References
Chart showing the number of references in each month of the diary’s entries.
1660
- Aug
1662
1663
1664
1666
- Apr
Frances Clarke
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Daily entries from the 17th century London diary
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Chart showing the number of references in each month of the diary’s entries.
3 Annotations
First Reading
Phil • Link
Wife of Dr Timothy Clarke: http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclo…
Pauline • Link
from her husband's L&M Companion entry:
...Her wit and good looks, Pepys found, did not compensate for her conceit and her sluttish housekeeping. Besides, she painted her face.
Second Reading
John Aitken • Link
That doesn't quite agree with the August 3rd 1660 entry where Sam describes her as " At noon my wife and I by coach to Dr. Clerke’s to dinner: I was very much taken with his lady, a comely, proper woman, though not handsome; but a woman of the best language I ever heard."