Daily entries from the 17th century London diary
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Dr. Parry-Jones, In the article on Elizabeth in the L&M; Companion (Vol. X), the…
"You daily and hourly so comble me" comble : French, "fill"
"It is implicit, though, from the content of this letter that P had some…
The Chequers Inn, Fowlmere is a British Listed Building…
Dick Vines, a messenger in the Receipt and colleague of Pepys in the Exchequer…
There were several Coffee Houses in Pepys' time around the Royal Exchange and…
If you'd like to experience the lost world of the London coffeehouse, as…
I like tripe. I've definitely had bad tripe, but tripe can be really awesome…
"And, yes, truly amazing that Evelyn had plans for re-building the city SO…
As ever a marvellous contribution, Jeannine. Many thanks! Pedro (and Catarina)
Thanks for this complete material. I'm going to dig a little bit about subject,…
John, what a pleasure to read: a marvelous piece of research and convincing…
I've never seen an artist's impression of Pepys' house; it would be lovely to…
It is good to be back. I "lurked" through the first reading of the diary, and…
"And as I watch the drops of rain Weave their weary paths and die I know that I…
My goodness, I had no idea that Sam's mom was so fecund! She was pregnant…
Thank you, Glyn. Now I have yet another reason to go back to London. Your…
Yes, of course, this is all just raw data pulled from Google Analytics. I…
Thursday 23 February 1659/60 by Katherine Dreher
Samuel's 380th birthday today. I hope we are still gathering to celebrate his…
Wednesday 22 February 1659/60 by Todd Bernhardt
Irishyankee, click on the link for "powdered beef," and you'll see the…
Tuesday 21 February 1659/60 by Richard Whittall
And just to further underline how the "Pursell" in question is in fact Henry…
Sunday 19 February 1659/60 by Irishyankee
Wormwood products (Absinthe) have been legal in the U.S. since 2007.
Sunday 1 January 1659/60 by Bill Greenwell
Some confusion here. Lady Day was and is March 25th. When the calendar changed…
Saturday 18 February 1659/60 by Weavethe hawk
I did read the entire nine volumes some years ago, maybe that's where I saw the…
Sunday 26 November 1665 by Ivan
On his frosty ride to Erith with Mr.Tooker I don't suppose Mr.P had much to say…
Friday 17 February 1659/60 by Phil Gyford
Thanks for the thanks. But, while I don't mean to be ungrateful, seeing as…
Thursday 16 February 1659/60 by Nick Hedley
Thanks for re-starting the diary again Phil and for the ability to post. The…
Tuesday 14 February 1659/60 by Phil Gyford
Yes, I won't be deleting the old annotations, just the test ones, to keep…