Category Archives: Pepys Diary

Pepys-Map : 1st – 2nd April 1662

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Two more entries posted today.
In the entry for 1st April 1662, there is a sequence of events worth noting for the way in which the temporal relationships are modelled. The sequence starts when Pepys, Paulina Montagu and others attend a performance of “The Maid in the Mill”. During the performance, Paulina Montagu is taken ill, so Pepys takes her to the Grange (a nearby tavern) where she “did what she had a mind to”, and then the pair return to the play. This gives us the following events:

  1. A performance of “The Maid in the Mill”
  2. Paulina Montagu’s illness
  3. Samuel and Paulina Montagu travel from the Opera to the Grange
  4. Samuel and Paulina Montagu return from the Grange to the Opera

(1) is the wrapper event that events (2) – (4) all occur during, but (4) can be said to occur after the end of (2), so we have the following event relationships:

  • (2) occurs during (1)
  • (3) occurs during (1) and is caused by (2)
  • (4) occurs during (1) and occurs after (2)

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Pepys-Map : 26th – 28th February 1662

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Three more days entries posted today, taking us to the end of February 1662.
Events modelled for 26th February 1662 :

  • Samuel works with John Birchensha on a composition. This is modelled as a recreation event.
  • Samuel pays monies owed to Joshua Kirton.
  • Samuel settles a debt to William Joyce.
  • Sam meets with and misrecognises an unamed man from the Navy Office. Only the meeting is modelled here.

For 27th February 1662 :

  • Samuel and John Birchensha argue about Birchensha’s music theories.
  • Samuel spends the morning writing down what he has learned from Birchensha.
  • Samuel dines at home.
  • Samuel works at the Navy Office.
  • Sam works on his correspondence at home.

Finally, for 28th February 1662:

  • Sam and William Penn travel to Whitehall Palace by coach.
  • Samuel delivers a map of Tangiers to James Stuart. The map was sent by Sir Edward Montagu and was created by one Martin Beckman. Beckman’s position in the employ of Montagu has been modelled as an office-holding event, where the office is ommitted as we are not told the nature of his position.
    The map has been modelled as a topic, allowing a text-subject association to connect the map with the territory depicted (Tangiers) and a new created-by association to connect the map with Beckman.
  • Sam travels to Mr. Savill’s by boat.
  • At Mr. Savills, Samuel sits for his portrait.
  • Samuel dines at home.
  • Henry Moore visits Pepys at home.
  • Sam works at the Navy Office and while there receives salary (modelled as a payment-event).
  • Sam returns home and beats his servant Wayneman Birch.

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Pepys-Map : 25th February 1662

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In today’s entry there is just one new addition to the ontology. The events modelled are as follows:

  • Samuel works at the Navy Office.
  • Samuel and Henry Moore visit a coffee house (that is not named) and discuss the recent storms and the damage caused. I have not modelled the subject of this discussion for the time being.
  • At some point during the day, Samuel reads a statement written by Charles Sackville regarding the murder that he is accused of. To model this, I have introduced a new association type “text-subject”, and modelled Charles Sackville’s statement (which is published) as a text, and the murder as the text subject.
  • Samuel dines at home.
  • The Hunts visit the Pepys.
  • Samuel works at the Navy Office again.
  • Samuel has supper at home.

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