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Two more days of events posted today. The events modelled for 3rd November are:

  • Samuel takes medication (presumably for his unmentionable swelling...).
  • Samuel reads Thomas Fuller's 'History of Holy War'.
  • Samuel attempts (and gives up) composing a song extolling his virtues as a man of liberal genius. This is modelled simply as a recreation event involving Sam as the only participant.
  • Samuel and Elizabeth dine on pullet.

For 4th November, the following events are modelled:

  • Samuel, Elizabeth and William Penn share a coach to Whitehall.
  • Elizabeth visits Mrs. Hunt.
  • Samuel and William Penn do some business (presumably Navy business) with William Coventry.
  • Samuel, Elizabeth and Penn return home by coach.
  • Samuel dines at the Mitre with many others. The dinner is described as including chine of beef and marrowbones.
  • Elizabeth visits Thomas Pepys.
  • Sam takes a coach to Thomas Pepys' home to pick up Elizabeth.
  • Sam and Elizabeth travel to the Opera by coach.
  • A performance of 'The Bondman' at the Opera. We are told that there has been a previous performance at Salisbury Court Playhouse. We also know that Betterton is in today's performance.
  • Samuel and Elizabeth travel home together by coach as far as William Wight's house.
  • Elizabeth continues home by coach.
  • Samuel visits William Wight.

New and updated topic maps :

Topic map for 3rd November 1661

Topic map for 4th November 1661

Core ontology for the diary.

Culture in the diary.

People in the diary.

Today's entry introduces one new event type and the problems of the unknown. There is also an editorial note on names.

The events modelled for this entry are:

  • Samuel works at the Navy Office, joined by William Penn and the new Comptorller of the Navy Sir John Mennes. Sir John's new position is modelled as an office holding event (starting today and finishing in the year 1671)
  • Samuel dines as a guest of Lady Jemima Montagu at Wardrobe Court.
  • Samuel travels home by coach with "the two young ladies" from the Wardrobe. It is not clear who those ladies are, so they are modelled here as two unknown women.
  • Samuel's female guests return "home" by coach with Captain Ferrers. By home, I have assumed that the ladies in question live with Lady Montague, though there is no real proof of that.
  • Wayneman Birch, one of Samuel's servants, lets off some gunpowder outside the house.
  • Elizabeth Pepys "chides" young Birch. This is modelled as a new type of event, "chastisement" with Birch being the "chastised" and Elizabeth the "chastiser". The cause of the chastisement (the letting off of gunpowder) is modelled using the cause-result association introduced previously.
  • Another chastisement event (a beating this time) befalls young Birch when Samuel finds out and catches him lying about where he got the gunpowder from. Kids today, huh?

On the subject of names, it is a common problem with the diary that multiple spellings of names exist. For example in today's entry, the new Comptroller is referred to by Pepys as "Sir John Minnes", but by Latham and Matthews as "Sir John Mennes". Having recently purchased Robert Latham's index to the diaries, I am proposing to now use the head name as the principle display/sort name for all people and places covered by the index. This means that I have some editorial work to do, particularly as Latham uses women's maiden name as the head entry in the index where possible, but it should hopefully lead to a more consistent approach to naming and to the specification of sort names.

New and updated topic maps:

Topic map for 2nd November 1661.

Core ontology for the diary.

Dates in the diary.

People in the diary.

Today's entry has the following events modelled:
  • Samuel and Wiilliam Penn travel to Westminster by coach.
  • Samuel does business with Ned Montagu.
  • Samuel meets William Penn at Whitehall
  • Samuel and Penn dine at the 3 Tuns at Charing Cross, and then go on to the theatre for a performance of 'The Jovial Crew'
  • Samuel, Penn and Penn's son (also William and latterly the more famous of the two) dine at Samuel's house.

The diary mentions that Penn the younger is "lately come from Oxford". I wonder if this is because it is the end of term or if it is as a result of his expulsion (he was expelled from Christ Church for being a Quaker). If it is the latter, then it might be quite good to add this as another event.

New and updated topic maps:

Topic map for 1st November 1661.

Dates in the diary.

People in the diary.

Places in the diary.