"the little gentleman, a friend of Captain Ferrers" = likely Emanuel Luffe
See Wed June 10 - "Captain Ferrers his friend, the little man that used to be with him" http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1… and the annotation referencing 7 December 1661: “This morning comes Captain Ferrers and the German, Emanuel Luffe, who goes as one of my Lord’s footmen….” http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
"Sir William B seems to be going to a great deal of trouble to ensure he offers hospitality to Sam" - indeed!
The last appearance of Sir Francis Clerke (13 November 1662 http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1… ) was occasioned by the first meeting of the commission to audit the assets and conduct of the Chatham Chest -- with Sir J. Mennes, Sir Francis Clerke, Mr. Heath, Attorney of the Dutchy, Mr. Prinn, Sir W. Rider, Captn. Cocke and Mr. Pepys -- Sir W. Batten having been the Master = party responsible for the (questionable) management of the Chest. (Chatham Chest - http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclo… )
This is a matter in which Pepys regarded Batten as 'corrupt.'
Mr. Cutler's "very excellent" discourse - on a less cynical note -
Just a year ago -- 21 June 1662 - Samuel Pepys's Diary records that he contracted with Sir W. Rider, Capt. Cocke, and Mr. Cutler for 500 tons of hemp - so the man does know diligence.
Before that, after a dinner feast at Trinity House, SP demanded of the "Lieutenant of the Tower...how Sir H. Vane died" - an incident that seems to me so long ago. but isn't. http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
Lurker, I've provided the superior Latham & Matthews transcription of Pepys's shorthand above, namely “Cosen Rogr Pepys". As Wheately trancribed he also 'corrected'; DW made occasional comments to Wheately in the later edition in the public domain and made available online by Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.org/ .
What to do with a house full of meat and drink and Bess and Ashwell,are away?
The venison is for the lovely wife of Edward.
5 June 1663 - "So to Mr. Turner’s, and there saw Mr. Edward Pepys’s lady, who my wife concurs with me to be very pretty, as most women we ever saw." http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
Trinity House is a bold black presence on the west side of Water Lane, as it doglegs down from Tower Street to Thames Street, near the upper-right corner of this segment of the 18th-century map. http://www.motco.com/map/81002/Se…
Trinity House From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Corporation of Trinity House - came into being in 1514 by Royal Charter granted by Henry VIII. Trinity House has three main functions: · The care of all lighthouses in England, Wales, the Channel Islands and Gibraltar. · Providing aids to navigation, e.g. lightvessels, lighthouses, buoys, radio navigation services etc. · Serving as a charitable organisation for mariners; looking after their safety, welfare, training etc. .... The Master of the Corporation (now a merely honorary title) is the Duke of Edinburgh. Previous Masters of Trinity House have included the diarist Samuel Pepys and the Duke of Wellington, and Admiral William Penn (father of William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania).
Other prominent individuals in Britain, often connected with commercial shipping or the Admiralty, have been associated with Trinity House, including Winston Churchill, who gained his status as an Elder Brother of Trinity House as a result of his position as First Lord of the Admiralty before and during World War I. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trin…
Louise Françoise de la Vallière (August 6, 1644 – June 7, 1710) was mistress to Louis XIV of France from 1661 to 1667. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loui…
Last Saturday “Up and among the tarr men, to look the price of tarr” then, evidence in hand as to what is charged on theopen market, “a difference with Sir W. Batten about Mr. Bowyer’s tarr…, for I will not have the King abused so abominably in the price of what we buy, by Sir W. Batten’s corruption and underhand dealing.”
It seems that perhaps Hill was used to leverage a deal that fell through for either reason you suppose, Dirk.
"The news about the subsidy business in Parliament" has come PDQ from a man who, since 1661, has been M.P. for Rochester, and sat in Commons earlier in the morning.
"Sir W. Batten...tells me that the House have voted the supply, intended for the King, shall be by subsidy." -----------
Supply.
The House did then resume the Matter touching his Majesty's present Supply.
[...]
Sir Robert Atkins reports from the said Committee, the Opinion of the Committee, That the present Supply to his Majesty shall be levied by Way of Subsidy; and that the House would name a Committee, to search and examine the Rolls in the Exchequer, of Subsidies granted in the Times of Queen Elizabeth, King James, and the late King Charles; and to report to the House, What the Proportions of the several Counties were upon those Rolls: And that the Committee be impowered to send for Persons, Papers, and Records.
Resolved, That this House agree with the Committee, That the present Supply to his Majesty shall be levied by way of Subsidy.
From: 'House of Commons Journal Volume 8: 16 June 1663', Journal of the House of Commons: volume 8: 1660-1667 (1802), p. 503. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/…. Date accessed: 16 June 2006
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About Friday 19 June 1663
TerryF • Link
Good to have a German with you at the Rhenish wine-house
or perhaps Luffe suggested the venue?
About Friday 19 June 1663
TerryF • Link
"the little gentleman, a friend of Captain Ferrers" = likely Emanuel Luffe
See Wed June 10 - "Captain Ferrers his friend, the little man that used to be with him"
http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1… and the annotation referencing 7 December 1661: “This morning comes Captain Ferrers and the German, Emanuel Luffe, who goes as one of my Lord’s footmen….” http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
I wonder why Pepys doesn't remember his name?
About Emmanuel Luffe
TerryF • Link
Emanual Luffe
One of Lord Sandwich's footmen, who is also a frequent companion of Captain Ferrer(s) in London.
http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclo…
About Thursday 18 June 1663
TerryF • Link
"Sir William B seems to be going to a great deal of trouble to ensure he offers hospitality to Sam" - indeed!
The last appearance of Sir Francis Clerke (13 November 1662 http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1… ) was occasioned by the first meeting of the commission to audit the assets and conduct of the Chatham Chest -- with Sir J. Mennes, Sir Francis Clerke, Mr. Heath, Attorney of the Dutchy, Mr. Prinn, Sir W. Rider, Captn. Cocke and Mr. Pepys -- Sir W. Batten having been the Master = party responsible for the (questionable) management of the Chest.
(Chatham Chest - http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclo… )
This is a matter in which Pepys regarded Batten as 'corrupt.'
About Thursday 18 June 1663
TerryF • Link
Mr. Cutler's "very excellent" discourse - on a less cynical note -
Just a year ago -- 21 June 1662 - Samuel Pepys's Diary records that he contracted with Sir W. Rider, Capt. Cocke, and Mr. Cutler for 500 tons of hemp - so the man does know diligence.
Before that, after a dinner feast at Trinity House, SP demanded of the "Lieutenant of the Tower...how Sir H. Vane died" - an incident that seems to me so long ago. but isn't.
http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
About Thursday 18 June 1663
TerryF • Link
A wise man knows others' soft spots
Does Mr. Cutler know Mr. Pepys is flattered when his "diligence is taken notice of"?
About Geoffrey Chaucer
TerryF • Link
Geoffrey Chaucer article from Wikipedia with links to further resources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geof…
About Monday 15 June 1663
TerryF • Link
The Officers of The Corporation of Trinity House are elected at the Annual Meeting each year on Trinity Day. (L&M anent today's entry)
About Trinity House (Water Lane)
TerryF • Link
The Officers of The Corporation of Trinity House are elected each year on Trinity Day. (L&M anent the entry of Jun: 15, 1663)
About Monday 15 June 1663
TerryF • Link
Lurker, I've provided the superior Latham & Matthews transcription of Pepys's shorthand above, namely “Cosen Rogr Pepys". As Wheately trancribed he also 'corrected'; DW made occasional comments to Wheately in the later edition in the public domain and made available online by Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.org/ .
About Wednesday 17 June 1663
TerryF • Link
Ahhh, that's 'reinforcing' family ties.
About Wednesday 17 June 1663
TerryF • Link
Spreading good cheer, reinfording family ties.
What to do with a house full of meat and drink and Bess and Ashwell,are away?
The venison is for the lovely wife of Edward.
5 June 1663 - "So to Mr. Turner’s, and there saw Mr. Edward Pepys’s lady, who my wife concurs with me to be very pretty, as most women we ever saw."
http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
The wine is for the mother of dear The[ophila].
About Trinity House (Water Lane)
TerryF • Link
Trinity House is a bold black presence on the west side of Water Lane, as it doglegs down from Tower Street to Thames Street, near the upper-right corner of this segment of the 18th-century map. http://www.motco.com/map/81002/Se…
About Trinity House (Water Lane)
TerryF • Link
Trinity House
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Corporation of Trinity House - came into being in 1514 by Royal Charter granted by Henry VIII.
Trinity House has three main functions:
· The care of all lighthouses in England, Wales, the Channel Islands and Gibraltar.
· Providing aids to navigation, e.g. lightvessels, lighthouses, buoys, radio navigation services etc.
· Serving as a charitable organisation for mariners; looking after their safety, welfare, training etc.
....
The Master of the Corporation (now a merely honorary title) is the Duke of Edinburgh. Previous Masters of Trinity House have included the diarist Samuel Pepys and the Duke of Wellington, and Admiral William Penn (father of William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania).
Other prominent individuals in Britain, often connected with commercial shipping or the Admiralty, have been associated with Trinity House, including Winston Churchill, who gained his status as an Elder Brother of Trinity House as a result of his position as First Lord of the Admiralty before and during World War I.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trin…
About Françoise Louise de la Vallière
TerryF • Link
Louise Françoise de la Vallière (August 6, 1644 – June 7, 1710) was mistress to Louis XIV of France from 1661 to 1667.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loui…
About Tuesday 16 June 1663
TerryF • Link
Tar
Last Saturday
“Up and among the tarr men, to look the price of tarr” then, evidence in hand as to what is charged on theopen market, “a difference with Sir W. Batten about Mr. Bowyer’s tarr…, for I will not have the King abused so abominably in the price of what we buy, by Sir W. Batten’s corruption and underhand dealing.”
It seems that perhaps Hill was used to leverage a deal that fell through for either reason you suppose, Dirk.
Tar is thicker than blood.
About John Hill (b)
TerryF • Link
Tar merchant in Thames St.
(L&M Companion)
About Tuesday 16 June 1663
TerryF • Link
"The news about the subsidy business in Parliament" has come PDQ from a man who, since 1661, has been M.P. for Rochester, and sat in Commons earlier in the morning.
About Tuesday 16 June 1663
TerryF • Link
"Sir W. Batten...tells me that the House have voted the supply, intended for the King, shall be by subsidy."
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Supply.
The House did then resume the Matter touching his Majesty's present Supply.
[...]
Sir Robert Atkins reports from the said Committee, the Opinion of the Committee, That the present Supply to his Majesty shall be levied by Way of Subsidy; and that the House would name a Committee, to search and examine the Rolls in the Exchequer, of Subsidies granted in the Times of Queen Elizabeth, King James, and the late King Charles; and to report to the House, What the Proportions of the several Counties were upon those Rolls: And that the Committee be impowered to send for Persons, Papers, and Records.
Resolved, That this House agree with the Committee, That the present Supply to his Majesty shall be levied by way of Subsidy.
From: 'House of Commons Journal Volume 8: 16 June 1663', Journal of the House of Commons: volume 8: 1660-1667 (1802), p. 503. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/…. Date accessed: 16 June 2006
About Monday 15 June 1663
TerryF • Link
Lurker, your eyes may be sharper than Wheatley's - L&M read "Cosen Rogr Pepys".