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funkydoowopper has posted three annotations/comments since 24 November 2016.
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Daily entries from the 17th century London diary
funkydoowopper has posted three annotations/comments since 24 November 2016.
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About Friday 24 March 1664/65
funkydoowopper • Link
Apologies. John Bland was in Tangier, with his son, in 1664/5 and not appointed Mayor until a few years later.
About Friday 24 March 1664/65
funkydoowopper • Link
Robert Gertz says, above, 'So now John is "young Bland".'
No, John Bland was about 20 years older than young Pepys. Pepys is referring to John's son Giles who had gone to Tangier with his father who, by this time, had been mayor of Tangier for about 20 years.
About Giles Bland
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The main reason for his execution was not the rebellion but the fact that he had made a bitter enemy of Governor Berkeley by, amongst other things, revealing the corruption of Berkeley and his cronies.
Giles was 29 when he was illegally executed and left a wife and son, also Giles.