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About William Cecil (2nd Earl of Salisbury)
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William Cecil, second Earl of Salisbury, K.G., who took the side of the Parliament during the Civil Wars. He died December 3rd, 1668, aged seventy-seven. See his character, "despicable to all men," drawn by Lord Clarendon, "History of the Rebellion," book vi., ed. Macray, 1888, vol. ii., p. 542.
--- Wheatley. Diary, 1904.
About Monday 3 October 1664
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many bodies else = many bodies before/already
ELSE. otherwise; before, already.
---N. Bailey. An universal etymological English dictionary, 1734
About Jeremiah White
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WHITE, JEREMIAH (1629-1707), chaplain to Cromwell; B.A. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1649; M.A., 1653; domestic chaplain and preacher to council of state; left religious writings, published posthumously; wrote account of sufferings of dissenters after Restoration, not known to be extant.
---Dictionary of National Biography: Index and Epitome, 1903
About Sir Thomas Clifford (MP Totnes, Devon, Comptroller and Treasurer of the Household, Treasury Commissioner)
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CLIFFORD, THOMAS, first Baron Clifford Of Chudleigh (1630-1673), of Ugbrooke, Devonshire; a concealed Romanist entered Exeter College, Oxford, 1647, and the Middle Temple, 1648; travelled; M.P., Totnes, 1660-72; joined court party, 1663; a commissioner for the care of the sick and wounded, 1664; a trustee for the Duke of Monmouth, 1665; knighted; a confidant of Arlington; envoy to Denmark, 1665; served at sea, 1665-6; comptroller (1666), and treasurer (1668) of the household; cognisant of Charles II's wishes to establish Roman Catholicism in England, 1669; intrigued in France against the triple alliance, 1669; privy to secret clauses of treaty of Dover, December, 1670; granted estates by Charles II, 1671; acting secretary of state, 1672; advised the suspension of exchequer payments, and the Declaration of Indulgence, 1672; created Baron Clifford, 1672; lord high treasurer, 1672; resigned under the Test Act, 1673.
---Dictionary of National Biography: Index and Epitome, 1903
About Sir Thomas Clifford (MP Totnes, Devon, Comptroller and Treasurer of the Household, Treasury Commissioner)
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Thomas Clifford, born at Ugbrooke, Devon, August 1st, 1630, and educated at Exeter College, Oxford. He attended Charles II. in exile, and represented Totnes in the Convention Parliament and in that of 1661. He was knighted as a reward for the delivery of several speeches on behalf of the royal prerogative. After having distinguished himself at sea and acting as Envoy Extraordinary to the courts of Denmark and Sweden, he was, on November 8th, 1666, made Comptroller of the Household, and on December 5th he was sworn of the Privy Council. In 1672 he was made Secretary of State, on April 22nd created Baron Clifford, and in November raised to the post of Lord High Treasurer, which he held till June, 1673. Died September, 1673, in the forty-fourth year of his age.
--- Wheatley. Diary, 1904.
About All Hallows Church, Barking
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Allhallows Barking, a church at the east end of Great Tower Street, in the ward of that name, dedicated to Allhallows and St. Mary, said to be "the most complete mediaeval church remaining in London." The distinguishing title of Barking was appended thereto by the Abbess and Convent of Barking, in Essex, to whom the vicarage originally belonged. Richard I. added a chapel to the building, and Edward I. a statute of "Our Lady of Barking" to the treasures of the church. Richard III. rebuilt the chapel, and founded a college of priests, suppressed and pulled down in the 2d of Edward VI. It is 180 feet long, 67 wide, and 35 high; the tower (rebuilt 1659) rises about 80 feet from the ground. The whole building had a narrow escape at the Great Fire, for, as Pepys records, the dial and porch were burnt, and the fire there quenched. This church, from its near neighbourhood to the Tower, was a ready receptacle for the remains of those who fell on the scaffold on Tower Hill. The headless bodies of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (the poet), Bishop Fisher, and Archbishop Laud were buried here, but have been long since removed. The body of Fisher was carried on the halberds of the attendants and buried in the churchyard. Laud's body was removed after the Restoration to the chapel of St. John's College, Oxford.
---Wheatley. London, Past and Present, 1891.
About Henry Oldenburg
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OLDENBURG, HENRY (1615?-1677), first secretary of the Royal Society; born and educated at Bremen; lived in England, 1640-8; agent of Bremen in England, 1653; made the acquaintance of Milton, 1654, and of Robert Boyle while studying at Oxford, 1656-7; travelled as tutor to Richard Jones (Lord Ranelagh), 1657-60; first secretary of the Royal Society, 1663-77; published and edited the 'Transactions' of the society, 1664-77 ; corresponded with Spinoza; imprisoned on account of political correspondence, 1667; undertook many translations; Huyghens's watch patent assigned to him.
---Dictionary of National Biography: Index and Epitome, 1903
About Sunday 2 October 1664
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"there saw the picture usually put before the King’s book"
"The picture usually placed before the king's book, which Pepys says he saw 'put up in Bishopsgate church,' was not engraved for the [Eikon Basilike], but relates to the frontispiece of the large folio Common Prayer book of 1661, which consists of a sort of pattern altar piece, which it was intended should generally be placed in the churches. The design is a sort of classical affair, derived in type from the ciborium of the ancient and continental churches; a composition of two Corinthian columns, engaged or disengaged, with a pediment. It occurs very frequently in the London churches, and may be occasionally remarked in country-town churches, especially those restored at the king's coming in. Anyone who has ever seen the great Prayer Book of 1661, will at once recognize the allusion; and it is a well-known fact that the frontispiece was drawn and engraved for the purpose mentioned above" ("Gentleman's Magazine," March, 1849, p. 226).
--- Wheatley. Diary, 1904.
About Saturday 1 October 1664
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"We go now on with great vigour in preparing against the Dutch"
From John Dryden, Satire on the Dutch, 1662:
To one well-born the affront is worse and more,
When he’s abused and baffled by a boor,
With an ill grace the Dutch their mischiefs do;
They’ve both ill nature and ill manners too.
Well may they boast themselves an ancient nation;
For they were bred ere manners were in fashion:
And their new commonwealth hath set them free
Only from honour and civility.
About Horseshoe
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There were several houses in the neighbourhood of the Navy House with the sign of the Horseshoe; one was in St. Dunstan's in the East and another on Great Tower Hill.
--- Wheatley. Diary, 1904.
About Wednesday 27 July 1664
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“my rough draught of the contract”
DRAUGHT, the Resemblance of a thing drawn; the Copy of a Writing, &c.
---An universal etymological English dictionary. N. Bailey, 1724.
About Turpentine
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Pills of boyled Turpentine.
Take of Venice Turpentine, boyled till it is hard in Radish Water, or in the Water of Winter Cherries, four Ounces ; of Liquorish cleansed, and finely powdered, one Ounce; boyl the Turpentine over a soft Fire, in the distilled Water of Radishes, or Winter Cherries, or in any other Plant that forces Urine, till it be so hard, that you may make it into Pills. Then pour away all the Water from the Turpentine, and before it is cold, incorporate with it the Liquorish finely powdered. These Pills force Urine when it has been stopt by Flegm, and Gravel, or by the French Disease. They are also good at the Beginning of a Gonorrhea, to make it run. One Dram or two of it may be taken several Days together.
---A Plain Introduction to the Art of Physick. John Pechey, 1697
About Tuesday 12 July 1664
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“but of no great profit to him that oweth them for ought we see.”
To OWE. … 4. To possess, to be the right owner of.
---A Dictionary Of The English Language. Samuel Johnson, 1756.
HELENA:
I am not worthy of the wealth I owe,
Nor dare I say 'tis mine, and yet it is;
---All’s Well that Ends Well. Shakespeare.
About Saturday 9 July 1664
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“we would not be obliged to attend the business when we can, but when we list”
LIST, Will, Desire, &c.
LISTLESS, having no Desire to any Thing, careless, regardless, uneasie.
---An universal etymological English dictionary. N. Bailey, 1724.
About Monday 20 June 1664
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“But I was never more vexed to see how an over-officious visitt is received”
OFFICIOUS, ready to do one a good Office, serviceable, very obliging.
---An universal etymological English dictionary. N. Bailey, 1724.
About Saturday 18 June 1664
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“pert Sir W. Pen is to-day newly come”
PERT, brisk lively.
---An universal etymological English dictionary. N. Bailey, 1724.
About Thursday 16 June 1664
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“and there eat a messe of creame”
MESS, a Portion of Food for one or more Persons.
---An universal etymological English dictionary. N. Bailey, 1724.
About Wednesday 15 June 1664
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“but did cheapen several parcels”
To CHEAPEN, to ask or to beat down the Price of a Commodity.
---An universal etymological English dictionary. N. Bailey, 1724.
About Tuesday 14 June 1664
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“yet is a fine lady, of a fine taille”
Taille, cut, cut out.
Tailler, to cut, to cut out.
Tailleur, Taylor.
---A short dictionary English and French. G. Miège, 1684.
About St Dunstan-in-the-West
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The churchyard (facing Fleet Street) was built in with stationers' shops; and Smethwick (one of the most celebrated) always described his shop as "in St . Dunstan's Churchyard in Fleet Street, under the Diall." Such is his address on the 1609 edition of Romeo and Juliet, and the 1611 edition of Hamlet. Here, in St. Dunstan's churchyard, Marriot published the first edition of Walton's Angler.
There is newly extant a book of 18d. price, called "The Compleat Angler; or, the Contemplative Man's Recreation, being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing, not unworthy the perusal of most Anglers. Printed for Richard Marriot, in St. Dunstan's Churchyard, Fleet Street."—Mercurius Politicus, for May, 1653.
Dr. Donne, the poet, and Dr. Thomas White (founder of Sion College), were vicars of this church. A monument with medallion bust of White has been lately erected.
Eminent Persons buried in.—Simon Fish, author of the Supplication of Beggers (d. A.d. 1531). Davies, of Hereford, the poet and writing-master (d. 1617). Thomas Campion, Doctor of Physic, also a poet (d. 1619). Dr. White (d. March 1, 1623/1624). Simon Wadlow, landlord of the Devil Tavern, Ben Jonson's "King of Skinkers" (buried March 30, 1627). George, first Lord Baltimore, Secretary of State, and one of the early colonisers of North America (d. April 15, 1632). John Graunt, one of the founders of Political Economy (d. 1674). Pinchbeck, who gave his name to a metallic compound (d. 1783). Thomas Mudge, the celebrated chronometer maker (d. 1794).
---London, Past and Present. H.B. Wheatley, 1891.