BEWARE -- there are 2 Bell inns -- Bill's post is about the other one.
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L&M: The Bell on the Strand was a large inn, known as The Bell at the Maypole. It was north of what then was the Strand, near the present church of St. Mary-le-Strand. It was kept by Thomas Lisle (1664). "A place of great resort by horses, coaches and waggons" (Strype 1720). 26 hearths 1664.
"Mr. Hill (who for these two or three days hath constantly attended my Lord) told me of an offer of 500/. for a Baronet’s dignity, which I told my Lord of in the balcone in this gallery, and he said he would think of it."
When Montagu was presented with his George, which was a highly unusual honor as it is customarily given to titled people on St. George's Day, by implication he was assured of some level of dignification. A Baronetcy hardly qualifies as a reward for his services. I can only read this as an opening of negotiations.
It will be interesting to find out if Montagu has to pay anything for it. (I hope Annesley doesn't turn down too many other thank you gifts on his behalf.)
Sadly only this year has the book of biographies for the Interregnum parliaments been made available in hard copy -- for 700/.s -- $900. So it may not be in my lifetime that Sir Thomas Honywood's bio gets posted here.
But his grandson's, Sir William Honywood, 2nd Bart MP (1654-1748), is available on line:
The opening paragraph says: "Honeywood’s ancestors were established in Kent by the reign of Henry III, and first sat for Hythe in 1393. [SIR WILLIAM] "Honeywood’s grandfather [OUR SIR THOMAS] served on the county committee until 1648, but his father [THOMAS' SON, SIR EDWARD HONYWOOD, 1st Bt.] is said to have sent £3,000 to Charles II in exile, for which he received a baronetcy at the Restoration, and [GRANDSON SIR WILLIAM] Honeywood himself entered politics as a court supporter."
Appropriate buttering of both sides of the slice of bread ensured some security from reprisals -- or, in this case, a Baronetcy. https://www.historyofparliamenton…
For a family so active since 1393, curiously none of them served James I or Charles I.
"Called on betimes by Murford, who showed me five pieces to get a business done for him and I am resolved to do it."
Murford SHOWED him 5 -- he did not GIVE Pepys 5 pieces. That was an incentive, not a bribe. Pepys doesn't know many timber merchants, so should he need some, what reason would he have not to give Murford the deal? Sounds like a no-brainer to me. Then he will get his gratuity.
I remember my uncle doing the same thing when he took the family to a restaurant before going to the theater. He put a fiver on the table before asking the waiter if he could get us fed and out of the restaurant in 40 minutes? (At my first job I earned 5/. a week, so this was a sizeable incentive.) Nothing was said, you understand.
Can anyone tell me the difference between being a timber merchant and being a lumbar merchant?
Historian J.D. Davies (who also writes wonderful Stuart seastories, filling in the gaps left by the historical record) wrote about visiting Pepys' country home: https://jddavies.com/2013/06/19/p…
John Crew had a big house in Lincoln's Inn Fields, presumably with a basement, which would include a locked vault for just this sort of thing. And probably his wine collection as well, all under lock and key.
Also in the basement would be the coal cellar and a room full of barrels in which the waste from the house of office would collect. https://www.pepysdiary.com/encycl…
"Pepys living in his own home, or are he and Elizabeth sleeping at his father’s house?"
He probably answered that on 11 June, the day after he was reunited with Elizabeth: "So to Mr. Crew’s and saw my Lord at supper, and then home, and went to see Mrs. Turner, and so to bed." https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
Jane Pepys Turner also lives in Axe Yard, so that's just a note about popping in to see a neighbor. Nothing really time consuming. And he hasn't mentioned where he's sleeping since then.
"The humble Petition of divers Persons, in the Behalf of themselves, who have suffered, and of others whose Relations do now suffer, miserable Bondage, and cruel Slavery, under the Turks, was read."
This surprised me: Turks basically referred to anyone in the Middle East, most of whom had been subjected by the Ottoman Empire. But I'd never heard of the entire region being called Turkey. Alternatively, were many Brits held captive by what I would describe as Turkey today?
Having a tailor for a father is useful at times like this. Dad would know his size and taste, and what was current. Pepys picks it up in 2 days. Those were the days!
Elizabeth was not at his fathers: "After dinner came Mr. Cooke from London, who told me that my wife he left well at Huntsmore, ..."
And "put myself into a handsome posture to wait upon my Lord, ..." probably means he washed and put his new coat. "At night very busy sending Mr. Donne away to London, and wrote to my father for a coat to be made me against I come to London, which I think will not be long."
"In Medieval times the journey from London to the coast took 5 days, ..."
This must have been by coach. I estimate a motivated horseman who knows the way, with a relay of fresh horses, could go from Westminster to Dover in about 8 hours (the weather being the deciding factor).
Sittingbourne, in south east England, 17 miles (27 km) from Canterbury and 45 miles (72 km) from London has a wealth of history:
Initially it was a minor hamlet next to Milton Regis, which in Roman times was the Roman administrative centre for the area. Sittingbourne was on Watling Street, along which Roman soldiers marched, and became the larger town as Sittingbourne High Street on the London to Dover Road.
In the Middle Ages the number of houses, and especially inns grew to accommodate the many travellers who needed a meal, or somewhere to stay for a night.
Sittingbourne was a popular stopping place for Kings and Queens, including Henry V who dined at Sittingbourne in 1415 when he was on his way back from the Battle of Agincourt.
In 1518 Cardinal Campeggio stopped in the town, attended by 500 horsemen, and in 1522 Henry VIII had a meal at the Red Lion.
After Queen Elizabeth visited Tunstall, the town was awarded charters giving the citizens more rights. In 1825 Princess Victoria stayed here overnight at The Rose, which was at the time described as ‘perhaps the most superb [lnn] of any throughout the kingdom’.
In Medieval times the journey from London to the coast took 5 days, but by the 18th century the ‘Flying Stage Coach’ took just 2 days, and Sittingbourne was the only overnight stop. The size, and quality, of the inns reflect the importance of the town. https://hrgs.co.uk/sittingbournes…
Before the era of fast transport and refrigeration, inland dwellers could still enjoy the taste of oysters when preserved by pickling. Pickled oysters also, according to Rowan Jacobsen, “standard fare in every city on the eastern Seaboard [of the United States] in that heady precanning era when oysters were in demand far and wide.” -- A Geography of Oysters (New York 2007) They once were ubiquitous on the counters of American bars and British public houses. Like so many other pickles, oysters taste too good this way, particularly paired with beer, to neglect. The recipe: https://www.britishfoodinamerica.…
This article draws on Shakespeare's use of mathematical ideas to prod his audiences to learn something new, and to embrace change -- including the idea of zero being able to transform the tiny into the huge. https://www.pepysdiary.com/encycl…
In this mathematical analogy, "crookèd figure[s]" can "attest" much greater things. The chorus suggests that by using one's "imaginary forces," much greater things may come from the forthcoming stage performances.
This extended metaphor reappears in Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale when the "cipher" (numbers) transform into many thousands of thank yous:
"Like a cipher, Yet standing in rich place, I multiply With one "We thank you" many thousands more That go before it."
There is a visual metaphor in Henry V's opening prologue where the chorus asks pardon of an "O" to help them represent many things in the "wooden O" — the Globe Theater. This may be evidence of Shakespeare's interest in tiny figures "attest[ing]" much greater things.
Elsewhere, mathematical metaphors appear in moments of crisis. In Troilus and Cressida, Shakespeare uses mathematical language to chart the slow collapse of Troilus' mental stability after witnessing Cressida's flirtation with another man.
For Troilus, Cressida disintegrates into "fractions," "fragments" and "bits and greasy relics." To mirror this, Shakespeare's verse descends into jagged pieces, like the early modern name for fractions: "broken numbers."
Shakespeare's plays mirror the 16th-century crisis of classical mathematics in the face of new ideas. They also offered space for audiences to come to terms with these new ideas and think differently about the world through the lens of mathematics.
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About The Bell (Strand)
San Diego Sarah • Link
BEWARE -- there are 2 Bell inns -- Bill's post is about the other one.
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L&M: The Bell on the Strand was a large inn, known as The Bell at the Maypole. It was north of what then was the Strand, near the present church of St. Mary-le-Strand. It was kept by Thomas Lisle (1664). "A place of great resort by horses, coaches and waggons" (Strype 1720). 26 hearths 1664.
About Richard Hargrave
San Diego Sarah • Link
L&M does not mention him. And he never appears in the Diary again.
About Friday 22 June 1660
San Diego Sarah • Link
"Mr. Hill (who for these two or three days hath constantly attended my Lord) told me of an offer of 500/. for a Baronet’s dignity, which I told my Lord of in the balcone in this gallery, and he said he would think of it."
When Montagu was presented with his George, which was a highly unusual honor as it is customarily given to titled people on St. George's Day, by implication he was assured of some level of dignification. A Baronetcy hardly qualifies as a reward for his services. I can only read this as an opening of negotiations.
It will be interesting to find out if Montagu has to pay anything for it. (I hope Annesley doesn't turn down too many other thank you gifts on his behalf.)
About Sir Thomas Honywood
San Diego Sarah • Link
Sadly only this year has the book of biographies for the Interregnum parliaments been made available in hard copy -- for 700/.s -- $900. So it may not be in my lifetime that Sir Thomas Honywood's bio gets posted here.
But his grandson's, Sir William Honywood, 2nd Bart MP (1654-1748), is available on line:
The opening paragraph says:
"Honeywood’s ancestors were established in Kent by the reign of Henry III, and first sat for Hythe in 1393.
[SIR WILLIAM] "Honeywood’s grandfather [OUR SIR THOMAS] served on the county committee until 1648, but his father [THOMAS' SON, SIR EDWARD HONYWOOD, 1st Bt.] is said to have sent £3,000 to Charles II in exile, for which he received a baronetcy at the Restoration, and [GRANDSON SIR WILLIAM] Honeywood himself entered politics as a court supporter."
Appropriate buttering of both sides of the slice of bread ensured some security from reprisals -- or, in this case, a Baronetcy.
https://www.historyofparliamenton…
For a family so active since 1393, curiously none of them served James I or Charles I.
About Mr Gallop
San Diego Sarah • Link
L&M: Mr. Gallop -- Clergyman. The context suggests he may have been John Gallop, the chaplain aboard The Hector in 1659.
About Tuesday 19 June 1660
San Diego Sarah • Link
"Called on betimes by Murford, who showed me five pieces to get a business done for him and I am resolved to do it."
Murford SHOWED him 5 -- he did not GIVE Pepys 5 pieces. That was an incentive, not a bribe.
Pepys doesn't know many timber merchants, so should he need some, what reason would he have not to give Murford the deal? Sounds like a no-brainer to me. Then he will get his gratuity.
I remember my uncle doing the same thing when he took the family to a restaurant before going to the theater. He put a fiver on the table before asking the waiter if he could get us fed and out of the restaurant in 40 minutes? (At my first job I earned 5/. a week, so this was a sizeable incentive.) Nothing was said, you understand.
Can anyone tell me the difference between being a timber merchant and being a lumbar merchant?
About Brampton, Cambridgeshire
San Diego Sarah • Link
Historian J.D. Davies (who also writes wonderful Stuart seastories, filling in the gaps left by the historical record) wrote about visiting Pepys' country home:
https://jddavies.com/2013/06/19/p…
About Sunday 17 June 1660
San Diego Sarah • Link
"I take it that Sam and his wife haven’t reestablished their household yet—that they (or only he?) are staying with his parents."
We only know what Pepys tells us, Pauline. I read it as he's been sleeping at his parent's for a couple of days.
About Thursday 14 June 1660
San Diego Sarah • Link
"To Mr. Crew’s and laid my/the money."
John Crew had a big house in Lincoln's Inn Fields, presumably with a basement, which would include a locked vault for just this sort of thing. And probably his wine collection as well, all under lock and key.
Also in the basement would be the coal cellar and a room full of barrels in which the waste from the house of office would collect.
https://www.pepysdiary.com/encycl…
About Wednesday 13 June 1660
San Diego Sarah • Link
"Pepys living in his own home, or are he and Elizabeth sleeping at his father’s house?"
He probably answered that on 11 June, the day after he was reunited with Elizabeth:
"So to Mr. Crew’s and saw my Lord at supper, and then home, and went to see Mrs. Turner, and so to bed."
https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
Jane Pepys Turner also lives in Axe Yard, so that's just a note about popping in to see a neighbor. Nothing really time consuming. And he hasn't mentioned where he's sleeping since then.
About Tuesday 12 June 1660
San Diego Sarah • Link
"Captives in Turkey.
"The humble Petition of divers Persons, in the Behalf of themselves, who have suffered, and of others whose Relations do now suffer, miserable Bondage, and cruel Slavery, under the Turks, was read."
This surprised me: Turks basically referred to anyone in the Middle East, most of whom had been subjected by the Ottoman Empire. But I'd never heard of the entire region being called Turkey.
Alternatively, were many Brits held captive by what I would describe as Turkey today?
I base my surprise/confusion on this article:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/brit…
About Monday 11 June 1660
San Diego Sarah • Link
How nice to be able to write "and then home," -- Elizabeth and Jane and the dog presumably unlocked everything and took the dust covers off.
Which makes me wonder what happened to Pepys' boy. Still with him? Left on board? Paid off and sent home? What an adventure the lad had.
About Saturday 9 June 1660
San Diego Sarah • Link
Having a tailor for a father is useful at times like this. Dad would know his size and taste, and what was current. Pepys picks it up in 2 days. Those were the days!
About Saturday 9 June 1660
San Diego Sarah • Link
Elizabeth was not at his fathers: "After dinner came Mr. Cooke from London, who told me that my wife he left well at Huntsmore, ..."
And "put myself into a handsome posture to wait upon my Lord, ..." probably means he washed and put his new coat. "At night very busy sending Mr. Donne away to London, and wrote to my father for a coat to be made me against I come to London, which I think will not be long."
Both quotes from a couple of days ago when Pepys was still writing in whole sentences: https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
About Sittingbourne, Kent
San Diego Sarah • Link
"In Medieval times the journey from London to the coast took 5 days, ..."
This must have been by coach. I estimate a motivated horseman who knows the way, with a relay of fresh horses, could go from Westminster to Dover in about 8 hours (the weather being the deciding factor).
About Sittingbourne, Kent
San Diego Sarah • Link
Sittingbourne, in south east England, 17 miles (27 km) from Canterbury and 45 miles (72 km) from London has a wealth of history:
Initially it was a minor hamlet next to Milton Regis, which in Roman times was the Roman administrative centre for the area. Sittingbourne was on Watling Street, along which Roman soldiers marched, and became the larger town as Sittingbourne High Street on the London to Dover Road.
In the Middle Ages the number of houses, and especially inns grew to accommodate the many travellers who needed a meal, or somewhere to stay for a night.
Sittingbourne was a popular stopping place for Kings and Queens, including Henry V who dined at Sittingbourne in 1415 when he was on his way back from the Battle of Agincourt.
In 1518 Cardinal Campeggio stopped in the town, attended by 500 horsemen, and in 1522 Henry VIII had a meal at the Red Lion.
After Queen Elizabeth visited Tunstall, the town was awarded charters giving the citizens more rights.
In 1825 Princess Victoria stayed here overnight at The Rose, which was at the time described as ‘perhaps the most superb [lnn] of any throughout the kingdom’.
In Medieval times the journey from London to the coast took 5 days, but by the 18th century the ‘Flying Stage Coach’ took just 2 days, and Sittingbourne was the only overnight stop. The size, and quality, of the inns reflect the importance of the town.
https://hrgs.co.uk/sittingbournes…
About Oysters
San Diego Sarah • Link
For info on pickled oysters, see https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
About Saturday 21 April 1660
San Diego Sarah • Link
Before the era of fast transport and refrigeration, inland dwellers could still enjoy the taste of oysters when preserved by pickling. Pickled oysters also, according to Rowan Jacobsen, “standard fare in every city on the eastern Seaboard [of the United States] in that heady precanning era when oysters were in demand far and wide.” -- A Geography of Oysters (New York 2007)
They once were ubiquitous on the counters of American bars and British public houses. Like so many other pickles, oysters taste too good this way, particularly paired with beer, to neglect. The recipe: https://www.britishfoodinamerica.…
Apparently pickled oysters were served at James Garfield’s 1881 inaugural dinner. Here's the recipe: https://insaneinthebrine.com/pick…
There are more recipes, just Google "Pickled Oysters"
About William Shakespeare
San Diego Sarah • Link
This article draws on Shakespeare's use of mathematical ideas to prod his audiences to learn something new, and to embrace change -- including the idea of zero being able to transform the tiny into the huge.
https://www.pepysdiary.com/encycl…
About Mathematics
San Diego Sarah • Link
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In this mathematical analogy, "crookèd figure[s]" can "attest" much greater things. The chorus suggests that by using one's "imaginary forces," much greater things may come from the forthcoming stage performances.
This extended metaphor reappears in Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale when the "cipher" (numbers) transform into many thousands of thank yous:
"Like a cipher,
Yet standing in rich place, I multiply
With one "We thank you" many thousands more
That go before it."
There is a visual metaphor in Henry V's opening prologue where the chorus asks pardon of an "O" to help them represent many things in the "wooden O" — the Globe Theater. This may be evidence of Shakespeare's interest in tiny figures "attest[ing]" much greater things.
Elsewhere, mathematical metaphors appear in moments of crisis.
In Troilus and Cressida, Shakespeare uses mathematical language to chart the slow collapse of Troilus' mental stability after witnessing Cressida's flirtation with another man.
For Troilus, Cressida disintegrates into "fractions," "fragments" and "bits and greasy relics." To mirror this, Shakespeare's verse descends into jagged pieces, like the early modern name for fractions: "broken numbers."
Shakespeare's plays mirror the 16th-century crisis of classical mathematics in the face of new ideas. They also offered space for audiences to come to terms with these new ideas and think differently about the world through the lens of mathematics.
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