Jesse posts: "I wonder if shorthand was a standard skill for clerks and office types. At the used bookstore I volunteer at we occasionally get donations of Gregg shorthand manuals."
Since the Diary tells up Hewer and Sir W. Coventry also used the shorthand Pepys did, one wonders how many used copies of the several editions of Shelton's Tachygraphy were to be found in London bookstores. https://www.pepysdiary.com/encycl…
My post above was misleading: His first will was March 17 1660 before he was to go to sea on the voyage to return the King to England.
Of the five wills Pepys made in the period of the diary (this being the first), no trace apparently remains. (L&M footnote) https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
Of the five wills Pepys made in the period of the diary (this being the first), no trace apparently remains. (L&M footnote) https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
"I must confess, I do think it is not altogether so beautiful as the oyle pictures"
L&M: The use of tempera *'distemper') -- a medieval practice -- was now being revived under the sponsorship of the Royal Society: Edward Croft-Murray, Decorative painting in England, 1537-1837, i. 276. I consisted of egg mixed with shredded figleaves, and enabled paint to dry quickly and several degrees lighter in tone than the wet pigment.
------------ I.a. Sue Nicholson introduced me to "enfilade" – architect’s glossary:
“Enfilade” is an architectural term used to define a long spatial axis usually made up of a series of openings between rooms that all align.
The term has its origins in military usage – an enfilade is a way of describing an enemies exposure to being fired upon. Firing down along the length of a trench, as opposed to perpendicularly to its “front”, is the genesis of the term enfilade. https://mgerwing.wordpress.com/20…
""to invite the people of France to apply themselves to Navigation, which it do very well, and is certainly their interest, and what will undo us in a few years, if the King of France goes on to fit up his Navy, and encrease it and his trade, as he hath begun.""
L&M: Colbert's efforts to turn the energies of France towards maritime achievements were now at their height. In 1673-8 Pepys, as Secretary to the Admiralty, was to be more concerned about this than about any other issue.
" Here Creed shewed me a copy of some propositions, which Bland and others, in the name of the Corporation of Tangier, did present to Norwood, for his opinion in, in order to the King’s service, which were drawn up very humbly, and were really good things; but his answer to them was in the most shitten proud, carping, insolent, and ironically-prophane stile, that ever I saw in my life "
L&M: The proposals and Norwood's answer, are in BM, Sloane 3510ff. 4, 48, 49.
Henry VII (Welsh: Harri Tudur; 28 January 1457 – 21 April 1509) was the King of England and Lord of Ireland from his seizure of the crown on 22 August 1485 to his death. He was the first monarch of the House of Tudor.
Henry attained the throne when his forces defeated King Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field, the culmination of the Wars of the Roses. He was the last king of England to win his throne on the field of battle. https://www.pepysdiary.com/encycl…
------------- Perkin Warbeck (c. 1474 – 23 November 1499) was a pretender to the English throne. Warbeck claimed to be Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, who was the second son of Edward IV and one of the so-called "Princes in the Tower". Warbeck made several landings in England backed by small armies but met strong resistance from the King's men and surrendered in Hampshire in 1497. After his capture, he retracted his claim, writing a confession in which he said he was a Fleming born in Tournai around 1474. Dealing with Warbeck cost Henry VII over £13,000 (equivalent to £10,301,000 in 2019), putting a strain on Henry's weak state finances. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per…
i take it the issue about coaches that beset both Pepys and his young neighbor Pegg Pemm,is to avoid ostentation -- "pretentious and vulgar display, especially of wealth and luxury, intended to impress or attract notice." (Google Dictionary) = seeing yourself as socially significant others see you (tricky).
Philips of Marnix, Lord of Saint-Aldegonde, Lord of West-Souburg (Dutch: Filips van Marnix, heer van Sint-Aldegonde, heer van West-Souburg, French: Philippe de Marnix, seigneur de Sainte-Aldegonde; Brussels, 7 March/20 July 1540 – Leiden, 15 December 1598) was a Flemish and Dutch writer and statesman, a leader of the revolt of the Netherlands against the French and the probable author of the text of the Dutch national anthem, the Wilhelmus. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phi…
"W. Batelier hath also sent the books which I made him bring me out of France. Among others, L’Estat, de France, Marnix, &c.,"
L&M: Philippe de Marnix was one of the leaders of the revolt of the Netherlands against Spain, and his book Tableau des différends de la religion one of the most influential attacks of its time against Roman Catholicism.
"In law this is Skinner's Case, the name usually given to the celebrated dispute between the House of Lords and the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom over the question of the original jurisdiction of the former house in civil suits." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ski…
"In law this is Skinner's Case, the name usually given to the celebrated dispute between the House of Lords and the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom over the question of the original jurisdiction of the former house in civil suits." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ski…
"to my Lord Keeper's, at Essex House, where I never was before, since I saw my old Lord Essex lie in state when he was dead; a large, but ugly house."
L&M: The house lay to the south of the Strand. The 3rd Earl of Essex (the parliamantary general) had died on 15 September 1646. Since the Restoration the larger part of the house had been used as a private residence, and was now occupied by the Lord Keeper, Sir Orlando Bridgman. For some time after the Fire it also housed Doctors' Commons and the Court of Arches.
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About Wednesday 3 February 1668/69
Terry Foreman • Link
Jesse posts: "I wonder if shorthand was a standard skill for clerks and office types. At the used bookstore I volunteer at we occasionally get donations of Gregg shorthand manuals."
Since the Diary tells up Hewer and Sir W. Coventry also used the shorthand Pepys did, one wonders how many used copies of the several editions of Shelton's Tachygraphy were to be found in London bookstores.
https://www.pepysdiary.com/encycl…
About Thursday 20 June 1667
Terry Foreman • Link
Pepys's wills
L&M: No will of Pepys survives except his last (1701, with codicils of 1703).
https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
About Thursday 20 June 1667
Terry Foreman • Link
My post above was misleading: His first will was March 17 1660 before he was to go to sea on the voyage to return the King to England.
Of the five wills Pepys made in the period of the diary (this being the first), no trace apparently remains. (L&M footnote)
https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
About Thursday 20 June 1667
Terry Foreman • Link
Of the five wills Pepys made in the period of the diary (this being the first), no trace apparently remains. (L&M footnote)
https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
About Monday 1 February 1668/69
Terry Foreman • Link
"I must confess, I do think it is not altogether so beautiful as the oyle pictures"
L&M: The use of tempera *'distemper') -- a medieval practice -- was now being revived under the sponsorship of the Royal Society: Edward Croft-Murray, Decorative painting in England, 1537-1837, i. 276. I consisted of egg mixed with shredded figleaves, and enabled paint to dry quickly and several degrees lighter in tone than the wet pigment.
About The Closet
Terry Foreman • Link
Amen to that!!
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I.a. Sue Nicholson introduced me to "enfilade" – architect’s glossary:
“Enfilade” is an architectural term used to define a long spatial axis usually made up of a series of openings between rooms that all align.
The term has its origins in military usage – an enfilade is a way of describing an enemies exposure to being fired upon. Firing down along the length of a trench, as opposed to perpendicularly to its “front”, is the genesis of the term enfilade. https://mgerwing.wordpress.com/20…
About Saturday 30 January 1668/69
Terry Foreman • Link
""to invite the people of France to apply themselves to Navigation, which it do very well, and is certainly their interest, and what will undo us in a few years, if the King of France goes on to fit up his Navy, and encrease it and his trade, as he hath begun.""
L&M: Colbert's efforts to turn the energies of France towards maritime achievements were now at their height. In 1673-8 Pepys, as Secretary to the Admiralty, was to be more concerned about this than about any other issue.
About Saturday 30 January 1668/69
Terry Foreman • Link
"it being a fast-day for the murder of the late King; and so up and to church, where Dr. Hicks made a dull sermon"
L&M: Dr Edward Hicks was Rector of St Margaret Pattens. For the service, see https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/… and https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/… and https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
About Wednesday 30 January 1660/61
Terry Foreman • Link
"(Fast day). The first time that this day hath been yet observed"
L&M: A form of service was drawn up in 1662 and incorporated in the Prayer Book. It was not removed until 1859.
About Friday 29 January 1668/69
Terry Foreman • Link
" Here Creed shewed me a copy of some propositions, which Bland and others, in the name of the Corporation of Tangier, did present to Norwood, for his opinion in, in order to the King’s service, which were drawn up very humbly, and were really good things; but his answer to them was in the most shitten proud, carping, insolent, and ironically-prophane stile, that ever I saw in my life "
L&M: The proposals and Norwood's answer, are in BM, Sloane 3510ff. 4, 48, 49.
About Friday 29 January 1668/69
Terry Foreman • Link
"here I met Mr. Bland, newly come from Gales [Cadiz] after his differences with Norwood."
L&M: John Bland was the Mayor of Tangier; Henry Norwood, the Deputy-Governor. For their dispute, see https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/… and https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
About Friday 29 January 1668/69
Terry Foreman • Link
"here I met Mr. Bland, newly come from Gales [Cadiz] after his differences with Norwood."
L&M: John Bland was the Mayor of Tangier; Henry Norwood, the Deputy-Governor. For their dispute, see https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
About Thursday 13 June 1667
Terry Foreman • Link
Invaders of England after 1066
Henry VII (Welsh: Harri Tudur; 28 January 1457 – 21 April 1509) was the King of England and Lord of Ireland from his seizure of the crown on 22 August 1485 to his death. He was the first monarch of the House of Tudor.
Henry attained the throne when his forces defeated King Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field, the culmination of the Wars of the Roses. He was the last king of England to win his throne on the field of battle. https://www.pepysdiary.com/encycl…
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Perkin Warbeck (c. 1474 – 23 November 1499) was a pretender to the English throne. Warbeck claimed to be Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, who was the second son of Edward IV and one of the so-called "Princes in the Tower".
Warbeck made several landings in England backed by small armies but met strong resistance from the King's men and surrendered in Hampshire in 1497. After his capture, he retracted his claim, writing a confession in which he said he was a Fleming born in Tournai around 1474. Dealing with Warbeck cost Henry VII over £13,000 (equivalent to £10,301,000 in 2019), putting a strain on Henry's weak state finances. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per…
About Wednesday 1 May 1667
Terry Foreman • Link
i take it the issue about coaches that beset both Pepys and his young neighbor Pegg Pemm,is to avoid ostentation -- "pretentious and vulgar display, especially of wealth and luxury, intended to impress or attract notice." (Google Dictionary) = seeing yourself as socially significant others see you (tricky).
About Saturday 8 June 1667
Terry Foreman • Link
Searching for pigeon, in diary entries, ordered by relevancy.
15 found (1660-1668): https://www.pepysdiary.com/search…
About Marnix's 'Le tableau des differens de la religion'
Terry Foreman • Link
Philips of Marnix, Lord of Saint-Aldegonde, Lord of West-Souburg (Dutch: Filips van Marnix, heer van Sint-Aldegonde, heer van West-Souburg, French: Philippe de Marnix, seigneur de Sainte-Aldegonde; Brussels, 7 March/20 July 1540 – Leiden, 15 December 1598) was a Flemish and Dutch writer and statesman, a leader of the revolt of the Netherlands against the French and the probable author of the text of the Dutch national anthem, the Wilhelmus.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phi…
About Tuesday 26 January 1668/69
Terry Foreman • Link
"W. Batelier hath also sent the books which I made him bring me out of France. Among others, L’Estat, de France, Marnix, &c.,"
L&M: Philippe de Marnix was one of the leaders of the revolt of the Netherlands against Spain, and his book Tableau des différends de la religion one of the most influential attacks of its time against Roman Catholicism.
About Saturday 9 May 1668
Terry Foreman • Link
"In law this is Skinner's Case, the name usually given to the celebrated dispute between the House of Lords and the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom over the question of the original jurisdiction of the former house in civil suits." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ski…
About Friday 1 May 1668
Terry Foreman • Link
"In law this is Skinner's Case, the name usually given to the celebrated dispute between the House of Lords and the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom over the question of the original jurisdiction of the former house in civil suits." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ski…
About Sunday 24 January 1668/69
Terry Foreman • Link
"to my Lord Keeper's, at Essex House, where I never was before, since I saw my old Lord Essex lie in state when he was dead; a large, but ugly house."
L&M: The house lay to the south of the Strand. The 3rd Earl of Essex (the parliamantary general) had died on 15 September 1646. Since the Restoration the larger part of the house had been used as a private residence, and was now occupied by the Lord Keeper, Sir Orlando Bridgman. For some time after the Fire it also housed Doctors' Commons and the Court of Arches.