Re: ‘ . . then to my Lord of Oxford, Justice in Eyre . . ‘
‘eyre, n. < Old French . . < late Latin . . Obs. exc. Hist. 1. a. Itineration, circuit: in the phrase justices in eyre . . : itinerant judges who rode the circuit to hold courts in the different counties . . until the judges of assize . . were appointed in the year 1285 . . †b. Eyre of the Forest: a circuit court held periodically by the Justices of the Forest, hence called Justices in Eyre. Obs. 1622 J. Rawlins Famous Recoverie Ship of Bristoll Ded. sig. A2 The..Marquisse of Buckingham,..Iustice in Eyre of all his Majesties Forrests . . ‘
Re: ’ . . a dog brought to my house to lime our little bitch, . . ’
‘line, v.3 < French ligner . . trans. Of a dog, wolf, etc.: To copulate with, to cover. . . 1727 R. Bradley Family Dict. I. H iv/1 Mongrels, that come from a Hound-bitch, that has been lin'd by a Dog of another Kind.’
‘Here are the price indices for converting between 1660 and 2014:
. . Income or Wealth historic standard of living = real price = RPI/GDP deflator = 120 economic status value = income value = per capita nominal GDP = 5,200 economic power value = share of GDP = 29,000
£1349 = C. £7 million. No wonder he’s pleased with himself! ................... Thank you Phil for creating this blog for us. How long will it live for - centuries, I hope:
"To A Poet A Thousand Years Hence"
I who am dead a thousand years, And wrote this sweet archaic song, Send you my words for messengers The way I shall not pass along.
. . have you wine and music still, And statues and a bright-eyed love, And foolish thoughts of good and ill, And prayers to them who sit above?
. . O friend unseen, unborn, unknown, Student of our sweet English tongue, Read out my words at night, alone: I was a poet, I was young.
Since I can never see your face, And never shake you by the hand, I send my soul through time and space To greet you. You will understand.
‘gambol, n. < Middle French . . . . 2.c. A customary game or pastime, typically played or engaged in during traditional holidays or times of festivity, as Christmas, Easter, Midsummer, etc. Usually in pl., esp. in Christmas gambols. Now somewhat arch. In early use usually applied to gymnastic games involving tumbling, jumping, etc., but later more usually parlour games. . . 1665 J. Crowne Pandion & Amphigenia ii. 154 [She] tumbled her Grandam with her heels over her head, in the manner of a Christmas gambole . . ‘
Re: ' . . very pleasant with my wife and family . . '
‘family, n. and adj. .. << French . . 2. a. A group of people living as a household, traditionally consisting of parents and their children, and also (chiefly in early use) any servants, boarders, etc. . . . . 1680 Proc. Old Bailey 10 Sept. 1 Mr. King and all his Family (except his Maid-servant, by name Joan Elge) was gone to Church . . ‘
re: ’ . . the bellman tells him that the star is seen . . ’
‘bellman, n. 1. A man who rings a bell . . (Formerly . . a bellman also acted as night-watchman, and called the hours). . . 1660 S. Pepys Diary 16 Jan. (1970) I. 19 I sat up till the bell-man came by..and cried, ‘Past one of the clock, and a cold, frosty, windy morning.’ . . ‘
Re: "But I cogging with her, made her leave crying..."
‘cog, v.3 †5. a. To employ feigned flattery; to fawn, wheedle. . . 1661 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Satyres (1673) 206 He would almost endure anything, cogging with the rich and childless, in hope of an estate . . ‘
‘chide, v. Pa. tense chid; pa. pple. chid, chidden. < Old English cíd-an weak verb . . . . 1897 Daily News 15 Apr. 6/3 We..notice with interest that Mr. Meredith, after vacillating in former editions between ‘chid’ and ‘chidded’, has now resolved that the past tense of ‘to chide’ is ‘chided’. 1925 C. S. Durrant Link between Flemish Mystics & Eng. Martyrs i. x. 146 Margaret..quietly chode her elder . . ‘
Re: ‘pleaded’:
‘plead, v. Past tense and past participle pleaded, (chiefly Sc. and U.S.) pled . . ’
‘slop, n.1 < Of obscure history . . ’ . . 4. a. pl. Wide baggy breeches or hose, of the kind commonly worn in the 16th and early 17th cent.; loose trousers, esp. those worn by sailors .. . . . 1656 tr. J. A. Comenius Latinæ Linguæ Janua Reserata: Gate Lat. Tongue Unlocked xxxviii. §382 Below the girdle are the breeches, that is, either slops,..or trusses somwhat strait . .
5. a. pl. Ready-made clothing and other furnishings supplied to seamen from the ship's stores; hence, ready-made, cheap, or inferior garments generally. . . 1663 S. Pepys Diary 16 Mar. (1971) IV. 74 Advising upon the business of Slopps, wherein the seaman is so much abused by the pursers . . ‘
Re: ’ . . my pretended freight of the “William” . . ’
‘pretended, adj. . . 1. b. gen. Falsely alleged; invalid, non-existent. . . a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1679 (1955) IV. 187 Shewing with how little reason the Papists applied those words..to maintaine the pretended Infallibility they boast of . .
. . c. Put forward as a defence, excuse, or pretext; professed falsely or insincerely. Now rare. . . 1643 Milton Doctr. Divorce 17 The pretended reason of it [is] as frigid as frigidity it self . .
2. Feigned; spurious; counterfeit, forged. . . 1666 R. Boyle Let. 9 Mar. in Corr. (2001) III. 100 If the pretended Miracles of Pyrrhus & Vespasian had bin watchd & considerd by Mr Stubbe as narrowly as those of Mr Greaterick have bin, you would have found at least as much reason to ascribe Their Cures, as His, to Phisicall causes. . .
3. Intended, proposed. Obs.
4. Put forward for consideration or acceptance. Obs. 1646 T. Gataker Mistake Removed To Rdr. 1 A bush sufficient of itself to invite to such pretious pretended liquor . . ‘
‘umbrella, n. < Italian . . 1. a. A light portable screen or shade, usually circular in form and supported on a central stick or staff, used in hot countries as a protection for the head or person against the sun. 1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. Lv Many of them doe carry other fine things.., which they commonly call in the Italian tongue vmbrellaes... These are made of leather something answerable to the forme of a little cannopy & hooped in the inside with diuers little wooden hoopes that extend the vmbrella in a prety large compasse.
2. A portable protection against bad weather, made of silk or similar material fastened on slender ribs, which are attached radially to a stick and can be readily raised so as to form a circular arched canopy. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 149 A Shagg or Yopangee which riding serues [in Persia] as an Vmbrella against raine. 1716 J. Gay Trivia i. 14 Good houswives..underneath th'Umbrella's oily Shed, Safe thro' the wet on clinking Pattens tread . . ‘
Re: ’ . . she tells us, how fat Mrs. The. is grown . . ’
‘mistress, n. and adj. < A borrowing from French . . . . 11.b. Preceding the first name or surname of an unmarried woman or girl: = miss n.2 2a. Obs. . . 1710 Swift Jrnl. to Stella 30 Nov. (1948) I. 109 So, here is mistress Stella again with her two eggs . . ‘
Re: ‘ . . afterwards was asked some scurvy questions by Povy . . ‘
‘scurvy, adj. < scurf n.1 < Late Old English . . . . 2. a. fig. Sorry, worthless, contemptible. Said both of persons and things. Cf. scabbed adj. 2. Also of treatment, etc.: shabby, discourteous. Now somewhat arch. . . a1616 Shakespeare Othello (1622) iv. ii. 144 The Moore's abus'd by some outragious knaue: Some base notorious knaue, some scuruy fellow . . ‘
'fit v. < Middle English ? . . . . IV. 11. a. To supply, furnish, or provide with what is fit, suitable, convenient, or necessary. ? Obs. when obj. is a person. a1616 Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. vii. 42 Fit me with such weedes As may beseeme some well reputed Page . .
. . d. to fit up: to supply with necessary fittings, furniture, or stores. 1670 R. Coke Disc. Trade ii. 56 The Dutch..do fit up more Ships for Navigation, and cheaper than the English . . ' (OED)
We have discussed this several times already. I’ve redone the sums to get these multipliers:
To compare the value of a £1 Wealth in 1664 to 1971, there are four choices. In 1971 the relative:
historic standard of living value = £11 labour earnings = £80 economic status value = per capita GDP = £130 economic power value = £1,100.
To compare the value of a £1 Wealth in 1971 to 2015, there are four choices. In 2015 the relative: historic standard of living value = £13 labour earnings = £20 economic status value = per capita GDP = £25 economic power value = £30 ……………………….. Multipliers 1664-2015:
historic standard of living = 11 x 13 = 140 labour earnings = 80 x 20 = 1600 economic status = per capita GDP = 130 x 25 = 3,300 economic power = 1,100 x 30 = 33,000
So in economic status, £1209 (30 Nov 1664) in 1664 = £4 million today - VERY roughly. This number seems about right to me but shouldn’t be taken too seriously as as it is only as good as the assumptions as to what is a valid comparison across 350 years and the methods used to estimate GDP. etc.
The cook’s £5 annual wage = £16,500 in economic status.
We have discussed this several times already. I’ve redone the sums to get these multipliers:
To compare the value of a £1 Wealth in 1664 to 1971, there are four choices. In 1971 the relative:
historic standard of living value = £11 labour earnings = £80 economic status value = per capita GDP = £130 economic power value = £1,100.
To compare the value of a £1 Wealth in 1971 to 2015, there are four choices. In 2015 the relative: historic standard of living value = £13 labour earnings = £20 economic status value = per capita GDP = £25 economic power value = £30 ……………………….. Multipliers 1664-2015:
historic standard of living = 11 x 13 = 140 labour earnings = 80 x 20 = 1600 economic status = per capita GDP = 130 x 25 = 3,300 economic power = 1,100 x 30 = 33,000
So in economic status, £1209 (30 Nov 1664) in 1664 = £4 million today - VERY roughly. This number seems about right to me but shouldn’t be taken too seriously as as it is only as good as the assumptions as to what is a valid comparison across 350 years and the methods used to estimate GDP. etc.
The cook’s £5 annual wage = £16,500 in economic status.
Multipliers for Projects: historic opportunity cost = real price = RPI/GDP deflator = 120 labour cost = labour value = average earnings = 2,100 economic cost = share of GDP = 29,000
So the economic cost in today’s money of £2,500,000 in the money of the pre-industrial world of 1660 = £2.5 X 10exp6 x 29 X10exp3 = £73 x 10exp9, i.e. £73 billion.
which seems a lot but is similar to RSGII’s estimate above (£85 billion)
Re: ‘ . . being proud to see myself accepted in such company and thought better than I am . . ’
This concerns social status, NOT personal worth! This is obvious to any Englishman: Pepys is gratified that he is being accepted as a gentleman by other gentlemen, despite his humble origin as a taylor’s son.
This was not inevitable: he might, in military terms, have found himself stuck in the role of senior NCO (non-commissioned officer), trusted and relied on to do the work but never accepted as an equal by the gents who ran the show by virtue of their breeding.
Comments
Second Reading
About Tuesday 3 January 1664/65
Chris Squire UK • Link
Re: ‘ . . then to my Lord of Oxford, Justice in Eyre . . ‘
‘eyre, n. < Old French . . < late Latin . . Obs. exc. Hist.
1. a. Itineration, circuit: in the phrase justices in eyre . . : itinerant judges who rode the circuit to hold courts in the different counties . . until the judges of assize . . were appointed in the year 1285 . .
†b. Eyre of the Forest: a circuit court held periodically by the Justices of the Forest, hence called Justices in Eyre. Obs.
1622 J. Rawlins Famous Recoverie Ship of Bristoll Ded. sig. A2 The..Marquisse of Buckingham,..Iustice in Eyre of all his Majesties Forrests . . ‘
About Monday 2 January 1664/65
Chris Squire UK • Link
Re: ’ . . a dog brought to my house to lime our little bitch, . . ’
‘line, v.3 < French ligner . . trans. Of a dog, wolf, etc.: To copulate with, to cover.
. . 1727 R. Bradley Family Dict. I. H iv/1 Mongrels, that come from a Hound-bitch, that has been lin'd by a Dog of another Kind.’
About Saturday 31 December 1664
Chris Squire UK • Link
‘Here are the price indices for converting between 1660 and 2014:
. . Income or Wealth
historic standard of living = real price = RPI/GDP deflator = 120
economic status value = income value = per capita nominal GDP = 5,200
economic power value = share of GDP = 29,000
. . Taken from https://www.measuringworth.com/uk… which explains which index to use for different purposes . . ‘
https://www.pepysdiary.com/encycl…
£1349 = C. £7 million. No wonder he’s pleased with himself!
...................
Thank you Phil for creating this blog for us. How long will it live for - centuries, I hope:
"To A Poet A Thousand Years Hence"
I who am dead a thousand years,
And wrote this sweet archaic song,
Send you my words for messengers
The way I shall not pass along.
. . have you wine and music still,
And statues and a bright-eyed love,
And foolish thoughts of good and ill,
And prayers to them who sit above?
. . O friend unseen, unborn, unknown,
Student of our sweet English tongue,
Read out my words at night, alone:
I was a poet, I was young.
Since I can never see your face,
And never shake you by the hand,
I send my soul through time and space
To greet you. You will understand.
By James Elroy Flecker (1884-1915).
http://www.blupete.com/Literature…
and Samuel and you in it and us your readers glimpsed as shadows.
About Thursday 29 December 1664
Chris Squire UK • Link
The Magdalene website has a good image of the bookcases at https://www.magd.cam.ac.uk/pepys/….
There’s an interesting article about them, the diary and his lithotomy at: http://www.mindisacollection.org/… which includes the same image: http://www.mindisacollection.org/…
About Tuesday 27 December 1664
Chris Squire UK • Link
Re: ‘ . . to make Christmas gambolls to-night.’
‘gambol, n. < Middle French . .
. . 2.c. A customary game or pastime, typically played or engaged in during traditional holidays or times of festivity, as Christmas, Easter, Midsummer, etc. Usually in pl., esp. in Christmas gambols. Now somewhat arch. In early use usually applied to gymnastic games involving tumbling, jumping, etc., but later more usually parlour games.
. . 1665 J. Crowne Pandion & Amphigenia ii. 154 [She] tumbled her Grandam with her heels over her head, in the manner of a Christmas gambole . . ‘
About Sunday 25 December 1664
Chris Squire UK • Link
Re: ' . . very pleasant with my wife and family . . '
‘family, n. and adj. .. << French . .
2. a. A group of people living as a household, traditionally consisting of parents and their children, and also (chiefly in early use) any servants, boarders, etc. . .
. . 1680 Proc. Old Bailey 10 Sept. 1 Mr. King and all his Family (except his Maid-servant, by name Joan Elge) was gone to Church . . ‘
(OED)
About Saturday 24 December 1664
Chris Squire UK • Link
re: ’ . . the bellman tells him that the star is seen . . ’
‘bellman, n.
1. A man who rings a bell . . (Formerly . . a bellman also acted as night-watchman, and called the hours).
. . 1660 S. Pepys Diary 16 Jan. (1970) I. 19 I sat up till the bell-man came by..and cried, ‘Past one of the clock, and a cold, frosty, windy morning.’ . . ‘
(OED)
About Monday 19 December 1664
Chris Squire UK • Link
Re: "But I cogging with her, made her leave crying..."
‘cog, v.3
†5. a. To employ feigned flattery; to fawn, wheedle.
. . 1661 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Satyres (1673) 206 He would almost endure anything, cogging with the rich and childless, in hope of an estate . . ‘
(OED)
About Sunday 11 December 1664
Chris Squire UK • Link
Re: chided’:
‘chide, v. Pa. tense chid; pa. pple. chid, chidden. < Old English cíd-an weak verb . .
. . 1897 Daily News 15 Apr. 6/3 We..notice with interest that Mr. Meredith, after vacillating in former editions between ‘chid’ and ‘chidded’, has now resolved that the past tense of ‘to chide’ is ‘chided’.
1925 C. S. Durrant Link between Flemish Mystics & Eng. Martyrs i. x. 146 Margaret..quietly chode her elder . . ‘
Re: ‘pleaded’:
‘plead, v. Past tense and past participle pleaded, (chiefly Sc. and U.S.) pled . . ’
About Saturday 10 December 1664
Chris Squire UK • Link
Re: ‘slops’:
‘slop, n.1 < Of obscure history . . ’
. . 4. a. pl. Wide baggy breeches or hose, of the kind commonly worn in the 16th and early 17th cent.; loose trousers, esp. those worn by sailors .. .
. . 1656 tr. J. A. Comenius Latinæ Linguæ Janua Reserata: Gate Lat. Tongue Unlocked xxxviii. §382 Below the girdle are the breeches, that is, either slops,..or trusses somwhat strait . .
5. a. pl. Ready-made clothing and other furnishings supplied to seamen from the ship's stores; hence, ready-made, cheap, or inferior garments generally.
. . 1663 S. Pepys Diary 16 Mar. (1971) IV. 74 Advising upon the business of Slopps, wherein the seaman is so much abused by the pursers . . ‘
(OED)
About Friday 9 December 1664
Chris Squire UK • Link
Re: ’ . . my pretended freight of the “William” . . ’
‘pretended, adj. . .
1. b. gen. Falsely alleged; invalid, non-existent.
. . a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1679 (1955) IV. 187 Shewing with how little reason the Papists applied those words..to maintaine the pretended Infallibility they boast of . .
. . c. Put forward as a defence, excuse, or pretext; professed falsely or insincerely. Now rare.
. . 1643 Milton Doctr. Divorce 17 The pretended reason of it [is] as frigid as frigidity it self . .
2. Feigned; spurious; counterfeit, forged.
. . 1666 R. Boyle Let. 9 Mar. in Corr. (2001) III. 100 If the pretended Miracles of Pyrrhus & Vespasian had bin watchd & considerd by Mr Stubbe as narrowly as those of Mr Greaterick have bin, you would have found at least as much reason to ascribe Their Cures, as His, to Phisicall causes. . .
3. Intended, proposed. Obs.
4. Put forward for consideration or acceptance. Obs.
1646 T. Gataker Mistake Removed To Rdr. 1 A bush sufficient of itself to invite to such pretious pretended liquor . . ‘
(OED)
About Thursday 8 December 1664
Chris Squire UK • Link
Re: ’umbrella’:
‘umbrella, n. < Italian . .
1. a. A light portable screen or shade, usually circular in form and supported on a central stick or staff, used in hot countries as a protection for the head or person against the sun.
1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. Lv Many of them doe carry other fine things.., which they commonly call in the Italian tongue vmbrellaes... These are made of leather something answerable to the forme of a little cannopy & hooped in the inside with diuers little wooden hoopes that extend the vmbrella in a prety large compasse.
2. A portable protection against bad weather, made of silk or similar material fastened on slender ribs, which are attached radially to a stick and can be readily raised so as to form a circular arched canopy.
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 149 A Shagg or Yopangee which riding serues [in Persia] as an Vmbrella against raine.
1716 J. Gay Trivia i. 14 Good houswives..underneath th'Umbrella's oily Shed, Safe thro' the wet on clinking Pattens tread . . ‘
(OED)
About Monday 5 December 1664
Chris Squire UK • Link
Re: ’ . . she tells us, how fat Mrs. The. is grown . . ’
‘mistress, n. and adj. < A borrowing from French . .
. . 11.b. Preceding the first name or surname of an unmarried woman or girl: = miss n.2 2a. Obs.
. . 1710 Swift Jrnl. to Stella 30 Nov. (1948) I. 109 So, here is mistress Stella again with her two eggs . . ‘
About Monday 5 December 1664
Chris Squire UK • Link
Re: ‘ . . afterwards was asked some scurvy questions by Povy . . ‘
‘scurvy, adj. < scurf n.1 < Late Old English . .
. . 2. a. fig. Sorry, worthless, contemptible. Said both of persons and things. Cf. scabbed adj. 2. Also of treatment, etc.: shabby, discourteous. Now somewhat arch.
. . a1616 Shakespeare Othello (1622) iv. ii. 144 The Moore's abus'd by some outragious knaue: Some base notorious knaue, some scuruy fellow . . ‘
About Friday 2 December 1664
Chris Squire UK • Link
' . . to fit up an account for Povy . . '
'fit v. < Middle English ? . .
. . IV. 11. a. To supply, furnish, or provide with what is fit, suitable, convenient, or necessary. ? Obs. when obj. is a person.
a1616 Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. vii. 42 Fit me with such weedes As may beseeme some well reputed Page . .
. . d. to fit up: to supply with necessary fittings, furniture, or stores.
1670 R. Coke Disc. Trade ii. 56 The Dutch..do fit up more Ships for Navigation, and cheaper than the English . . '
(OED)
About Prices
Chris Squire UK • Link
This replaces my post above from January 2016:
We have discussed this several times already. I’ve redone the sums to get these multipliers:
To compare the value of a £1 Wealth in 1664 to 1971, there are four choices. In 1971 the relative:
historic standard of living value = £11
labour earnings = £80
economic status value = per capita GDP = £130
economic power value = £1,100.
To compare the value of a £1 Wealth in 1971 to 2015, there are four choices. In 2015 the relative:
historic standard of living value = £13
labour earnings = £20
economic status value = per capita GDP = £25
economic power value = £30
………………………..
Multipliers 1664-2015:
historic standard of living = 11 x 13 = 140
labour earnings = 80 x 20 = 1600
economic status = per capita GDP = 130 x 25 = 3,300
economic power = 1,100 x 30 = 33,000
So in economic status, £1209 (30 Nov 1664) in 1664 = £4 million today - VERY roughly. This number seems about right to me but shouldn’t be taken too seriously as as it is only as good as the assumptions as to what is a valid comparison across 350 years and the methods used to estimate GDP. etc.
The cook’s £5 annual wage = £16,500 in economic status.
Taken and simplified from https://www.measuringworth.com/ex…
About Wednesday 30 November 1664
Chris Squire UK • Link
We have discussed this several times already. I’ve redone the sums to get these multipliers:
To compare the value of a £1 Wealth in 1664 to 1971, there are four choices. In 1971 the relative:
historic standard of living value = £11
labour earnings = £80
economic status value = per capita GDP = £130
economic power value = £1,100.
To compare the value of a £1 Wealth in 1971 to 2015, there are four choices. In 2015 the relative:
historic standard of living value = £13 labour earnings = £20 economic status value = per capita GDP = £25 economic power value = £30
………………………..
Multipliers 1664-2015:
historic standard of living = 11 x 13 = 140
labour earnings = 80 x 20 = 1600
economic status = per capita GDP = 130 x 25 = 3,300
economic power = 1,100 x 30 = 33,000
So in economic status, £1209 (30 Nov 1664) in 1664 = £4 million today - VERY roughly. This number seems about right to me but shouldn’t be taken too seriously as as it is only as good as the assumptions as to what is a valid comparison across 350 years and the methods used to estimate GDP. etc.
The cook’s £5 annual wage = £16,500 in economic status.
Taken and simplified from https://www.measuringworth.com/ex…
About Saturday 26 November 1664
Chris Squire UK • Link
Multipliers for Projects:
historic opportunity cost = real price = RPI/GDP deflator = 120
labour cost = labour value = average earnings = 2,100
economic cost = share of GDP = 29,000
Taken from https://www.measuringworth.com/uk… which explains which index to use for different purposes.
So the economic cost in today’s money of £2,500,000 in the money of the pre-industrial world of 1660 = £2.5 X 10exp6 x 29 X10exp3 = £73 x 10exp9, i.e. £73 billion.
which seems a lot but is similar to RSGII’s estimate above (£85 billion)
About Friday 25 November 1664
Chris Squire UK • Link
The Navy at Buck House: https://preview.tinyurl.com/ycg68…
About Thursday 24 November 1664
Chris Squire UK • Link
Re: ‘ . . being proud to see myself accepted in such company and thought better than I am . . ’
This concerns social status, NOT personal worth! This is obvious to any Englishman: Pepys is gratified that he is being accepted as a gentleman by other gentlemen, despite his humble origin as a taylor’s son.
This was not inevitable: he might, in military terms, have found himself stuck in the role of senior NCO (non-commissioned officer), trusted and relied on to do the work but never accepted as an equal by the gents who ran the show by virtue of their breeding.