Cerne Abbas Giant: is he older than we thought? Standing proudly on a hillside in West Dorset, the chalk outline of the Cerne Abbas Giant has perplexed...
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Terry Foreman
thforeman
Oct 28, 2009 10:31 pm
Pepysians, Can you help date a very interesting undated letter described in the Cartes Calendar? The King to the States-General of the United Netherlands Date:...
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robinsonmf
Oct 22, 2009 6:52 am
Includes mentions of Pepys but all post diary Shovell, Sir Cloudesley (1650, 1707), naval officer, baptized on 25 November 1650 at Cockthorpe, on the north...
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robinsonmf
Oct 15, 2009 11:47 pm
New exhibit... ================================= FREEDOM OF THE SEAS, 1609: GROTIUS AND THE EMERGENCE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW ================================= ...
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robinsonmf
Oct 11, 2009 1:41 pm
Harman, Sir John (1673), naval officer, was possibly one of the Suffolk Harmans, some of whom were involved in shipowning. His brother was said to be 'an...
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Susan Thomas
susan.thomas@...
Oct 9, 2009 10:32 pm
... Wonderful site! Thank you for drawing this to our attention! A.S. -- –œ‡°±·...
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robinsonmf
Oct 9, 2009 2:25 pm
Saving the Wrecks of the Channel Marine Archaeologists Fear Historic Vessels, Under Threat From Fishing Trawlers, May Be Lost Forever Marine archaeologists...
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robinsonmf
Oct 8, 2009 11:53 am
Link to free Podcast of the ONB life of Elizabeth Pepys can be found 2/3 down the page linked below; Section 9 'One-offs' No. 5. (includes 'spoilers'): ...
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robinsonmf
Sep 16, 2009 4:26 am
Plague death records published Details of those who died from the bubonic plague in London will be among more than 18 million parish records to be published on...
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robinsonmf
Sep 10, 2009 2:30 pm
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695), organist and composer, was born in London or Westminster, possibly on 10 September 1659, the third or fourth of six children of...
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Terry Foreman
thforeman
Sep 4, 2009 5:37 pm
[A brief article, a bit off-topic; but it sheds light on some 17c sailing-crews.] New York’s Coldest Case: A Murder 400 Years Old Detectives and historians...
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Betty Birney
bgbirney...
Aug 22, 2009 4:48 pm
Thanks for the help, Todd! I'll post a report on what I see. Â Betty Author of the award-winning According to Humphrey series, The Princess and the Peabodys...
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Todd Bernhardt
beat_town
Aug 22, 2009 12:53 am
Let's see if this link doesn't get a bunch of spaces inserted in it: http://bit.ly/1PmErw ... From: Todd Bernhardt <beat_town@...> Subject: Re:...
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Todd Bernhardt
beat_town
Aug 22, 2009 12:49 am
Hi, Betty: Check on Glyn Thomas' excellent City of London and Westminster walks -- they're fantastic guides to the Wonderful World of Sam: ...
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bgbirney@...
bgbirney...
Aug 21, 2009 11:51 pm
Hello... I'm a very quiet daily visitor to the Diary, living in Los Angeles. My husband and I will be in the UK for most of September, spending the first full...
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Jenny Doughty
britinme
Aug 19, 2009 5:15 pm
I have also read speculation that in her diary Hannah Cullwick played up the hardship and dirty aspects of her life, because of Munby's attraction to those...
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Michael Robinson
robinsonmf
Aug 19, 2009 4:55 pm
Another civil servant and diarist; Munby, Arthur Joseph (1828-1910), diarist and civil servant, was born in York on 19 August 1828, the eldest of the six...
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Charles Reiss
charlesseris
Aug 19, 2009 8:05 am
Hi Sam Sorry to disappoint you but this is almost certainly a spoof. Caryl Brahms co-wrote a whole series of comic histories (No Bed for Bacon; Don't Mr ...
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Charles Reiss
charlesseris
Aug 19, 2009 8:05 am
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Sam Willis
sbawillis@...
Aug 19, 2009 7:02 am
Hello Everyone. I am writing a biography of Admiral Benbow and need a spot of help. Admiral John Benbow died in late 1702 and apparently Pepys commented on the...
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Charles Reiss
charlesseris
Aug 10, 2009 1:45 pm
Portraits great idea, much appreciated. Thanks Charles Reiss 2009/8/8 Phil Gyford <lists@...> ... Portraits great idea, much appreciated. Thanks Charles...
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Susan Thomas
susan.thomas@...
Aug 10, 2009 2:32 am
Awesome, Phil! many thanks! A.S....
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Terry Foreman
thforeman
Aug 10, 2009 1:51 am
Phil, Like the many Wikipedia articles you have added to the site this is merely prodigious: a visual dramatis personae, a very rogues gallery. Thanks much, ...
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Phil Gyford
gyford
Aug 8, 2009 5:57 pm
http://www.pepysdiary.com/about/archive/2009/08/08/10261.php I thought it would be useful if the little “pop up” pieces of text that appear when you hover...
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Michael Robinson
robinsonmf
Aug 4, 2009 4:55 am
Dering [née Harvey], Mary, Lady Dering (bap. 1629, d. 1704), composer, was baptized at St Laurence Pountney, London, on 3 September 1629, the daughter of...
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Michael Robinson
robinsonmf
Aug 1, 2009 6:05 pm
Terry: I assumed but perhaps should have added that she, Anne, unlike her two older siblings apparently has 'no existence in the text of Pepys's Diary' &...
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Terry Foreman
thforeman
Aug 1, 2009 5:06 pm
Michael, ... Terry...
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Michael Robinson
robinsonmf
Aug 1, 2009 4:44 pm
Terry: I can find no mention of Ann's birth, nor anything of her existence, in the entry James -- family children, L&M Index, vol xi. For the birth of her...
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Terry Foreman
thforeman
Aug 1, 2009 4:18 pm
Michael, terrific reminder! Do you think at least some of that should be posted to the Diary entry of her birth date? (I haven't checked 6/2/1665 recently, but...
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Michael Robinson
robinsonmf
Aug 1, 2009 3:51 pm
Anne (1665-1714), queen of Great Britain and Ireland, was born at St James's Palace, Westminster, on 6 February 1665. She was the fourth child and second...
