Friday 5 March 1668/69
Up, and by water to White Hall, where did a little business with the Duke of York at our usual attending him, and thence to my wife, who was with my coach at Unthanke’s, though not very well of those upon her, and so home to dinner, and after dinner I to the Tower, where I find Sir W. Coventry with abundance of company with him; and after sitting awhile, and hearing some merry discourse, and, among others, of Mr. Brouncker’s being this day summoned to Sir William Morton, one of the judges, to give in security for his good behaviour, upon his words the other day to Sir John Morton, a Parliament-man, at White Hall, who had heretofore spoke very highly against Brouncker in the House, I away, and to Aldgate, and walked forward towards White Chapel, till my wife overtook me with the coach, it being a mighty fine afternoon; and there we went the first time out of town with our coach and horses, and went as far as Bow, the spring beginning a little now to appear, though the way be dirty; and so, with great pleasure, with the fore-part of our coach up, we spent the afternoon. And so in the evening home, and there busy at the Office awhile, and so to bed, mightily pleased with being at peace with my poor wife, and with the pleasure we may hope to have with our coach this summer, when the weather comes to be good.
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First Reading
Terry Foreman • Link
"Mr. Brouncker’s being this day summoned to Sir William Morton, one of the judges, to give in security for his good behaviour, upon his words the other day to Sir John Morton, a Parliament-man, at White Hall, who had heretofore spoke very highly against Brouncker in the House, "
Sir John Morton wasn't exactly praising Henry Brouncker: "highly" can also mean "heatedly." L&M note these men had drawn swords on each other in Whitehall and Brouncker had been wounded. (the two Mortons are not related.) There had been a sharp exchange between Sir John and Brouncker on 18 April 1668, shortly before Brouncker had been expelled from the House for his share in the naval miscarriages of 1665.
John • Link
Nothing like driving with the top down on a balmy spring day!
Mary • Link
"the pleasure we may hope to have with our coach this summer, when the weather comes to be good."
Oh, dear ......
Robert Gertz • Link
Coventry not quite an unperson I see.
Andrew Hamilton • Link
I am still puzzled how Coventry came to be ensnared in what appears to have been a contrived trap. I hope that is cleared up in subsequent entries and commentaries.
sue nicholson • Link
Mary like you, I find this entry unbearably poignant.
Don McCahill • Link
> who was with my coach at Unthanke’s, though not very well of those upon her,
Any translations/clarifications of this odd phrasing?
Mary • Link
"those" are Elizabeth's menses.
She's feeling a bit below par, as many women do at these times.
This is the phraseology that Pepys often uses.
Terry Foreman • Link
Henry Brouncker's expulsion last April: "Brouncker put out of the House, and a writ for a new election, and an impeachment ordered to be brought in against him, he being fled." http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
pepfie • Link
"...Harry Brouncker’s being now come back, and appears this day the first day at White Hall; but hath not been yet with the King, but is secure that he shall be well received, I hear. God bless us, when such men as he shall be restored!"
http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
Second Reading
Terry Foreman • Link
"There had been a sharp exchange between Sir John and Brouncker on 18 April 1668, shortly before Brouncker had been expelled from the House for his share in the naval miscarriages of 1665." http://www.british-history.ac.uk/…
A shame there isn't more here. Can you add to it?
Terry Foreman • Link
"A shame there isn't more here. Can you add to it?"
Actually the link leads to the transcript of the trial of Henry Brouncker, who is said during the Battle of Lowestoft to have claimed he had an order from the Duke of York to slacken sail. "His action in giving an unauthorized order to slacken sail after the battle of Lowestoft led to his impeachment and flight to France." (L&M Companion)
San Diego Sarah • Link
MyLondon friends are posting pictures of daffodils right now ... between the storms.
San Diego Sarah • Link
"... though not very well of those upon her, ..."
This goes a long way to explain yesterday's post which also concerned this morning:
"... and so, by water home, and there my wife mighty angry for my absence, and fell mightily out, but not being certain of any thing, but thinks only that Pierce or Knepp was there, and did ask me, and, I perceive, the boy, many questions. But I did answer her; and so, after much ado, did go to bed, and lie quiet all night;
"but [she] had another bout with me in the morning, but I did make shift to quiet her, but yet she was not fully satisfied, poor wretch! in her mind, and thinks much of my taking so much pleasure from her; which, indeed, is a fault, though I did not design or foresee it when I went."
Yup. She's 29. Motrin made life possible.