FINALLY the Painted Gallery at Greenwich is open, the restoration finished. They have done a magnificent job. But as the editorial says, the seamen rarely got to use the room. Lovely pictures and more information at https://londontopia.net/columns/l…
I suspect little Miss Tooker was bored during Pepys' dinner, and went to see what Uncle Sam found so interesting in his office. One thing led to another, so she went to bed hoping everyone would forget she was in the house.
MUSTER-MASTER: NOUN historical An officer in charge of the muster roll of part of an army or (less commonly) of a dockyard, penal colony, etc.; a person responsible for the accuracy of a muster roll.
"Is Sam trying to imply that the said duchesse was not as comely in real life as portrayed in the portrait?"
My reading of
"But I was well pleased to see that there was nothing near so much resemblance of her face in his work, which is now the second, if not the third time, as there was of my wife’s at the very first time. Nor do I think at last it can be like, the lines not being in proportion to those of her face."
is that Pepys thinks Hayles did a better job the first time around than Lely has done at this second or third refining of Anne Hyde, Duchess of York's portrait. Pepys -- who is now a connoisseur of painting technique as well as everything else -- thinks the master has her face out of proportion.
Looking at Robert Long's page as a Member of Parliament, I see he was created a 1st Baronet on 1 September, 1662 (which must have given Clarendon a fit, even if Long paid for it). But it does not refer to him as "Sir". It's hard to imagine a 1st Bart. who goes on to be Chancellor of the Exchequer wasn't a Sir, but his behavior during the Interregnum was very questionable. Does anyone know the etiquette involved in these things?
Starting in 1661 Louis XIV started creating magnificent gardens at Versailles that astonished all of Europe with their scale. Trees were cut down in swathes, long canals created, water features engineered and the landscape was molded to reflect the King's mastery of nature.
The overriding control of the monarch over his environment was recorded in more than 30 paintings commissioned by Louis XIV to show off his new gardens, such as A Stag Hunt at Versailles, attributed to Jean-Baptiste Martin (circa 1700). Many of them use the panoramic format and high viewpoint that had conventionally been reserved by artists for battlefield scenes.
Dear Terry -- 10 years after your post, have you any idea how Hooke knew what year it was? Looking at the array of dates, this meeting could have happened in any of 4 years:
"from the Hooke Folio Online March 21. 1664/5 [vere 1666/67]"
A classic day on Pepys' new schedule: work/output all morning, refreshment/contrast/input all afternoon; work/preparation for tomorrow all evening. Life as a "cube": Work - input - work - sleep. Our lives (lifes?) are marathons, not sprints, and he has been sprinting for about three years now.
Apparently there were several Tom Harpers, and Pepys doesn't help us much with identification.
There was a Tom Harper who gave Pepys political news on 9 Feb. 1660, but L&M's index volume gives no citation for one on March 3, 1660. Another Tom Harper, a Deptford storekeeper, doesn't appear until 1667. -- L&M Vol. 1, index, companion volumes.
As Secretary/Chief-of-Staff to James, Duke of York, Mr. Coventry is interestred in everything ... the war will heat up again very soon, which is why Pepys is out looking for money to pay sailors, shipwrights, victuallers. etc. And there is no money to be had anywhere by the sound of it.
Once again the London merchants wanted war, but are now not willing to pay for it.
I'm amazed Charles II went for this: In July 1648 when Charles was Prince of Wales and Rear Admiral William Batten (yes, the same man) had enough ships to blockade the Thames, "where many valuable prizes fell into his hands, particularly a vessel laden with cloth, belonging to the Merchant Adventurers, and valued at 20,000l."
"The seizure of the cloth ship caused consternation in the city of London, which immediately petitioned Parliament for King Charles I's release and a cessation of arms.
"The Parliament rejected the petition, but a committee of citizens were permitted to seek Prince Charles in order to treat for the restoration of their property. These citizens were the bearers of letters from many believed to be well affected to King Charles I, and a Mr. Low brought messages from Lucy Percy Hay, Countess of Carlisle, assuring the Prince of Wales of the good inclination of the city, and urging him to avoid all causes of irritation."
"Besides, the turning out the prize officers may be an example for the King giving us up to the Parliament’s pleasure as easily, for we deserve it as much."
Who got turned out? The only names I have gleaned from the Diary so far are Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Lord Ashley; Clifford; Sir Elisha Leighton; Robert Southwell; Sir Henry Bennet (later Earl of Arlington), all seem to have flourished.
Sir George Carteret must have had excellent mathematical skills in order to navigate and fire cannon in sea battles, but it appears his math skills did not include organization, bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing. How awkward both Carteret and Mennes were accountingly-challenged at the same time.
No wonder Brouncker thought Pepys had his hands full just keeping the Navy books straight. With colleagues like these, who needs 'enemies'?
Sir Robert Long MP was Secretary to Prince Charles in Jersey, and later to Charles as he wandered around Europe as the Scottish King. In 1652 he was accused of treason, and he tried to implicate Chancellor Hyde instead. The story is told in THE KING IN EXILE -- By EVA SCOTT page 454
Vice Admiral Sir John Mennes (1599 – 18 February 1671) was an English naval officer and Controller of the Navy. In November 1661, following the Restoration, he was appointed Controller of the Navy. Pepys described him as "ill at ease" in this role, and when exasperated by his incompetence would refer to him as "dolt" "dotard" and "old fool." L&M Companion tells us: "[Mennes'] wife died in July 1662, without leaving children, ..."- and as of January 1664 it appears Mennes may have been experiencing Parkinson's, lead or alcohol poisoning.
L&M Companion tells us that Elizabeth Holmden Turner (wife of Thomas Turner, and daughter and heiress of Sir John Holmden) was left 100l. in the will of Sir John Mennes. Evidently, she had a relationship with Mennes -- like supervising his household? That would explain the bequest.
I Googled SHOTRELL, ACTOR and came up with this information:
Robert and William Shotterel both belonged to the King's company at the opening of their new Theatre in 1663. One of them [WILLIAM], called by Downs a good actor, but nothing further is recorded of his merits or career, had been quartermaster to the troop of horse in which Hart was serving as lieutenant, and Burt as cornet under Charles I’s standard; but nothing more is recorded of his merits or career. Pepys refers to Robert Shotterel who, it appears, was living in Playhouse Yard, Drury Lane, in 1681-84 .
Anthony Chevallier was one of several gifted Christian Hebraists who sought refuge in England during the second half of the 16th century and taught at Oxford and Cambridge colleges. Generosity towards victims of religious persecution played a significant part in securing competent Hebrew instructors for English students.
This week the ODNB features the man thought to be the Mr. Anthony who taught French to Queen Elizabeth. It disappears in 7 days, so here are highlights:
Anthony Rudolph Chevallier, 1523–1572, was born in Normandy. Educated in Paris, he studied Hebrew at the Collège de France.
After converting to Protestantism he moved to England and was befriended by Paul Fagius, the Italian Hebraist, and Martin Bucer, regius professor of divinity at Cambridge from 1549 to 1551, both of whom had fled persecution.
They introduced Chevallier to Archbishop Cranmer, with whom he lived for about a year before going to Cambridge, where he lodged with the converted Jew, Immanuel Tremellius, a religious refugee from Italy, and deputy to the regius professor of Hebrew.
While at Cambridge (1550–53) he assisted Tremellius by teaching Hebrew, and it is thought this is when he taught French to the future Elizabeth I.
Mary I's accession he moved to Strasbourg to be professor of Hebrew, before moving to Geneva and Caen.
In 1568 he visited England seeking aid for the Huguenots. Matthew Parker and Edwin Sandys persuaded him to teach Hebrew at Cambridge. This time Chevallier lived and taught Hebrew at Peterhouse from 1569 - 1572. At the same time King's College paid him £3 per annum for teaching Hebrew. In 1570 he became a prebendary of Canterbury, but by 1672 he had returned to France.
After the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre he fled to Guernsey, and died there in October 1572.
Chevallier's chief works were Latin translations from the original Aramaic of the Targum Yerushalmi and Targum pseudo-Jonathan on the Pentateuch, both of which were incorporated by Walton into his polyglot Bible of 1657.
*Rudimenta Hebraicae linguae accurate methodo et brevitate conscripto,* was published in 1560 while he was teaching in Geneva. It is prefaced by a letter of commendation from Tremellius, and contains a Latin translation of the Syriac version of St. Paul's letter to the Galatians.
In 1561 he produced a simpler textbook, the *Alphabeticum Hebraicum et Graecum* which was reprinted four times. In the Hebrew section, 15 pages are grammar and 31 reading practice. The latter begins with the ten commandments in Hebrew, Latin, and in transliteration. There are several pages of prayers in Hebrew and Latin. Finally, sayings of the early rabbis are included. Chevallier wanted to introduce his readers to post-biblical Hebrew as well as to the scripture version.
Evidently writing out those Vowes doesn't work as well as it used to. It's not the beginning of the month so they should be in force; let's see if he puts money in the Poor Box for drinking and Mrs. Martin.
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About The Commission of Sick and Wounded Prisoners
San Diego Sarah • Link
FINALLY the Painted Gallery at Greenwich is open, the restoration finished. They have done a magnificent job. But as the editorial says, the seamen rarely got to use the room. Lovely pictures and more information at
https://londontopia.net/columns/l…
About Sunday 25 March 1666
San Diego Sarah • Link
I suspect little Miss Tooker was bored during Pepys' dinner, and went to see what Uncle Sam found so interesting in his office. One thing led to another, so she went to bed hoping everyone would forget she was in the house.
About Sunday 25 March 1666
San Diego Sarah • Link
MUSTER-MASTER:
NOUN
historical
An officer in charge of the muster roll of part of an army or (less commonly) of a dockyard, penal colony, etc.;
a person responsible for the accuracy of a muster roll.
Origin: Mid-16th century. From muster + master.
About Saturday 24 March 1665/66
San Diego Sarah • Link
"Is Sam trying to imply that the said duchesse was not as comely in real life as portrayed in the portrait?"
My reading of
"But I was well pleased to see that there was nothing near so much resemblance of her face in his work, which is now the second, if not the third time, as there was of my wife’s at the very first time. Nor do I think at last it can be like, the lines not being in proportion to those of her face."
is that Pepys thinks Hayles did a better job the first time around than Lely has done at this second or third refining of Anne Hyde, Duchess of York's portrait. Pepys -- who is now a connoisseur of painting technique as well as everything else -- thinks the master has her face out of proportion.
About Friday 23 March 1665/66
San Diego Sarah • Link
"after dinner had opportunity of being pleased with Sarah;"
Can't be bothered to disguise his joys in pseudo-French any more? Ot do I have an overly-dirty mind?
About Sir Robert Long
San Diego Sarah • Link
Looking at Robert Long's page as a Member of Parliament, I see he was created a 1st Baronet on 1 September, 1662 (which must have given Clarendon a fit, even if Long paid for it). But it does not refer to him as "Sir". It's hard to imagine a 1st Bart. who goes on to be Chancellor of the Exchequer wasn't a Sir, but his behavior during the Interregnum was very questionable. Does anyone know the etiquette involved in these things?
https://www.historyofparliamenton…
About Wednesday 21 March 1665/66
San Diego Sarah • Link
Starting in 1661 Louis XIV started creating magnificent gardens at Versailles that astonished all of Europe with their scale. Trees were cut down in swathes, long canals created, water features engineered and the landscape was molded to reflect the King's mastery of nature.
The overriding control of the monarch over his environment was recorded in more than 30 paintings commissioned by Louis XIV to show off his new gardens, such as A Stag Hunt at Versailles, attributed to Jean-Baptiste Martin (circa 1700). Many of them use the panoramic format and high viewpoint that had conventionally been reserved by artists for battlefield scenes.
A Stag Hunt at Versailles is currently in the Royal Collection: https://www.rct.uk/collection/the…
About Wednesday 21 March 1665/66
San Diego Sarah • Link
Dear Terry -- 10 years after your post, have you any idea how Hooke knew what year it was? Looking at the array of dates, this meeting could have happened in any of 4 years:
"from the Hooke Folio Online
March 21. 1664/5 [vere 1666/67]"
And what does 'vere' mean?
About Tuesday 20 March 1665/66
San Diego Sarah • Link
A classic day on Pepys' new schedule: work/output all morning, refreshment/contrast/input all afternoon; work/preparation for tomorrow all evening.
Life as a "cube": Work - input - work - sleep.
Our lives (lifes?) are marathons, not sprints, and he has been sprinting for about three years now.
About River Thames
San Diego Sarah • Link
For pictures and information I didn't know (as a Londoner by birth!) ...
https://heritagecalling.com/2019/…
About Thomas Harper
San Diego Sarah • Link
Apparently there were several Tom Harpers, and Pepys doesn't help us much with identification.
There was a Tom Harper who gave Pepys political news on 9 Feb. 1660, but L&M's index volume gives no citation for one on March 3, 1660. Another Tom Harper, a Deptford storekeeper, doesn't appear until 1667. -- L&M Vol. 1, index, companion volumes.
About Sunday 11 March 1665/66
San Diego Sarah • Link
"what is Sir William not interested in?"
As Secretary/Chief-of-Staff to James, Duke of York, Mr. Coventry is interestred in everything ... the war will heat up again very soon, which is why Pepys is out looking for money to pay sailors, shipwrights, victuallers. etc. And there is no money to be had anywhere by the sound of it.
Once again the London merchants wanted war, but are now not willing to pay for it.
I'm amazed Charles II went for this: In July 1648 when Charles was Prince of Wales and Rear Admiral William Batten (yes, the same man) had enough ships to blockade the Thames, "where many valuable prizes fell into his hands, particularly a vessel laden with cloth, belonging to the Merchant Adventurers, and valued at 20,000l."
"The seizure of the cloth ship caused consternation in the city of London, which immediately petitioned Parliament for King Charles I's release and a cessation of arms.
"The Parliament rejected the petition, but a committee of citizens were permitted to seek Prince Charles in order to treat for the restoration of their property. These citizens were the bearers of letters from many believed to be well affected to King Charles I, and a Mr. Low brought messages from Lucy Percy Hay, Countess of Carlisle, assuring the Prince of Wales of the good inclination of the city, and urging him to avoid all causes of irritation."
from THE KING IN EXILE -- By EVA SCOTT -- page 52
https://books.google.com/books?pg…
So Charles KNEW the merchants would cave the moment the war took their profits. DUH.
About Saturday 17 March 1665/66
San Diego Sarah • Link
Good one Gerald.
About Monday 19 March 1665/66
San Diego Sarah • Link
"Besides, the turning out the prize officers may be an example for the King giving us up to the Parliament’s pleasure as easily, for we deserve it as much."
Who got turned out? The only names I have gleaned from the Diary so far are Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Lord Ashley; Clifford; Sir Elisha Leighton; Robert Southwell; Sir Henry Bennet (later Earl of Arlington), all seem to have flourished.
About Monday 19 March 1665/66
San Diego Sarah • Link
Sir George Carteret must have had excellent mathematical skills in order to navigate and fire cannon in sea battles, but it appears his math skills did not include organization, bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing. How awkward both Carteret and Mennes were accountingly-challenged at the same time.
No wonder Brouncker thought Pepys had his hands full just keeping the Navy books straight. With colleagues like these, who needs 'enemies'?
About Sir Robert Long
San Diego Sarah • Link
Sir Robert Long MP was Secretary to Prince Charles in Jersey, and later to Charles as he wandered around Europe as the Scottish King. In 1652 he was accused of treason, and he tried to implicate Chancellor Hyde instead. The story is told in THE KING IN EXILE -- By EVA SCOTT page 454
https://books.google.com/books?pg…
Amazing how people were able to bury the hatchet. Or did they?
About Sir John Mennes (Comptroller of the Navy)
San Diego Sarah • Link
Vice Admiral Sir John Mennes (1599 – 18 February 1671) was an English naval officer and Controller of the Navy. In November 1661, following the Restoration, he was appointed Controller of the Navy. Pepys described him as "ill at ease" in this role, and when exasperated by his incompetence would refer to him as "dolt" "dotard" and "old fool." L&M Companion tells us: "[Mennes'] wife died in July 1662, without leaving children, ..."- and as of January 1664 it appears Mennes may have been experiencing Parkinson's, lead or alcohol poisoning.
L&M Companion tells us that Elizabeth Holmden Turner (wife of Thomas Turner, and daughter and heiress of Sir John Holmden) was left 100l. in the will of Sir John Mennes. Evidently, she had a relationship with Mennes -- like supervising his household? That would explain the bequest.
About Monday 19 March 1665/66
San Diego Sarah • Link
I Googled SHOTRELL, ACTOR and came up with this information:
Robert and William Shotterel both belonged to the King's company at the opening of their new Theatre in 1663. One of them [WILLIAM], called by Downs a good actor, but nothing further is recorded of his merits or career, had been quartermaster to the troop of horse in which Hart was serving as lieutenant, and Burt as cornet under Charles I’s standard; but nothing more is recorded of his merits or career. Pepys refers to Robert Shotterel who, it appears, was living in Playhouse Yard, Drury Lane, in 1681-84 .
https://books.google.com/books?id…
About Wednesday 25 January 1659/60
San Diego Sarah • Link
Anthony Chevallier was one of several gifted Christian Hebraists who sought refuge in England during the second half of the 16th century and taught at Oxford and Cambridge colleges. Generosity towards victims of religious persecution played a significant part in securing competent Hebrew instructors for English students.
This week the ODNB features the man thought to be the Mr. Anthony who taught French to Queen Elizabeth. It disappears in 7 days, so here are highlights:
http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.…
Anthony Rudolph Chevallier, 1523–1572, was born in Normandy. Educated in Paris, he studied Hebrew at the Collège de France.
After converting to Protestantism he moved to England and was befriended by Paul Fagius, the Italian Hebraist, and Martin Bucer, regius professor of divinity at Cambridge from 1549 to 1551, both of whom had fled persecution.
They introduced Chevallier to Archbishop Cranmer, with whom he lived for about a year before going to Cambridge, where he lodged with the converted Jew, Immanuel Tremellius, a religious refugee from Italy, and deputy to the regius professor of Hebrew.
While at Cambridge (1550–53) he assisted Tremellius by teaching Hebrew, and it is thought this is when he taught French to the future Elizabeth I.
Mary I's accession he moved to Strasbourg to be professor of Hebrew, before moving to Geneva and Caen.
In 1568 he visited England seeking aid for the Huguenots. Matthew Parker and Edwin Sandys persuaded him to teach Hebrew at Cambridge. This time Chevallier lived and taught Hebrew at Peterhouse from 1569 - 1572. At the same time King's College paid him £3 per annum for teaching Hebrew. In 1570 he became a prebendary of Canterbury, but by 1672 he had returned to France.
After the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre he fled to Guernsey, and died there in October 1572.
Chevallier's chief works were Latin translations from the original Aramaic of the Targum Yerushalmi and Targum pseudo-Jonathan on the Pentateuch, both of which were incorporated by Walton into his polyglot Bible of 1657.
*Rudimenta Hebraicae linguae accurate methodo et brevitate conscripto,* was published in 1560 while he was teaching in Geneva. It is prefaced by a letter of commendation from Tremellius, and contains a Latin translation of the Syriac version of St. Paul's letter to the Galatians.
In 1561 he produced a simpler textbook, the *Alphabeticum Hebraicum et Graecum* which was reprinted four times. In the Hebrew section, 15 pages are grammar and 31 reading practice. The latter begins with the ten commandments in Hebrew, Latin, and in transliteration. There are several pages of prayers in Hebrew and Latin. Finally, sayings of the early rabbis are included.
Chevallier wanted to introduce his readers to post-biblical Hebrew as well as to the scripture version.
About Sunday 18 March 1665/66
San Diego Sarah • Link
Evidently writing out those Vowes doesn't work as well as it used to. It's not the beginning of the month so they should be in force; let's see if he puts money in the Poor Box for drinking and Mrs. Martin.