"Many people look after my house in Axe-yard to hire it, ..."
There is usually a housing crisis in London -- especially when Parliament is in session, and especially when there is a change-over in administrations. The Old Guard need to finish their business before they pack up and relocate, but the in-coming Guard are eager to get settled. Axe Yard was prime turf (location, location, location), even if the house was "rustic".
"... for him, which methinks is a very great change."
Sir John Claypole MP is looking for a town abode close to Whitehall -- he's still got his country mansion, but his mother-in-law has taken up residence there. He must have been planning some redemption of his name and reputation -- other Cromwells were able to do that.
John Claypole was born on 21 August 1625 at Norborough, Peterborough, Northamptonshire, the son of John Cleypole and Mary Angell.
John Claypole married, firstly, Elizabeth Cromwell, daughter of Oliver Cromwell and Elizabeth Bouchier, on 13 February 1646 at Trinity Church, Ely, Cambridgeshire.
When Elizabeth "Bettie" Cromwell was 16 years old, she fell in love with the mild-mannered 22-year-old Parliamentarian soldier (who was also her father's Master of the Horse) John Claypole, and she was lucky to be able to marry for love. She and John were happy and showered with gifts from her father (e.g. Cromwell made Claypole a peer, thus making his daughter Lady Claypole). The couple had several children, including Cromwell Claypole, who died c May 1678
John Claypole was admitted to Gray's Inn on 30 June, 1651.
John Claypole held the office of M.P. for Carmarthenshire from 1654 to 1655, and held the office of a Lord of the Bedchamber to the Protector.
John Claypole MP was invested as a Knight on 16 July, 1657, and created 1st Baronet Claypole on 20 July 1657.
In 1655 the 26-year-old Lady Elizabeth "Bettie" Cromwell Claypole began to have noticeable health problems. Lady Antonia Fraser states, 'Bettie Claypole was seriously ill (probably with the first manifestation of the cruel cancer that was ultimately to kill her)'.
In August 1658, after a horrendously painful time, Lady Bettie died. She was only 29. Her father was inconsolable.
After leaving London in April 1660, "Protectress Joan" Elizabeth Bourchier Cromell was allowed to live quietly with her daughter's widower, John Claypole, at Northborough Manor, Northamptonshire.
But Sir John Claypole MP’s title was disallowed after the Restoration. On 5 June, 1660 Sir John Claypole MP signed a declaration of allegiance to Charles II.
There is a memorial tablet at St. Andrew’s Parish Church, Northborough that shows Elizabeth Bourchier Cromell died, and was buried in Northborough Church on November 19, 1665. However, there is an indication this date was a blind to protect Elizabeth, and an alternative date in October 1672 is suggested. As with so many other details of her life, the correct date of her death may never be known.
Sir John Claypole MP married, secondly, Blanche Teeke on 21 March, 1670. They had a daughter, Bridget Claypole, who died c 1674.
Sir John Claypoole MP died on 26 June 1688 at age 62 at Norborough Manor, Peterborough, Northamptonshire.
Hi Ruslan -- My guess is that more baptismal and death records have become available in the last 150 years, so additional children have been identified, and Mr. Wheatley has been over-ruled.
Good article, MartinVT. I particularly liked the author's point that there were seldom passageways in Stuart houses, so the help walked through rooms (including bedrooms) in order to get from A to B. I wonder if they knocked first?!
Charles Miller gives us a Bit of nautical trivia re the 'Plymouth': Capt. John Hayward was only in command of her between 14 June to 24 August, 1660. She was a Third Rate (or 'Middling Ship') built by John Taylor at Wapping, ordered 1652 and commissioned 1654. She was 139.5 ft. long and displaced 741 tons, carried a crew of 260 with 52 guns, completed at an initial cost of £5,372.5.0d. She had quite a long life and was re-built as a Fourth Rate at Blackwall in 1703-5 - but foundered with all hands in Channel 11 August, 1705. https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
"The St. Olave Hart Street church is London in miniature — history as a kind of layer cake, boom piled on bust, war piled on plague. With its rich medieval history, it is one of London’s hidden treasures, and the resting place of many luminaries.
"While the records of this small city church only stretch back to the 13th century, legend has it that it was built on the site of the Battle of London Bridge as far back as 1014. If you descend into the crypt, you’ll find a well where, it is thought, King Olaf II of Norway rallied his troops to help drive the Vikings out of London.
"As the city became a center of trade in the 15th and 16th centuries, the church flourished. As the church was next to the home of 16th-century royal spymaster, Francis Walsingham, many of Queen Elizabeth’s spies are said to have worshipped here, and at least two are buried in the church."
A list of ambassadors from 1583 to 1824, with dates of appointment etc., is given in Wood [pp. 250-252]. Lists with even more details are given in Bell, Horn and Bindoff, which cover up to 1852, when the first Foreign Office List appeared. A summary covering the period 1583-1919 can be found in the Wikipedia article ‘List of diplomats from the United Kingdom to the Ottoman Empire’ [minor errors].
The following list shows Ambassadors for whom there are entries in the ODNB: William Harborne; Sir Edward Barton; Sir Paul Pindar; Sir Thomas Roe; Sir Peter Wyche; Sir Sackville Crowe; Sir Thomas Bendish (Bendysh); Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchelsea; Sir John Finch; Sir William Trumbull; Sir William Hussey; William Paget, 7th Baron Paget; Edward Wortley Montagu; Abraham Stanyan; George Hay, 8th Earl of Kinnoull; Sir Everard Fawkener; Sir James Porter; John Murray; Sir Robert Ainslie; Sir Robert Liston; Francis James Jackson; Thomas Bruce, 3rd Earl of Elgin; Sir William Drummond; Charles Arbuthnot; Sir Arthur Paget; Sir Robert Adair; Stratford Canning, Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe; John, Viscount Pon
sonby.
More information from List of British Consular Officials in the Ottoman Empire and its former territories, from the 15th century to about 1860 By David Wilson : July 2011 http://www.levantineheritage.com/…
That's an impressive list of men, given what an uncomfortable position the Constantinopal post must have been.
NOTE: Heneage Finch was considered as either the 2nd Earl or the 3rd Earl of Winchelsea -- the confusion comes from his grandmother being made the Countess of Winchelsea in her own right by King Charles I, so there was on-going debate about whether she counted as the 1st Earl. So this is our Heneage Finch in the Diary.
Until the appointment of Isaac Morier as Consul General in 1804, the chief representative of the Levant Company at Constantinople was the Ambassador, who acted as the Company’s senior consul as well as being an agent of the Crown [WoodEHR ].
He would usually have a private secretary for his own and the king’s work, while there was another secretary for the Levant Company's work, who also acted as cancellier and deputised for the ambassador in his absence, and a treasurer. [AndersonECT, p. 25]
Financial affairs in the Levant Company’s factories were managed by treasurers at Constantinople, Smyrna and, until 1783, Aleppo. These treasurers were usually well-established factors who were elected by their local colleagues, but sometimes the Company sent out its own appointees from London.
Secretaries, Cancelliers & Chargés d’Affaires at Constantinople before 1825: [I've only copied the Stuart century]
Edward Barton Sec 1583-1588; subsequently CDA then ambassador [ODNB]
Domenico Timone {Dominico; Timene} Sec & dragoman for 30 years until c1648 [SP 105/11, fol. 592] d. late 1648 or early 1649 CalSPDom, 1649-1650, p. 89]; cf, Demetrasca Timone, dragoman in 1670 [CalSPDom, 1670, p. 410]; “Signior Antonio and Demetrio Timone, the druggermen” 4 Oct 1679 [Finch, p. 153];
Nicolas Hobart (Nicholas; Hobbart) Sec till ca 1649 [Venn; CalSPDom, 1650, p. 459] d. 16 May 1657, fellow of King’s College, Cambridge; “agent for the Levant Company”, who gave books collected in Constantinople to Cambridge University Library [Oates, pp. 289-292]
John Williams apptd Sec 1650 [CalSPDom, 1650, p. 459]|
Anthony Bokenham Sec to Sir Thomas Bendish and later C at Smyrna [Venn]
Anthony Isaacson Sec & Clr until Jun 1661 [AndersonECT, p. 26] [cf. Smyrna]
Robert Bargrave apptd Sec & Clr 1660 [ODNB] died at Smyrna before taking up post [AndersonECT, pp. 25-26]
Paul Rycaut apptd Sec & Clr 1660 [AndersonECT] [to Smyrna as C in 1667] b. 1626, d. 1700; see detailed biography: AndersonECT
John Newman Sec & Clr 1667-1673 [AndersonECT, p. 243; Finch, p. 481] d. 1673 while acting as CDA
James Rycaut acting Clr 1665-1667 [AndersonECT, p. 99-100]; elected Clr 14 Sep 1695 [Horn] d. Mar 1705 Constantinople; s/o James (1621/2-1694), bro. of Paul Rycaut [Horn; Anderson ECT]
John Covel CDA left in charge of the embassy 1672-1674 [ODNB]
Thomas Coke apptd Clr 1673 [AndersonECT, p. 234] [Sec & Clr 1680-1695 [Horn]; acted as CDA Sep 1691 to Feb 1693 [Wood, p. 251] d. 30 Mar 1695 [Horn]
James Dayrolle Sec ca 1690 [Horn] [then British resident at The Hague 1706-1712, at Geneva 1715-1717 and again at The Hague 1717-1739
Abraham Stanyan Sec 1690-1691 [Sec. at embassy in Venice 1697-1698, envoy to Switzerland 1705-1714, ambassador at Constantinople 1717-1730 [Horn; ODNB]
John Hefferman elected Clr 25 Jun 1705 [resigned early 1721 [Horn]
'We note also how the business, properly with the Admiralty (in whose papers the letter resides) is still done seemingly on a personal level with Sandwich. In the future Sam will just be the face of the faceless "Office".'
Stephane, that explains why Pepys continues to work for Sandwich with no complaint. He can take the dictation at night at Whitehall, and in the morning go to the Navy Office for transcription and implementation. He forms the vital link between the Navy Board and the Admiralty offices.
And I don't care how much Portugal wants to be friends -- what is England going to do with wormy masts? Sandwich must have been giving Capt. Blaides a heads-up to reject any that were not sound.
These two items probably have no connection, but we do know that Charles II made sure he had a couple of hours for exercise every day, and he had lots of plans for his future lifestyle, even if they had not been put into action yet.
Tuesday 7 August 1660 House of Commons … New Windsor Poor. The humble Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Burgesses, and Inhabitants of his Majesty's Borough of New Windsor, in the County of Berks, was read. Ordered, That it be referred to the Justices of Peace, to take care of the Poor Women and Children, who are commanded out of the Castle of New Windsor, to dispose of the said Women and Children according to Law.
Charles II (r.1660-85) loved Windsor, particularly in late summer and autumn, when there would be hunting and horse racing at nearby Datchet.
When he came to the throne in 1660, he was determined to establish Windsor as his principal non-metropolitan palace and an important symbol of the restoration of the Monarchy.
You think the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses knew of Charles' plans, and are trying to clear out the squatters on his behalf? The Castle needs a Governor, Charles. Nature -- and poor people -- abhor a vacuum.
Meanwhile, at the Palace of Whitehall, two of Charles II's friends are squabbling over who has the patent to open a theater. Charles settled it by giving both Sir William Davenant and playwrite Thomas Killigrew the rights. But that upset Sir Henry Herbert, the Master of the Revels, who on 4 August, 1660, presented a petition to Charles II opposing the patents on the grounds that they would be 'destructive' of the authority of his office.
Charles is playing Solomon -- but he has 3 mothers to placate.
Meanwhile, at the House of Lords, they have decided to remove John Thurloe -- Cromwell's Secretary of State and ruthless spy master -- from the Bill of Indemnity. Someone must have told them he was (unofficially) working for Charles II now, and needed his head to continue with the job. https://www.british-history.ac.uk…
No -- he went to work in the Navy Office, where they sat/met all morning. He could easily have started at 6 a.m. if not before, and clocked out at noon for lunch.
Then he and Elizabeth make some courtesy calls -- Mrs. Blackborne wasn't home -- for say 4 hours. Then he goes to work at the Privy Seal's Office. Let's say he stayed there until 6 or 7 -- and off to Sandwich's for another business discussion.
They get to the Hunts' by around 9 p.m., and she realizes he, at least, has had a busy day and puts them to bed.
By my calculations he worked for between 8 and 9 hours at his 3 various occupations.
It took me a minute to reconcile the apparent Royalist in the 1893 text, and the obvious Parliamentarian whose bio I found on the 1660-90 House of Commons site. Then I realized the house at Farringdon was held by Robert Pye SENIOR, and young Robert besieged him! Junior still inherited when the time came, and was hired by Charles II. Go figure.
Sir Robert Pye MP JR. (1622 - 1701) was descended from an ancient Herefordshire gentry family. Robert SR. was an Exchequer official, who bought Faringdon in 1623.
Robert JR. married Anne Hampton (with £2,000) in 1641; she was the daughter of John Hampden of Great Hampden, Bucks. They had 3 sons and 2 daughters.
Robert Pye Jr. was knighted by 1642. As he was a Capt. of horse (parliamentary) in 1642, and a Col. from 1644-7, this was not a royalist honor.
As a client of George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham’s, Robert Pye was a lukewarm MP during the Civil Wars -- until secluded at Pride’s Purge; but he continued to hold office during the Interregnum. [Robert SR lived until 1662, and Villiers was a Royalist -- could the HoC bio have them confused? - SDS]
As the son-in-law of Hampden, Robert Pye Jr. was more active as a cavalry officer throughout the Civil Wars, holding local office under both Commonwealth and Protectorate.
In Jan. 1660, Sir Robert Pye MP presented the Berkshire petition for the return of the secluded Members, and was sent to the Tower. He sued with a writ of habeas corpus, and was released at the overthrow of the Rump.
Pye’s stand commended him to Berkshire electors, and as a leading Presbyterian Royalist he was elected to the Convention Parliament, and named to 8 committees.
On 8 May, 1660, Pye was given leave to attend Charles II, who gave him a post in the stables. He continued to serve Berkshire: Commr. for militia, Berks. 1648, ?Mar. 1660, j.p. 1651-83, 1689-d., capt. of militia horse Apr. 1660, dep. lt. c. Aug. 1660-83, 1689-d.; commr. for assessment, Berks. Aug. 1660-80, Westminster 1663-80, Berks.
Later committees included those on the bills for disbanding the army and for settling the establishment of Dunkirk.
On succeeding to an estate of £2,000 p.a. in 1662, he was granted a warrant for a baronetcy, but no patent passed the seals.
As a royal equerry, Pye was exempted from restrictions on travel imposed on former officers of the parliamentary army during the second Anglo-Dutch war, nor did Charles II lend credence to accusations after the Rye House Plot, although he was disarmed and removed from local office.
In December 1688 he joined William III of Orange.
Sir Robert Pye MP was reappointed j.p. and dep. lt. for Westminster after the Revolution. In 1690, after a gap of 30 years, he stood again for Berkshire.
He was buried at Faringdon on 28 Dec., 1701, a few weeks after his wife had passed.
This page is for Samuel JUNIOR -- and he doesn't seem to have devoted himself to the pursuit of knowledge like his dad did. He probably knew it didn't pay well!
There are two cases when the Diary could have referred to "reeds" in this connection. The problem seems to be that Pepys' shorthand is open to interpretation, leaving Wheatley and L&M taking different positions.
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About Friday 10 August 1660
San Diego Sarah • Link
"Many people look after my house in Axe-yard to hire it, ..."
There is usually a housing crisis in London -- especially when Parliament is in session, and especially when there is a change-over in administrations. The Old Guard need to finish their business before they pack up and relocate, but the in-coming Guard are eager to get settled. Axe Yard was prime turf (location, location, location), even if the house was "rustic".
About Friday 10 August 1660
San Diego Sarah • Link
"... for him, which methinks is a very great change."
Sir John Claypole MP is looking for a town abode close to Whitehall -- he's still got his country mansion, but his mother-in-law has taken up residence there. He must have been planning some redemption of his name and reputation -- other Cromwells were able to do that.
About John Claypole ("Lord")
San Diego Sarah • Link
John Claypole was born on 21 August 1625 at Norborough, Peterborough, Northamptonshire, the son of John Cleypole and Mary Angell.
John Claypole married, firstly, Elizabeth Cromwell, daughter of Oliver Cromwell and Elizabeth Bouchier, on 13 February 1646 at Trinity Church, Ely, Cambridgeshire.
When Elizabeth "Bettie" Cromwell was 16 years old, she fell in love with the mild-mannered 22-year-old Parliamentarian soldier (who was also her father's Master of the Horse) John Claypole, and she was lucky to be able to marry for love. She and John were happy and showered with gifts from her father (e.g. Cromwell made Claypole a peer, thus making his daughter Lady Claypole). The couple had several children, including Cromwell Claypole, who died c May 1678
John Claypole was admitted to Gray's Inn on 30 June, 1651.
John Claypole held the office of M.P. for Carmarthenshire from 1654 to 1655, and held the office of a Lord of the Bedchamber to the Protector.
John Claypole MP was invested as a Knight on 16 July, 1657, and created 1st Baronet Claypole on 20 July 1657.
In 1655 the 26-year-old Lady Elizabeth "Bettie" Cromwell Claypole began to have noticeable health problems. Lady Antonia Fraser states, 'Bettie Claypole was seriously ill (probably with the first manifestation of the cruel cancer that was ultimately to kill her)'.
In August 1658, after a horrendously painful time, Lady Bettie died. She was only 29. Her father was inconsolable.
After leaving London in April 1660, "Protectress Joan" Elizabeth Bourchier Cromell was allowed to live quietly with her daughter's widower, John Claypole, at Northborough Manor, Northamptonshire.
But Sir John Claypole MP’s title was disallowed after the Restoration.
On 5 June, 1660 Sir John Claypole MP signed a declaration of allegiance to Charles II.
There is a memorial tablet at St. Andrew’s Parish Church, Northborough that shows Elizabeth Bourchier Cromell died, and was buried in Northborough Church on November 19, 1665. However, there is an indication this date was a blind to protect Elizabeth, and an alternative date in October 1672 is suggested. As with so many other details of her life, the correct date of her death may never be known.
Sir John Claypole MP married, secondly, Blanche Teeke on 21 March, 1670. They had a daughter, Bridget Claypole, who died c 1674.
Sir John Claypoole MP died on 26 June 1688 at age 62 at Norborough Manor, Peterborough, Northamptonshire.
http://www.thepeerage.com/p13114.…
and other places.
About Jane Turner (b. Pepys, Pepys' cousin)
San Diego Sarah • Link
Hi Ruslan -- My guess is that more baptismal and death records have become available in the last 150 years, so additional children have been identified, and Mr. Wheatley has been over-ruled.
About Thursday 9 August 1660
San Diego Sarah • Link
Good article, MartinVT.
I particularly liked the author's point that there were seldom passageways in Stuart houses, so the help walked through rooms (including bedrooms) in order to get from A to B.
I wonder if they knocked first?!
About The Plymouth
San Diego Sarah • Link
Charles Miller gives us a
Bit of nautical trivia re the 'Plymouth':
Capt. John Hayward was only in command of her between 14 June to 24 August, 1660.
She was a Third Rate (or 'Middling Ship') built by John Taylor at Wapping, ordered 1652 and commissioned 1654.
She was 139.5 ft. long and displaced 741 tons, carried a crew of 260 with 52 guns, completed at an initial cost of £5,372.5.0d.
She had quite a long life and was re-built as a Fourth Rate at Blackwall in 1703-5 - but foundered with all hands in Channel 11 August, 1705.
https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
About St Olave, Hart Street
San Diego Sarah • Link
"The St. Olave Hart Street church is London in miniature — history as a kind of layer cake, boom piled on bust, war piled on plague. With its rich medieval history, it is one of London’s hidden treasures, and the resting place of many luminaries.
"While the records of this small city church only stretch back to the 13th century, legend has it that it was built on the site of the Battle of London Bridge as far back as 1014. If you descend into the crypt, you’ll find a well where, it is thought, King Olaf II of Norway rallied his troops to help drive the Vikings out of London.
"As the city became a center of trade in the 15th and 16th centuries, the church flourished. As the church was next to the home of 16th-century royal spymaster, Francis Walsingham, many of Queen Elizabeth’s spies are said to have worshipped here, and at least two are buried in the church."
This report and a color picture of St. Olave's, Hart Street, at
https://www.atlasobscura.com/arti…
About Constantinople
San Diego Sarah • Link
Terry posted information about the spread of the plague and the condition of Constantinople in 1660 at
https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
About Constantinople
San Diego Sarah • Link
PART 2
A list of ambassadors from 1583 to 1824, with dates of appointment etc., is given in Wood [pp. 250-252].
Lists with even more details are given in Bell, Horn and Bindoff, which cover up to 1852, when the first Foreign Office List appeared.
A summary covering the period 1583-1919 can be found in the Wikipedia
article ‘List of diplomats from the United Kingdom to the Ottoman Empire’ [minor errors].
The following list shows Ambassadors for whom there are entries in the ODNB:
William Harborne; Sir Edward Barton; Sir Paul Pindar; Sir Thomas Roe; Sir Peter Wyche; Sir Sackville Crowe; Sir Thomas Bendish (Bendysh); Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchelsea; Sir John Finch; Sir William Trumbull; Sir William Hussey; William Paget, 7th Baron Paget; Edward Wortley Montagu; Abraham Stanyan; George Hay, 8th Earl of Kinnoull; Sir Everard Fawkener; Sir James Porter; John Murray; Sir Robert Ainslie; Sir Robert Liston; Francis James Jackson; Thomas Bruce, 3rd Earl of Elgin; Sir William Drummond; Charles Arbuthnot; Sir Arthur Paget; Sir Robert Adair; Stratford Canning,
Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe; John, Viscount Pon
sonby.
More information from
List of British Consular Officials in the Ottoman Empire
and its former territories, from the 15th century to about 1860
By David Wilson : July 2011
http://www.levantineheritage.com/…
That's an impressive list of men, given what an uncomfortable position the Constantinopal post must have been.
NOTE: Heneage Finch was considered as either the 2nd Earl or the 3rd Earl of Winchelsea -- the confusion comes from his grandmother being made the Countess of Winchelsea in her own right by King Charles I, so there was on-going debate about whether she counted as the 1st Earl.
So this is our Heneage Finch in the Diary.
About Constantinople
San Diego Sarah • Link
Until the appointment of Isaac Morier as Consul General in 1804, the chief representative of the Levant Company at Constantinople was the Ambassador, who acted as the Company’s senior consul as well as being an agent of the Crown [WoodEHR ].
He would usually have a private secretary for his own and the king’s work, while there was another secretary for the Levant Company's work, who also acted as cancellier and deputised for the ambassador in his absence, and a treasurer. [AndersonECT, p. 25]
Financial affairs in the Levant Company’s factories were managed by treasurers at Constantinople, Smyrna and, until 1783, Aleppo.
These treasurers were usually well-established factors who were elected by their local colleagues, but sometimes the Company sent out its own appointees from London.
Secretaries, Cancelliers & Chargés d’Affaires at Constantinople before 1825:
[I've only copied the Stuart century]
Edward Barton Sec 1583-1588; subsequently CDA then ambassador [ODNB]
Domenico Timone {Dominico; Timene} Sec & dragoman for 30 years until c1648 [SP 105/11, fol. 592] d. late 1648 or early 1649 CalSPDom, 1649-1650, p. 89]; cf, Demetrasca Timone, dragoman in 1670 [CalSPDom, 1670, p. 410];
“Signior Antonio and Demetrio Timone, the druggermen” 4 Oct 1679 [Finch, p. 153];
Nicolas Hobart (Nicholas; Hobbart) Sec till ca 1649 [Venn; CalSPDom, 1650, p. 459] d. 16 May 1657, fellow of King’s College, Cambridge; “agent for the Levant Company”, who gave books collected in Constantinople to Cambridge University Library [Oates, pp. 289-292]
John Williams apptd Sec 1650 [CalSPDom, 1650, p. 459]|
Anthony Bokenham Sec to Sir Thomas Bendish and later C at Smyrna [Venn]
Anthony Isaacson Sec & Clr until Jun 1661 [AndersonECT, p. 26] [cf. Smyrna]
Robert Bargrave apptd Sec & Clr 1660 [ODNB] died at Smyrna before taking up post [AndersonECT, pp. 25-26]
Paul Rycaut apptd Sec & Clr 1660 [AndersonECT] [to Smyrna as C in 1667] b. 1626, d. 1700; see detailed biography: AndersonECT
John Newman Sec & Clr 1667-1673 [AndersonECT, p. 243; Finch, p. 481] d. 1673 while acting as CDA
James Rycaut acting Clr 1665-1667 [AndersonECT, p. 99-100]; elected Clr 14 Sep 1695 [Horn] d. Mar 1705 Constantinople; s/o James (1621/2-1694), bro. of Paul Rycaut [Horn; Anderson ECT]
John Covel CDA left in charge of the embassy 1672-1674 [ODNB]
Thomas Coke apptd Clr 1673 [AndersonECT, p. 234] [Sec & Clr 1680-1695 [Horn]; acted as CDA Sep 1691 to Feb 1693 [Wood, p. 251] d. 30 Mar 1695 [Horn]
James Dayrolle Sec ca 1690 [Horn] [then British resident at The Hague 1706-1712, at Geneva 1715-1717 and again at The Hague 1717-1739
Abraham Stanyan Sec 1690-1691 [Sec. at embassy in Venice 1697-1698, envoy to Switzerland 1705-1714, ambassador at Constantinople 1717-1730 [Horn; ODNB]
John Hefferman elected Clr 25 Jun 1705 [resigned early 1721 [Horn]
About Tuesday 7 August 1660
San Diego Sarah • Link
'We note also how the business, properly with the Admiralty (in whose papers the letter resides) is still done seemingly on a personal level with Sandwich. In the future Sam will just be the face of the faceless "Office".'
Stephane, that explains why Pepys continues to work for Sandwich with no complaint. He can take the dictation at night at Whitehall, and in the morning go to the Navy Office for transcription and implementation. He forms the vital link between the Navy Board and the Admiralty offices.
And I don't care how much Portugal wants to be friends -- what is England going to do with wormy masts? Sandwich must have been giving Capt. Blaides a heads-up to reject any that were not sound.
About Tuesday 7 August 1660
San Diego Sarah • Link
These two items probably have no connection, but we do know that Charles II made sure he had a couple of hours for exercise every day, and he had lots of plans for his future lifestyle, even if they had not been put into action yet.
Tuesday 7 August 1660
House of Commons
…
New Windsor Poor.
The humble Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Burgesses, and Inhabitants of his Majesty's Borough of New Windsor, in the County of Berks, was read.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Justices of Peace, to take care of the Poor Women and Children, who are commanded out of the Castle of New Windsor, to dispose of the said Women and Children according to Law.
https://www.british-history.ac.uk…
@@@
Charles II (r.1660-85) loved Windsor, particularly in late summer and autumn, when there would be hunting and horse racing at nearby Datchet.
When he came to the throne in 1660, he was determined to establish Windsor as his principal non-metropolitan palace and an important symbol of the restoration of the Monarchy.
http://www.royalcollection.org.uk…
@@@
You think the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses knew of Charles' plans, and are trying to clear out the squatters on his behalf?
The Castle needs a Governor, Charles.
Nature -- and poor people -- abhor a vacuum.
About Saturday 4 August 1660
San Diego Sarah • Link
Meanwhile, at the Palace of Whitehall, two of Charles II's friends are squabbling over who has the patent to open a theater.
Charles settled it by giving both Sir William Davenant and playwrite Thomas Killigrew the rights.
But that upset Sir Henry Herbert, the Master of the Revels, who on 4 August, 1660, presented a petition to Charles II opposing the patents on the grounds that they would be 'destructive' of the authority of his office.
Charles is playing Solomon -- but he has 3 mothers to placate.
For the details, see http://www.british-history.ac.uk/…
About Wednesday 8 August 1660
San Diego Sarah • Link
Meanwhile, at the House of Lords, they have decided to remove John Thurloe -- Cromwell's Secretary of State and ruthless spy master -- from the Bill of Indemnity.
Someone must have told them he was (unofficially) working for Charles II now, and needed his head to continue with the job.
https://www.british-history.ac.uk…
About Wednesday 8 August 1660
San Diego Sarah • Link
"Is he taking a 'vacation day'?"
No -- he went to work in the Navy Office, where they sat/met all morning. He could easily have started at 6 a.m. if not before, and clocked out at noon for lunch.
Then he and Elizabeth make some courtesy calls -- Mrs. Blackborne wasn't home -- for say 4 hours. Then he goes to work at the Privy Seal's Office. Let's say he stayed there until 6 or 7 -- and off to Sandwich's for another business discussion.
They get to the Hunts' by around 9 p.m., and she realizes he, at least, has had a busy day and puts them to bed.
By my calculations he worked for between 8 and 9 hours at his 3 various occupations.
About Sir Robert Pye
San Diego Sarah • Link
It took me a minute to reconcile the apparent Royalist in the 1893 text, and the obvious Parliamentarian whose bio I found on the 1660-90 House of Commons site. Then I realized the house at Farringdon was held by Robert Pye SENIOR, and young Robert besieged him!
Junior still inherited when the time came, and was hired by Charles II. Go figure.
Sir Robert Pye MP JR. (1622 - 1701) was descended from an ancient Herefordshire gentry family.
Robert SR. was an Exchequer official, who bought Faringdon in 1623.
Robert JR. married Anne Hampton (with £2,000) in 1641; she was the daughter of John Hampden of Great Hampden, Bucks. They had 3 sons and 2 daughters.
Robert Pye Jr. was knighted by 1642. As he was a Capt. of horse (parliamentary) in 1642, and a Col. from 1644-7, this was not a royalist honor.
As a client of George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham’s, Robert Pye was a lukewarm MP during the Civil Wars -- until secluded at Pride’s Purge; but he continued to hold office during the Interregnum.
[Robert SR lived until 1662, and Villiers was a Royalist -- could the HoC bio have them confused? - SDS]
As the son-in-law of Hampden, Robert Pye Jr. was more active as a cavalry officer throughout the Civil Wars, holding local office under both Commonwealth and Protectorate.
In Jan. 1660, Sir Robert Pye MP presented the Berkshire petition for the return of the secluded Members, and was sent to the Tower.
He sued with a writ of habeas corpus, and was released at the overthrow of the Rump.
Pye’s stand commended him to Berkshire electors, and as a leading Presbyterian Royalist he was elected to the Convention Parliament, and named to 8 committees.
On 8 May, 1660, Pye was given leave to attend Charles II, who gave him a post in the stables.
He continued to serve Berkshire: Commr. for militia, Berks. 1648, ?Mar. 1660, j.p. 1651-83, 1689-d., capt. of militia horse Apr. 1660, dep. lt. c. Aug. 1660-83, 1689-d.; commr. for assessment, Berks. Aug. 1660-80, Westminster 1663-80, Berks.
Later committees included those on the bills for disbanding the army and for settling the establishment of Dunkirk.
On succeeding to an estate of £2,000 p.a. in 1662, he was granted a warrant for a baronetcy, but no patent passed the seals.
As a royal equerry, Pye was exempted from restrictions on travel imposed on former officers of the parliamentary army during the second Anglo-Dutch war, nor did Charles II lend credence to accusations after the Rye House Plot, although he was disarmed and removed from local office.
In December 1688 he joined William III of Orange.
Sir Robert Pye MP was reappointed j.p. and dep. lt. for Westminster after the Revolution.
In 1690, after a gap of 30 years, he stood again for Berkshire.
He was buried at Faringdon on 28 Dec., 1701, a few weeks after his wife had passed.
SEE https://www.historyofparliamenton…
About Wednesday 8 August 1660
San Diego Sarah • Link
“D.W.” is David Widger, who produced the electronic text for Project Gutenberg.
Under the "ABOUT" icon, Phil has included a page "ABOUT THE TEXT" which answers lots more questions like this:
https://www.pepysdiary.com/about/…
About Samuel Hartlib (jun.)
San Diego Sarah • Link
Terry's post above is about Samuel Hartlib SENIOR.
https://www.pepysdiary.com/encycl…
This page is for Samuel JUNIOR -- and he doesn't seem to have devoted himself to the pursuit of knowledge like his dad did. He probably knew it didn't pay well!
About Sunday 5 August 1660
San Diego Sarah • Link
The bread/reed confusion happens again later, and Phil has given us a page for future insights and annotations.
https://www.pepysdiary.com/encycl…
About Broom and reed
San Diego Sarah • Link
There are two cases when the Diary could have referred to "reeds" in this connection.
The problem seems to be that Pepys' shorthand is open to interpretation, leaving Wheatley and L&M taking different positions.
The first time was on 5 August, 1660, and the discussion starts at
https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…