About Wednesday 1 January 1661/62

Scott Christmas on 2 Jan 2025  •  Link

"Turns out William Jr. would prefer to look at maps with Pepys (and Wayneman), so they leave Elizabeth and Margaret "Pegg" Penn at the theater."

I read this entry differently. Sam and Penn Sr head to Westminster. Sam realizes there's a play and goes back home. There, he sends his servant to invite the young Penns to the theater later.

Then Penn Jr comes over (maybe this was part of the invitation too) and he and Sam go shopping. They come back home, Jr goes home to grab his sister, and the two return for a lunch of oysters. After lunch, all 4 of them go to the play as planned that morning. After the play, home to supper and cards, and the discovery of the lost sword.

About Thursday 19 December 1661

Scott Christmas on 20 Dec 2024  •  Link

Given that Sam called her a "whore" for having mismatched ribbons, I think it's safe to assume that he must've seen it as something emblematic of prostitutes. Maybe ladies of the night tended to wear lots of colors to attract customers? Or maybe they were too poor to be worried about whether their ribbons matched?

About Thursday 1 November 1660

Scott Christmas on 31 Oct 2023  •  Link

"Dined with us two or three more country gentle men; among the rest Mr. Christmas, my old school-fellow, with whom I had much talk."

Hmm, looks like my ancestor was friends with old Sam!