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Daily entries from the 17th century London diary
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About Saturday 23 March 1660/61
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Annotations in the encyclopedia entry for the Red Bull Theatre indicate that Killigrew's company used it.
About Red Bull Theatre
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... presently after the Restoration, the King's Players acted publickly at the Red Bull for some time, and then removed to a new-built Playhouse in Vere-Street, by Clare-market. There they continued for a Year or two, and then removed to the Theatre Royal in Drury-lane ...
---An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber. Colley Cibber, 1750.
The King's Players were Thomas Killegrew's company.
The "Playhouse in Vere-Street" was the King's House (Theatre Royal, Vere St).
http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclo…
About Sunday 24 March 1660/61
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"Home again, and after a walk in the garden"
Appropriately enough, Sue Nicholson has recently posted, as of the current date, an in-depth article about "The Garden at the Navy Office." Kudos to her!
http://www.pepysdiary.com/indepth…
About Lt-Col. Benjamin Baron
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The note Wim van der Meij posted above from Everyman's Library Edition was taken from "Diary and correspondence of Samuel Pepys, the diary deciphered by J. Smith," 1854.
About Tuesday 26 March 1661
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On 18 May 1660 Sam wrote:
"we light by chance of an English house to drink in"
About Sunday 15 June 1662
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"and am glad she hath light of so good a man."
The annotations for 26 March 1661 have a discussion of the verb "light."
http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
About Tuesday 26 March 1661
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"she light of Col. Boone"
To LIGHT upon, to fall or settle upon, to meet by Chance, to happen.
---An Universal Etymological English Dictionary. N. Bailey, 1675.
About Zachary Crofton
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CROFTON, ZACHARY (d. 1672), Irish nonconformist divine; educated at Dublin; expelled from the living of Wrenbury, Cheshire, for refusing to take the engagement, 1651; vicar of St. Botolph, Aldgate; ejected at the Restoration; committed to the Tower for maintaining that the Solemn League and Covenant was still binding on the English nation, c. 1660; published controversial tracts.
---Dictionary of National Biography: Index and Epitome. S. Lee, 1906.
About Anabaptism
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ANABAPTISTS, a Sect whose Tenet is, That Persons ought not to be baptized till they are able to give an Account of their Faith.
---An Universal Etymological English Dictionary. N. Bailey, 1675.
About Thursday 21 March 1660/61
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DESIRE, longing, wishing; also Entreaty, Request.
To DESIRE, to covet, long, or wish for; to entreat or pray.
---An Universal Etymological English Dictionary. N. Bailey, 1675.
About Wednesday 20 March 1660/61
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William Thompson, the M.P. for London omitted from Sam's list, has an encyclopedia page:
http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclo…
About Ald. John Fowke
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Sorry. "FOWKE, John" above.
About Ald. John Fowke
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FOLKE, John (d.1662), lord mayor, 1652-3; imprisoned for refusing to pay tonnage and poundage, 1627-9; sheriff of London and leader of city parliamentarians, 1643; fined and imprisoned for conduct as a commissioner of customs, 1648; M.P. for the city, 1661; benefactor of Bethlehem and Christ's hospitals.
---Dictionary of National Biography: Index and Epitome. S. Lee, 1906.
About Cabbage
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Brassica is called ... in English Cole and Colewort, and the Sort of Cole which makes an Head, which we call Cabbage, is in Latin Brassica Capitata; so the Cole so remarkable for its Flower, which we call Cole-Flower, or more commonly Cauly-Flower, is in Latin Brassica florida...
---Dictionarium Botanicum. R. Bradley, 1728.
About Capt. Roger Cuttance
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Sorry, typo above: "captain of the fleet, 1665."
About Capt. Roger Cuttance
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CUTTANCE, Sir ROGER (ft. 1650-1669), navy captain; commanded the Sussex in the Dutch war, 1652-3; assisted in reduction of Porto Farina, 1655; flag-captain of the Naseby, 1657; knighted, 1665; captain of the fleet, 1666.
---Dictionary of National Biography: Index and Epitome. S. Lee, 1906.
About Monday 4 March 1660/61
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"this date" in both instances above being 4 March 1660/61.
About Monday 4 March 1660/61
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Sounds good Nate.
Wheatley in his annotation of the diary for this date says that the current (i.e., as of this date) King of Sweden, Charles XI, is the person who gave "my Lord" the jewel with the picture in it.
About Friday 1 March 1660/61
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In the 17th century it appears that the midday meal (dinner) was "fuller" than the evening meal (supper):
Digestion is better made in the Night when we sleep than in the Day when we are awake, ... for in Sleep, the Blood and Spirits, being not so much carried to the external Parts of the Body; the Stomach receives more Acid and Heat, and is the more nearly contracted, and so the better embraces the Meat; and consequently the Supper, which is contrary to Custom now adays, ought to be a fuller Meal than the Dinner; and tho' the Time betwixt Dinner and Supper, is less than betwixt the Supper and the next Days Dinner, yet you must know, that that which is eaten at a large Dinner, is often not fully digested before Supper, and so the Stomach has a double Task.
---A Plain Introduction to the Art of Physick. J. Pechey, 1697.
About Lobster
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If you are ordered to break the claw of a crab or a lobster, clap it between the sides of the dining-room door between the hinges. Thus you can do it gradually without mashing the meat; which is often the fate of the street-door key, or the pestle.
---Directions to Servants. Jonathan Swift, 1745.