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Second Reading
About Monday 19 November 1660
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And there were probably some scantily-clad ladies involved. Although acceptable in the context of the Judgment of Paris, perhaps the objection arose there.
About Trencher
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TRENCHER [tranchoir, F.] a sort of wooden Plate to eat Victuals on.
A TRENCHER Man, a great Eater.
---An Universal Etymological English Dictionary. N. Bailey, 1675.
About Monday 19 November 1660
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Sasha, I think you're exactly right. "Similarities in character" transferred the name to grapes in the New World.
About Capt. Richard Rooth
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Richard Rooth, who commanded the "Dartmouth" - one of the ships which attended Charles II. on his return to England from Scheveling. He was knighted March 9th, 1675.
---Wheatley, 1896.
About Sir Algernon Percy (10th Earl of Northumberland)
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Algernon Percy, Earl of Northumberland, held the office of Lord High Admiral from March, 1637, to June, 1642.
---Wheatley, 1896.
About Gresham College
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Gresham College occupied the house of Sir Thomas Gresham, in Bishopsgate Street, from 1596, when Lady Gresham, Sir Thomas's widow, died.
---Wheatley, 1896.
About Council of Trade
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Charles II. established a Council of Trade "for keeping a control and superintendence upon the whole commerce of the nation" on November 7th, 1660. On December 1st of the same year he created a Council of Foreign Plantations. The two were united in 1672. The present Board of Trade was constituted in 1786.
---Wheatley, 1896.
About Standing's
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Standing's was in Fleet Street
---Wheatley, 1896.
About Christopher Pett
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Christopher Pett was the eleventh child of Phineas Pett, "Master Shipwright to James I.," and was born May I4th, 1620.
---Wheatley, 1896.
About Peter Pett (Commissioner of the Navy)
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The great shipbuilding family of Pett was chiefly connected with the growth of the English navy from the reign of Henry VIII. to that of William III., but as the Christian names of Peter and Phineas appear to have been favourites in the family, it is very difficult to distinguish between some of them, and great confusion has been the result. Amongst the original Fellows of the Royal Society are mentioned Peter Pett, Esq., and Sir Peter Pett. The former of these two was the Commissioner, and the latter was Advocate-General, and Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. Peter Pett, Esq., was the fifth son of Phineas Pett, "Master Shipwright to James I.," and was born in 1610. It is frequently stated that he was knighted, but this appears to be incorrect.
---Wheatley, 1896.
About Capt. Bethel
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And probably a relation [of Col. Robert Slingsby], as Mary, daughter of Sir Henry Slingsby (cousin of the Comptroller) married Sir Walter Bethel, of Alne, Yorkshire.
---Wheatley, 1896.
About Hoop
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The Hoop was in Thames Street, near London Bridge. It is registered in the list of taverns in London and Westminster in 1698 (Harl. MS. 4716).
---Wheatley, 1896.
About Monday 19 November 1660
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MUSCADINE, a rich kind of wine, of the growth of Provence and Languedoc, in France.
---The Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. T.H. Crocker, 1765.
About Michiel Adriaanszoon de Ruyter
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"Dutch captains and admirals were more often the sons of salt-sea sailors who had grown up handling the ropes. Dutch Admiral de Ruyter, hero of the 17th century navy, astonished a French officer by taking up a broom to clean his cabin and afterward going out to feed his chickens."
---First Salute. Barbara Tuchman, 1988.
About Thursday 31 January 1660/61
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A DEAL, Board
---An Universal Etymological English Dictionary. N. Bailey, 1675.
About Henry Ireton
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Henry Ireton married Bridget, daughter to Oliver Cromwell, and was afterwards one of Charles the First's Judges, and of the Committee who superintended his execution. He died at the siege of Limerick, 1651.
---Diary and correspondence of Samuel Pepys, the diary deciphered by J. Smith. 1854.
About Tuesday 29 January 1660/61
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"took up my old Lady Slingsby in his arms"
Perhaps this was not Robert Slingsby's wife but his mother?
Margaret, daughter of Sir William Water, an alderman of York. She was mother of the Comptroller, widow of Sir Guildford Slingsby, and, perhaps, related to Major Water, Pepys's deaf friend.
---Diary and correspondence of Samuel Pepys, the diary deciphered by J. Smith. 1854.
Maj. Waters: http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclo…
About Saturday 26 January 1660/61
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"taking away his ribbans and garters"
RIBBAND, or Ribbon, a narrow sort of silk, chiefly used for head ornaments, badges of chivalry, &c.
---The Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, 1766
About Saturday 26 January 1660/61
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"There dined with me this day both the Pierces and their wives"
The surgeon and the purser of the same name.
---Diary and correspondence of Samuel Pepys, the diary deciphered by J. Smith. 1854.
The purser is Andrew Pearse: http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclo…
About Andrew Pearse (purser)
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Andrew Pearse also makes an appearance in the diary of 26 January 1660/61 with James Pearse:
http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…