I'm back from holidays (very nice, thank you...) and back into the diary again. Ta muchly to Stuart for his stewardship of the blog over the last couple of weeks and for getting some of the much needed tidying up done...I owe you a beer or four!
So, back to business. In today's entry:
- Samuel goes with Penn and Batten to discuss the state of the Navy with the Duke of York. I have added a few "background details" for the Duke of York, James Stuart - later to be crowned King James II of England.
- The Duke of York discuesses the state of the Navy with the King. Although it is not certain that this occurred (it is merely promised by the Duke), I've modelled it here and created a new association type of cause-result to link the previous discussion event with this discussion event).
- Samuel dines with Jemima Montague.
- Samuel and Robert Ferrer attend a perfomance of 'The Alchemist' at the Theatre Royal. Also in the audience at this performance is Sir William Penn.
- Samuel and Robert Ferrer are given a ride home by Penn. The first leg of the journey takes them to St. Pauls where Ferrer gets off - this is modelled as one journey. The second leg takes Penn and Pepys to Penn's residence and this is modelled as a second journey that starts after the first.
- Pepys and Penn go to the Dolphin and buy some wine.
- Pepys returns home.
- Pepys finds a letter from John Creed which informs him that Sir Edward Montague's health is improved. The diary says that the letter was from 15th July , but it is not clear if Pepys means that it is a letter he received before today and then misplaced (I doubt it) or if it was a letter that took about a month to arrive! Given the uncertainty, I have modelled the correspondence event with only a start date.
New and updated topic map files:
Topic map for this entry.
Core diary ontology.
Places in the diary.
People in the diary.
Dates in the diary.
Cultural artifacts in the diary.
In today's entry, the following events are modelled:
- Samuel spends the morning at the Privy Seal.
- He visits the wardrobe for lunch, where he meets his wife and Edward Montagu.
- He visits his father, and they discuss his sister.
- A Mrs Cordery pays Samuel's father a visit.
- Samuel and his father meet with a number of relatives in the Mitre, where they discuss the estate of Robert Pepys.
- Samuel returns home.
- Lady Jemima Montagu sends her sons Oliver, John, and Sidney to stay with the Pepys out of fear that Edward has smallpox.
New and updated topic map files:
Topic map for this entry.
Core diary ontology.
Places in the diary.
People in the diary.
Dates in the diary.
Another missed entry yesterday — this time gin is not to blame, just a very busy day. So today's blog covers both 12th and 11th August.
In yesterday's entry Samuel goes to church twice; once locally and once in Clerkenwell, where he sees and comments upon the Butler sisters. He then walks in the grounds of Gray's Inn where he meets Ned Pickering, who tells him of the King's hunt the previous day. He dines at his father's and returns home.
In today's entry after spending the morning in the office, Samuel receives news that Lord Hinchingbroke (Edward Montagu junior) is unwell; he goes to visit him and finds him extremely unwell, apparently in fear of smallpox. Samuel himself is concerned that it is a result of fruit he gave him on Saturday 10th. Samuel dines with Jemima Montagu, and learns that Edward Montagu senior (Lord Sandwich) is also unwell. Finally, he dines with Sir Thomas Crew.
I had to incorpotate the map for 10th August, and provide a subject indicator for the eating of the fruit, so that a reference can be made to it in respect of the illness. As a result the map for that entry has also been updated. In the update, I have also separated out Lord Hinchingbroke from the four unknown children of Lady Montagu.
New and updated topic map files:
Topic map for 12th August.
Topic map for 11th August.
Updated topic map for 10th August.
Core diary ontology.
Places in the diary.
People in the diary.
Dates in the diary.