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Most recently annotated Diary Entries

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Thursday 29 November 1660 by Sofia

San Diego Sarah -- of course, I had forgotten the small matter of…

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Wednesday 28 October 1668 by San Diego Sarah

"But I did get, to my great content, my account allowed of fees, with…

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Monday 3 December 1660 by San Diego Sarah

After so many irrelevant notes about current Latin usage, the fact…

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Sunday 2 December 1660 by San Diego Sarah

Charles II has managed to calm Parliament's desire to impose the full…

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Saturday 1 December 1660 by San Diego Sarah

"I went to my Lord St. Albans lodgings, and found him in bed, talking…

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Wednesday 28 November 1660 by Neville

Oysters were clearly plentiful, fresh and clean. Today I think you…

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Friday 28 November 1662 by Ruslan

Broken links on the WayBack machine. Australian Susan's mourning…

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Monday 26 November 1660 by Angela Framptona

Thankyou San Diego Sarah, very interesting.

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Tuesday 27 November 1660 by Stephane Chenard

And wine? An amendment added to the Excise Bill on July 25 sought to…

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Saturday 24 November 1660 by RLB

Vermouth was not banned as absinthe was because apparently, despite…


Most recently annotated Encyclopedia Topics

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Moorfields by San Diego Sarah

The oldest known map of London is Copperplate and very detailed -- it…

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Will Hewer by San Diego Sarah

No one, including the House of Commons biographers, seems to know…

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Trinity College, Cambridge by San Diego Sarah

A notebook, originally thought lost, which belonged to Isaac Newton’s…


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 San Diego Sarah

Jeannine credits some of her research to Wheatley, Henry B.: Samuel…

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A bill of exchange by San Diego Sarah

If you would like to take a dive into how the Hanseatic League traded…

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Q&A with Dr Kate Loveman by Ashley Smith

Fascinating insight into an authors quandary of what to be or not to…

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Walking Pepys's London by Jeremy Buck

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


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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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…