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About Thomas Jacombe

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JACOMBE, THOMAS (1622-1687), nonconformist divine; brother of Samuel Jacombe; fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, 1646; M.A., 1647; incumbent of St. Martin's, Ludgate Hill, London, 1647-62; a trier, 1659; commissioner for review of the prayer-book, 1661; imprisoned for holding conventicles in Silver Street, but protected by Countess-dowager of Exeter; published sermons.
---Dictionary of National Biography: Index and Epitome. S. Lee, 1906.

About Saturday 15 February 1661/62

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"he is a very rogue"

VERY, truly, indeed, in reality.
---An Universal Etymological English Dictionary. N. Bailey, 1675.

About Saturday 15 February 1661/62

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"Sir Nicholas Crisp’s sasse at Deptford"

SASSE, a Sluice or Lock, especially in a River that is cut with Floodgates to shut up or let out Water, for the better Passage of Boats and Barges.
---An Universal Etymological English Dictionary. N. Bailey, 1675.

About Sir Nicholas Crisp

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CRISP, Sir NICHOLAS (1599?-1666), royalist; received from Charles I the exclusive right of trading to Guinea, in company with five others, 1632; one of the body which contracted for the 'great' and 'petty' customs farms, 1640; knighted, 1641; M.P. for Winchelsea, but expelled from parliament as a monopolist, 1641; fined for having collected duties on merchandise without parliamentary grant; raised regiment for Charles I, 1643; received commission to equip fifteen war-vessels, 1644; his property sequestered by the parliament, 1645; fled to France; supported Monck at the Restoration, 1660; compounded the king's debt to the East India Company, 1662; customs farmer; created baronet, 1665.
---Dictionary of National Biography: Index and Epitome. S. Lee, 1906.

About Poor John/Jack

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JACK, a Fish, called also a Pike.
---An Universal Etymological English Dictionary. N. Bailey, 1675.

About Thursday 6 February 1661/62

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"comes my uncle Thomas to me to ask for his annuity"

ANNUITY, a yearly Rent to be paid for Term of Life or Years.
---An Universal Etymological English Dictionary. N. Bailey, 1675.

About Wednesday 5 February 1661/62

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"putting some cataplasm to my … "

CATAPLASM, a Poultice of Herbs, Roots, Seeds, &c.
---An Universal Etymological English Dictionary. N. Bailey, 1675.

About Sunday 2 February 1661/62

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"a most impertinent sermon"

IMPERTINENT, not to the Purpose, absurd, silly.
---An Universal Etymological English Dictionary. N. Bailey, 1675.

About Saturday 1 February 1661/62

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"by a great storm and tempest the mole of Argier is broken down"

MOLE, a Rampart, Pier, or Fence, against the Force of the Sea.
---An Universal Etymological English Dictionary. N. Bailey, 1675.

About Wednesday 29 January 1661/62

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MISTRESS, the Mistress of an House; a Sweetheart or kept Mistress.
---An Universal Etymological English Dictionary. N. Bailey, 1675.

About Sir Henry Mildmay

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MILDMAY, Sir HENRY (d. 1664?), master of the king's jewel-house; knighted, 1617; master of the king's jewel-house, 1620; M.P., Maldon, 1620, Westbury, 1624, Maldon again, 1625-60; attended Charles I to Scotland, 1639; deserted the king, 1641; revenue commissioner, 1645-52; left as hostage in Scotland, 1646; present at Charles I's trial; member of state councils, 1649-52; attempted escape when called on to account for the king's jewels, 1660; degraded and sentenced to imprisonment for life; warrant issued for his transportation to Tangier, 1664; died at Antwerp on the way.
---Dictionary of National Biography: Index and Epitome. S. Lee, 1906.

About William Monson (1st Viscount Monson)

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MONSON, Sir WILLIAM, first Viscount Monson Of Castlemaine (d. 1672?), regicide; son of Sir Thomas Monson; created Viscount Monson of Castlemaine (Irish peerage), 1628; knighted, 1633; M.P., Reigate, 1640; nominated one of the king's judges, but only attended three sittings; sentenced by Parliament to degradation from his honours and titles and to be imprisoned for life, 1661; died in the Fleet.
---Dictionary of National Biography: Index and Epitome. S. Lee, 1906.

About Cornelis van Drebbel

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DREBBEL, CORNELIS (1678-1634), philosopher and scientific inventor; born at Alkmaar; invented machine for producing perpetual motion, which he presented to his patron, James I; visited the court of Rudolph II; imprisoned on the capture of Prague by the elector palatine, 1620; released at James I's intercession; sent in charge of fireships on the Rochelle expedition, 1627; credited with invention of telescope, microscope, and thermometer; author of a Dutch work on the 'Nature of the Elements,' 1608.
---Dictionary of National Biography: Index and Epitome. S. Lee, 1906.

About Friday 14 March 1661/62

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"trying over the two songs of “Nulla, nulla,” &c., and “Gaze not on Swans,”"

These two songs were mentioned on 11 February and 24 February 1661/62 with informative annotations. It would appear that Mr. Berkenshaw had more to do with their composition that SP implied on those days.

About Sunday 19 January 1661/62

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"our merchants here in London do daily break"

To BREAK, to break in Pieces; also to turn Bankrupt.
---An Universal Etymological English Dictionary. N. Bailey, 1675.

About Pope's Head Alley

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Pope's Head Alley, a footway from Cornhill—opposite the southwest corner of the Royal Exchange—to Lombard Street, and so called from the Pope's Head Tavern ... Early in the 17th century Pope's Head Alley was noted for its booksellers' shops. The History of the Two Maids of More-Clacke, 1609, was "printed by N. O. for Thomas Archer, and is to be sold at his shop in Pope's Head Pallace," perhaps a part of the large edifice mentioned by Stow. The first edition of Speed's Great Britain (fol. 1611) was "sold by John Sudbury and George Humble, in Pope's Head Alley, at the signe of the White Horse." Sudbury and Humble were the first printsellers established in London.
---London, Past and Present. H.B. Wheatley, 1891.

About Pope's Head (Pope's Head Alley)

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Pope's Head Alley, a footway from Cornhill—opposite the southwest corner of the Royal Exchange—to Lombard Street, and so called from the Pope's Head Tavern ... Early in the 17th century Pope's Head Alley was noted for its booksellers' shops. The History of the Two Maids of More-Clacke, 1609, was "printed by N. O. for Thomas Archer, and is to be sold at his shop in Pope's Head Pallace," perhaps a part of the large edifice mentioned by Stow. The first edition of Speed's Great Britain (fol. 1611) was "sold by John Sudbury and George Humble, in Pope's Head Alley, at the signe of the White Horse." Sudbury and Humble were the first printsellers established in London.
---London, Past and Present. H.B. Wheatley, 1891.

About Sunday 2 March 1661/62

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"I began to take my wife, but he jogged me"

To JOG, To JOGGLE, to shove or shake.
---An Universal Etymological English Dictionary. N. Bailey, 1675.

About Friday 17 January 1661/62

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SENNIGHT [contracted of seven Nights] a Week
---An Universal Etymological English Dictionary. N. Bailey, 1675.