"This day, I hear, my Lord Peterborough is come unexpected from Tangier, to give the King an account of the place, which, we fear, is in none of the best condition."
L&M: Peterborough's 'unexpected arrival' was commented on by the Venetian resident (see above). Instead of a thriving port Tangier turned out to be a liability: most of the Portuguese traders there chose to leave rather than to live under English rule, and the Moorish warlord immediately attacked the garrison and was with difficulty bought off by an insecure truce. See Routh, ch. ii.
"At my office all alone all the morning, and the smith being with me about other things, did open a chest that hath stood ever since I came to the office, in my office, and there we found a modell of a fine ship"
L&M: Since c. 1650 the navy authorities had ordered wooden scale models of ships under construction: R. C. and R. Anderson, Sailing Ship, p. 146. Pepys made a collection of them: see https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/… and https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/… Thomas Turner had been Clerk-General of the office in the 1650's.
"Yesterday (Sir R. Ford told me) the Aldermen of the City did attend her in their habits, and did present her with a gold Cupp and 1000l. in gold therein.:
L&M: On 1 June Common Council had voted to the Queen 1000 twenty-shilling gold pieces 'in a rich purse' (not cup) 'with all humble congratulation' on her safe arrival: LRO, Journals 45, f. 215r.
"spoke to my Lord about the exchange of the crusados into sterling money,"
L&M: Part of the dowry of Catherine of Braganza: see https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/… Her gift to Sandwich (worth c. £540) was included. Crusados were usually of gold. For their value, see https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/… E. Prestage, Diplom. relations Engl. and Portugal, p. 16.
The Genevan Psalter, also known as The Huguenot Psalter,[1] is a metrical psalter in French created under the supervision of John Calvin for liturgical use by the Reformed churches of the city of Geneva in the sixteenth century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gen….
"The Queen is brought a few days since to Hampton Court; and all people say of her to be a very fine and handsome lady,"
L&M: She was short, plump an d of a good c olour, with prominent front teeth, fine eyes and a pleasant expression. Opinions about her looks varied greatly, though probably there cannot have been any real ground for doubt. They are collected in Burnet, i. 307, n. 4; to which may be added Monconys, ii. 19-20 (May 1662); Verney Mem., ii. 173; and James Yonge, Journal (ed. Poynter), pp. 43, 170. Charles himself wrote to Clarendon on 21 May that her eyes were 'excellent good', and that there was 'not any thing in her face that in the least degree can shoque one...': BM, Lansdowne 1236, f. 124r. Pepys' view was critical: https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/… He preserved several engraved portraits of her: J. Charrington, Cat. engraved portraits in PL, p. 29: PL 2973, p. 416. Later ib life she 'waddled like a duck': Yonge, p. 43.
"thence to take my wife to the Redd Bull, where we saw “Doctor Faustus,” "
L&M: A tragedy by Marlowe, acted c. 1592, and published in 1604. Pepys probably saw the version ptinted in 1663, which contained several new scenes. It was probably acted by a minor company managed by George Jplly; vertainly not the King's Company or the Duke of zyork's Company.
Rex Gordon posts: "... Mr Baxter's at Blackfryers ..."
"This church was St Anne's, of which John Gibbon was Rector. Richard Baxter was employed as a preacher to deliver a weekly Sunday sermon. On this day he preached his farewell sermon before resigning under the Act of Uniformity. (L&M footnote)"
The Act of Uniformity 1558 (1 Eliz 1 c 2) was an Act of the Parliament of England passed in 1559.[nb 1] It set the order of prayer to be used in the English Book of Common Prayer. All persons had to go to church once a week or be fined 12 pence (equivalent to just over £11 in 2007[4]), a considerable sum for the poor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act….
Rex Gordon posts: "... Mr Baxter's at Blackfryers ..."
"This church was St Anne's, of which John Gibbon was Rector. Richard Baxter was employed as a preacher to deliver a weekly Sunday sermon. On this day he preached his farewell sermon before resigning under the Act of Uniformity. (L&M footnote)"
The Act of Uniformity 1558 (1 Eliz 1 c 2) was an Act of the Parliament of England passed in 1559.[nb 1] It set the order of prayer to be used in the English Book of Common Prayer. All persons had to go to church once a week or be fined 12 pence (equivalent to just over £11 in 2007[4]), a considerable sum for the poor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act….
"My wife and I by water to Westminster, and after she had seen her father (of whom lately I have heard nothing at all what he does or her mother)"
L&M: They lived close by Westminster Hall until the Autumn of 1662, when they moved near to Covent Garden, possibly to the house in Long Acre ('among all the bawdy-houses') where Pepys found then on 17 February 1664. What Alexandre St Michel was working at is a mystery.
"...with Sir G. Carteret to his lodging to dinner with his Lady and one Mr. Brevin"
L&M: Daniel Brevint, Canon of Durham, later (1681) Dean of Lincoln, who had married Anne, Carteret's sister. Not French, but like Carteret a Jerseyman. He had been educated in France (at Saumer) and ha spent his years of exile there during the revolution, becoming spiritual director of Turenne's wife, and had returned from Normandy only a few months before: Corr. J. Cosin (ed. Ornsby), ii. 26. His visit to London may have been connected to his presentation to Brancepeth, co. Durham, a rectory in the royal gift, at about this time: CSPD 1661-2, pp. 256, 370.
"to the Wardrobe to dinner, where dined Mrs. Sanderson, the mother of the maids,"
L&M: Recte Lady Sanderson; Bridget, wife of Sir William, Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to the King. The Mother of the Maids was the household officer in charge of the maids-of-honour (in this case of the Queen). The post (established under Elizabeth) ceased to exist after 1689.
"Upon a letter this morning from Mr. Moore, I went to my cozen Turner’s chamber, and there put him drawing a replication to Tom Trice’s answer speedily."
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Second Reading
About Saturday 14 June 1662
Terry Foreman • Link
"This day, I hear, my Lord Peterborough is come unexpected from Tangier, to give the King an account of the place, which, we fear, is in none of the best condition."
L&M: Peterborough's 'unexpected arrival' was commented on by the Venetian resident (see above). Instead of a thriving port Tangier turned out to be a liability: most of the Portuguese traders there chose to leave rather than to live under English rule, and the Moorish warlord immediately attacked the garrison and was with difficulty bought off by an insecure truce. See Routh, ch. ii.
About Thursday 12 June 1662
Terry Foreman • Link
"... it being the longest day in the year,..."
L&M: By the Old Style, i.e. the Julian calendar; the Summer Solstice was June 22 by the 'New Style' Gregorian calendar, in use on the continent.
About Friday 6 June 1662
Terry Foreman • Link
"At my office all alone all the morning, and the smith being with me about other things, did open a chest that hath stood ever since I came to the office, in my office, and there we found a modell of a fine ship"
L&M: Since c. 1650 the navy authorities had ordered wooden scale models of ships under construction: R. C. and R. Anderson, Sailing Ship, p. 146. Pepys made a collection of them: see https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/… and https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
Thomas Turner had been Clerk-General of the office in the 1650's.
About Thursday 5 June 1662
Terry Foreman • Link
Gold Cruzado minted during King Manuel I of Portugal reign (1495-1521)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki…
About Tuesday 3 June 1662
Terry Foreman • Link
"Yesterday (Sir R. Ford told me) the Aldermen of the City did attend her in their habits, and did present her with a gold Cupp and 1000l. in gold therein.:
L&M: On 1 June Common Council had voted to the Queen 1000 twenty-shilling gold pieces 'in a rich purse' (not cup) 'with all humble congratulation' on her safe arrival: LRO, Journals 45, f. 215r.
About Monday 2 June 1662
Terry Foreman • Link
"spoke to my Lord about the exchange of the crusados into sterling money,"
L&M: Part of the dowry of Catherine of Braganza: see https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
Her gift to Sandwich (worth c. £540) was included. Crusados were usually of gold. For their value, see https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/… E. Prestage, Diplom. relations Engl. and Portugal, p. 16.
About Crusado
Terry Foreman • Link
Gold Cruzado minted during King Manuel I of Portugal reign (1495-1521)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki…
About Sunday 1 June 1662
Terry Foreman • Link
"Dined at home, and Mr. Spong came to see me; so he and I sat down a little to sing some French psalms,"
L&M: See https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/… and https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
About Tuesday 15 May 1660
Terry Foreman • Link
"After that to a bookseller’s and bought for the love of the binding three books: the French Psalms in four parts"
L&M: ? replaced in the PL by /henry du Mont's four-part setting of Anthoine Godeau's paraphrase (Paris, 1663: PL 1644-7).
About Sunday 1 June 1662
Terry Foreman • Link
The Genevan Psalter
The Genevan Psalter, also known as The Huguenot Psalter,[1] is a metrical psalter in French created under the supervision of John Calvin for liturgical use by the Reformed churches of the city of Geneva in the sixteenth century.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gen….
About Saturday 31 May 1662
Terry Foreman • Link
"The Queen is brought a few days since to Hampton Court; and all people say of her to be a very fine and handsome lady,"
L&M: She was short, plump an d of a good c olour, with prominent front teeth, fine eyes and a pleasant expression. Opinions about her looks varied greatly, though probably there cannot have been any real ground for doubt. They are collected in Burnet, i. 307, n. 4; to which may be added Monconys, ii. 19-20 (May 1662); Verney Mem., ii. 173; and James Yonge, Journal (ed. Poynter), pp. 43, 170. Charles himself wrote to Clarendon on 21 May that her eyes were 'excellent good', and that there was 'not any thing in her face that in the least degree can shoque one...': BM, Lansdowne 1236, f. 124r. Pepys' view was critical: https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/… He preserved several engraved portraits of her: J. Charrington, Cat. engraved portraits in PL, p. 29: PL 2973, p. 416. Later ib life she 'waddled like a duck': Yonge, p. 43.
About Monday 26 May 1662
Terry Foreman • Link
"thence to take my wife to the Redd Bull, where we saw “Doctor Faustus,” "
L&M: A tragedy by Marlowe, acted c. 1592, and published in 1604. Pepys probably saw the version ptinted in 1663, which contained several new scenes. It was probably acted by a minor company managed by George Jplly; vertainly not the King's Company or the Duke of zyork's Company.
About Sunday 25 May 1662
Terry Foreman • Link
"They complain much for lack of good water to drink."
L&M: Household water in Westminster came mainly from wells and carriers; in Lisbon it was mountain water carried by aqueducts. For the Citee of London's supplies, see https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/… and https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
About Sunday 25 May 1662
Terry Foreman • Link
Rex Gordon posts:
"... Mr Baxter's at Blackfryers ..."
"This church was St Anne's, of which John Gibbon was Rector. Richard Baxter was employed as a preacher to deliver a weekly Sunday sermon. On this day he preached his farewell sermon before resigning under the Act of Uniformity. (L&M footnote)"
The Act of Uniformity 1558 (1 Eliz 1 c 2) was an Act of the Parliament of England passed in 1559.[nb 1] It set the order of prayer to be used in the English Book of Common Prayer. All persons had to go to church once a week or be fined 12 pence (equivalent to just over £11 in 2007[4]), a considerable sum for the poor.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act….
About Sunday 25 May 1662
Terry Foreman • Link
Rex Gordon posts:
"... Mr Baxter's at Blackfryers ..."
"This church was St Anne's, of which John Gibbon was Rector. Richard Baxter was employed as a preacher to deliver a weekly Sunday sermon. On this day he preached his farewell sermon before resigning under the Act of Uniformity. (L&M footnote)"
The Act of Uniformity 1558 (1 Eliz 1 c 2) was an Act of the Parliament of England passed in 1559.[nb 1] It set the order of prayer to be used in the English Book of Common Prayer. All persons had to go to church once a week or be fined 12 pence (equivalent to just over £11 in 2007[4]), a considerable sum for the poor.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act….
About Wednesday 21 May 1662
Terry Foreman • Link
"My wife and I by water to Westminster, and after she had seen her father (of whom lately I have heard nothing at all what he does or her mother)"
L&M: They lived close by Westminster Hall until the Autumn of 1662, when they moved near to Covent Garden, possibly to the house in Long Acre ('among all the bawdy-houses') where Pepys found then on 17 February 1664. What Alexandre St Michel was working at is a mystery.
About Sunday 18 May 1662
Terry Foreman • Link
"They were reading all the bills over that are to pass to-morrow at the House, before the King’s going out of town"
L&M: To meet the Queen at Portsmouth. He had on the 15th requested the Commons to expedite business: CJ, viii. 29.
About Sunday 18 May 1662
Terry Foreman • Link
"...with Sir G. Carteret to his lodging to dinner with his Lady and one Mr. Brevin"
L&M: Daniel Brevint, Canon of Durham, later (1681) Dean of Lincoln, who had married Anne, Carteret's sister. Not French, but like Carteret a Jerseyman. He had been educated in France (at Saumer) and ha spent his years of exile there during the revolution, becoming spiritual director of Turenne's wife, and had returned from Normandy only a few months before: Corr. J. Cosin (ed. Ornsby), ii. 26. His visit to London may have been connected to his presentation to Brancepeth, co. Durham, a rectory in the royal gift, at about this time: CSPD 1661-2, pp. 256, 370.
About Saturday 17 May 1662
Terry Foreman • Link
"to the Wardrobe to dinner, where dined Mrs. Sanderson, the mother of the maids,"
L&M: Recte Lady Sanderson; Bridget, wife of Sir William, Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to the King. The Mother of the Maids was the household officer in charge of the maids-of-honour (in this case of the Queen). The post (established under Elizabeth) ceased to exist after 1689.
About Saturday 17 May 1662
Terry Foreman • Link
"Upon a letter this morning from Mr. Moore, I went to my cozen Turner’s chamber, and there put him drawing a replication to Tom Trice’s answer speedily."
L&M: Cf. https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/… The dispute (now in Chancery) was about Robert Pepys's Brampton estate (https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/… ); the lawyer was John Turner of the Middle Temple.