Website: http://www.pepysdiary.com/
Phil Gyford
Articles
Phil Gyford has written four articles:
- Evelyn to Pepys, 26 March 1666 (26 March 2009)
- John Evelyn’s Fire of London (2 September 2009)
- Q&A with Dr Kate Loveman (14 April 2019)
- A bill of exchange (18 August 2020)
Annotations and comments
Phil Gyford has posted 773 annotations/comments since 27 December 2002.
Comments
First Reading
About Thursday 9 January 1667/68
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Thanks Robin - I've corrected the link to the Pope so it's the correct Pope now!
About Talking about Pepys' on stage and on radio
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Obviously, it isn't a story in the sense of an authored, pre-planned work. I guess "narrative" is a more general term.
About Sunday 8 December 1667
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Paul, good point about "Prince". I wasn't sure and plumped for putting the link to Rupert in. But you're right, and I've removed it now.
About Saturday 30 November 1667
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Todd, Paul, yes the "Officers" are of the Royal Society, sorry - I've removed the link to the Navy Officers.
About Hundreds of truncated comments now fixed
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"There may well be other annotations that have snuck through unfixed..." so if you see any that still need fixing, feel free to flag them for my attention!
About Thursday 24 October 1667
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(I hid an annotation of Robert Gertz's, and a few following which complained about or supported it. There is certainly a place for comparing Pepys' time with the present day, but sometimes this can cross the line into talking only about present day issues, and this isn't the place for that. I hope this isn't a huge deal. Thanks for all the continuing contributions everyone!)
About Keith Wright / Bradford
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I just updated the post to link to this PDF, an article about Keith from a couple of years ago: http://www.pepysdiary.com/static/…
About Monday 2 September 1667
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Thanks Todd - I've fixed the Bruncker link now.
And yes, language hat is right -- it's always best to drop me a line directly as I often miss any corrections mentioned in annotations.
About Saturday 7 September 1667
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I've changed the link for the Change to the New Exchange.
The Royal Exchange has moved to Gresham College since the fire, so there is still activity going on there, and maybe Pepys would still refer to it the same way? Unless I've missed the reference, L&M don't mention this date for either the Royal or New Exchanges in the Index, so I'm guessing they weren't sure either.
About Lambeth
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Map of Lambeth parish: http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/strype…
From John Strype's 'Survey of London' of 1720: http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/strype…
About Tuesday 25 June 1667
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"this is surely rather Mr. Edward Kinaston, a merchant involved in the Tangier victualing business."
I've corrected the link now. Less fun, more accurate!
About Thursday 28 March 1667
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Thanks Mary - I've added a link to Vlaming now.
About Biographies of Pepys
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A review of the Claire Tomalin's 'An Unequalled Life' from the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/29…
About Portraits added to 'pop ups'
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I don't know what picture you mean Pam -- where was it?
About Site statistics
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Steve, I have no data about gender bias. I always assumed it was around 50/50 give or take 10 per cent or so but I have no evidence one way or another.
About Christ Church Hospital
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Christ's Hospital school is still going, and here's some history from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chri…'s_Hospital#History
About Site statistics 2009
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Louise - it's hard to know what to count as a "regular". But I found an interesting table in Google Analytics, which I've added to the post now (search for "UPDATE" on the page). It shows that a third of visitors to the site over the past month have visited 26 times or more, which sounds good!
About Saturday 5 January 1666/67
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Sorry for the error with the wrong month - corrected now.
About Yare
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From the OED:
yare, a.
1. Ready, prepared. a. of persons: const. to with n. or inf.
b. of things; in later use, (of implements) ready for use.
c. to make yare: to make ready, get ready, prepare (also refl.).
2. Alert, nimble, active, brisk, quick.
b. Of a ship: Moving lightly and easily; answering readily to the helm; easily manageable.
3. Comb., as yare-handed; yare-witel, quick-witted.
yare, v.
trans. To make or get ready, to prepare.
yare, adv.
1. Quickly, without delay, promptly, immediately, soon. (Often used vaguely, esp. in full yare, as a riming tag.) Obs.
b. Nimbly, briskly. Obs. rare.
c. As exclamation: = Quick! esp. in nautical use. arch.
2. Well, thoroughly; (often with know, etc.) certainly, plainly, without doubt. (Often used vaguely as in 1.) Obs.
About Wednesday 28 November 1666
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(Just an aside... please keep things on topic. There are plenty of other places we can discuss climate change. Let's move on, thanks.)