Tag Archives: William Blathwayt

A career man’s crisis

Posted on September 6, 2012 by Dave

“Chance without merit,” said Samuel Pepys, had won him his post as the navy’s Clerk of the Acts. Mischance without personal demerit almost cost him all on June 12,1667, when a Dutch squadron sailed boldly up the Thames, burned part … Continue reading →

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fire! and “a very fearful stink”

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Dave

Samuel Pepys diary. There is nothing quite like his account of Restoration England in all its gaudy excess of sex, scandal, fire and plague… The final blow to English morale was the Great Fire of London, which razed most of … Continue reading →

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pepys: mad hatters and shitten fools

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Dave

There was nothing quite like Samuel Pepys account of Restoration England. The charm of the diary lies not in the information it contains, but in its total unself-consciousness and its absolute frankness. In Pepys diary we had sex, scandals, fires, … Continue reading →

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pepys: the not so merry monarchy

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Dave

Samuel Pepys diaries. There is nothing quite like his account of Restoration England. London observed, London at work and London at play… Pepys could listen avidly enough to accounts of the dissipated life at court. – of the amorous alarms … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Admiral Edward Montagu, Charles II of England, Great Rebellion England, Henry Wheatley, James Duke of York, Lord Braybrooke, Lord Craven, Lord Sandwich, Maurice Ashley, Restoration England, Restoration of Charles II, Robert Latham, Ronald Hutton historian, Rota Club London, Samuel Pepys, Samuel Pepys Diary, Sir John Minnes, Sir Peter Lely, Sir William Coventry, Sir William Petty, William Blathwayt | Leave a comment

pepys: royal ambivalence

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Dave

Samuel Pepys’s diary: the long and the short and curlies of Restoration England in all its glories of sex, scandal,fires, plagues, naval disasters and marital discords. His diary spared no one, least of all, himself…. The general informality of government … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Admiral Edward Montagu, Charles Cotton The Compleat Gamester, Charles I Execution, Charles II Stuart King, Dirk Stoop, Duke and Duchess of Lauderdale, England Great Rebellion, Gilbert Soest, Henry Howard 6th Duke of Norfolk, Henry Wheatley, Lord Braybrooke, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Maurice Ashley, Peter Lely painitngs, Reverend Mynors Bright, Robert Latham, Rota Club Stuart England, Samuel Pepys, Samuel Pepys Diary, Sir Peter Lely, Thomas Hobbes, William Blathwayt | Leave a comment

A world of bygones

Posted on September 3, 2012 by Dave

The world of Samuel Pepys. There is nothing quite like his account of Restoration England. Sex, Sundays, and Scandals; fires,plagues, and office politics; naval disasters and marital discords- his diary told all and spared no one, including himself… To the … Continue reading →

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the era of ages

Posted on September 2, 2012 by Dave

The world of Samuel Pepys. There is nothing quite like his account of Restoration England. Sex. Sundays, and scandals; fires, plagues, and office politics; naval disasters and marital discords- his diary told all and spared no one, including himself… The … Continue reading →