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the Grey family in 1465; that of Bedford for the Russells, in 1550. Lord Bedford was probably Francis, second earl, and Lord Grey may have been either Reginald, fifth earl, or Henry, sixth earl. ↩

“Botarga. The roe of the mullet pressed flat and dried; that of commerce, however, is from the tunny, a large fish of passage which is common in the Mediterranean. The best kind comes from Tunis.”

Smyth’s Sailor’s Word-Book

Botargo was chiefly used to promote drinking by causing thirst, and Rabelais makes Gargantua eat it. ↩

A comedy, by Ben Jonson; first acted at the Hope theatre, Bankside, October 31st, 1614. ↩

Murray and Heath, whose authority is generally good, assert that James Hamilton was at this time Bishop of Galloway; but the commission for his consecration bears date December 12th, 1661. Kennett also mentions Thomas Sydserf, who had been deposed from the see of Galloway by the Presbyterians in 1638, as the only Scotch prelate alive at the Restoration; and adds, that he came up to London, expecting to be advanced to the primacy. But he had so disgusted the English bishops, that he was only removed to the See of Orkney, which, though richly endowed, was considered at all times as a sinecure; and he did not long survive his translation. At all events, Hamilton was his successor, and the Bishop of Galloway mentioned in the Diary, May 15th, 1663. Lingard’s testimony is in favour of Sydserf being the Bishop of Galloway here alluded to. The death of the Bishop of Orkney (late of Galloway) is mentioned in The Intelligencer, September 29th, 1663. —⁠B. ↩

The reading in the early editions of the Diary is, “a person formerly of the fleet;” in the later editions, “a parson formerly of the Fleet.” The cipher for “person” or “parson” is the same. I have preferred the reading of the early editions, merely correcting “of” to “in,” for two reasons⁠—one, because the marriages were performed by clergymen, though disreputable, who would not require fresh ordination; the other because, although there were Fleet marriages at that time, yet they do not seem to be common. The date of the earliest Fleet register now preserved in the Bishop of London’s Registry is 1674. —⁠M. B. ↩

Katherine of Braganza, daughter of John IV of Portugal, born 1638, married to Charles II, May 21st, 1662. After the death of the king she lived for some time at Somerset House, and then returned to Portugal, of which country she became Regent in 1704 on the retirement of her brother Don Pedro. She died December 31st, 1705. ↩

Lionel Walden, elected M.P. for the borough of Huntingdon, April 12th, 1661. ↩

A Form of Prayer was published to be used in London on the 12th, and in the country on the 19th of June, being the special days appointed for a general fast to be kept in the respective places for averting those sicknesses and diseases, that dearth and scarcity, which justly may be feared from the late immoderate rain and waters: for a thanksgiving also for the blessed change of weather; and the begging the continuance of it to us for our comfort: And likewise for beseeching a Blessing upon the High Court of Parliament now assembled: Set forth by his Majesty’s authority. A sermon was preached before the Commons by Thomas Greenfield, preacher of Lincoln’s Inn. The Lords taxed themselves for the poor⁠—an earl, 30s., a baron, 20s. Those absent from prayers were to pay a forfeit. —⁠B. ↩

Perhaps the same person who had been envoy from the Protector to the King of Sweden, and is described by Kennet, in September, 1655, as kinsman to his Highness. —⁠B. ↩

Robin Shaw, manager of Backwell’s business, who died July 25th, 1665. ↩

A model. See October 5th. ↩

A comedy, by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley, printed 1653, and again in 1661. —⁠B. ↩

There are tokens of the Samson in St. Paul’s Churchyard (see Boyne’s Trade Tokens, ed. Williamson, vol. i, 1889, p. 735). ↩

A woollen cloth. “Saye clothe serge.” —⁠Palsgrave ↩

Comedy by Ben Jonson, first printed in 1612. ↩

Theodore Goodgroome, Pepys’s singing-master. He was probably related to John Goodgroome, a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal, who is also referred to in the Diary. ↩

“La Cruda la bella” does not appear to have been printed. ↩

Whilst a hat (see January 28th, 1660⁠–⁠61, ante) cost only 35s. See also Lord Sandwich’s vexation at his beaver being stolen, and a hat only left in lieu of it, April 30th, 1661, ante; and April 19th and 26th, 1662, post. —⁠B. ↩

The Maypole in the Strand was fixed on the site of the present church of St. Mary-le-Strand. It was taken away in 1718. ↩

The edition of Richard Hooker’s great work, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politic, in the Pepysian Library, is dated 1666. ↩

It appears, from an old MS. account-book of the collections in the church of St. Olave, Hart Street, beginning in 1642, still extant, that the money gathered on the 30th June, 1661, “for several inhabitants of the parish of St. Dunstan in the West towards their losse by fire,” amounted to “xx s. viii d.” Pepys might complain of the trade in briefs, as similar contributions had been levied fourteen weeks successively, previous to the one in question at St. Olave’s church. Briefs were abolished in 1828. —⁠B. ↩

Don Francisco de Mello,