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Tuesday 20 March 1659/60 by MartinVT

I'm surprised that in all these years "foy" has not been discussed…

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Sunday 25 May 1662 by Ensign Tom

Poking around YouTube, I first found a video on the household use of…

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Friday 16 March 1659/60 by GrahamT

I'm just glad that, 20 years after I posted the original, someone has…

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Saturday 17 March 1659/60 by 3Lamps

As an Army officer with over 20 years' service and multiple overseas…

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Tuesday 14 February 1659/60 by San Diego Sarah

Yes they have, Ensign Tom -- at the top of this page is a black band…

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Thursday 15 March 1659/60 by Scube

Love the way Sam describes food throughout the diary. Today was no…

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Wednesday 27 March 1667 by Trevor M Randall

…of my being crying by my mother’s bedside, laying my head over hers…

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Wednesday 22 February 1659/60 by Ensign Tom

Re: Shaving habits for men in Pepys' time. Historian Richard…

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Tuesday 26 March 1667 by Trevor M Randall

Sir Leoline Jenkins - Ah another Llewellyn spelling.


Most recently annotated Encyclopedia Topics

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Tea by San Diego Sarah

By 1775, England’s love affair with tea had become too expensive. …

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Rolls Chapel (Chancery) by Mountain Man

The House of [Jewish] Converts or "the Rolls" was the headquarters of…

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Pepys’ home in Axe Yard by San Diego Sarah

L&M Companion: Pepys lived here from c. Aug. 1658 until July 1660. …

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Francis Beale by San Diego Sarah

Francis Beale is identified as Landlord Beale on 20 September,…

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Sir John Bernard by San Diego Sarah

John Bernard was descended from a younger son of the Northamptonshire…


Most recently annotated Letters

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John Evelyn to Samuel Pepys by AUGUST SPIER

"Stylo Laeconico" I would have thought this to translate to "in a…

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Samuel Pepys to John Evelyn by Claire Martin

"If it thwart noe occasions of yours it might be usefull that you…

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Samuel Pepys to John Evelyn by Terry Foreman

Dr. Parry-Jones, In the article on Elizabeth in the L&M Companion…

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Samuel Pepys to John Evelyn by Terry Foreman

"It is implicit, though, from the content of this letter that P had…


Most recently commented-on In-Depth Articles

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The Next Chapter of Samuel Pepys by Sam Ursu

Thank you for this wonderful epitaph! Just wanted to point out that…

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Walking Pepys's London by Jeremy Buck

Jacky Collis Harvey is giving an online zoom talk about the book, on…

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The Bagwells by Cliff

Fascinating reading John - and convincing!

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A bill of exchange by San Diego Sarah

In 1668 Josiah Child, reputed to a fanatique, a victualler to the…


Most recently commented-on Site News Posts

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Guidelines for annotations by john

HHomboy wrote: "having been a respected and popular radio commentator…

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Samuel Pepys and Slaves by San Diego Sarah

The Society of Antiquarians: Salon: Issue 506 22 February…

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Supporting this site at Ko-fi by Phil Gyford

Hi Linda. I'm not sure what to do I'm afraid, as there's no way I'm…

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We're on a new server by San Diego Sarah

You are amazing -- three sites! Aren't we enough trouble? Happy…

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The end of the second cycle by Diana Brochen

I wasn't there at the beginning of the diary so I'm really happy to…