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4 days ago · In late September 1667, Pepys was introduced to Willet and she was employed as a companion for Pepys's wife, Elisabeth, from 1 October 1667, with whom she attended the theatre. In late October 1668, Willet began an intimate relationship with Samuel Pepys.
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The Diary of Samuel Pepys. Daily entries from the 17th...
- Pepys' Household
The Diary of Samuel Pepys. Daily entries from the 17th...
- Friday 12 June 1668
Samuel Pepys, his wife and maid, also dined here on their...
- Thursday 8 October 1668
Thursday 8 October 1668 [In this part of the “Diary” no...
- Sunday 14 June 1668
Col. Middleton to Sam. Pepys. There has been a dispute by...
- Saturday 1 August 1668
Saturday 1 August 1668 All the morning at the office.After...
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5 days ago · Amalia of Solms-Braunfels (31 August 1602 – 8 September 1675) was Princess of Orange by marriage to Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange. She acted as the political adviser of her spouse during his reign, and acted as his de facto deputy and regent during his infirmity from 1640 to 1647.
4 days ago · Pepys, in his Diary, under date of April 21, 1661, after describing the scene in the Abbey at the coronation of Charles II., which we have quoted in a previous chapter, gives us the following particulars of the concluding part of the ceremony, which took place here:—"Into the Hall I got, where it was very fine with hangings and ...
5 days ago · In 1671 he remarried Elisabeth Charlotte, daughter of Charles I of the Pfalz (son of the "Winter King" Frederick V and Elisabeth, sister of king Charles I). She was the famous "Liselotte" von der Pfalz, known for her intelligence and good companionship with Louis XIV.
5 days ago · Pepys was appointed Secretary to the Admiralty in June, 1684. He was entered as the householder of No. 12 from 1685 until 1687. Pepys' move to No. 14 is clearly shown in the Poor Rate books for 1688 to 1690, the relevant entries in which are as follows:
3 days ago · Pepys' diary spanned nine years and was published in a whopping eleven volumes. He witnessed such events as a king's coronation, the plague, and the great fire of London to name a few. 5.
4 days ago · In Pepys' "Diary," under date November 20, 1660, is this entry:—"To the new play-house, near Lincoln's Inn Fields (which was formerly Gibbons's Tennis-court), where the play of the Beggars' Bush was newly begun; and so we went in and saw it well acted."
