"I was much displeased, there being Mr. Cooke there, who I invited to come over with my brother thither, and for whom I was concerned to make much of."
"But, above all, telling me that this day there is a Congregation for the choice of some officers in the University, he after dinner gets me a gown, cap, and hood, and carries me to the Schooles, where Mr. Pepper, my brother’s tutor, and this day chosen Proctor, did appoint a M.A. to lead me into the Regent House,"
L&M: The Old Regent House, occupying part of the n. range of the Schools' quadrangle. The modern Senate House to the east of it (completed in 1730) now houses such functions.
"after dinner we took coach and to the Duke’s playhouse, where we saw “The Duchess of Malfy” well performed, but Betterton and Ianthe to admiration."
L&M: Webster's tragedy, first acted c. 1614, and published in 1623; one of the most popular tragedies in the repertoire on the Duke of York's Company. The cast listed by Downes (p.25) includes Betterton as Bosola, Mrs Saunderson (Pepys's 'Ianthe', later Mrs Betterton) as the Duchess, Harris as Ferdinand and Young as the Cardinal. https://archive.org/details/rosci…
"At last I rose, and with Tom to the French Church at the Savoy, where I never was before — a pretty place it is "
L&M: In 1661 this congregation had moved from Somerset House to the 'little chapel' of the hospital of the Savoy (the chancel of the original chapel). Both this and the other Calvinist French church in Threadneedle St were favourite resorts for Londoners anxious to improve their French -- the Westminster congregation being the more fashionable. ---------------------- Savoy Chapel
The Queen's Chapel of St John the Baptist in the Precinct of the Savoy, also known as the Queen's Chapel of the Savoy, is a church in the City of Westminster, London. Facing it are 111 Strand, the Savoy Hotel, the Institution of Engineering and Technology and – across the green to its side – the east side of Savoy Street.
It sits on the site of the Savoy Palace, once owned by John of Gaunt, that was destroyed in the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. Work was begun on the building in 1502 under King Henry VII and it received its first charter to operate as a hospital foundation in 1512 to look after 100 poor and needy men of London. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sav…
"a most excellent anthem, with symphonys between, sung by Captain Cooke."
L&M: The symphonies were probably played on the organ, perhaps supported by wind instruments: cf. Evelyn, 21 December 1662. According to Pepys, 14 September 1662 was 'the first day of having Vialls and other instruments to play a symphony between every verse of the Anthem': https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/… -------------------- In religious music, the verse anthem is a type of choral music, or song, distinct from the motet or 'full' anthem (i.e. for full choir).[1][2]
In the 'verse' anthem the music alternates between sections for a solo voice or voices (called the 'verse') and the full choir. The organ provided accompaniment in liturgical settings, but viols took the accompaniment outside of the church. In the 'verses', solo voices were expected to ornament their parts for expressive effect. The 'full choir' sections providing contrast in volume and texture. The verse anthems were a major part of the English Reformation due to the use of the vernacular. In addition to this, the use of soloists allowed the text to be expressed more clearly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ver…
"that it was fully resolved by the King’s new Council that an indulgence should be granted the Presbyters; but upon the Bishop of London’s speech (who is now one of the most powerful men in England with the King), their minds were wholly turned."
L&M: A proposal to issue a royal declaration allowing moderate Presbyterian ministers to escape the rigour of the Act of Uniformity for three months had been defeated at a Privy Council meeting at Hampton Court on 28 August, principally bt Gilbert Sheldon, Bishop of London, the only bishop present. The news, supposedly secret, had been 'leaked' to the government newspapers and published in Kingd. Intell., 1 September, p. 578. Cf. G. R. Abernathy in Journ. Eccles. Hist., 11/63.
"Within a few years Pepys (as Surveyor-General, 1665-7) was to reorganise much of the wartime victualling, and to introduce innovations inpursers’ accounts….”
"by water to Woolwich (calling in my way in Hamcreek, where I have never been before, and there found two of the King’s ships lie there without any living creature aboard, which troubled me, every thing being stole away that can be), where I staid seeing a cable of 14 inches laid, in which there was good variety."
"Among other things they tell me that there hath been a disturbance in a church in Friday Street; a great many young people knotting together and crying out “Porridge”1 often and seditiously in the church, and took the Common Prayer Book, they say, away; and, some say, did tear it'
The incident Pepys reports occurred at St Matthew's, whose Rector, Henry Hurst, had been ejected under the terms of the act. The reader was taking the service in his place. Pepys's account of the incident is one of the very few which survive: see A. G. Matthews, Calamy Revised, p. 286. On the whole, there were not many such disturbances. A government newspaper suggested that they were the work of a few organised bands, not of the parishioners: Merc. Pub., 28 August, p. 570; cf. https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/… and https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
"The late outing of the Presbyterian clergy by their not renouncing the Covenant as the Act of Parliament commands, is the greatest piece of state now in discourse. But for ought I see they are gone out very peaceably, and the people not so much concerned therein as was expected."
L&M: For corroboration of this view of the effects of the Act of Uniformity, see the evidence in R. S. Bosher, Making of Restoration settlement, p. 266. It is significant that in London (strongest of all Puritan centres) the changes should have been made so quietly. Pepys had expressed his fears a little earlier: https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/… https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/… https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
Guyland controlled the region around Tangier, where, with any army mostly of Berbers and encouraged by Spanish patronage, he made sporadic attacks on the garrison. His offers of peace were usually to be distrusted; in August 1662 they led to nothing: Routh, pp. 24-5.
A Compleat collection of farewel sermons preached by Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Caryl ... [et al.] ; together with Mr. Ash his funeral sermon, Mr. Nalton's funeral sermon, Mr. Lye's rehearsal ... with their several prayers. Calamy, Edmund, 1600-1666., Manton, Thomas, 1620-1677., Caryl, Joseph, 1602-1673., Nalton, James, 1600-1662., Lye, Thomas, 1621-1684., Ashe, Simeon, d. 1662. London: [s.n.], 1663. Early English Books Online [full text] http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A34165…
"at my study late, drawing a letter to the yards of reprehension and direction for the board to sign, in which I took great pains."
L&M: Copy (21 August) in BL, Add. 9311, ff. 83-4. Cf. Duke of York , Mem. (naval), pp. 28-32; https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/… Coventry on 5 August, had agreed with Pepys that a letter of this sort should be written: BL, Add. 9341, f.4r.
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About Saturday 11 October 1662
Terry Foreman • Link
"I was much displeased, there being Mr. Cooke there, who I invited to come over with my brother thither, and for whom I was concerned to make much of."
L&M: Cooke was arranging a match for Pepys's brother, Tom: https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
About Saturday 11 October 1662
Terry Foreman • Link
"I walked up and down the house and garden, and find my father’s alteracions very handsome."
L&M: Cf. https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
About Friday 10 October 1662
Terry Foreman • Link
"But, above all, telling me that this day there is a Congregation for the choice of some officers in the University, he after dinner gets me a gown, cap, and hood, and carries me to the Schooles, where Mr. Pepper, my brother’s tutor, and this day chosen Proctor, did appoint a M.A. to lead me into the Regent House,"
L&M: The Old Regent House, occupying part of the n. range of the Schools' quadrangle. The modern Senate House to the east of it (completed in 1730) now houses such functions.
About Tuesday 30 September 1662
Terry Foreman • Link
"after dinner we took coach and to the Duke’s playhouse, where we saw “The Duchess of Malfy” well performed, but Betterton and Ianthe to admiration."
L&M: Webster's tragedy, first acted c. 1614, and published in 1623; one of the most popular tragedies in the repertoire on the Duke of York's Company. The cast listed by Downes (p.25) includes Betterton as Bosola, Mrs Saunderson (Pepys's 'Ianthe', later Mrs Betterton) as the Duchess, Harris as Ferdinand and Young as the Cardinal. https://archive.org/details/rosci…
About Sunday 28 September 1662
Terry Foreman • Link
"At last I rose, and with Tom to the French Church at the Savoy, where I never was before — a pretty place it is "
L&M: In 1661 this congregation had moved from Somerset House to the 'little chapel' of the hospital of the Savoy (the chancel of the original chapel). Both this and the other Calvinist French church in Threadneedle St were favourite resorts for Londoners anxious to improve their French -- the Westminster congregation being the more fashionable.
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Savoy Chapel
The Queen's Chapel of St John the Baptist in the Precinct of the Savoy, also known as the Queen's Chapel of the Savoy, is a church in the City of Westminster, London. Facing it are 111 Strand, the Savoy Hotel, the Institution of Engineering and Technology and – across the green to its side – the east side of Savoy Street.
It sits on the site of the Savoy Palace, once owned by John of Gaunt, that was destroyed in the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. Work was begun on the building in 1502 under King Henry VII and it received its first charter to operate as a hospital foundation in 1512 to look after 100 poor and needy men of London. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sav…
About Sunday 7 September 1662
Terry Foreman • Link
"a most excellent anthem, with symphonys between, sung by Captain Cooke."
L&M: The symphonies were probably played on the organ, perhaps supported by wind instruments: cf. Evelyn, 21 December 1662. According to Pepys, 14 September 1662 was 'the first day of having Vialls and other instruments to play a symphony between every verse of the Anthem': https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
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In religious music, the verse anthem is a type of choral music, or song, distinct from the motet or 'full' anthem (i.e. for full choir).[1][2]
In the 'verse' anthem the music alternates between sections for a solo voice or voices (called the 'verse') and the full choir. The organ provided accompaniment in liturgical settings, but viols took the accompaniment outside of the church. In the 'verses', solo voices were expected to ornament their parts for expressive effect. The 'full choir' sections providing contrast in volume and texture. The verse anthems were a major part of the English Reformation due to the use of the vernacular. In addition to this, the use of soloists allowed the text to be expressed more clearly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ver…
About Wednesday 3 September 1662
Terry Foreman • Link
"that it was fully resolved by the King’s new Council that an indulgence should be granted the Presbyters; but upon the Bishop of London’s speech (who is now one of the most powerful men in England with the King), their minds were wholly turned."
L&M: A proposal to issue a royal declaration allowing moderate Presbyterian ministers to escape the rigour of the Act of Uniformity for three months had been defeated at a Privy Council meeting at Hampton Court on 28 August, principally bt Gilbert Sheldon, Bishop of London, the only bishop present. The news, supposedly secret, had been 'leaked' to the government newspapers and published in Kingd. Intell., 1 September, p. 578. Cf. G. R. Abernathy in Journ. Eccles. Hist., 11/63.
About Friday 29 August 1662
Terry Foreman • Link
"Within a few years Pepys (as Surveyor-General, 1665-7) was to reorganise much of the wartime victualling, and to introduce innovations inpursers’ accounts….”
L&M: https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/… and https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
About Monday 25 August 1662
Terry Foreman • Link
"by water to Woolwich (calling in my way in Hamcreek, where I have never been before, and there found two of the King’s ships lie there without any living creature aboard, which troubled me, every thing being stole away that can be), where I staid seeing a cable of 14 inches laid, in which there was good variety."
L&M: For methods of 'laying' (making) a cable, see https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/… and https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
Fourteen ins. was the measure of the circumference.
About Sunday 24 August 1662
Terry Foreman • Link
"Among other things they tell me that there hath been a disturbance in a church in Friday Street; a great many young people knotting together and crying out “Porridge”1 often and seditiously in the church, and took the Common Prayer Book, they say, away; and, some say, did tear it'
L&M: For the imposition of the Act of Uniformity, see https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/… and https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
The incident Pepys reports occurred at St Matthew's, whose Rector, Henry Hurst, had been ejected under the terms of the act. The reader was taking the service in his place. Pepys's account of the incident is one of the very few which survive: see A. G. Matthews, Calamy Revised, p. 286. On the whole, there were not many such disturbances. A government newspaper suggested that they were the work of a few organised bands, not of the parishioners: Merc. Pub., 28 August, p. 570; cf. https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/… and https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
About Tuesday 30 September 1662
Terry Foreman • Link
"The late outing of the Presbyterian clergy by their not renouncing the Covenant as the Act of Parliament commands, is the greatest piece of state now in discourse. But for ought I see they are gone out very peaceably, and the people not so much concerned therein as was expected."
L&M: For corroboration of this view of the effects of the Act of Uniformity, see the evidence in R. S. Bosher, Making of Restoration settlement, p. 266. It is significant that in London (strongest of all Puritan centres) the changes should have been made so quietly. Pepys had expressed his fears a little earlier:
https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
About Thursday 21 August 1662
Terry Foreman • Link
"to Greenwich and see the pleasure boats" = the royal yachts: https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/… and https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
About Saturday 14 September 1661
Terry Foreman • Link
"we had great pleasure, seeing all four yachts, viz., these two and the two Dutch ones."
L&M: The Catherine was the King's yacht; the Anne the Duke's. The Dutch yachts (given to the King by the Dutch) were the Mary and the Bezan.
About Abd Allah al-Ghailan ("Guiland", "Gayland")
Terry Foreman • Link
Guyland controlled the region around Tangier, where, with any army mostly of Berbers and encouraged by Spanish patronage, he made sporadic attacks on the garrison. His offers of peace were usually to be distrusted; in August 1662 they led to nothing: Routh, pp. 24-5.
About Sunday 17 August 1662
Terry Foreman • Link
A Compleat collection of farewel sermons preached by Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Caryl ... [et al.] ; together with Mr. Ash his funeral sermon, Mr. Nalton's funeral sermon, Mr. Lye's rehearsal ... with their several prayers.
Calamy, Edmund, 1600-1666., Manton, Thomas, 1620-1677., Caryl, Joseph, 1602-1673., Nalton, James, 1600-1662., Lye, Thomas, 1621-1684., Ashe, Simeon, d. 1662.
London: [s.n.], 1663.
Early English Books Online [full text]
http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A34165…
About Wednesday 13 August 1662
Terry Foreman • Link
"at my study late, drawing a letter to the yards of reprehension and direction for the board to sign, in which I took great pains."
L&M: Copy (21 August) in BL, Add. 9311, ff. 83-4. Cf. Duke of York , Mem. (naval), pp. 28-32; https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
Coventry on 5 August, had agreed with Pepys that a letter of this sort should be written: BL, Add. 9341, f.4r.
About Wednesday 13 August 1662
Terry Foreman • Link
"at the Shipp had a bit of meat and dined, there waiting upon us a barber of Mr. Pett’s acquaintance that plays very well upon the viollin."
L&M: Golding of Greenwich: https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
About Wednesday 13 August 1662
Terry Foreman • Link
""at the Shipp had a bit of meat and dined, there waiting upon us a barber of Mr. Pett’s acquaintance that plays very well upon the viollin."
L&M: Golding of Greenwich: cf. https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
About Sunday 17 September 1665
Terry Foreman • Link
"He offered to come this day after dinner with his violin to play me a set of Lyra-ayres"
L&M: The Barber (Golding): cf. https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/… and
https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
About Sunday 17 September 1665
Terry Foreman • Link
"He offered to come this day after dinner with his violin to play me a set of Lyra-ayres"
L&M: The Barber (Golding): cf. https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…