmark, where he was for extended periods on diplomatic missions, and in 1668 he carried the Garter to Charles XI of Sweden. https://www.pepysdiary.com/encycl… --- The duelists must be junior members of influential families.
Since he lived in Carlisle Castle, a review of the history of the town is in order:
"Following the personal union of the crowns Carlisle Castle should have become obsolete as a frontier fortress, but the two kingdoms continued as separate states. In 1639, with war between the two kingdoms looming, the castle was refortified using stone from the cathedral cloisters. In 1642 the English Civil War broke out and the castle was garrisoned for the king. It endured a long siege from October 1644 until June 1645 when the Royalist forces surrendered after the Battle of Naseby. The city was occupied by a parliamentary garrison, and subsequently by their Scots allies. In 1646, the Scots, now holding Carlisle pending payment of monies owed them by the English Parliament, improved its fortifications, destroying the cathedral's nave to obtain the stone to rebuild the castle. Carlisle continued to remain a barracks thereafter. In 1698 travel writer Celia Fiennes wrote of Carlisle as having most of the trappings of a military town and was rife with alcohol and prostitutes. In 1707 an act of union was passed between England and Scotland, creating Great Britain, and Carlisle ceased to be a frontier town. Carlisle remained a garrison town. The tenth, and most recent siege in the city's history took place after Charles Edward Stuart took Carlisle in the Jacobite Rising of 1745. When the Jacobites retreated across the border to Scotland they left a garrison of 400 men in Carlisle Castle. Ten days later Prince William, Duke of Cumberland took the castle and executed 31 Jacobites on the streets of Carlisle." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car…
[July 14.] 1668 Account that as [James Sharp] Archbishop of St. Andrews and [Andrew Honyman] Bishop of Orkney were taking coach at the lodgings of the Archbishop, High Gate, Edinburgh, on 11 July, a young gentleman fired a pistol with 5 or 6 bullets at the Archbishop, but missed him, and wounded the Bishop's arm dangerously. https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
"Mrs. Duncan, a minister’s wife, he says can tell more, but as she will not confess, she will be put in the boots."
Torture in England was outlawed along with the use of the Star Chamber back in 1628, but that was not the case in Scotland. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk…
June 5. 1668 Wm. Sherwood to Williamson. [we later find out Sherwood is in Newgate, and was one of the thieves who stole from Williamson's house]
Being informed that his Majesty’s free pardon is with the Lord Chief Justice, I crave to be included in it; otherwise I shall have to remain in prison till another is granted at Michaelmas.
I am informed that Howard Coney lodges about St. James’s Market; if set at liberty, I could be instrumental in recovering your property in Coney’s hands, as Capt. Thomas does not know him. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 241, No. 52.]
"... and observe how rude some of the young gallants of the town are become, to go into people’s arbors where there are not men, and almost force the women; which troubled me, to see the confidence of the vice of the age: ..."
If Pepys can see these young gallants (i.e. unemployed wealthy young bucks) inviting themselves into the company of, and almost forcing themselves upon, unescorted women, then Elizabeth and Deb can see them as well. I don't think Pepys wants their thoughts -- and suspicions -- to go there.
MOST OF THE TIME he is more cautious than this. Not all the time, granted.
After his second breakfast, Pepys takes his customary afternoon break and finds an excuse to get some fresh air; he takes a cab and goes somewhere where he might meet someone interesting. He gets away from the office and his wife and her maid and everyone wanting him to make decisions and play his role ... and looks at art created by his friend, one of the best lutenists of the day. He had some fun and exercised a different part of his brain.
His work benefitted from the break, as we now know from science.
"at work, till I was almost blind, which makes my heart sad."
SPOILER: Yes, it is scarey thinking you're going blind, and annoying you can read all night long by yourself ... BUT today you must have been preparing yourself for what turns out to be a very good day tomorrow. Did you assemble examples, compile statistics, write and memorize speeches? I wish we knew.
Today's Stone Feast is one of the best documented meals in the 17th century. Consequently when "they" did a series about food in other centuries, this was one of the meals featured to represent the Stuart century.
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About Sunday 23 August 1668
San Diego Sarah • Link
'Charles II: August 1668', in Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II, 1667-8, ed. Mary Anne Everett Green (London, 1893), pp. 516-565. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/…
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Aug. 23. 1668
Billing.
J. W[illiamson] to [Rob. Francis].
I am pleased with your diligence.
I thank Dr. Rhodes for the pie, which I desire may be sent to Lady Anderson.
Sir Philip Warwick's letter is in the Earl of Norwich's petition, with other papers to be despatched, which may be found in my desk.
I wish you to attend to read the Gazette to Lord Arlington whilst he is dressing, on the mornings it comes out.
I desire the Earl Northampton may be supplied with a newsletter, directed to
Ashby.
I hope to return in the fortnight.
Remember Mr. Chiffinch for a warrant for a buck, but not from Sir J. Robinson's woods.
[1-½ pages. S.P. Dom., Car. II. 245, No. 42.]
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Williamson is staying at the Earl of Thurmond’s manor house at Billing, Northamptonshire.
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Aug. 24. 1668
Bristol.
Daniel Furzer to the Navy Commissioners.
My accounts are returned for want of vouchers to every particular, which it is impossible for me to get;
I hope, after all my sufferings, you will not be too strict to expect that which no man in my condition can accomplish.
It is 14 months since the St. David went to sea, and the workmen, after long
expectation to be satisfied for their labour, dispersed to their habitations,
leaving themselves engaged in the country for provisions had,
and many of them through long attendance so far in debt that their wages will not satisfy debts for which I have passed my word.
The accounts were signed by the bearer and the clerk of the yard,
Hen. Gainsford, is a gentleman, and was recommended by the late Col. John Barrow, justice of peace.
My disappointment of money from you is such that I cannot put the provisions on board to be sent about, or do many other needful things;
if you will appoint a person to dispose of the offal timber in the yard, the charge may be soon quitted.
[2 pages. S.P. Dom., Car. II. 245, No. 43.]
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Aug. 24. 1668
Woolwich.
Wm. Sheldon, Clerk of the cheque, to [the Navy Commissioners].
At the weekly musters of the ordinary belonging to the King's ships here, never failed for the last 2 months of finding one warrant officer on board of each ship;
and at the monthly musters, there has been general appearance of the whole ordinary, including those belonging to the sink ships.
[S.P. Dom., Car. II. 245, No. 44.]
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HA ... they never discharged the sailors after Medway?!?! I can hear the groan from the combined members of the Navy Board when this one came up for discussion.
About Saturday 22 August 1668
San Diego Sarah • Link
Aug. 22. 1668
Whitehall.
R. Francis to [Williamson].
I have delivered or sent your letters to Mr. Chiffinch, Sir John Robinson, and Mr. Hurt.
The Dutch post has come in by way of Harwich, with letters from Sir Wm. Temple, &c.,
I took them to Lord Arlington, but he did not rise till noon.
He is going on an airing to Highgate with Lord Lauderdale.
The Lord Keeper, Duke of Buckingham, and Lord Arlington were together in private after the Council, from 11 till near 2 o'clock,
when his lordship went to dine at Mr. Treasurer's.
A pass has been granted to one Warren, on the solicitation of Father Patrick, for 3 geldings to France.
I send several letters, and one from Sir Bernard Gascoigne;
I can neither read nor understand it, but guess he aims at some business of traffic, by his proportioning of measures.
I waited upon Ladies Anderson and Browne, and Mrs. Cave and Cox, with your commands;
Lady Anderson hopes you will not forget the promised day of return.
The Flanders packet has arrived, but too late to send an extract of the letters.
[2-¾ pages. S.P. Dom., Car. II. 245, No. 36.]
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Williamson is staying at the Earl of Thurmond’s manor house at Billing, Northamptonshire. The “Countess” is presumable Lady Katherine O'Brien, daughter-in-law of the Earl of Thomond, who marries Williamson as her second husband in December 1678.
So now we know how Williamson is spending his summer holidays!
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Aug. 22. 1668
Tower,
London.
I have to be to-morrow with the King, Lord Arlington, and the General, so I cannot come,
but hope to meet you at Farmingwoods;
Lord Arlington shall see your desires to-morrow;
I should fain see how he dares deny either of us.
I'll send no warrant for a buck, but you may carry one back to Billing if you can get it.
[S.P. Dom., Car. II. 245, No. 34.]
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Sir John Robinson has a home named Farmingwoods, Northants.
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Aug. 22. 1668
Whitehall.
John Swaddell to Williamson, Billing.
Lord Arlington was poorly this morning, but is better after an airing on horseback.
Mr. Godolphin wants the signed commissions for the officers in Scilly, and asks why they are not delivered.
I was sending a warrant from Mr. Chiffinch for a buck, but Mr. Francis has
directions to dispose of it otherwise.
[2 pages. S.P. Dom., Car. II. 245, No. 38.]
About Saturday 22 August 1668
San Diego Sarah • Link
Aug. 22. 1668
Edinburgh.
Rob. Mein to Williamson.
The Earl of Linlithgow marched horse and foot to London Hill,
the surmised rendezvous of the rebels, but found not the slightest appearance of rebellion;
the militia being now sworn, so that in 24 hours 20,000 men can be raised
without a groat of charge to King, there is no fear of future attempts.
[S.P. Dom., Car. II. 245, No. 29.]
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Aug 22. 1668
Deal.
Rich. Watts to [Williamson].
A Dane ran aground near the Goodwins, and the skipper and her crew made
their escape in their boat, and in our King's ships' boats, carrying away the
anchors, cables, &c., which have been secured by our Admiral.
Her cargo consisted of deals, fagots, and skins.
[S.P. Dom., Car. II. 245, No. 31.]
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Aug. 22. 1668
York.
John Mascall to Williamson.
On Tuesday last several of Lord Frescheville's troop had a venison feast at the Golden Lion, when a quarrel arose between Jack Swan, one of the troop lately come in, and Capt. Hodge, one of the corporals;
they went into the garden and drew upon one another, and Swan was slain.
It was concealed for 4 hours, and as the author is [not] to be found, the coroner has adjourned the verdict till October next;
John Mettham, a country gentleman, gave the Lord Mayor particulars, and has been bound in his recognizance to appear at the assizes.
[S.P. Dom., Car. II. 245, No. 32.]
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Aug. 22. 1668
Weymouth.
John Pocock to Hickes.
The Leopard frigate, with Sir Daniel Harvey aboard, bound for Constantinople,
has come into Portland Road;
also a London ship having the Governor appointed for Newfoundland.
[S.P. Dom., Car. II. 245, No. 33.]
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"The Sieur de la Palme was the Governor of Plaisance (nowadays Placentia) in the New-France colony in Newfoundland from 1667 to 1670."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sie…
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Aug. 22. 1668
Letter Office, London.
James Hickes to Williamson, Billing.
I hear there is to be a new Secretary of State in the room of Sir. W. [Morice].
I believe J.D. and H. M[uddiman] will be much to seek for their employments
and intelligences;
for certainly they will never have that influence upon Sir John [Trevor] which
they had of Sir William.
[S.P. Dom., Car. II. 245, No. 37.]
About Saturday 22 August 1668
San Diego Sarah • Link
'Charles II: August 1668', in Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II, 1667-8, ed. Mary Anne Everett Green (London, 1893), pp. 516-565. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/…
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Aug. 22. 1668
The Merlin yacht, Hung road.
Capt. John Clements to the Navy Commissioners.
Has brought down the Edgar safe to her moorings here.
Has received an order for his complement of 20 men, so that his two months'
provisions for 16 men is expended; desires a supply.
Mr. Rogers, the victualler, says that Sir Denis Gauden has divested himself
of the victualler's place, and that he will not furnish any more provisions
unless he be ordered money.
[S.P. Dom., Car. II. 245, No. 24.
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POOR SIR DENIS … you did not deserve this.
For the location of Hung Road, see https://www.pepysdiary.com/encycl…
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Aug. 22. 1668
Bristol.
Fras. Baylie to the Navy Commissioners.
I understand there is some complaint for want of chain-plates;
this was through my sickness, taken by wading in the water to see the clamps taken off the bottom of the ship, and the neglect of others.
They are almost finished, and will be fixed to the ship by Wednesday next.
[S.P. Dom., Car. II. 245, No. 25.]
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Aug. 22. 1668
Bristol.
Capt. John Wettwang to the Navy Commissioners.
I desire you to hasten Mr. Baylie in his works on the Edgar, as he has only two boys at work.
The victualler will not lay any more provisions on board, so I know not what
course to take to keep the men that have entered themselves, who have done all the work since the ship was launched, as all those on weekly wages have not come to above 25/., which Sir John Knight has paid.
I must put all the men on rigging wages to keep them, but Sir John swears he will disburse no more than he has in hand.
I send a demand of the boatswain for stores;
send me word what was sent to the storekeeper at Deptford, for we do not know what to demand from him.
I hope you will let me have all things fitting, so that I may be able to get from
this cursed place.
[2 pages. S.P. Dom., Car. II. 245, No. 26.]
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Aug. 22. 1668
London.
R. Waith to the Navy Commissioners.
I find my clerk not only paid the tickets of all seamen that entered before
5 June, according to Lord Anglesey's directions,
but was constrained to pay all others of a later date, which he accomplished,
but was detained by Sir Jer. Smith, who required him to leave the remaining money, 700/., [IN] Lieut. Godden's custody, till orders could be sent for its
payment;
shall it remain there, or be sent for?
[S.P. Dom., Car. II. 245, No. 27.]
About Saturday 22 August 1668
San Diego Sarah • Link
The Leadenhall Market we know isn't the one Pepys knew ... "The ornate roof structure, painted green, maroon and cream, and cobbled floors of the current structure, designed in 1881 by Sir Horace Jones (who was also the architect of Billingsgate and Smithfield Markets), make Leadenhall Market a tourist attraction."
It was a street open to the sky with stalls.
About Sunday 26 July 1668
San Diego Sarah • Link
Henrietta Anne, AKA Minette, was the sister-in-law of Louis XIV ... and allegedly his former mistress. As we know from Pepys, they didn't use the "in law" tag, so, yes, he would have referred to her as his 'sister'.
https://www.pepysdiary.com/encycl…
About Wednesday 22 July 1668
San Diego Sarah • Link
You may well be right, Gerald. I've spent the morning Googling this, resulting in a post in our encyclopedia under La Rochelle about what happened there in 1628.
https://www.pepysdiary.com/encycl…
But nowhere did I find a list itemizing King Charles' misdeads. What I did find was:
"There were then enumerated the various battles of the civil war, the attempted use of foreign troops and the renewal of the war in 1648, all the evils resulting being laid at his door. 'Charles Stuart', concluded the charge, was 'guilty of all the treasons, murders, rapines, burnings, spoils, desolations, dammages, and mischiefs to this nation, ordered and committed in the said wars, or occasioned thereby.' On behalf of the people of England, consequently, the said Charles Stuart was impeached 'as a tyrant, traytor, murderer and a publick and implacable enemy to the commonwealth of England'."
https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpr…
My understanding is that it was his repeated attacks on the people of England, and his use of foreign troops that cost King Charles his head. Hard to think of Rupert and Maurice as foreign troops, but they and their German Protestant friends were -- also Catholic mercenaries volunteered for Charles through Henrietta Maria. The overseas volunteers for Cromwell came from the English Puritan plantations across the Atlantic, and they were still considered to be Englishmen. There were, of course, Scotsmen and Irishmen fighting on both sides ... whether or not Cromwell considered them as foreign I have no idea.
I'd love to see your list if you can find it.
About La Rochelle, France
San Diego Sarah • Link
"Despite King Charles' agreement to provide the French with English ships as a condition of marrying Henrietta Maria, in 1627 he launched an attack on the French coast to defend the Huguenots at La Rochelle. The action, led by Buckingham, was ultimately unsuccessful.
"Buckingham's failure to protect the Huguenots — and his retreat from Saint-Martin-de-Ré — spurred Louis XIII's siege of La Rochelle and furthered the English Parliament's and people's detestation of the duke.
"Charles provoked further unrest by trying to raise money for the war through a "forced loan": a tax levied without parliamentary consent.
"In November 1627, the test case in the King's Bench, the "Five Knights' Case", found that the king had a prerogative right to imprison without trial those who refused to pay the forced loan.
"Summoned again in March 1628, on 26 May Parliament adopted a Petition of Right, calling upon the king to acknowledge that he could not levy taxes without Parliament's consent, not impose martial law on civilians, not imprison them without due process, and not quarter troops in their homes.
"Charles assented to the petition on 7 June, but by the end of the month he had prorogued Parliament and re-asserted his right to collect customs duties without authorisation from Parliament.
"On 23 August 1628, Buckingham was assassinated."
https://www.pepysdiary.com/encycl…
By one of those unfed, unpaid soldiers, determined not to let Buckingham lead a second attack.
King Charles used the money raised to supply and pay the troops at the Ile de Rhe to buy the famous Gonzaga art collection. This article doesn't say that specifically, but the year is the same, and Charles didn't have the money to pay for both. He chose the paintings.
https://www.christies.com/feature…
Not only did the sailors and troops go unfed and without adequate supplies, but according to "Earthly Joys" a book about John Tradescant by Philippa Gregory, the ladders they were supplied with to storm the walls of La Rochelle were too short, so it was a suicide mission.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sie…
https://www.simonandschuster.com/…
Losses:
La Rochelle, 14,000 dead and 5,000 fled of 25,000 citizens and sailors;
Buckingham, 4,000 of 7,000;
French Royalist, negligible of 30,000.
https://www.britannica.com/event/…
About Friday 21 August 1668
San Diego Sarah • Link
Aug. 21. 1668
Newcastle.
Rich. Forster to Williamson.
The Bishop of St. Andrews has passed through towards London;
several light ships have come in
[S.P. Dom., Car. II. 245, No. 19.]
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Archbishop James Sharp of St. Andrews, who was involved in a shooting
outside his Edinburgh residence on 28 July, 1668
https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
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Aug. 21. 1668
Plymouth Fort.
——–– to Williamson.
The Leopard has arrived with the Ambassador for Constantinople,
and Sir Thos. Allin passed with his fleet to the westward.
[S.P. Dom., Car. II. 245, No. 16.]
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The Ambassador to Constantinople was Sir Daniel Harvey
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Aug. 21. 1668
The Speedwell, Yarmouth Roads.
Capt. Thos. Bridgeman to the Navy Commissioners.
Set sail from Iceland, with 5 out of 39 or 40 sail of fishermen, 10 Aug.;
the rest, having made their voyages, went dropping home before;
they are all well fished, and no wrong done them in the country.
Has plenty of provisions, and the ship is in a good condition for sea, and only waits for their commands.
[S.P. Dom., Car. II. 245, No. 23.]
About Friday 21 August 1668
San Diego Sarah • Link
'Charles II: August 1668', in Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II, 1667-8, ed. Mary Anne Everett Green (London, 1893), pp. 516-565. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/…
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Aug. 21. 1668
Rydal.
Dan. Fleming to Williamson.
On the 7th, a quarrel having taken place at the Sun in Carlisle,
between Henry Howard, a younger son of Sir Charles Howard, and cousin to
the Earl of Carlisle,
and Pat. Curwen, the latter challenged the former,
who with Rob. Strickland, cousin to Sir Thos. Strickland MP,
met Curwen, and one Myles, a serjeant in Carlisle garrison,
the next morning, a little without the city,
when Mr. Howard was slain, and his second, Mr. Strickland, wounded.
Mr. Curwen is in custody, but is so badly wounded that he is not expected to
live.
Mr. Strickland was also secured by the soldiers, but made his escape,
and is not yet heard of.
The Earl of Carlisle came to Carlisle soon after it happened, but went out
again that night;
all the people that were privy to the quarrel and fight are bound over and
examined.
A countryman fell off his horse at Appleby, by the sounding of trumpets
accompanying the judges in the High Street, and broke his neck, and another
escaped the like danger very narrowly.
A scuffle happened at Lancaster in the open street, betwixt Lord Morley and
Mr. Crofts, when his lordship received a wound in the face, and had his arm
put out of joint.
The discharge of M[argaret] Fell from her easy imprisonment does not a
little encourage the rabble of fanatics,
and discourages all magistrates acting against them;
it is now become a general policy to comply with the non-comformists,
which much increases their number and confidence.
I wish less than all may please them.
If it do, they are not of the brood of the old Presbyterians.
[1-½ pages. S.P. Dom., Car. II. 245, No. 20.]
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My guess is that Daniel Fleming lives at Rydal Hall, a large house on the
outskirts of the village of Rydal, Cumbria, in the Lake District. In the mid-17th
century, Sir Daniel Fleming (1633 –1701) developed the landscape as an
early Picturesque garden incorporating Rydal Beck and its natural waterfalls. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryd…
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Margaret Fell is known as “the mother of the Quakers” who later marries
George Fox.
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L&M: Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle (1629 – 1685) was appointed
ambassador to Russia, Sweden and Denmark, where he was for extended
periods on diplomatic missions, and in 1668 he carried the Garter to
Charles XI of Sweden.
https://www.pepysdiary.com/encycl…
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The duelists must be junior members of influential families.
About Charles Howard (1st Earl of Carlisle)
San Diego Sarah • Link
Since he lived in Carlisle Castle, a review of the history of the town is in order:
"Following the personal union of the crowns Carlisle Castle should have become obsolete as a frontier fortress, but the two kingdoms continued as separate states.
In 1639, with war between the two kingdoms looming, the castle was refortified using stone from the cathedral cloisters.
In 1642 the English Civil War broke out and the castle was garrisoned for the king. It endured a long siege from October 1644 until June 1645 when the Royalist forces surrendered after the Battle of Naseby.
The city was occupied by a parliamentary garrison, and subsequently by their Scots allies.
In 1646, the Scots, now holding Carlisle pending payment of monies owed them by the English Parliament, improved its fortifications, destroying the cathedral's nave to obtain the stone to rebuild the castle.
Carlisle continued to remain a barracks thereafter.
In 1698 travel writer Celia Fiennes wrote of Carlisle as having most of the trappings of a military town and was rife with alcohol and prostitutes.
In 1707 an act of union was passed between England and Scotland, creating Great Britain, and Carlisle ceased to be a frontier town. Carlisle remained a garrison town.
The tenth, and most recent siege in the city's history took place after Charles Edward Stuart took Carlisle in the Jacobite Rising of 1745. When the Jacobites retreated across the border to Scotland they left a garrison of 400 men in Carlisle Castle. Ten days later Prince William, Duke of Cumberland took the castle and executed 31 Jacobites on the streets of Carlisle."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car…
About Monday 27 July 1668
San Diego Sarah • Link
The Edinburgh Account refers to
[July 14.] 1668
Account
that as [James Sharp] Archbishop of St. Andrews and [Andrew Honyman] Bishop of Orkney were taking coach at the lodgings of the Archbishop, High Gate, Edinburgh, on 11 July, a young gentleman fired a pistol with 5 or 6 bullets at the Archbishop, but missed him, and wounded the Bishop's arm dangerously.
https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
About Monday 27 July 1668
San Diego Sarah • Link
"Mrs. Duncan, a minister’s wife, he says can tell more, but as she will not confess, she will be put in the boots."
Torture in England was outlawed along with the use of the Star Chamber back in 1628, but that was not the case in Scotland.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk…
About Monday 27 July 1668
San Diego Sarah • Link
"Petition of Wm. Sherwood, prisoner in Newgate, to the King, for a pardon"
I found previous correspondence about this.
William Sherwood was one of the thieves who stole from Williamson's house:
https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
About Friday 5 June 1668
San Diego Sarah • Link
June 5. 1668
Wm. Sherwood to Williamson.
[we later find out Sherwood is in Newgate, and was one of the thieves who stole from Williamson's house]
Being informed that his Majesty’s free pardon is with the Lord Chief Justice, I crave to be included in it;
otherwise I shall have to remain in prison till another is granted at Michaelmas.
I am informed that Howard Coney lodges about St. James’s Market; if set at liberty, I could be instrumental in recovering your property in Coney’s hands, as Capt. Thomas does not know him.
[S.P. Dom., Car. II. 241, No. 52.]
About Monday 27 July 1668
San Diego Sarah • Link
"... and observe how rude some of the young gallants of the town are become, to go into people’s arbors where there are not men, and almost force the women; which troubled me, to see the confidence of the vice of the age: ..."
If Pepys can see these young gallants (i.e. unemployed wealthy young bucks) inviting themselves into the company of, and almost forcing themselves upon, unescorted women, then Elizabeth and Deb can see them as well. I don't think Pepys wants their thoughts -- and suspicions -- to go there.
MOST OF THE TIME he is more cautious than this. Not all the time, granted.
About Sunday 26 July 1668
San Diego Sarah • Link
Pepys must enjoy spending his Sundays with Hewer. This is the third time this month.
https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
I hope Hewer feels the same way ... a financially independent young man should be out a-courting, don't you think?
About Saturday 25 July 1668
San Diego Sarah • Link
After his second breakfast, Pepys takes his customary afternoon break and finds an excuse to get some fresh air; he takes a cab and goes somewhere where he might meet someone interesting. He gets away from the office and his wife and her maid and everyone wanting him to make decisions and play his role ... and looks at art created by his friend, one of the best lutenists of the day. He had some fun and exercised a different part of his brain.
His work benefitted from the break, as we now know from science.
About Thursday 23 July 1668
San Diego Sarah • Link
"at work, till I was almost blind, which makes my heart sad."
SPOILER: Yes, it is scarey thinking you're going blind, and annoying you can read all night long by yourself ... BUT today you must have been preparing yourself for what turns out to be a very good day tomorrow. Did you assemble examples, compile statistics, write and memorize speeches? I wish we knew.
About Saturday 4 April 1663
San Diego Sarah • Link
Today's Stone Feast is one of the best documented meals in the 17th century. Consequently when "they" did a series about food in other centuries, this was one of the meals featured to represent the Stuart century.
It's a really interesting show, and takes about 3/4 of an hour:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T…
For our discussion on the subject, see
https://www.pepysdiary.com/annota…