jeannine
Articles
jeannine has written 14 articles:
- The Bedchamber (26 July 2005)
- Annotators of Sam (22 December 2005)
- A Walk with Ferrers (8 February 2006)
- The Journal of “My Lord” Sandwich (2 May 2006)
- Between a Son and His Father: Sam’s Letter to John Sr regarding Brampton (17 May 2006)
- A Voice for Elizabeth (31 May 2006)
- Queen Catherine’s Illness and Court Politics (30 August 2006)
- Twas the night before New Years! (29 December 2006)
- Inventory of the tailor shop (31 March 2007)
- Carteret and the King (22 July 2007)
- The Plot Against Pepys by James Long and Ben Long (16 August 2007)
- Sam’s N-A-V-Y (25 December 2007)
- The Next Chapter of Samuel Pepys (31 May 2012)
- Plague: Murder has a New Friend by C.C. Humphreys (31 August 2014)
Encyclopedia topics
jeannine has written summaries for eight topics:
- Sir Charles Berkeley (1st Earl of Falmouth, 1st Viscount Fitzharding)
- Catherine of Braganza (Queen)
- Sir George Carteret (Treasurer of the Navy 1660-7, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household 1660-70)
- Sir Edward Hyde (Earl of Clarendon, Lord Chancellor 1658-67)
- Sir Edward Mountagu ("my Lord," Earl of Sandwich)
- Barbara Palmer (Countess of Castlemaine)
- Elizabeth Pepys (wife, b. St Michel)
- Frances Stuart (Duchess of Richmond)
Annotations and comments
jeannine has posted 1,236 annotations/comments since 16 June 2004.
Comments
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About Wednesday 23 May 1660
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Sandwich's Journal Entry Today
"Wednesday. In the morning the General went in his barge close to the shore-side at Schevelinge, where was prepared a Dutch vessel to carry His Majesty on board the Naseby, and about ten of the clock in the morning the King's most sacred Majesty came to the shore-side and boarded the said vessel, but before she was launched from the shore his Majesty went off her into the Rear Admiral's boat and came presently on board the General's barge, as did also the Dukes of York and Gloucester, the Princess Royal, the Queen of Bohemia and the Prince of Orange, and so were rowed from the Naseby, which ship they boarded about eleven of the clock in the morning.
There were upon the shore at Schevelinge many troops of horse and foot of the States, and about forty pieces of ordnance, all which saluted the King and a vast multitude of people were spectators, supposed to be one hundred thousand at least.
The ships saluted the King with all their guns twice over before he came on board and once over after he came on board, and once more at the going off of the Princess Royal, the Queen of Bohemia and the Prince of Orange, which was about three of the clock in the afternoon, immediately after which the fleet set sail bound for Dover.
This day his Majesty was pleased to change the name of the Naseby into the Charles and new-named divers other ships;the Richard was named the Royal James. His Royal Highness and the Duke of York embarked in the London when we set sail, as did the Duke of Gloucester into the Swiftsure.
Monsiour Obdam, the Hollands Admiral, came aboard the Naseby, but stayed not to go off with the Princes of Orange, and went away before dinner into another boat by himself."
About Tuesday 22 May 1660
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Sandwich's Journal Entry Today
"Tuesday. Their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of York and Gloucester, and Monsieur Obdam, came and dined aboard the Naseby and went off again in the evening, when the Prince Maurice of Nassau came on board to see the ship."
About Tuesday 15 May 1660
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Sandwich's Journal Entry Today
"Tuesday. The King of England arrived at the Hague from Breda. The Centurion came into Schevelinge Bay with the Lords Commissioners from the House of Peers, who dined aboard the Naseby and after went ashore the Schevelinge."
About Monday 14 May 1660
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Sandwich's Journal Entry Today
Monday. The fleet came to anchor off Schevelinge in Holland, distant about a league and a half. In the morning Mr. Edward Bertie and Mr. Edward Pickering went ashore with letters to His Majesty. Mr. North also went ashore to the Hague to present the Generals' service to the Queen of Bohemia and Prince of Orange. About eight of the clock in the evening the Hampshire and Yarmouth came into Schevelinge Bay with the Commissioners of the Commons' House in Parliament, and the Norwich with the citizens of London."
About Sunday 13 May 1660
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Sandwich's Journal Entry Today
"Sunday. Weighed again, the wind fair. About five of the clock in the afternoon we made the island of Walcheren, when the Assistance frigate overtook us with a packet from England."
About Saturday 12 May 1660
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Sandwich's Journal Entry Today
"Saturday. About eight of the clock in the morning we set sail and turned to windward, and in the afternoon anchored again, the South Foreland bearing W.S.W. about four leagues off."
About Friday 11 May 1660
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Sandwich's Journal Entry Today
" Friday. The Speaker sailed over to Holland with Sir John Grenville. About two of the clock in the afternoon the General and seven sail of ships set sail out of the Downs, and about four or five of the clock in the afternoon anchored at the South-Sands Head, whence Sir Richard Stayner went off to Dover Castle to confer with Lord Winchelsea."
About Thursday 10 May 1660
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Sandwich's Journal Entry Today
Thursday. The ship Richard came into the Downs. The Earl of Winchelsea dined on board the Naseby. Sir John Grenville came on board the Naseby about ten of the clock at night. [In margin- Sir John Grenville came to me with a message from General Monck that the King's friends thought His Majesty's present repair to London was absolutely necessary, and therefore he wished me to sail and waft the King over as soon as I could. Accordingly I engaged my word to Sir John Grenville to do so, and sent him over in a ship to the other side to assure the King as much].
About Thursday 3 May 1660
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Sandwich's Journal Entry Today
"Thursday. The King's letter and Declaration were read aboard the fleet and the whole fleet unanimously declared their loyalty unto His Majesty."
About Wednesday 18 April 1660
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Sandwich's Journal Entry today
"Wednesday. In the morning the Hon. Edward Mountagu, Esq. came on board the Naseby. [In margin-returned from Flanders with letter to me from the King and Duke] The Kent and Reserve sailed away."
About Saturday 14 April 1660
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Sandwich's Journal Entry today
"Saturday. Today Capt. Tiddeman and Mr. Kentall came from the town of Dover to present me the freedom of that Corporation, the which I accepted and accordingly took my oath as a freeman."
About Tuesday 10 April 1660
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Lord Sandwich's Journal Entry today
"Tuesday. Mr. Edward Pickering, who came with me out of the River went ashore bound for London. And the Hon. Edward Mountagu Esq. came on board the Naseby about noon and went off again in the evening. [In margin-To the King in Flanders}."
About Monday 9 February 1662/63
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An excerpt from a letter from Charles II to his sister Minette, dated today..
"I have been perswading the Queene to follow the Queen Mother of France and goe in masquerade before the carnival be done, I believe it were worth seeing my Lord St. Albans in such an occasion. My wife hath given a good introduction to such a business, for the other day she made my Lord Aubingy and two other of her chaplins dance country dances in her bedchamber...."
About Tuesday 24 February 1662/63
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"My late distemper of heat and itching being come upon me again"
Does anyone have any idea what is wrong with him? Interesting that lately both Sandwich and Sam have had illnesses that seem to linger and come back.
About Monday 23 February 1662/63
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Bradford, Will do, but understand that Sandy doesn't kick in again until 1664 --what a disappointment!! I was bumming. Actually I was surprised that the Naval Society has a long listing of different volumes of information that they have published, among the listing are Sam's minutes of the naval meetings. The local maritime bookstore that has a copy is on vacation til March sometime, but I'll check that out when they return, but quite honestly I sort of like Sam's gossip better than listings of ships, naval activites, etc., which probably doesn't say much for me as a person, but at least I'm honest. More fun reading about dropped babies, rooftop escapes, arguements with the servants than nautical tides and boat listings, but that's just my lowly perspective.
About Monday 23 February 1662/63
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"Lord Sandwich and Sam”
AH--Of interest there is a one year (give or take a few months) gap in the journals--no entry for 1663! It will take up again (spoiler, but we know it) around the Dutch War. I am thinking of going through the entries and taking out any interesting ones of the past few years and adding them to correspond with Sam's timing. He was very focused on ships, the naval activity, etc. The index has 10 pages (yes pages) listing ships and their refernece in the Diary and only 8 small spots mentioning Sam. Somewhere there must be letters, personal correspondence, etc. but not in the journal. I will keep your question in mind as I read and let you know if I find anything.
About Monday 23 February 1662/63
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"Lord Sandwich and Sam"
Just an interesting little finding to give us even MORE appreciation of Sam on his birthday entry. I just located a copy of the actual Journals Of Sandwich (1659-1665)and went to look through it for the references of Sam. There are only 8 and nothing more signaficant that mentioning he'd sent a letter to him, or a similar notation. He only mentions his wife 3 times ("sent a letter to Lady Sandwich"). What a contrast to the writings of Sam whose entries carry such an encompassing and vivid view of his world.
About Monday 23 February 1662/63
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"This day I was told that my Lady Castlemaine hath all the King’s Christmas presents, made him by the peers, given to her, which is a most abominable thing; and that at the great ball she was much richer in jewells than the Queen and Duchess put both together."
Davidson reports that (p 168) “It was at this New Year’s Eve ball [1662] that Lady Castlemaine’s blaze of costly jewels far outshone those worn by the Queen and the Duchess of York together, and that people told each other she had coaxed the King to hand over to her all the Christmas presents given in the usual custom by the peers. This old custom was soon after discontinued. Perhaps the peers hardly appreciated being made this involuntarily to contribute to the possessions of ‘the Lady”.”
About Sunday 22 February 1662/63
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Dirk's entry on Life Expectancy.
I remember reading Dirk's recent and great entry to the background and thought it pertinent so here's another link.
Average life expectancy at birth for English people in the late 16th/early 17th centuries was just under 40 - 39.7 years. However, this low figure was mostly due to the high rate of infant and child mortality - over 12% of all children born would die within their first year. A man or woman who reached the age of 30 could expect to live to 59. […] Life expectancy in London was lower than that of England in general, even for the wealthy. Crowding, poor sanitation and increased likelihood of disease all took their toll on the population. “Expectation of life at birth varied greatly from the wealthy to poorer parishes of London. St Peter Cornhill, 1580-1650 had an expectation of life of 34-6 years. Comparatively, the poor parish of St. Mary Somerset, 1606-1653, had a life expectancy at birth of only 21 years.”
http://www.plimoth.org/learn/hist…
About Sunday 22 February 1662/63
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"his superiors must have lived through equivalent “messes” themselves"
Michael brings up a good point here--In his younger days, the Duke himself "escaped" once dressed as a female, the King was famous for hiding out in a tree (a story he apparently told over and over and over and over) and other great escapes, so in comparison a rooftop runaway may be trite by comparison. Had he been wearing high heels and a boa and stopped to burst into song along the way, they might actually have been impressed, but he's going to have to try harder on the adventure scale to impress this crowd.