"I to the Duke of York’s playhouse, and there saw “The Tempest,” and between two acts, I went out to Mr. Harris, and got him to repeat to me the words of the Echo,"
" Mr. Shepley, newly come to town, come to see me, and we had some discourse of all matters, and particularly of my Lord Sandwich’s concernments,"
L&M: Edward Shipley was Sandwich's steward at Hinchingbroke. Pepys this day sent £29 to his father (presumably by Shipley's hand) for his wife's entertainment at Brampton: Rawl. A 185, f. 23f.
"the Lords resumed their House, the King being gone, and sat an hour or two after, but what they did, I cannot tell; but every body expected they would commit Sir Andrew Rickard, Sir Samuel Barnardiston, Mr. Boone, and Mr. Wynne, who were all there, and called in, upon their knees, to the bar of the House; and Sir John Robinson"
"After the bills passed, the King, sitting on his throne, with his speech writ in a paper which he held in his lap, and scarce looked off of it, I thought, all the time he made his speech to them,"
L&M: LJ, xi. 579-80. Cf. Charles's reputed remark (on an unknown occasion): 'I have asked them so often and for so much money that I am ashamed to look them in the face': (Jonathan Richardson, jun., Richardsoniana . . . , 1776, pp. 89-90). But he was always a poor public speaker: cf. https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/… and https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
"I first hear that the Queene hath miscarryed of a perfect child, being gone about ten weeks, which do shew that she can conceive, though it be unfortunate that she cannot bring forth."
"Thence I to White Hall, where the Duke of York gone to the Lords’ House, where there is to be a conference on the Lords’ side to the Commons this afternoon, giving in their Reasons,"
L&M: This was a conference concerning Skinner's case: see https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/… There is a newsletter report in BM, Add. 36916, f. 97.
"Lady Castlemayne...and the King hath made several public visits to her, and like to come to Court: the other is to go to Barkeshire-house, which is taken for her, and they say a Privy-Seal is passed for 5000l."
L&M: Recte £4,000, lent by Backwell, the goldsmith, who received a warrant for that amount on thee customs for thhe following January: CTB, ii. 246, 310, 316, 375. The house had been occupied by Clarendon for a short time until the spring of 1667.
"here saw her girl’s picture, but it is mighty far short of her boy’s, and not like her neither; but it makes Hales’s picture of her boy appear a good picture. "
""her James’s picture done by Hales, but with a mighty bad hand, which is his great fault that he do do negligently, and the drapery also not very good.""
"This morning the House is upon the City Bill, and they say hath passed it,"
L&M: The second Rebuilding Bill (not enacted till 1670) this day passed its third reading and was sent to the Lords. It suppressed a number of churches whose sites were needed for the carrying out of improvements, and united the parishes concerned with neighboring ones. T. F. Reddaway, Rebuilding of London, p. 139, n. 4.
"Thence with Creed to Westminster Hall, and there met with cozen Roger, who tells me of the great conference this day between the Lords and Commons, about the business of the East India Company, as being one of the weightiest conferences that hath been, and managed as weightily."
"so to the Duke, and there present Balty to the Duke of York and a letter from the Board to him about him, and the Duke of York is mightily pleased with him, and I doubt not his continuance in employment"
"and then the play begins, called “The Sullen Lovers; or, The Impertinents,”"
L&M: A comedy by Thomas Shadwell, now first acted, and published in 1668. The cast listed by Downes (p. 29) includes Harris as Sir Positive At-all, Nokes as Ninny, Smith as Stanford, and Mrs Shadwell as Emelia. Performances usually began at 3:30 p.m. ---------------------------
Roscius Anglicanus, or, An historical review of the stage from 1660 to 1706 by Downes, John, fl. 1661-1719; https://archive.org/details/rosci…
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About Monday 11 May 1668
Terry Foreman • Link
"had the pleasure to see the actors in their several dresses, especially the seamen and monster"
L&M: Probably Caliban.
About Monday 11 May 1668
Terry Foreman • Link
"I to the Duke of York’s playhouse, and there saw “The Tempest,” and between two acts, I went out to Mr. Harris, and got him to repeat to me the words of the Echo,"
L&M: See https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
About Canite Jehovae (Richard Dering)
Terry Foreman • Link
L&M: The book had been given to Pepys on 22 November 1662:
https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
About Sunday 10 May 1668
Terry Foreman • Link
" Mr. Shepley, newly come to town, come to see me, and we had some discourse of all matters, and particularly of my Lord Sandwich’s concernments,"
L&M: Edward Shipley was Sandwich's steward at Hinchingbroke. Pepys this day sent £29 to his father (presumably by Shipley's hand) for his wife's entertainment at Brampton: Rawl. A 185, f. 23f.
About Saturday 9 May 1668
Terry Foreman • Link
"the Lords resumed their House, the King being gone, and sat an hour or two after, but what they did, I cannot tell; but every body expected they would commit Sir Andrew Rickard, Sir Samuel Barnardiston, Mr. Boone, and Mr. Wynne, who were all there, and called in, upon their knees, to the bar of the House; and Sir John Robinson"
L&M: Members of the E. India Company.
About Monday 27 July 1663
Terry Foreman • Link
"After the bills passed, the King, sitting on his throne, with his speech writ in a paper which he held in his lap, and scarce looked off of it, I thought, all the time he made his speech to them,"
L&M: LJ, xi. 579-80. Cf. Charles's reputed remark (on an unknown occasion): 'I have asked them so often and for so much money that I am ashamed to look them in the face': (Jonathan Richardson, jun., Richardsoniana . . . , 1776, pp. 89-90). But he was always a poor public speaker: cf. https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/… and https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
About Saturday 9 May 1668
Terry Foreman • Link
"Here we are told also that last night the Duchesse of Monmouth, dancing at her lodgings, hath sprained her thigh."
L&M: She had dislocated a hip, and was lamed for life.
About Saturday 9 May 1668
Terry Foreman • Link
"I first hear that the Queene hath miscarryed of a perfect child, being gone about ten weeks, which do shew that she can conceive, though it be unfortunate that she cannot bring forth."
L&M: She miscarried on the 7th. For the story of a previou miscarriage, see https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
About Friday 8 May 1668
Terry Foreman • Link
"Thence I to White Hall, where the Duke of York gone to the Lords’ House, where there is to be a conference on the Lords’ side to the Commons this afternoon, giving in their Reasons,"
L&M: This was a conference concerning Skinner's case: see https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
There is a newsletter report in BM, Add. 36916, f. 97.
About Friday 8 May 1668
Terry Foreman • Link
"Lady Castlemayne...and the King hath made several public visits to her, and like to come to Court: the other is to go to Barkeshire-house, which is taken for her, and they say a Privy-Seal is passed for 5000l."
L&M: Recte £4,000, lent by Backwell, the goldsmith, who received a warrant for that amount on thee customs for thhe following January: CTB, ii. 246, 310, 316, 375. The house had been occupied by Clarendon for a short time until the spring of 1667.
About Friday 8 May 1668
Terry Foreman • Link
" Mrs. Stewart, who is now well again,"
L&M: From her attack of smallpox
About Monday 12 November 1666
Terry Foreman • Link
CliffsNotes Summary and Analysis The Burrow" (Der Bau)"
https://www.cliffsnotes.com/liter…
About Monday 12 November 1666
Terry Foreman • Link
Kafka's The Burrow
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The…
About Wednesday 6 May 1668
Terry Foreman • Link
"here saw her girl’s picture, but it is mighty far short of her boy’s, and not like her neither; but it makes Hales’s picture of her boy appear a good picture. "
L&M: For Hayl's portrait if James Pierce, see https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/… and https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
About Monday 16 September 1667
Terry Foreman • Link
""her James’s picture done by Hales, but with a mighty bad hand, which is his great fault that he do do negligently, and the drapery also not very good.""
L&M: The picture is no known to survive.
About Wednesday 6 May 1668
Terry Foreman • Link
"This morning the House is upon the City Bill, and they say hath passed it,"
L&M: The second Rebuilding Bill (not enacted till 1670) this day passed its third reading and was sent to the Lords. It suppressed a number of churches whose sites were needed for the carrying out of improvements, and united the parishes concerned with neighboring ones. T. F. Reddaway, Rebuilding of London, p. 139, n. 4.
About Tuesday 5 May 1668
Terry Foreman • Link
"Thence with Creed to Westminster Hall, and there met with cozen Roger, who tells me of the great conference this day between the Lords and Commons, about the business of the East India Company, as being one of the weightiest conferences that hath been, and managed as weightily."
L&M: For the case, see https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
About Monday 4 May 1668
Terry Foreman • Link
"so to the Duke, and there present Balty to the Duke of York and a letter from the Board to him about him, and the Duke of York is mightily pleased with him, and I doubt not his continuance in employment"
L&M: Cf. https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
About Other general reference sites
Terry Foreman • Link
Roscius Anglicanus, or, An historical review of the stage from 1660 to 1706
by Downes, John, fl. 1661-1719
https://archive.org/details/rosci…
About Saturday 2 May 1668
Terry Foreman • Link
"and then the play begins, called “The Sullen Lovers; or, The Impertinents,”"
L&M: A comedy by Thomas Shadwell, now first acted, and published in 1668. The cast listed by Downes (p. 29) includes Harris as Sir Positive At-all, Nokes as Ninny, Smith as Stanford, and Mrs Shadwell as Emelia. Performances usually began at 3:30 p.m.
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Roscius Anglicanus, or, An historical review of the stage from 1660 to 1706
by Downes, John, fl. 1661-1719;
https://archive.org/details/rosci…