Sir Henry Blount was third son of Sir Thomas Pope Blount, of Tittenhanger, in Hertfordshire. He distinguished himself in the early part of his life, by his travels into the Levant. In this voyage he passed above six thousand miles, the greater part of which he went by land. This gained him the epithet of "The great Traveller." His quick and lively parts recommended him to Charles I. who is said to have committed the young princes to his care, just before the battle of Edge-hill. He was one of the commissioners appointed in November, 1655, to consider the proper ways and means to improve the trade and navigation of the commonwealth. http://books.google.com/books?id=…
"my aime is to get myself something more from my uncle's favour than this."
You could have loaned him your wife, since he is sure his childlessness is not HIS fault. But, no; and so he's much involved with his closer kin, who might get all his wealth, unless you can get his friend Iudoco Maes a friendly legal break.
"met Mr. Pargiter...and then walked into the fields as far almost as Sir G. Whitmore's, all the way talking of Russia, which, he says, is a sad place;"
L&M refer us to other contemporary accounts depicting Russia as poor and superstitious, e.g. The Present State of Russia In a Letter to a Friend at London; Written by an Eminent Person residing at the Great Czars Court at Mosco for the space of nine years. London, 1671. by Samuel Collins http://64.233.167.104/search?q=ca…
"Mr. Gauden coming to me, I had a good opportunity to speak to him about his present, which hitherto hath been a burden: to me, that I could not do it, because I was doubtfull [suspicious] that he meant it as a temptation to me to stand by him in the business of Tangier victualling;"
The present in question was the "pair of the noblest flaggons that ever I saw all the days of my lifewhether I shall keepe them or no I cannot tell; for it is to oblige me to him in the business of the Tangier victualling" that arrived on 21 July http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1… and which he has proudly set before guests despite his misgivings.
"the Master and Wardens of Chyrurgeon's Hall, who staid arguing their cause with me;"
Almost a fortnight ago (3 September) Mr. Hollier (as a Warden of the Worshipful Company of Barber-Surgeons) was the first to attempt to get Pepys (as Clerk of the Acts for the Navy Board) to sign off on a scheme that Navy ships would hire such ships' surgeons and buy such surgical goods as the Company of Barber-Surgeons should propose. Big arm-twisting going on today. In vain. http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
As I first read this exchange of £100 so secretly, I was surprised Sir W. Warren didn't look about for the latest Royal Society surveillance camera beta.
Jeannine, well said, as usual. Do thank your daughter for the calculations (more humble pie for the last president of Harvard).
SPOILER perhaps: "Her chief business was to establish an intimacy with William Scott, son of Thomas Scott, the regicide who had been executed 17 October, 1660. This William...was quite ready to become a spy in the English service and to report on the doings of the English exiles who were not only holding treasonable correspondence with traitors at home and plotting against the King, but even joining with the Dutch foe to injure their native land. Scott was extremely anxious for his own pardon and, in addition, eager to earn any money he could.
"Aphra then, taking with her some forty pounds in cash, all she had, set sail with Sir Anthony Desmarces either at the latter end of July or early in August, 1666,...." *A Memoir of Mrs. Behn* by Montague Summers http://etext.library.adelaide.edu…
(Sorry, had to go to The Antipodes for that link.)
Pepys may regard the familiar as in some sense not wild. In the last two years I've read articles by continental Europeans who have remarked on the wild animals that live among Americans, most esp. squirrels (there are, of course, yes, pigeons, on the coasts seagulls, and the Red-tailed Hawks nesting on Fifth Avenue in New York City, Pale Male and his families. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale…
Compared to? Well, Glyn, to you, who are more than averagely observant and reflective.
Greatorex, Ralph (died 1712?): London mathematical instrument maker and entrepreneur. Boyle refers to him in Workdiary 12, and in 13-40 and 14-4, and to his vitriol in 29-298. He is evidently also the 'Mr Gr.' or 'Mr G.' referred to in relation to the lead mines in Derbyshire in 19-7 and 21-518 (as also 21-396, 715, where he is described as an 'ingeneer'). In addition, he is almost certainly the 'Ingeneer' referred to in relation to diving [in a diving bell] in 21-394, since he had contacts with the Royal Society on such matters over the period 1664-1669, not least in connection with Tangier (cf. Thomas Birch, The History of the Royal Society (4 vols., London, 1756-7), i, 370, ii, 262, 363). This means that he may also be the 'Mr Gr' lately at Tangiers' in 21-714, hence explaining the side trip to Teneriffe about which he told Pepys. ( Pepys Diary, R. Latham and W. Matthews (eds), The Diary of Samuel Pepys(11 vols., London 1970-83), ii, p. 21). http://www.livesandletters.ac.uk/…
An object of interest which once occupied a prominent position in the centre of Fleet Street was THE CONDUIT, near Shoe Lane. This conduit not only supplied water to this end of the thoroughfare, but formed a feature in most of those pageants which, from mediaeval times to the days of the Stuarts, were such picturesque additions to London's gaiety. When Anne Bullen went from the Tower to be crowned at Westminster, the Conduit poured forth wine instead of water, and was decorated and surmounted with angels ; when Philip of Spain came to England to wed Queen Mary, a pageant took place at the Conduit ; while it was pressed into a like service when Elizabeth passed through Fleet Street on her accession in 1558.
The Conduit is frequently mentioned, in contemporary records, not only in such august connections, but also as a landmark, and as a spot where civic proclamations were ordered to be exhibited. It appears to have begun to be re-edified by Sir William Eastfield, Lord Mayor, in 1439, and finished, as the result of certain directions left by Sir William to his executors, in 1471 ; but it dated from a much earlier period, as, in 1388, the residents in Fleet Street were empowered by the civic authorities to erect a penthouse as a protection over the pipes of the Conduit, then described as being " opposite to the house and tavern of John Walworth, vintner," in order to obviate the damage caused by the overflowing of the Conduit, " which," we are told, " frequently, through the breaking of the pipes thereof, rotted and damaged their houses and cellars, and the party walls thereof, as also their goods and wares, by the overflow there from."
Stow describes the Conduit as consisting of a stone tower, decorated with images of St. Christopher on the top, and angels round about, lower down, with sweet-sounding bells, which bells, by an engine placed in the tower, every hour " with hammers chymned such an hymne as was appointed."
In 1478, the inhabitants of Fleet Street obtained a licence to make at their own expense two cisterns, one of which was to be erected at this conduit or ` Standard,' as it was termed, and the other at Fleet Bridge. And a record, dated the same year, tells us how " a wex chandler in Flete Street, had bi crafte perced a pipe of the condit withynne the grounde and so conveied the water into his selar ; wherefore he was judged to ride through the citee with a condit uppon his hedde." The man's name, it appears, was Campion, and the " condit on his hedde " was a small model of the building. In 1582, the Conduit was again rebuilt, and a larger cistern placed by it ; but Sir Hugh Middleton's great New River scheme, inaugurated in 1618, obviated the further necessity of the Conduit,, which was probably taken down about this period or soon after.
In the Plan of London issued by Ryther of Amsterdam in 1604, we get an excellent view of the Conduit, which was a building of considerable size and importance. http://www.oldandsold.com/article…
rel·ict Pronunciation: 're-likt Function: noun Etymology: in sense 1, from Middle English relicte, from Late Latin relicta, from Latin, feminine of relictus, past participle of relinquere; in senses 2 & 3, from relict residual, adjective, from Latin relictus 1 : WIDOW 2 : a surviving species of an otherwise extinct group of organisms; also : a remnant of a formerly widespread species that persists in an isolated area 3 a : a relief feature or rock remaining after other parts have disappeared b : something left unchanged http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/rel…
Yarmouth http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclo… THE NORE sandbank in the Thames estuary, SE England, 3 mi (4.8 km) E of Sheerness. At the east end is Nore Lightship. The name is also applied to part of the Thames estuary, a famous anchorage. http://www.questia.com/library/en…
James, Duke of York, to Sandwich Written from: St, James' Date: 8 September 1664
Shelfmark: MS. Carte 75, fol(s). 216 Document type: Original
Communicates advices which have been received of the design of the Dutch to send their Guinea-Fleet through the Channel. His Majesty, considering how unequal his strength is, at present, for any encounter, thinks that Lord Sandwich should sail to Spithead, with the Squadron named in the margin of H.R.H.'s letter, & remain there until further order. Desires, also, that certain other specified ships should be sent, some to Yarmouth; others to the Buoy of the Nore. http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/s…
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About Sir Henry Blount
Terry F • Link
SIR HENRY BLOUNT. (1602-1682),
Sir Henry Blount was third son of Sir Thomas Pope Blount, of Tittenhanger, in Hertfordshire. He distinguished himself in the early part of his life, by his travels into the Levant. In this voyage he passed above six thousand miles, the greater part of which he went by land. This gained him the epithet of "The great Traveller." His quick and lively parts recommended him to Charles I. who is said to have committed the young princes to his care, just before the battle of Edge-hill. He was one of the commissioners appointed in November, 1655, to consider the proper ways and means to improve the trade and navigation of the commonwealth. http://books.google.com/books?id=…
About Sunday 18 September 1664
Terry F • Link
"my aime is to get myself something more from my uncle's favour than this."
You could have loaned him your wife, since he is sure his childlessness is not HIS fault. But, no; and so he's much involved with his closer kin, who might get all his wealth, unless you can get his friend Iudoco Maes a friendly legal break.
About Friday 16 September 1664
Terry F • Link
"met Mr. Pargiter...and then walked into the fields as far almost as Sir G. Whitmore's, all the way talking of Russia, which, he says, is a sad place;"
L&M refer us to other contemporary accounts depicting Russia as poor and superstitious, e.g. The Present State of Russia In a Letter to a Friend at London; Written by an Eminent Person residing at the Great Czars Court at Mosco for the space of nine years. London, 1671. by Samuel Collins
http://64.233.167.104/search?q=ca…
An excerpt
http://artsci.shu.edu/reesp/docum…
The entirety is also available by torrent download http://torrentz.ws/search/the-pre…
About Friday 16 September 1664
Terry F • Link
"Mr. Gauden coming to me, I had a good opportunity to speak to him about his present, which hitherto hath been a burden: to me, that I could not do it, because I was doubtfull [suspicious] that he meant it as a temptation to me to stand by him in the business of Tangier victualling;"
The present in question was the "pair of the noblest flaggons that ever I saw all the days of my lifewhether I shall keepe them or no I cannot tell; for it is to oblige me to him in the business of the Tangier victualling" that arrived on 21 July http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
and which he has proudly set before guests despite his misgivings.
About Thursday 15 September 1664
Terry F • Link
And today, by happy chance, Samuel Pepys is hosting a post-meridian salon!!
About Thursday 15 September 1664
Terry F • Link
"the Master and Wardens of Chyrurgeon's Hall, who staid arguing their cause with me;"
Almost a fortnight ago (3 September) Mr. Hollier (as a Warden of the Worshipful Company of Barber-Surgeons) was the first to attempt to get Pepys (as Clerk of the Acts for the Navy Board) to sign off on a scheme that Navy ships would hire such ships' surgeons and buy such surgical goods as the Company of Barber-Surgeons should propose. Big arm-twisting going on today. In vain. http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
About Wednesday 14 September 1664
Terry F • Link
"we supped nobly and very merry, it being to take leave of Mr. Bland, who is upon going soon to Tangier"
This farewell party is something like a Last Supper, given Teviot's demise. Good luck to Bland (toasts all around).
About Wednesday 14 September 1664
Terry F • Link
As I first read this exchange of £100 so secretly, I was surprised Sir W. Warren didn't look about for the latest Royal Society surveillance camera beta.
Jeannine, well said, as usual. Do thank your daughter for the calculations (more humble pie for the last president of Harvard).
About Tuesday 13 September 1664
Terry F • Link
Sir Anthony Desmarces was an ally of Aphrah Behn
SPOILER perhaps: "Her chief business was to establish an intimacy with William Scott, son of Thomas Scott, the regicide who had been executed 17 October, 1660. This William...was quite ready to become a spy in the English service and to report on the doings of the English exiles who were not only holding treasonable correspondence with traitors at home and plotting against the King, but even joining with the Dutch foe to injure their native land. Scott was extremely anxious for his own pardon and, in addition, eager to earn any money he could.
"Aphra then, taking with her some forty pounds in cash, all she had, set sail with Sir Anthony Desmarces either at the latter end of July or early in August, 1666,...." *A Memoir of Mrs. Behn* by Montague Summers http://etext.library.adelaide.edu…
(Sorry, had to go to The Antipodes for that link.)
About Tuesday 13 September 1664
Terry F • Link
"his comparative lack of interest in wild life."
Pepys may regard the familiar as in some sense not wild. In the last two years I've read articles by continental Europeans who have remarked on the wild animals that live among Americans, most esp. squirrels (there are, of course, yes, pigeons, on the coasts seagulls, and the Red-tailed Hawks nesting on Fifth Avenue in New York City, Pale Male and his families. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale…
Compared to? Well, Glyn, to you, who are more than averagely observant and reflective.
About Monday 12 September 1664
Terry F • Link
"to see Greatorex dive"
Greatorex, Ralph (died 1712?): London mathematical instrument maker and entrepreneur. Boyle refers to him in Workdiary 12, and in 13-40 and 14-4, and to his vitriol in 29-298. He is evidently also the 'Mr Gr.' or 'Mr G.' referred to in relation to the lead mines in Derbyshire in 19-7 and 21-518 (as also 21-396, 715, where he is described as an 'ingeneer'). In addition, he is almost certainly the 'Ingeneer' referred to in relation to diving [in a diving bell] in 21-394, since he had contacts with the Royal Society on such matters over the period 1664-1669, not least in connection with Tangier (cf. Thomas Birch, The History of the Royal Society (4 vols., London, 1756-7), i, 370, ii, 262, 363). This means that he may also be the 'Mr Gr' lately at Tangiers' in 21-714, hence explaining the side trip to Teneriffe about which he told Pepys. ( Pepys Diary, R. Latham and W. Matthews (eds), The Diary of Samuel Pepys(11 vols., London 1970-83), ii, p. 21).
http://www.livesandletters.ac.uk/…
About Monday 12 September 1664
Terry F • Link
Fleete Conduit
An object of interest which once occupied a prominent position in the centre of Fleet Street was THE CONDUIT, near Shoe Lane. This conduit not only supplied water to this end of the thoroughfare, but formed a feature in most of those pageants which, from mediaeval times to the days of the Stuarts, were such picturesque additions to London's gaiety. When Anne Bullen went from the Tower to be crowned at Westminster, the Conduit poured forth wine instead of water, and was decorated and surmounted with angels ; when Philip of Spain came to England to wed Queen Mary, a pageant took place at the Conduit ; while it was pressed into a like service when Elizabeth passed through Fleet Street on her accession in 1558.
The Conduit is frequently mentioned, in contemporary records, not only in such august connections, but also as a landmark, and as a spot where civic proclamations were ordered to be exhibited. It appears to have begun to be re-edified by Sir William Eastfield, Lord Mayor, in 1439, and finished, as the result of certain directions left by Sir William to his executors, in 1471 ; but it dated from a much earlier period, as, in 1388, the residents in Fleet Street were empowered by the civic authorities to erect a penthouse as a protection over the pipes of the Conduit, then described as being " opposite to the house and tavern of John Walworth, vintner," in order to obviate the damage caused by the overflowing of the Conduit, " which," we are told, " frequently, through the breaking of the pipes thereof, rotted and damaged their houses and cellars, and the party walls thereof, as also their goods and wares, by the overflow there from."
Stow describes the Conduit as consisting of a stone tower, decorated with images of St. Christopher on the top, and angels round about, lower down, with sweet-sounding bells, which bells, by an engine placed in the tower, every hour " with hammers chymned such an hymne as was appointed."
In 1478, the inhabitants of Fleet Street obtained a licence to make at their own expense two cisterns, one of which was to be erected at this conduit or ` Standard,' as it was termed, and the other at Fleet Bridge. And a record, dated the same year, tells us how " a wex chandler in Flete Street, had bi crafte perced a pipe of the condit withynne the grounde and so conveied the water into his selar ; wherefore he was judged to ride through the citee with a condit uppon his hedde." The man's name, it appears, was Campion, and the " condit on his hedde " was a small model of the building. In 1582, the Conduit was again rebuilt, and a larger cistern placed by it ; but Sir Hugh Middleton's great New River scheme, inaugurated in 1618, obviated the further necessity of the Conduit,, which was probably taken down about this period or soon after.
In the Plan of London issued by Ryther of Amsterdam in 1604, we get an excellent view of the Conduit, which was a building of considerable size and importance.
http://www.oldandsold.com/article…
About Sunday 11 September 1664
Terry F • Link
"no Jane came"
A John did.
About Saturday 10 September 1664
Terry F • Link
Matt Lee, you read it aright. CGS is at play in the OED. L&M transcribe it this way: "Up and to my office, where we sat all the morning."
About The Rivals (John Fletcher and Sir William Davenant)
Terry F • Link
The Rivals was Sir William Davenant's adaptation of The Two Noble Kinsmen, attributed to John Fletcher and William Shakespeare for the Duke's Company
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_…
About Saturday 10 September 1664
Terry F • Link
A List of all His Majesty's Ships, now at sea, or ["and" in MS.] fitting forth ...
Date: 10 September 1664
Shelfmark: MS. Carte 75, fol(s). 218-219
Total of ships at sea, 69, with 8,719 men. Total of ships now fitting for sea, 22.
http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/s…
About Friday 9 September 1664
Terry F • Link
relic? CGS, you jester!
rel·ict
Pronunciation: 're-likt
Function: noun
Etymology: in sense 1, from Middle English relicte, from Late Latin relicta, from Latin, feminine of relictus, past participle of relinquere; in senses 2 & 3, from relict residual, adjective, from Latin relictus
1 : WIDOW
2 : a surviving species of an otherwise extinct group of organisms; also : a remnant of a formerly widespread species that persists in an isolated area
3 a : a relief feature or rock remaining after other parts have disappeared b : something left unchanged
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/rel…
About Thursday 8 September 1664
Terry F • Link
Spithead is a channel (strait) between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight, England, east of the Solent. http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclo…
This takes Sandwich's fleet out of danger in the Channel and posts monitors on the east coast above and at the Thames.
About Thursday 8 September 1664
Terry F • Link
Yarmouth http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclo…
THE NORE sandbank in the Thames estuary, SE England, 3 mi (4.8 km) E of Sheerness. At the east end is Nore Lightship. The name is also applied to part of the Thames estuary, a famous anchorage. http://www.questia.com/library/en…
About Thursday 8 September 1664
Terry F • Link
James, Duke of York, to Sandwich
Written from: St, James'
Date: 8 September 1664
Shelfmark: MS. Carte 75, fol(s). 216
Document type: Original
Communicates advices which have been received of the design of the Dutch to send their Guinea-Fleet through the Channel. His Majesty, considering how unequal his strength is, at present, for any encounter, thinks that Lord Sandwich should sail to Spithead, with the Squadron named in the margin of H.R.H.'s letter, & remain there until further order. Desires, also, that certain other specified ships should be sent, some to Yarmouth; others to the Buoy of the Nore.
http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/s…