It's might be a little more difficult for Sam to dish money out to his parents in small, carefully calculated parcels when/if they see what large, capital sums he could contemplate placing for safety in the country.
The wedding that Sam and Elizabeth regarded as their true wedding took place on 10th October 1655, and this appears to have been a private and unrecorded religious ceremony. (Religious ceremonies had been declared invalid since August 1653).
Their official marriage took place in a civil ceremony conducted on !st December 1655 at St. Margaret's, Westminster. The man officiating was Richard Sherwyn Esq. a Justice of the Peace of the City and Liberties of Westminster.
This does not necessarily involve abstention from all food and could simply mean that the eating of meat was abjured. i.e. a 'jour maigre' rather than a total fast.
As for the great press of people who had come to hear Mr. Frampton's sermon, once a clergyman began to gather a reputation as a notable preacher, huge congregations could gather to see and hear him 'perform.' Such speakers provided both moral and intellectual stimulation with perhaps a bit of drama thrown in. Moreover the occasion itself could provide a rich field of social activity and observation.
Just possibly the Morrice (? Humphrey) who was an official at the Exchequer, though he didn't attain the rank of Auditor of Land Revenue there until 1667.
No immediate clue as to this gentleman's identity. Could perhaps be Sir William Morice, who was M.P. for Plymouth and Secretary of State (Northern Department) from 1660 - 1668. If it is he, he was a kinsman to Albemarle.
No wonder Pepys was anxious about addressing and answering to such a heavy-weight gathering.
The merchants who used, before the fire, to conduct their business at the Royal Exchange (which is the institution that Pepys normally calls 'the Exchange') are now operating from Gresham College, hard by London Wall.
When he means the New Exchange, he usually makes that clear.
I have gained the impression that Pepys sometimes uses the word 'hate' in a less than full-blooded sense, implying thorough dislike or even temporary frustration rather than out-and-out hatred. Perhaps that is the case here.
I had been wondering about the same thing. Sam got very upset the last time that he let his personal accounting slide - there was the matter of £50 that refused to agree with the reckoning and Sam swore that he would never let matters slip in such a way again.
Presumably Sam has vowed not to go out specifically in search of Betty Michell, but if he should chance upon her in the street, then that's a different matter. Another moral hair being split.
"to have my hair cut against winter close to my head".
This implies that during the warmer months Pepys wears his own hair, but that as the weather cools he makes preparations for wearing a nice, warm wig through the winter.
L&M footnotes tell us that nothing was to come of this proposal and, furthermore, that timber from Scotland was generally reckoned by the Navy to be of poorer quality than that from either England or foreign sources.
Privately Sam has no real objection to Elizabeth having a gown made of expensive, 15-shilling fabric - if it's good enough for the King's prime mistress, it's good enough for Mrs. Pepys. However, he wants to emphasize that expenditure of this magnitude should be specifically cleared with him first, before the purchase is made. And a gown is hardly the petticoat that was the initial object of the search.
Now he can use his apparent displeasure at the whole undertaking as a bargaining tool in his campaign to get Mercer back into the household. He will eventually undertake to say no more about Elizabeth's extravagance if she will agree to Mercer's return.
Comments
First Reading
About Tuesday 23 October 1666
Mary • Link
pales.
I imagine that these are not pails (as in buckets) but indeed pales (as in a paling/picket fence).
About Tuesday 16 October 1666
Mary • Link
"..... they were all gone to bed"
Saving money on candles, Sir Wm.? Or perhaps Penn has had One Of Those Days and doesn't want to think about work at all till tomorrow.
About Saturday 13 October 1666
Mary • Link
fashion.
Not synonymous with change at this point. The general meaning was 'manner, custom.'
About Friday 12 October 1666
Mary • Link
"her voice ..... is so furred"
What a good way of describing an out-of-practice singing voice. Miss Barker will have to work assiduously to improve her sound.
About Thursday 11 October 1666
Mary • Link
".... and he overjoyed"
It's might be a little more difficult for Sam to dish money out to his parents in small, carefully calculated parcels when/if they see what large, capital sums he could contemplate placing for safety in the country.
About Wednesday 10 October 1666
Mary • Link
The date of the Pepys's wedding.
The wedding that Sam and Elizabeth regarded as their true wedding took place on 10th October 1655, and this appears to have been a private and unrecorded religious ceremony. (Religious ceremonies had been declared invalid since August 1653).
Their official marriage took place in a civil ceremony conducted on !st December 1655 at St. Margaret's, Westminster. The man officiating was Richard Sherwyn Esq. a Justice of the Peace of the City and Liberties of Westminster.
About Wednesday 10 October 1666
Mary • Link
Fast-Day.
This does not necessarily involve abstention from all food and could simply mean that the eating of meat was abjured. i.e. a 'jour maigre' rather than a total fast.
As for the great press of people who had come to hear Mr. Frampton's sermon, once a clergyman began to gather a reputation as a notable preacher, huge congregations could gather to see and hear him 'perform.' Such speakers provided both moral and intellectual stimulation with perhaps a bit of drama thrown in. Moreover the occasion itself could provide a rich field of social activity and observation.
About Tuesday 9 October 1666
Mary • Link
(my father and wife was gone abroad);
is the reading given in L&M.
About Monday 8 October 1666
Mary • Link
The 17th century gentleman's vest
We shall hear more of this garment in the days to come. Think waistcoat-predecessor rather than 'vest' in the English sense.
About Sunday 7 October 1666
Mary • Link
Morrice again.
Just possibly the Morrice (? Humphrey) who was an official at the Exchequer, though he didn't attain the rank of Auditor of Land Revenue there until 1667.
About Sunday 7 October 1666
Mary • Link
Morrice
No immediate clue as to this gentleman's identity. Could perhaps be Sir William Morice, who was M.P. for Plymouth and Secretary of State (Northern Department) from 1660 - 1668. If it is he, he was a kinsman to Albemarle.
No wonder Pepys was anxious about addressing and answering to such a heavy-weight gathering.
About Saturday 6 October 1666
Mary • Link
the Exchange.
The merchants who used, before the fire, to conduct their business at the Royal Exchange (which is the institution that Pepys normally calls 'the Exchange') are now operating from Gresham College, hard by London Wall.
When he means the New Exchange, he usually makes that clear.
About Saturday 6 October 1666
Mary • Link
"my hatred to the man"
I have gained the impression that Pepys sometimes uses the word 'hate' in a less than full-blooded sense, implying thorough dislike or even temporary frustration rather than out-and-out hatred. Perhaps that is the case here.
About Wednesday 3 October 1666
Mary • Link
"till dark night"
Lovely phrase.
About Sunday 30 September 1666
Mary • Link
monthly accounts.
I had been wondering about the same thing. Sam got very upset the last time that he let his personal accounting slide - there was the matter of £50 that refused to agree with the reckoning and Sam swore that he would never let matters slip in such a way again.
About Monday 1 October 1666
Mary • Link
"without breach of vow"
Presumably Sam has vowed not to go out specifically in search of Betty Michell, but if he should chance upon her in the street, then that's a different matter. Another moral hair being split.
About Sunday 30 September 1666
Mary • Link
"to have my hair cut against winter close to my head".
This implies that during the warmer months Pepys wears his own hair, but that as the weather cools he makes preparations for wearing a nice, warm wig through the winter.
About Saturday 29 September 1666
Mary • Link
"our Scotch motion"
Possible spoiler.
L&M footnotes tell us that nothing was to come of this proposal and, furthermore, that timber from Scotland was generally reckoned by the Navy to be of poorer quality than that from either England or foreign sources.
About Thomas Hayter
Mary • Link
emption
The action of buying.
The right of emption is the opposite of the right of sale.
from Latin emption -em: buying.
About Wednesday 26 September 1666
Mary • Link
petticoat politics.
Privately Sam has no real objection to Elizabeth having a gown made of expensive, 15-shilling fabric - if it's good enough for the King's prime mistress, it's good enough for Mrs. Pepys. However, he wants to emphasize that expenditure of this magnitude should be specifically cleared with him first, before the purchase is made. And a gown is hardly the petticoat that was the initial object of the search.
Now he can use his apparent displeasure at the whole undertaking as a bargaining tool in his campaign to get Mercer back into the household. He will eventually undertake to say no more about Elizabeth's extravagance if she will agree to Mercer's return.