"The truth is, my jealousy hath hindered it, for fear she should see Pembleton."
An annotation 70 years hence:
"You cannot pluck roses without fear of thorns, Nor enjoy a fair wife without danger of horns." Poor Richard, 1734, by R. SAUNDERS [Ben Franklin]. http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infou…
"Up, and to church, where I have not been these many weeks."
Actually SP has not been to St Olave's very often at all since last December. In all:
8 May 1664 "After dinner...my wife and I to church"
17 April 1664 "Up, and I put on my best cloth black suit and my velvet cloake, and with my wife in her best laced suit to church, where we have not been these nine or ten weeks. The truth is, my jealousy hath hindered it, for fear she should see Pembleton."
14 February 1663/64 "Up and to church alone, where a lazy sermon of Mr. Mills, upon a text to introduce catechizing in his parish, which I perceive he intends to begin."
7 February 1663/64 "Up and to church, and thence home, my wife being ill [with those] kept her bed all day "
"Wrote many letters by the post to ease my mind of business and to clear my paper of minutes, as I did lately oblige myself to clear every thing against the end of the month."
L&M note Pepys was accustomed to keep monthly "to do" lists (the "minutes"); some later ones survived in his *Private Correspondence* and *Tangier Papers*.
Carp, a family of freshwater fish originating in Asia, were introduced to England from western Europe during the 13th century, when they were cultivated mainly by monks. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carp
Van Lennep, William (ed.) (1965). The London Stage 1660-1800: A Calendar of Plays, Entertainments & Afterpieces Together with Casts, Box-Receipts and Contemporary Comment Compiled From the Playbills, Newspapers and Theatrical Diaries of the Period, Part 1: 1660-1700. Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press. http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pw…
Jesse, my guess is it's near the end of the month, SP is a bit at wits end, and methinks today's entry's theme is events that call for reckonings of standing.
"my great store of Coles in, being ten Chaldron, so that I may see how long they will last me."
So transcribe L&M. Pepys is experimenting and may tell us when this delivery of 10 chaldrons runs out. He did not do so as he hoped for the 10 chaldron delivered to Seething Lane 16 September 1661. http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
The definition of "Chaldron" elicited a lively and inconclusive discussion, it being treated as either a measure of volume or one of weight. Not cited was L&M's Select Glossary which says it is: "1 1/3 tons (London measure)" which is unclear to me. If such a ton = 2,240 pounds, a chaldron then = 2,986.67 pounds. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ton
Wikipedia notes that later "A chaldron was a dry English measure, beginning in 1826, of 4 quarters or 32 bushels. More recently, it has been applied exclusively to coal, for which a chaldron is equal to 36 bushels heaped up. On shipboard, 21 chaldrons of coal was the allowance to the score. The use of the unit ended in 1963 with the reform of the Weights and Measures Act." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chal…
The 1661 delivery was split, Pepys taking in 8 chaldron, "and with the other to repay Sir W. Pen what [he had] borrowed of him a little while [earlier]." -- suggesting to me that he was measuring a volume, despite the view of L&M et al.
"yesterday in Moorefields...the butchers...were soundly beaten out of the field, and some deeply wounded and bruised; till at last the weavers went out tryumphing, calling 100l. for a butcher."
Socially-destabilizing in early modern London were riots of apprentice gangs, esp. the weavers. Pepys recorded an example this past March 26-27. See Rex Gordon's note on some ways young apprentices in London tested limits http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1… He does not mention the London apprentice riots of the 1590s, esp. 1595, which elicited law enforcement sweeps and tighter regs. See, e.g. The London apprentice riots of the 1590s and the fiction of Thomas Deloney http://findarticles.com/p/article…
"[Shrove Tuesday] was a customary day for apprentices to storm the brothels, make mischief, and storm around the town creating chaos. It would have been normal for an apprentice such as Rafe in Beaufort's 'The Knight of the Burning Pestle' to take part in this...." http://www.duke.edu/web/emt/stude…
Rafe. Then I took up my bow and shaft in hand And walked into Moorfields to cool myself; But there grim cruel Death met me again, And shot this forked arrow through me head, And now I faint. Therefore be warned by me, My fellows every one, of forked heads. Farewell, all you good boys in merry London; Ne'er shall we more upon Shrove Tuesday meet And pluck down houses of iniquity. http://www.duke.edu/web/emt/stude…
At least today's fray was also in Moorfields, beyond the Artillery Ground and Moorgate, north of Bedlam Hospital, on the last expanse of empty land still within the city Walls.
"But, Lord! to see how the train-bands are raised upon this: the drums beating every where as if an enemy were upon them; so much is this city subject to be put into a disarray upon very small occasions."
"Those wild and crazy Cheapside apprentices" were a mob "liberating" two who, say L&M, had been convicted of assaulting their master, a serious crime, and recalling a two-century-long history of apprentice riots that, esp. during the 1590's, esp. 1595, had threatened the social order in London.
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About Sunday 31 July 1664
Terry F • Link
"The truth is, my jealousy hath hindered it, for fear she should see Pembleton."
An annotation 70 years hence:
"You cannot pluck roses without fear of thorns,
Nor enjoy a fair wife without danger of horns."
Poor Richard, 1734, by R. SAUNDERS [Ben Franklin].
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infou…
About Sunday 31 July 1664
Terry F • Link
"Up, and to church, where I have not been these many weeks."
Actually SP has not been to St Olave's very often at all since last December. In all:
8 May 1664 "After dinner...my wife and I to church"
17 April 1664 "Up, and I put on my best cloth black suit and my velvet cloake, and with my wife in her best laced suit to church, where we have not been these nine or ten weeks. The truth is, my jealousy hath hindered it, for fear she should see Pembleton."
14 February 1663/64 "Up and to church alone, where a lazy sermon of Mr. Mills, upon a text to introduce catechizing in his parish, which I perceive he intends to begin."
7 February 1663/64 "Up and to church, and thence home, my wife being ill [with those] kept her bed all day "
27 December 1663 "Up and to church alone...."
About Saturday 30 July 1664
Terry F • Link
"Wrote many letters by the post to ease my mind of business and to clear my paper of minutes, as I did lately oblige myself to clear every thing against the end of the month."
L&M note Pepys was accustomed to keep monthly "to do" lists (the "minutes"); some later ones survived in his *Private Correspondence* and *Tangier Papers*.
About Saturday 30 July 1664
Terry F • Link
"got him and Andrews to sign to the giving me 300l. per annum"
Is it to be in writing?! Pepys's portion of it on paper?
About Crab
Terry F • Link
Crab
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab
About Eels
Terry F • Link
Eel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eel
European eel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro…
About Carp
Terry F • Link
Carp, a family of freshwater fish originating in Asia, were introduced to England from western Europe during the 13th century, when they were cultivated mainly by monks. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carp
About Mullet
Terry F • Link
Mullet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mull…
About Friday 29 July 1664
Terry F • Link
"I perceive they do all find that I am the busy man to see the King have right done him by inquiring out other bidders."
Samuel Pepys, quintessential agent for the King. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agen…
About Thursday 28 July 1664
Terry F • Link
Were playbills posted?
Van Lennep, William (ed.) (1965). The London Stage 1660-1800: A Calendar of Plays, Entertainments & Afterpieces Together with Casts, Box-Receipts and Contemporary Comment Compiled From the Playbills, Newspapers and Theatrical Diaries of the Period, Part 1: 1660-1700. Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press. http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pw…
About Thomas Betterton
Terry F • Link
Thomas Betterton
One of the earliest celebrity actors
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thom…
About Thursday 28 July 1664
Terry F • Link
Gary Larson's "Far Side" take on the devil's choice between two evils: http://www.lechatnoirboutique.com…
About Thursday 28 July 1664
Terry F • Link
Jesse, my guess is it's near the end of the month, SP is a bit at wits end, and methinks today's entry's theme is events that call for reckonings of standing.
About Thursday 28 July 1664
Terry F • Link
The lesser of evils
"The Bondman" or "Fleet Alley, God forgive me, again."
Yes, Pilgrim, there are temptations all around.
About Thursday 28 July 1664
Terry F • Link
"seeing 'The Bondman' upon the posts, I consulted my oaths and find I may go safely this time without breaking it"
What a strange enterprise. It sounds as though Pepys keeps his oaths in a ledger he uses to track their violations and the resultant fines.
"seeing Fat Betty in her place at the 'Change, I consulted my oaths and find I may go safely this time without breaking it"...?
About Wednesday 27 July 1664
Terry F • Link
Michael, Thanks for explaining why the previous, vain discussion was so long!
About Wednesday 27 July 1664
Terry F • Link
"my great store of Coles in, being ten Chaldron, so that I may see how long they will last me."
So transcribe L&M. Pepys is experimenting and may tell us when this delivery of 10 chaldrons runs out. He did not do so as he hoped for the 10 chaldron delivered to Seething Lane 16 September 1661. http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
The definition of "Chaldron" elicited a lively and inconclusive discussion, it being treated as either a measure of volume or one of weight. Not cited was L&M's Select Glossary which says it is: "1 1/3 tons (London measure)" which is unclear to me. If such a ton = 2,240 pounds, a chaldron then = 2,986.67 pounds. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ton
Wikipedia notes that later "A chaldron was a dry English measure, beginning in 1826, of 4 quarters or 32 bushels. More recently, it has been applied exclusively to coal, for which a chaldron is equal to 36 bushels heaped up. On shipboard, 21 chaldrons of coal was the allowance to the score. The use of the unit ended in 1963 with the reform of the Weights and Measures Act." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chal…
The 1661 delivery was split, Pepys taking in 8 chaldron, "and with the other to repay Sir W. Pen what [he had] borrowed of him a little while [earlier]." -- suggesting to me that he was measuring a volume, despite the view of L&M et al.
About Tuesday 26 July 1664
Terry F • Link
"yesterday in Moorefields...the butchers...were soundly beaten out of the field, and some deeply wounded and bruised; till at last the weavers went out tryumphing, calling 100l. for a butcher."
Socially-destabilizing in early modern London were riots of apprentice gangs, esp. the weavers. Pepys recorded an example this past March 26-27. See Rex Gordon's note on some ways young apprentices in London tested limits
http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1… He does not mention the London apprentice riots of the 1590s, esp. 1595, which elicited law enforcement sweeps and tighter regs. See, e.g. The London apprentice riots of the 1590s and the fiction of Thomas Deloney
http://findarticles.com/p/article…
"[Shrove Tuesday] was a customary day for apprentices to storm the brothels, make mischief, and storm around the town creating chaos. It would have been normal for an apprentice such as Rafe in Beaufort's 'The Knight of the Burning Pestle' to take part in this...." http://www.duke.edu/web/emt/stude…
Rafe. Then I took up my bow and shaft in hand
And walked into Moorfields to cool myself;
But there grim cruel Death met me again,
And shot this forked arrow through me head,
And now I faint. Therefore be warned by me,
My fellows every one, of forked heads.
Farewell, all you good boys in merry London;
Ne'er shall we more upon Shrove Tuesday meet
And pluck down houses of iniquity. http://www.duke.edu/web/emt/stude…
At least today's fray was also in Moorfields, beyond the Artillery Ground and Moorgate, north of Bedlam Hospital, on the last expanse of empty land still within the city Walls.
About Sunday 27 March 1664
Terry F • Link
"But, Lord! to see how the train-bands are raised upon this: the drums beating every where as if an enemy were upon them; so much is this city subject to be put into a disarray upon very small occasions."
Methinks Pepys lacks the perspective of the authorities on yesterday's felonies. Cf. this post: http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
About Saturday 26 March 1664
Terry F • Link
"Those wild and crazy Cheapside apprentices" were a mob "liberating" two who, say L&M, had been convicted of assaulting their master, a serious crime, and recalling a two-century-long history of apprentice riots that, esp. during the 1590's, esp. 1595, had threatened the social order in London.