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N Monday 2 April 1660 by Jonathan Addleman on Tue 16 Oct, 5:11pm

The stern ports 'gun ports' might just be openings for loading...
N Sunday 14 September 1662 by pat stewart cavalier on Sat 6 Oct, 9:35pm

Toast : "the notion of drinking a toast goes back to the late 17th...
N Friday 25 July 1662 by Pat Stewart Cavalier on Sun 30 Sep, 3:35pm

Sam's youth Compare his age with Alexander the great, Bonaparte,...
N Thursday 22 May 1662 by pat stewart cavalier on Mon 24 Sep, 3:32pm

Muscat I don't think it could have been muscat grapes, a# because...
N Thursday 18 February 1663/64 by Terry Foreman on Sun 23 Sep, 7:22pm

The frequent activity in the middle of the night Pepys records ...
N Thursday 13 February 1661/62 by pat stewart cavalier on Fri 14 Sep, 3:54pm

These “be” country people, “mind” Why, do country people...
N Thursday 23 January 1661/62 by Pat Stewart Cavalier on Thu 13 Sep, 10:22am

A foggy day ... Aléonore d'Aquitaine, s'il vous plaît ! Like...
N Friday 17 January 1661/62 by pat stewart cavalier on Thu 13 Sep, 9:45am

se'ennight : and French has huit jours (eight days)
N Thursday 16 January 1661/62 by pat stewart cavalier on Thu 13 Sep, 9:39am

6l. for the two pictures, and 36s. for the two frames. Of course...
N Monday 27 February 1659/60 by Stephen Trinder on Tue 11 Sep, 9:37am

What no slapping wenches backsides and 'bouncing' with flighty...

N Balthazar St Michel to Samuel Pepys by Terry Foreman on Tue 12 Jun, 2:18am

"You daily and hourly so comble me" comble : French, "fill"
N Samuel Pepys to John Evelyn by Terry Foreman on Sun 10 Jun, 6:10pm

"It is implicit, though, from the content of this letter that P...
N Samuel Pepys to John Evelyn by Dr Owen Charles Parry-Jones on Sun 3 Jun, 11:19pm

I wonder has any sound medical theory been put forward as to what...

N General coffee house information by Dr Matthew Green on Thu 18 Oct, 4:05pm

If you'd like to experience the lost world of the London...
N Tripe by queso on Thu 6 Sep, 6:33am

I like tripe. I've definitely had bad tripe, but tripe can be...
N Pepys' home in Seething Lane by Grant Hayter-Menzies on Fri 31 Aug, 9:47pm

As a descendant of Francis Willoughby, it is fantastic to me to...
N Mark Cottle by Terry Foreman on Wed 29 Aug, 6:32pm

"A prerogative court is a court through which the discretionary...
N Walter? John? Pelling by Chris PIGOTT on Wed 15 Aug, 5:05am

Walter PELLING was Master of the Society of Apothecaries of London...

N John Evelyn's Fire of London by Terry Foreman on Wed 26 Sep, 6:40pm

"And, yes, truly amazing that Evelyn had plans for re-building the...
N The Next Chapter of Samuel Pepys by Pedro on Wed 5 Sep, 5:34pm

As ever a marvellous contribution, Jeannine. Many thanks! Pedro (...
N The Bedchamber by Dom on Fri 24 Aug, 9:18am

Thanks for this complete material. I'm going to dig a little bit...
N The Bagwells by Terry Foreman on Wed 18 Jul, 4:55pm

John, what a pleasure to read: a marvelous piece of research and...
N At home with Mr and Mrs Pepys by sue nicholson on Sat 18 Feb, 10:50am

I've never seen an artist's impression of Pepys' house; it would...

N Keith Wright / Bradford by Mary Williams on Wed 12 Sep, 4:32pm

Keith, As I listen to Pandora I realize every love song is about...
N Family Tree v3 by ticea on Fri 20 Jul, 9:08pm

My goodness, I had no idea that Sam's mom was so fecund! She was...
N A new Pepys walk: Greenwich by Paul Chapin on Wed 18 Jul, 8:21pm

Thank you, Glyn. Now I have yet another reason to go back to...
N Site statistics 2012 by Phil Gyford on Tue 17 Jul, 2:30pm

Yes, of course, this is all just raw data pulled from Google...
N Roll Call. Say hello! by John M. Nightingale on Mon 2 Jul, 5:33am

A reader from the beginning in distant Vancouver having heard...

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