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Pepys records in his celebrated diary a legend that, before his death, Nostradamus made the townsfolk swear that his grave would never be disturbed ; but that 60 years later his body was exhumed, whereupon a brass plaque was found on his chest correctly stating the date and time when his grave would be opened and cursing the exhumers.
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Similarly, Samuel Pepys in his diary entry for 15 August 1665 records a dream " that I had my Lady Castlemayne in my arms and was admitted to use all the dalliance I desired with her, and then dreamt that this could not be awake, but that it was only a dream ".
Samuel Pepys records in his diaries visiting the surrounding taverns and watching the entertainments and executions that were held there.
Samuel Pepys, no friend of Rupert's, sat on the Tangier Committee with him and later declared that all Rupert did was to laugh and swear occasionally: other records, such as those of the Foreign Affairs Committee, show him taking a full and active role in proceedings.
Pepys was remembered by the Pepys Library, built around 1700, where the original manuscripts of his diaries and naval records are kept since their donation by the Pepys family to the college in 1703.
Pepys records " vest " as the original term ; the word " waistcoat " derives from the cutting of the coat at waist-level, since at the time of the coining, tailors cut men's formal coats well below the waist ( see dress coat ).
The sleeveless garment worn by men beneath a coat may have been first popularised by King Charles II of England, since a diary entry by Pepys ( October 8, 1666 ) records that " he King hath yesterday, in Council, declared his resolution of setting a fashion for clothes ....
Stagecoaches had been plying the route for at least two centuries: Samuel Pepys records having stopped off at Gravesend in 1650.
It was partly the outcome of a previous club known as the Askesian Society and records show that there were 13 founder members: William Babington, James Parkinson, Humphry Davy, George Bellas Greenough, Arthur Aikin, William Allen, Jacques Louis, Comte de Bournon, Richard Knight, James Laird, James Franck, William Haseldine Pepys, Richard Phillips and William Phillips.
In his diary Samuel Pepys records reading and ( in an often censored passage ) masturbating over this work.
Pepys ' diary records that he used Sympson's services on several occasions to work on improvements for his office and his home in Seething Lane, London.
Samuel Pepys records in his diary that he visited Grays on September 24, 1665 and bought fish from the local fishermen.
A rare mention of her upbringing from the source herself might be seen to contradict the idea: A 1667 entry in Samuel Pepys ' diary records, second-hand, thatHere Mrs. Pierce tells me [...] that Nelly and Beck Marshall, falling out the other day, the latter called the other my Lord Buckhurst's whore.
The roads were often unmaintained and unsigned-Samuel Pepys records three journeys by this road in May 1661, April 1662 and August 1668, on the latter staying in Lippock:
* Naval records compiled by Pepys when he was Secretary to the Admiralty, including two of the ' Anthony Rolls ', illustrating the Royal Navy's ships circa 1546, including the Mary Rose
Samuel Pepys records seeing it four times in 1661, twice with the puppet show and twice without ( 8 June, 27 June, 31 August and 7 September 1661 ).
Samuel Pepys records that on 19 June 1660 " My Lord went at night with the King to Baynard's Castle to supper ... next morning he lay long in bed this day, because he came home late from supper with the King ".
The village developed and thrived because it was on the coaching route between London and Cambridge, Samuel Pepys records that he stopped at the Falcon ( now the Crown and Falcon ).
However, no other eyewitness source, including Samuel Pepys, records this.
Pepys records an incident in which she disguised herself as an orange seller, but was eventually recognised because of her expensive shoes.
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This is mentioned in Samuel Pepys ' diary entry for 19 December 1663.
While Pepys provides an account of the Plague through his diary, Henry Foe's nephew Daniel Defoe published A Journal of the Plague Year, a fictional account of the plague, in 1722, possibly based on Foe's journals.
" Samuel Pepys used it in his diary entry of 28 February 1660 " Up in the morning, and had some red herrings to our breakfast, while my boot-heel was a-mending, by the same token the boy left the hole as big as it was before.
" Pepys described the event in his diary as " an Italian puppet play, that is within the rails there, which is very pretty.
Samuel Pepys FRS, MP, JP, (; 23 February 1633 – 26 May 1703 ) was an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament who is now most famous for the diary he kept for a decade while still a relatively young man.
The detailed private diary Pepys kept from 1660 until 1669 was first published in the 19th century, and is one of the most important primary sources for the English Restoration period.
On 1 January 1660, Pepys began to keep a diary.
On the Navy Board, Pepys proved to be a more able and efficient worker than colleagues in higher positions: a fact that often annoyed Pepys, and provoked much harsh criticism in his diary.
** Samuel Pepys begins his diary.
* September 25 – Samuel Pepys has his first cup of tea ( an event recorded in his diary ).
* May 31 – Samuel Pepys stops writing his diary.
The first recorded usage of embarrass in English was in 1664 by Samuel Pepys in his diary.
Literary non-fiction works include Samuel Pepys ' diary, in which he recorded many events relating to the Thames including the Fire of London.
* Samuel Pepys, whose diary is one of the primary historical sources for this period
Though Killigrew was not officially a jester, Samuel Pepys in his famous diary does call Killigrew " The King's fool and jester, with the power to mock and revile even the most prominent without penalty " ( 12 February 1668 ).
Samuel Pepys visited " Jamaica House " at Cherry Gardens in 1664 and recorded in his diary that he had left it " singing finely ".
On Lower Road, about half way between Surrey Quays and Canada Water stations, is a public house called the China Hall ; at one time it was the entrance to a riparian playhouse visited by Samuel Pepys and mentioned in his diary.
Shelton's system became very popular and is well known because it was used by Samuel Pepys for his diary and for many of his official papers, such as his letter copy books.
Samuel Pepys refers many times in his famous diary to visiting the playhouse in order to watch or re-watch the performance of particular actresses, and to how much he enjoys these experiences.
After watching Hamlet in 1661, Samuel Pepys reports in his diary that the young beginner Betterton " did the prince's part beyond imagination.
Samuel Pepys diary makes reference to drinking tea for the first time on 28 September 1660 ( i. e. prior to Catherine's marriage to Charles ).
Samuel Pepys gives a long and detailed description of the rolling, cutting, and striking of the blanks in his diary entry for 19 May 1663.
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