unpublished material from the memorandum book of robert hooke, guildhall library ms 1758

Unpublished Material from the Memorandum Book of Robert Hooke, Guildhall Library MS1758Author(s): Felicity HendersonSource: Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 61, No. 2 (May 22, 2007), pp.129-175Published by: The Royal SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20462618 .

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NOTES & RECORDS Notes Rec. R. Soc. (2007) 61, 129-175 -OF THE ROYAL doi: 10.1098/rsnr.2006.0173 SOCIETY Published online 27 March 2007

UNPUBLISHED MATERIAL FROM THE MEMORANDUM BOOK OF ROBERT HOOKE, GUILDHALL LIBRARY MS 1758

by

FELICITY HENDERSON*

Department of History, King's College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS, UK

Robert Hooke began keeping a journal or memorandum book on 10 March 1672, and continued

until May 1683. This document, now Guildhall Library MS 1758, is the most important record of Hooke' s life and work in his most active period, and is a significant source of information about

the activities of the early Fellows of the Royal Society. Most of the manuscript was transcribed and published by Henry W. Robinson and Walter Adams as The Diary of Robert Hooke, M.A.

F.R.S. 1672-1680. However, Robinson and Adams chose not to publish entries from March to

July 1672 and from January 1681 to May 1683, and the fact that this material exists has largely been ignored by scholars up to the present day. This article presents an edition of the unpublished material, making it widely available for the first time.

Keywords: Robert Hooke; diary; journal; manuscript

INTRODUCTION

In 1935 Henry W. Robinson and Walter Adams published The diary of Robert Hooke, M.A.

F.R.S. 1672-1680, edited from Hooke's holograph manuscript. Along with R. T. Gunther's publication of Hooke's later journals, the edition brought Hooke back into the limelight as an inventive genius.' It uncovered a wealth of information about Hooke's architectural and

experimental activities, the Royal Society and its early Fellows, and life in Restoration London.

However, Robinson and Adams did not publish Hooke's manuscript, now Guildhall Library MS 1758, in its entirety.2 They chose not to print diary material from March to July 1672 and January 1681 to May 1683, giving several reasons for this omission. They claimed that the earlier entries for 1672 consisted mainly of weather observations, with barometric

and thermometric readings that were impossible to interpret according to contemporary

standard measurements. They also described these early entries as 'very scanty and difficult to

understand'. Thus they began their edition in August 1672; even then they ignored Hooke's

weather observations, which continued to make up a substantial part of each day's entry until

the early months of 1673. Their omission of the later material is explained only in a note

following the final entry for 31 December 1681: 'Other entries occur in the Diary until May

1683, but as many days, weeks and months are missing altogether they are not of sufficient

importance to publish.'3

*[email protected]

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In fact, a substantial amount of material has remained unpublished, and indeed unknown to many scholars. The entries from March to July 1672 show Hooke's early habit of recording weather variations and astronomical observations alongside records of his daily activities. It is true that entries are often briefer than those of the mid to late 1670s, but they are no more difficult to understand. Similarly, Hooke's entries for 1681 onwards, although increasingly irregular, are still valuable evidence for his own activities and those of his Royal Society associates. The edition presented here makes this material available to a wide audience for the first time.4 An index of names and places is given in Appendix A.

HooKE's MEMORANDA

'Memoranda begun: March. 10. 1671/2'. Hooke opened the first page of GL 1758 in the abrupt and factual style he maintained throughout his daily entries. It is here that we find the best explanation of what was to become a lifelong activity for Hooke, and the neatest and most accurate description of what has often been referred to as his diary or journal.5 Hooke began the memorandum book in order to record, or remember, certain things. At the outset there were two aspects to the memoranda: weather observations and personal observations, given equal weight in two columns on the first page. Hooke maintained this division for more than a year, but finally his personal observations overran their boundaries and the book was given over to memoranda of his own bustling life.

Hooke's 'diary keeping' has been discussed most fully by Lotte Mulligan. She has called it 'an integral part of his scientific vision reflecting the epistemological and methodological

practices that guided him as a student of nature'-for her, the memoranda are Hooke's attempt to record his own life objectively, turning his philosophical gaze upon himself as though he were one of his own microscopical specimens.6 However, this explanation is only partly satisfying. It fits certain aspects of the memoranda: Hooke's early alignment of empirical weather observations with his own daily movements, as though both were the same kind of data; his recording of the effects on his system of a wide range of medicinal preparations; and perhaps his matter-of-fact style, which generally avoids personal pronouns and (at least initially) expressions of emotion. However, as William Poole has pointed out, the memoranda change in nature as the months go by.7 Notes of Hooke's daily activities begin to eat into the column reserved for weather observations until the latter are discontinued (at least in this format-it is entirely possible that Hooke continued to record weather observations in another place, although we have no evidence of this). Even if Hooke did begin his memoranda as a philosophical exercise, they soon became something much more private. I prefer to take Hooke's initial statement of intention at face value and to accept that he began to record things that he felt needed to be remembered. Initially, alongside the weather observations, the memoranda were largely notes about financial matters, his working life, his health, meetings with friends and associates, and current affairs. As he went on, the process of recording or memorializing became more habitual and he began to record some of his emotions along with the usual material. 'Sent Hunt to Colwall & Sir J[onas] more both Jades' is not out of place on 18 January 1681, but nothing of this sort occurs in the early months of the memoranda.

One of the main problems with the memoranda as a useful record of events is the lack of an easy method of retrieval. There is no indication that the volume ever had an index, and although certain phrases have been underlined in the text, sometimes in red pencil, this would not have provided much assistance in searching the volume.8 However, towards the end of his



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life Hooke certainly had some idea of putting these records to use in composing his

autobiography. His first biographer, Richard Waller FRS, quoted the following paragraph:

Saturday April the 10th 1697. I began this Day to write the History of my own Life, wherein I will comprize as many remarkable Passages, as I can now remember or collect out of such Memorials as I have kept in Writing, or are in the Registers of the ROYAL SOCIETY; together with all my Inventions, Experiments, Discoveries, Discourses, etc. which I have made, the time when, the manner how, and means by which, with the success and effect of them, together with the state of my Health, my Employments and Studies, my good or bad Fortune, my Friends and Enemies, etc. all which shall be the truth of Matter of Fact, so far as I can be inform'd by my Memorials or my own Memory, which Rule I resolve not to transgress.9

He never completed his autobiography, and its whereabouts is now unknown; we have only this and some other passages quoted by Waller. It is clear, though, that his 'Memorials' were to play a significant part in the composition of Hooke's life story, matched by the registers of the Royal Society and his own memory. Certainly his health, employments and studies, good or bad fortune, and friends and enemies are the main topics of the memoranda. His colleagues, the Royal Society Fellows John Evelyn and Samuel Pepys, seem both to have written at least parts of their famous diaries from rough notes taken previously, and it is possible that Hooke planned a similar endeavour.10

From the evidence of his memoranda, it seems that the things Hooke most wanted to be able to recall, or to record for future reference, fell into the broad subject categories of work, money, books, natural philosophy, news, health and household affairs. Of course some of these areas overlapped considerably. However, the most striking thing about the memoranda is the extent to which they record Hooke's contact with people-friends, associates, tradespeople and chance-met acquaintances. An average entry can contain anywhere between three and a dozen names, often without any additional comment to supply the context of the

meeting. It is difficult to see how Hooke intended to use these lists of names if he had some idea of returning to his memorandum book later to write the history of his life. It seems more likely that at the outset of his project the names served a useful short-term function (perhaps over a period of a week or two), in reminding him of recent business transactions and conversations. 1 However, this listing of names had-or took on-a peculiar significance for Hooke. By 1688, the beginning of the later diary, it had become a somewhat compulsive naming of the friends and acquaintances present at the coffee-house with him, even when there was no particular news or conversation he wanted to record.12

The 1670s and 1680s were extremely busy years for Hooke and his hectic working life may have provided some of the impetus towards keeping a written record of his daily round. His paid work included surveying for the City of London in the aftermath of the fire in 1666, architectural projects for private clients, the Cutlerian Lectures delivered at Gresham College, and his position as curator of experiments for the Royal Society.'3 He noted meetings with

builders, glaziers, braziers, stonemasons, carpenters and plasterers, and with his clients and their representatives. He was also involved in the publication of Robert Knox's An Historical Relation of the Island of Ceylon, for which he wrote the preface, and in Moses Pitt's universal atlas project. 14 Some of these employments saw Hooke creating other types of written record, including the City surveyors' books and Royal Society minute books, as well as letters and

workmen's accounts and receipts. He may even have seen his memorandum book as a key or

index to these other records, reminding him to access information held elsewhere. For

example, although the book is not a register of Hooke's scientific achievements, it does



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contain notes, ideas and sometimes small sketches. These may have been useful for jogging Hooke's memory about the dating of particular concepts or inventions, which may have been what he was doing on Saturday, 19 January 1678, when he noted 'Rangd papers out of this booke'.15

The extracts printed below clearly show a second important function of the memoranda relating to Hooke's paid work-namely, to keep track of his income. Hooke recorded payments made to him by the Committee of City Lands, private clients and Sir Christopher

Wren, and by Abraham Hill, Treasurer of the Royal Society, for his work as curator. He also documented his ongoing dispute with Sir John Cutler over payment for the Cutlerian Lectures, a situation that remained unresolved until 1696.16 He noted payments relating to his household accounts, including housekeeping money regularly given to his niece Grace, various small purchases of tea, coal, and household goods, his own expenditure on coffee, chocolate or alcohol at taverns and coffee-houses, and the not inconsiderable sums he spent on books. Periodically he would tally up the money in his possession. Although he was relatively well-off at this point and died a very wealthy man, Hooke seems never to have lost the feeling that his financial position was precarious, as it certainly was in his early life.17 The

memoranda show that payments were irregular, and from Cutler uncertain. The fact that many entries concerning money have been underlined suggests that Hooke may have used his memorandum book to check back on his incomings and outgoings over a longer period.

Hooke was an avid book-buyer, constantly browsing in bookshops in Holborn, St Paul's Churchyard and Moorfields, and regularly visiting his own particular bookseller-friends. He often noted in the memoranda new titles he had seen, and he recorded his purchases, usually with the price paid and vendor's name.18 He used the memorandum book, if not as a sort of rolling accessions register of his own personal library, then at least to keep track of his books, recording titles he lent to friends and books borrowed by him.19 Apart from reading and playing chess with Theodore Haak FRS, Hooke's main leisure activity was drinking coffee at Garraways or Jonathans, where he met his friends and heard the latest news.20 He noted major news items in his memorandum book: the sections printed here deal primarily with news of the Dutch war, but also with political events such as the prorogation of parliament and the release of Shaftesbury from the Tower. He rarely commented positively or negatively on any of these news items. He recorded them as events of public significance, rather than ones that affected him personally. Hints about his private life appear in entries concerning his health and his immediate household, especially his niece Grace Hooke. The first mention of Grace in the memoranda, 'Gr[ace] Picture', occurs in what looks very much like a 'to do' list made in

March 1672, but Grace's next appearance is entirely typical. On Sunday 21 April 1672 Hooke noted 'walk grace', the first of many occasions on which he recorded a walk with his niece on a Sunday. His strong attachment to Grace is clearly demonstrated during her illness in May and June 1681, by which time she was his housekeeper and mistress. As well as Grace, his household included in 1672 his servant Nell Young, and in October 1681 'Stephen' made a brief stay, presumably another in the series of boys who lodged with him and were employed as apprentice and assistant.

Hooke began making fewer entries in 1681, and his memoranda became sporadic over the next two years. He gave no indication of why this might be so. He continued to block out whole months with columns of dates, as though meaning to make corresponding notes. Some of the later months are almost as full as those in the earlier part of the book, and his busy working and social life carried on as usual. For whatever reason, though, he ceased entering memoranda in this book after a final lone entry for 15 May 1683. He may have begun making




notes elsewhere. Parts of his later diary, now Sloane MS 4024, are missing, possibly including a section from the period before November 1688 where the document now begins.2' A stray scrap now bound with Sloane MS 1039 contains notes of natural philsophical matters dated from October 1681 to September 1683, just the period when GL 1758 was trailing off.22 However, despite the difficulties and lacunae of GL 1758, we are extraordinarily fortunate to have such a rich record of Hooke's daily activities.

EDITING THE MEMORANDA

The Robinson and Adams Diary was a major undertaking and has been an important resource for the study of early modem science. However, the omissions printed here are not the only problem with the edition as it stands. The most significant and frustrating disadvantage is the lack of a consistent and thorough index: the printed index includes only names of individuals, leaves some names out entirely, and does not list every appearance of names that occur regularly throughout the Diary. They also conflate and misidentify individuals. There is only minimal annotation, making the Diary very difficult to interpret without repeated re-reading and some background knowledge of Hooke's life and activities. The text itself is corrupt in places, where words have been mistranscribed or left out. To a certain extent these comments also apply to Gunther's edition of the later memoranda, although his indexing of the entries is much more complete.23

Hooke scholarship has progressed far beyond the point it had reached when these editions were published, and it is clear that a new edition of the memoranda is called for, incorporating both surviving MSS and drawing on new evidence about Hooke's activities and contacts. Indeed, Hooke is one of the few major Restoration scientific figures whose archive has not been properly catalogued and described. His papers are spread among collections at the Royal Society, the British Library, the Guildhall Library, the Wren Library at Trinity College, Cambridge, and in collections abroad; and it seems likely that more remain undiscovered in private collections.24 A 'Hooke Papers' project is long overdue.

MS AND PROVENANCE

GL 1758 is a folio volume containing 133 leaves in total, of which ff. 2 to 78 contain Hooke's memoranda, ff. 79 to 131r are blank, and ff. 131v to 133v contain miscellaneous matter. The volume was rebound by the Guildhall in 1934, unfortunately misbinding what is now f. 21, which should follow f. 8. Hooke began by writing only on rectos, overflowing onto the versos if necessary, numbering each page up to page 21. He began f. 2r with a ruled left hand margin in which he wrote the dates for each entry, a left column for his weather observations and a right column for his daily memoranda. The divisions into two main columns for weather observations and memoranda continue until the end of April 1673 (f. 12r), when Hooke finally abandoned his routine weather observations. Miscellaneous

material at the beginning and end of the MS includes: brief lists of books lent (ff. Ir, 132r, 133r); three comic 'Storys' (f. 131v [rev]); Hooke's shoemaker's account for 1678-80 (f. 132r); a note about John Wallis's manuscript editions of Jeremy Horrox's remains, dated

May 1669 (f. 132v [rev]); a list of 'Persons Places of Abode' (f. 133r); and a list of books and

objects belonging to the Royal Society's repository received by Hooke from Dr Goddard, dated October 1666 (f. 133v [rev]).



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Robinson and Adams were able to trace GL 1758 through the hands of Hooke's niece, Mrs Dillon, to his good friend and posthumous editor Richard Waller, Secretary of the Royal Society, and then after Waller's death in 1715 to Hooke's second editor the Rev. William Derham FRS.25 They were unable to explain how it came to be in the library of Moor Hall, Harlow, Essex, from which the Corporation of the City of London bought it in 1891, along with several other manuscripts (now the composite MS Guildhall 1757), and, according to Robinson and Adams, some books. However, much light has been shed on the problem by the recent discovery of a new Hooke MS now in the Royal Society archives, and the interval between Derham and Moor Hall can now be explained.

At Derham's death his books and papers passed to his son William (1702-57), President of St John's College, Oxford. On William's death his papers reverted to his mother, Anna. New evidence shows that the papers then passed to Anna's nephew George Scott FRS (1719-80) of Woolston Hall, Chigwell. The history of Woolston Hall is outlined in the Victoria County History, showing that through a series of inheritances the manor came into the possession of John Watlington Perry Watlington in 1872.26 The Perry Watlington family also owned Moor Hall, and it seems clear that Hooke's memoranda, and other manuscripts and perhaps books of his, were moved to Moor Hall from Woolston Hall at some time between 1872 and 1891.27

EDITORIAL NOTES

The layout of the first few pages of the MS has been described above. Hooke's original system of separate columns for weather observations and memoranda entries has not been reproduced here. Instead, each day's notes have been entered in two paragraphs, the first

containing weather observations, and the second, indented, containing memoranda. Hooke began most entries with either the day of the week or date, preserved here; when day or date notations are not present in the MS they have been added in italics. The final section of Hooke's MS, from 1681 onwards, is only erratically filled in with entries, although days and dates are often entered in a column on the left without any corresponding notes. These solitary day/date notations have not been transcribed here, but an ellipsis on a separate line serves to indicate their absence. Hooke also left sections of some pages blank in the MS, which have not been preserved here. Occasionally he used the right side of the page to note down a list, usually of payments made or received. These have been transcribed with an explanatory note in square brackets.

Hooke's use of alchemical and astronomical symbols for 'mercury', 'sun'/'gold',

'moon'!'silver', 'Mars', 'Venus', 'Jupiter', 'Saturn', 'conjunction', and 'descending node' have been replaced with the word in square brackets, likewise the apothecaries' symbols for 'ounce' and 'drachm'. The pisces symbol, which Robinson and Adams read as 'orgasm', has

been rendered here as 'ejaculation'.28 Hooke often followed barometric readings with a slash slanting upwards or downwards to indicate the mercury's change, replaced here with the word 'ascending' or 'falling' in square brackets (the choice of terms reflects Hooke's own usage). His use of a superscript crossed double '1' for 'pounds' has been replaced with '?' or 'lb'. Contractions of 'Sir', 'Lord', 'Bishop', 'what', 'which' and 'with' have been silently expanded; all other editorial expansions are indicated by italics or square brackets. Hooke's habitual use of 'DH' for 'dined [at] home' has not been expanded. Deleted text has been transcribed in angled brackets (thus); interlinear text has been transcribed between circumflex marks ^thus'; illegible words have been hesitantly transcribed with a question mark preceding the word. Hooke' s use of both round and square brackets has been preserved,




but his square brackets have been printed in bold to distinguish them from editorial content; Hooke' s use of bold and underlined text has been preserved. Hooke occasionally left a blank space in the MS; this has been indicated by the use of empty square brackets.

Hooke' s original punctuation has been followed as closely as possible. However, it should be noted that Hooke did not use punctuation to distinguish between the various episodes of his day, and therefore the absence of punctuation does not necessarily mean that two names or episodes should be associated (and the converse is also true). This entry of Wednesday 26 January 1681, 'Cluver lecture at Garways chamberlane Society met at Tichos.', should probably be repunctuated mentally as 'Cluver. Lecture. At Garways. Chamberlane. Society met. At Tichos.', but other interpretations are possible.

Hooke's book-collecting and reading are well attested throughout his memoranda. In this edition titles have been identified where possible, using as a guideline the published auction catalogue of Hooke's library at his death, Bibliotheca Hookiana (London, 1703).29

THE MEMORANDA

10 March to 31 July 1672

March 1671/2 [2r] 1. Memoranda begun: March. 10. 1671/2.

Sun 10 [mercury] fell from 170 to 185. most part of ye Day cleer but cold & somewhat windy at the South-[I was this morning better with my cold then I had been 3 months before] [moon] apogeum. -It grew cloudy about 4. [mercury] falling still

I told Cox how to make Reflex glasses by Siluer and hinted to him making them by printing. Hewet brought me ?10 from Brother John Hooke news of 3 empty Dutch ships taken by ye montacu frigat

30

Mon 11 mercury stood at 185. a very cleer but cold mom. wind South but gentle. it grew thick & very cold about 11 [mercury] falling.

Mark Laurence went to the Indyes.31 Mr Wats gaue me ye Griffns Claw from Mr [ of Warwick32

Tues 12 It snowd about 5 or 6 in ye mom 'wind south afterwards Raind & was afterwards cloudy. the afternoon cleer, till 12 at night ye wind turnd by ye west to north. [mercury] 184. pretty warm

nayld up Red tape. washt room. Wed 13 a cleer cold frosty morning. the rest of ye Day warmer and somewhat cloudy. wind South. [mercury] 176.

Dr Po[pe] watch. writ a Description of ye Liquor of flame.33 Sm[i]ma D[utch] fleet reported taken 34

Thur 14 All Day almost ouercast wind S[outh] [mercury] 180. black hole in bubbles shewd at Arundell.35 account of flame Deliuerd. saw a comment upon Des cartes musick & mechanick.36

Fri 15 All Day very fair & calm weather. W[ind] S[outh]. [mercury] 180. Holburne bridge. Coopers Pauls church.

Sat 16 all the former part of ye night exceeding cleer. but ye p37 Raind in ye morning and ye wind was pretty blustering at the S[outh] W[est] [mercury] 192. all the rest of ye Day and former part of ye night was very cleer & warme

I took a purge. Mr. Colwall. Lamot & Hawks. with me. -news of ye Dutch Smirna fleets escaping38 -Toleration Declaration39

Sun 17 close weather former part of ye morning afterwards more cleer. [mercury] 184. I took a purge. Mr. More here. - abroad at night



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Mon 18 forgot40 both Dayes fair & warm. [mercury] between 180 & 190. Tues 19 forgot

[18] Rose view. Dr Tillotsons at night. [19] with Dr. Wren. viewing ye churches. dind at vultur with St. Michaels. with Bishop chester Dr Til[lotson] &c at Dr Godders.41 Lent Bishop of chester 2 books of Boslers Raritys42

Wed 20 Exceeding cleer warm & Spinging weather. [mercury] 190. Wind E[ast]. I took last night Laudanum gr[ains] 1 1/2. Aloes [half a dram]. it wrought good effects on me

43 I carryd in the Account of ye Bubble Experiment to Arundell house.4

Thur 21. cleer at [sun] Rising all ye Day after cold & ouercast Wind. N[orth] W[est] [mercury] 185. I tooke aloes & ter[ebinth] they wrought very doggedly - [moon] perigeu[m]

Fri 22. cleer in the afternoon but ouercast in ye morning. W[ind] W[est] N[orth] W[est]. [mercury] 170 I sweat this morning with warm posset drink. -Lent Mr Haux. ye Virginian Grammer44

Sat 23. cloudy in ye forenoon. W[ind] W[est] N[orth] W[est]. [mercury] 143 & afternoon [mercury] at 10 at night 130. Sun 24. cloudy most part of ye Day. W[ind] W[est] [mercury] 128 ascending. -

cox dind with me. A sweat did me harme. [at this point a third column begins at the right of the page] to Enquire of Dr Pell about Dasy flowers vomit to take to paint Windows. Gr[ace] Picture chimny peice. Screens -

to speak with Mr Loue. & -

Windsor. to Hang vp ye bell. Engin Coffin finish bed. fringe gowne. buy Diaper. Lord chief Justice45 _

to cut hair. and make issue and masticatorys. a cap M. Guaj[acum].46 to obserue ye tayle of ye great Bear to take picula coch: Thursd.

Mon 25. a cloudy morne [mercury] 128. W[ind] N[orth] E[ast] all day. & cold. the mercury at night was at 150. It wet a little all day. though hardly sensible

I payd Nell 20sh for last quarters wages. I lent Coffin 20sh. I payd Mr Mordant 6s for Swisdens book47. Receiud ?37 10s of the chamber.48

Tues 26. morning cloudy afternoon A pretty deale of Rain W[ind] N[orth] E[ast]. [mercury] 177. more Raine in the night

Bone of Dr Whitaker here. Dind at Lord Salisbury. cold very bad. bespoke paragon in grain for gowne. I tooke Opium

Wed 27 [mercury] 175. morning. night. 160. wind S[outh]. warm & very cleer al day dind at Lady Ranalaughs.49 at Lord Chesters. Richards mapp.50 at Dr Godderds. Slept pretty well.

Thur 28. [mercury] 156. a rainy morning. cloudy & inclining to rain all day Wind N[orth] E[ast] [mercury] at night at 145.

Dutch war proclaimd.5' I deliuerd ye Account of ye Colours & black of bubbles to ye R[oyal] S[ociety]52 changd Sarsnet. - bought 2 shadow glasses.

Fri 29 cloudy & cold. [mercury] 138. Drunk Barnet water53 which wrought well but made ye rheume greater. & thinner.

Sat 30 cloudy & rainy all day but pretty warm - Wind South. [mercury] 165.




I dind at Dr Wrens. cald at Sir J[ohn] Cutlers. Dr Pope. bought Lower de catarrhis54 Lady Coghills Limewater. [Recipe] Limewater 2 gallons. Liquorice aniseeds and sassafrasse or

55 Sarzaper[illa] ana. [ounces] viij. Steep them & drink them Sun 31 A rayny morning [mercury] 170. W[ind] W[est] N[orth] W[est]. a very fair afternoon-and a very cleer moonshiny night [mercury] 175.

took Laudanum. Sweat till noon. mayor in ye afternoon. Sir J[ohn] Laurence Mr Littleton at coffe house.

April. 1672 Mon 1 a very blustering rainy morning. [mercury] 196. Ther[mometer] 41/2. W[ind] S[outh]. cloudy and very stormy ye rest of ye Day. at night. [mercury] 15 W[ind] S[outh] W[est] by W[est].

56 5 with ye Dr at Sir G[eorge] Ents. gaue Sir G[eorge] Ent Dr Grues booke57 was at Lord

Chesters. - at Sir J[ohn] L[aurence]. Slept pretty well at night - Tues 2 a very stormy night & morning "and all day & night but cleer^. [mercury] 200 W[ind] storm

at home dind. Bar[r]ets. Kickes. &c (slept pretty well) soar throat Wed 3 a very windy but cleer morning. [mercury] 190. Th[ermometer] 33/4. all day & night ye same

Slept well. Coopers. Cox. Boyles. Storys. Loues. Pits. bought posts. 6s Thur 4 a windy & cleer morning. 'wind W[est] [mercury] 154. Th[ermometer] 31/2. cleer all day but ouercast at night.

fitz at ye Ditch.58 (Dr Wrens) Arundell house. Dr Brown had Swammerdams paper of Generation.59 - took aloes & Laudanum. [moon] apogeum

Fri 5. a Rainy morning. [mercury] 175. Th[ermometer] 4. W[ind] W[est]. Afternoon Rainy euening stormy. [mercury] 200.

took physick. kept in all day. Bret.60 Hauks S[ir] A[ndrew] King. Coffin. Sat 6. Rainy windy morn. [mercury] 15. Th[ermometer] 5. W[ind] N[orth] W[est]. afternoon somewhat fairer. Evening ^& night^ stormy.

Mr Jenkins letter to S[ir] G[eorge] Ent for ?100 for Lem. Sir A[ndrew] King. Bloodw[orth]. Physick

Sun 7 a cloudy morn. [mercury] 200. Th[ermometer] 41/2. W[ind] N[orth] W[est]. A fair W[ind] N[orth] at night N[orth] E[ast] cloudy & Rain

at home alone all day. Slept not well grew worse - Mon 8 a cold windy cloudy morn. [mercury] 180 [ascending] Th[ermometer] 4. W[ind] N[orth]. the afternoon fairer but cold

Spittle sermon62 Mr Lamot. Mr Haux. Mr Colwall. pasted window. noe physick. Dr Godderd advisd Limewater to be very safe.

Tue 9. a cold cloudy dark day. [mercury] 170 [ascending]. Th[ermometer] 4. W[ind] N[orth]. cleer after 6 at night.

Mr Godfry here. Mr Hauks chesse made me worse. Wed 10 a cold cloudy dark day [mercury] 180 [falling] Th[ermometer] 31/2. W[ind] N[orth] W[est]. some raine.

Sir Arthur Ingrams. Collets. Mayers. Arundell councell63 Lord Chester Thur 11 a cold cloudy morn ^some Rain" [mercury] 175 [ascending] Th[ermometer] 4'/2. W[ind] N[orth] afternoon cleerer. -

Cooper Paules. Dr W[ren] S[ir] J[ohn] Cutlers: S[ir] J[ohn] Laurences Laudanum of S[ir] R[obert] M[oray].64 Slept well.

Fri 12 a cold cloudy day. [mercury] 160. Th[ermometer] 4. W[ind] N[orth]. euening & night ye same. Receiued of Mr Colwall ?10. ?Dyers hall. mincing Lane.

Sat 13 a cold cloudy Day [mercury] 155. Th[ermometer] 4. W[ind] N[orth] euening & night cleer. Dr pope. Eglesfeild Lord Salisbury Dinner. Spanish Embasadors65



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Sun 14 a cold cloudy morn [mercury] 160 [falling] Th[ermometer] 4. W[ind] N[orth] afternoon & night very cleer.

took Aloes & Laudanum. about 5. pm. I drank '/2 a coffe dish of Limewater with juice of Liquorice - it agreed not. (at Mr Eglefeilds Newgate)

Mon 15. a cold cloudy Day. [mercury] 175. [falling] Th[ermometer] 4. W[ind] N[orth] a Rainy night with Snow in the morn the rest of ye Day pretty cleer. W[ind] N[orth] Tues 16 Th[ermometer] 4. [mercury] 175 [ascending] euening cleer

[15] fryer Pales chain.66 Colwall dinner. Sewers. Garway.67 I took 5 dr[ops] of Sir R[obert] Morays Laudanum. found good. [16] at Mr Defishers view. D. H. (Sir J[ohn] Frederick) Boorler. respd ?Gwin. eat oringes.

Wed 17 very cleer morn. [mercury] 160 [ascending]. W[ind] N[orth] W[est]. Th[ermometer] 3. It continued cleer and cold with a north East & East wind till Sunday Thur 18 morning and ye [mercury] all the time 19-20 at 150. +/-.

[17] took Laudanum. Slept ill. to S[ir] J[ohn] Frederick. Drapers hall. Sir A[rthur] Ingrams gr[ace] ch[urch] str[eet] woodstreet castle68 Physitians colledg. Brother came. 18. with my Brother till. Arundell house.69 pretty well. Dr Godderds. mum. 19. Brother returnd. Lamot. Dr Wren. Boyle. Slept well. -

20. Shoo Lane. Dr Chamberlain. Dr Wrens. Coopers armes collins morefeilds Slept little. Sun 21 a very cleer morn. W[ind] N[orth]. [mercury] 160 [ascending] afternoon & night cleer. [mercury] 150.

21. DH. - (?Peg caterwauling in ye morn). walk grace Mon 22 very cleer morn W[ind] E[ast] [mercury] 135 [ascending] and afternoon & night

set my clock at 12 by ye brasse Diall. D. H. Dr tillotsons. Hauk. Barret Tues 23 clouded early after cleer. [mercury] 125. W[ind] E[ast] & N[orth] E[ast] aft[ernoon] & night cleer -

Leadenhall street D. H. Guildhall. Haak. paid Herne for. 4 p[air] of shoos & goloshoos. 28sh. Wed 24 very cleer. [mercury] 118. W[ind] E[ast] all day. Hazy & Halo about [moon] at 9. conjunction with [Venus] at 10.15 p.m. at a 1/6 of Diameter south of ye [moon]. mercury Descending at 10.15. p.m [mercury] at 130.

Arundell house.70 St Mary Ax view. billinsgate Arundell - Lord Chester. Dr Pope. Globe tauern.

Thur 25 cleer but hazy. [mercury] 140. afternoon more Hazy. wind S[outh] & S[outh] E[ast] Th[ermometer] 51/2. ([mercury] at night 150 [falling]

25 Gracechurch. Dwight. Barret. Godfry. Islington. Sir W[illiam] Jones Dr Pope. [conjunction]. [moon] & [Jupiter]. 9'/2 pm.

Fri 26 cloudy morn [mercury] 175. W[ind] S[outh] W[est] Th[ermometer] 43/4. afternoon cleer. -

Dionis backchurch. Miter D[ined] Rookes. Mans bushlane -

Sat 27 Sometimes cloudy sometimes cleer. W[ind] W[est] [mercury] 183. Wind very blustering & hollow.

fleet Ditch holburne bridg. D[ined] Dr. Wrens. Lord Justice. Dr tillotson Sun 28 Sometimes cloudy sometimes cleer all Day. [mercury] 183. W[ind] N[orth] W[est] Calm. Th[ermometer] 41/2.

took barnet water. DH. Mr More here. Mon 29 cloudy morn W[ind] N[orth] E[ast] [mercury] 180 Th[ermometer] 5. Aft[ernoon] cleerer. W[ind] S[outh] W[est] [mercury] 180. cloudy night

Old change. Shoo Lane. Lent Nell for Grace ?5. (Lent shortgra[ve] Loads[t]one) Receiued of Foster 20sh. Cut my hair. Mr Colwals. Sir J[ohn] cutler. coffe cheapside.

Tues 30 cloudy all day W[ind] S[outh] [mercury] 190. Th[ermometer] 5. court of Ald[ermen] Lord Mayors71 D[ined] Committee. NB




[3r] May. 1672 Wed 1 A rayny & somewhat windy morning cloudy but Dry aftem[oon]. W[ind] S[outh] [mercury] 200. Th[ermometer] 6.

Bret 2sh. fleetstreet Hill Dr Wren. Sir R[obert] Moray. Lamot. DH. Society.72 Lord Justice. Chester. &c

Thur 2 It had Raind in ye morn ye rest of ye Day pretty dry. W[ind] S[outh] [mercury] 10. Th[ermometer] 6.

Dr Pope. Morris fountain. Haux H[ome]. DH. Committee. fitz. Masons mum. Sl[ept] well. Fri 3 fair flying clouds. [mercury] 15. Th[ermometer] 6. W[ind] W[est] gentle.

3. Receiud of [ ] boors head aldergate. ?12 17s: from my brother. naut 1/2 crown. [moon] Apog[eum].

Sat 4 moyst. & cloudy some rain. [mercury] 180. W[ind] N[orth] 4. Wood street. Pope. Dr Wrens. Storys. Drank whey & milk mum at night Sl[ept] Well. Dwight

Sun 5 pretty cleer. W[ind] N[orth] N[orth] E[ast]. [mercury] 160. Th[ermometer] 6. 5 Popes. Dutch Ch[urch]. Bloodworth. DH. with Dr Popes. Cox. Storys. Lord chesters. Lent Dr pope Dutch book

Mon 6 very cleer all day. W[ind] N[orth] [mercury] 150 [ascending]. Th[ermometer] 6. 6. Woodstreet. Pauls. S[ir] J[ohn] L[awrence] Paid Brown. 25sh. for mathemat. books.

Tues 7 exceeding cleer. W[ind] N[orth] [mercury] 145 [falling] Th[ermometer] 7. 7. Lord Chesters. Wormius.73 Dr Smith Dr Wren. Mr Haux Mr Brown Philips books. Lent Mr Colwall Howells History.74

Wed 8. cleer. W[ind] N[orth] [mercury] 140. Th[ermometer] 6 8. Committee views [moon75]. D. H. Judges. Royall Society.76 Lord chester farewell.

Thur 9. cleer W[ind] N[orth] E[ast] [mercury] 145. Th[ermometer] 7. 9. abed till 12. DH. Mr Haux. Mr Newbury. Garway.

Fri 10 cleer W[ind] N[orth] E[ast] [mercury] 150. Th[ermometer] 7.

10. fitz holburn bridg. DH. Receiued ?30 of Mr Colwall. Browns Sat 11 very cleer. W[ind] N[orth] E[ast] [mercury] 150. Th[ermometer] 7.

11. Sir J[ohn] Laurence. Dr Wren. Mr Boyle. Sir G[eorge] Ent. Dr tillotson. Wildges buryd.77 Mr Hauxes.

Sun 12 very cleer. W[ind] E[ast] [mercury] 150. Th[ermometer] 7. 12. Walkd with grace. DH. Garways. morefeilds with Mr Godfry.

Mon 13 very cleer W[ind] E[ast] [mercury] 160 [falling] Th[ermometer] 7. 13. Hou[n]sditch sewer viewd. DH. Haux. fleet Ditch Dep[uty] Jeofferys78 greek wine Sl[ept] [well]79

Tues 14 very cleer. W[ind] E[ast] S[outh] E[ast] [mercury] 170 [falling] Th[ermometer] 71/2: 14. Bush Lane Dr Godderds. Dr Wren Sir J[ohn] Laurence. Poles. C[aptain] Grant. fleet ditch home

Wed 15 Sunshin but hazy. [mercury] 185. W[ind] N[orth] E[ast]. Th[ermometer] 61/2. I observd a [halo80] from 11. till 1/4 after sun sett.

15. Dr Godderds. Exchange. obserud Halo. Mr Axe8' D. H. Arundell house.82 Dr Godderd Sl[ept] ill

Thur 16. Cleer morn W[ind] N[orth] W[est] [mercury] 180. Th[ermometer] 6'/4. aft[ernoon] W[ind] East

Drank whey. ill all day. Vomited much at night. Slept pretty well. ill next morn [moon] peri[geum]

Fri 17. cleer W[ind] E[ast] [mercury] 175. Th[ermometer] 7. aft[ernoon] W[ind] S[outh] W[est]. cloudy at night.



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abed till noon. Cliffords in. Lord Brouncker. &c Sat 18 cloudy. about 3. Rain a little W[ind] W[est] S[outh] W[est] [mercury] 180. Th[ermometer] 6'/2 -

Angell court Physitions Colledge. Dr Wren. Mr Collins.83 DH. Slept at 6 at night. 2 pullets from my brother.

Sun 19 flying white clouds. W[ind] S[outh] W[est] pretty brisk. [mercury] 180. Th[ermometer] 7. Mr Godfry & cade walk.84 DH. Garways &c

Mon 20 mom cleer euning cloudy. W[ind] S[outh] W[est] then W[est] then N[orth] W[est] [mercury] 170. Th[ermometer] 61/2 -

at home carpenters mending Roof. D. H. cutt coat. Commissioners. garways Dremp ill Tues 21 cloudy and cleer. alternate. W[ind] W[est] [mercury] 175. -

at home. fitz. Dr Wrens. St Dunstons Dinner. - Wed 22 as yesterday. -[mercury] 150. some showers towards night

St martins. Lamots. D. H. fleet Lane. Arundell.85 Garways rmoon] [descending node] Thur 23 as yesterday. [mercury]. 140 -

at home Sir S[amuel] Moreland. Coxes. Fri 24. continued fair [mercury] 145. W[ind] E[ast] warm

D. H. measurd at Physitions Colledge. Sir G[eorge] Ents - Sat 25. continuing fair [mercury] 150 W[ind] E[ast] warm -

Dr Wrens. Mr Streater. St Paules. paid for buttons. 3sh. Ribbons. 17s. 6d. Stockings at Mr Rutlands. 16sh. (1 p[air] of cloth shoos not paid for. -

Sun 26. very fair W[ind] East. [mercury] 165 [falling]. Th[ermometer] at night. 9. -

Fire at St Catherines. 250 houses. 7 ships. DH. Lord Brounker. Garway. Mon 27. very fair W[ind] E[ast] [mercury] 165. Th[ermometer] 8. after[noon] 10.

viewd bridg. Set Clock at 12. Mr Hawk. Dr Grue - Saw Description of Cormandill Ceylon86 drank whey. took Ter[ebinth] Drank milk Slept well - Dr Wren told me of ye Double crank.

Tues 28. very fair W[ind] N[orth] Th[ermometer] m[oming] 8. [mercury] 175. Aft[emoon] Th[ermometer] 10.

Drank milk. Took Ter[ebinth]. Dutch fight off alebury from 7 mare till 12.87 DH. Dr Pope Mr Colwall Mrs Tillotson

Wed 29. very fair W[ind] E[ast] Th[ermometer] m[oming] 8. Af[temoon] 10. [mercury] 175 [ascending]

hung up Scales. Swan charing crosse. Boyle. D[ined] Storys. Dr Tillotson. Hauxes. croon. nell out -

Thur 30. very fair W[ind] N[orth] Th[ermometer] m[oming] 7. [mercury] 155 [ascending] sweat all night. Mayors. Sir J[ohn] Laurence Dr Wren. Dr Tillotsons. DH. Haux. Garways: drank milk I told Dr Wren my way of coyling cable & Hoysting anker - [moon] apog[eum]

Fri 31. very fair W[ind] N[orth] Th[ermometer] m[oming] 7. [mercury] 165 [ascending] Dr Wrens. D. H. Haux. Mr Ball. Exchange. Dr Godderd. Coffee house - slept ill. [ejaculation]. milk Receiued Frenches letter from Chester.

June 1672 Sat 1 oftend clouded. W[ind] N[orth] Strong & fresh. [mercury] 170. Th[ermometer] 7.

Barret. Pope. Wren. Tillotson. Pitts. DH Haux. Garways. drank milk Sun 2. mom cloudy & like to rain. W[ind] N[orth] brisk. Th[ermometer] 6. [mercury] 170. A[ftemoon] W[ind] E[ast] strong. air cleer sun set behind a cloud. sky cleer blew but some high thin white cloudes moving from ye North at [sun] set. there appeard a great redness which by & by vanish but at 80. 40'. the under sides of some Lower cloudes were intensly blood read. which was vanisht in 5 or 6 minutes.




Godfrey. cade walk. DH. drank milk very diuretick recouerd much. walkd. Garways. read de Aphthis.88 [ejaculation]. drank milk which began to agree very well & to remove ye ill tast.

Mon 3. morn cloudy. W[ind] N[orth] N[orth] W[est] Th[ermometer] 6. [mercury] 165. afternoon cleer -

Mr Raulins here. Hounds ditch. fleet bridg black fryer. Dr tillotso[n]. Cooper. home cooper drank nothing but milk which agreed well -

Tues 4. morn cloudy. W[ind] N[orth] Th[ermometer] 6. [mercury] 180. afternoon gentle raine till night

with Dr Wren till .6. Haux Garways. Dr[ank] Mi[lk] all Day. bound. Sl[ept] not well.

Wed 5. morn cloudy. W[ind] S[outh] W[est] Th[ermometer] 61/4. [mercury] 187. like to rain. but little At home. Arundell. Society Sat not.89

Thur 6. morn cloudy W[ind] S[outh] Th[ermometer] 6 [mercury] 190. like to rain

Pare bought. Lauts. Scotland yard Sir R[obert] Morays. Committee. home. haux. Garway. writ to Br[other]

Fri 7. cloudy morn some drops. W[ind] S[outh] Th[ermometer] 81/2. [mercury] 195. afternoon cleer.

Bridewell. at Home Mr Hill. Mr Haux. took syrup of Roses in morning which agreed not but made me sweat faint stopt vrine &c.

Sat 8. fair morn. W[ind] N[orth] E[ast] [mercury] 195. Th[ermometer] 8. much thunder & lightning from ye south & fine mollifying thunder showers from 1 at noon to .4. afterwards cleer

St Catherines a Guiny & open newells stone staircase.90 Lamots. Drank milk. at home all the afternoon. - [ejaculation] slept ill sweat much.

Sun 9. cloudy early after cleer till 4 then thunder & much Raine at night Red & somewhat cloudy. Th[ermometer] 8. [mercury] 175. W[ind] N[orth] W[est] -

walkd with Mr Cade Godfry & Goodale, home. Mr Richards. out of order - slept ill -

Mon 10. cleer. W[ind] N[orth] gentle. [mercury] 170. Th[ermometer] 8. very cleer till 12 at night -

hounditch. 13. 4d. Cox. moorlands. black fryer. garway. eat cheese slept very little with fearfull dreams

Tues 11. very cleer. W[ind] W[est] gentle. 170. Th[ermometer] 7.

Dougate dock directed. woolchurch sewer. Fowkes towerstreet. Carkas. colwall. Richards. Buttler colledge. Home. Drank some whey. very Diuteretick well - [moon] perig[eum]

Wed 12. (Sr S Morelands) very cleer & hott. W[ind] W[est] Th[ermometer] 8. [mercury] 175. raind some show[er]s about 7

Sir S[amuel] Morelands. Dr Wrens. Putney. (Mayor) home. Arundell. Newtons answer read Oldenburge kept Swammerdams booke. orderd to giue me a coppy of it & not to print it91

Thur 13. cleer some flying cloudes & hazy. W[ind] W[est] brisk. [mercury] 175. Th[ermometer] 7'/2. Lord Mayors. Hilmans. Bush Lane. Dr Whistler. (Mr Mathew Wren died)

Fri 14. cloudy - then cleer - W[ind] W[est] brisk [mercury] 175. Th[ermometer] 7'/2 some Raine.

Loathbury. Richards - DH. Haux Pare Judges. Dr tillotsons. Mr Mathew Wren died

Sat 15. cleer. W[ind] W[est] brisk. [mercury] 180. Th[ermometer] 71/2. some showers -

Dr Pope. Dr Wrens. Cox. bought 7s 6d of Israells prospect92 by little old bayly. Sun 16. Cleer. W[ind] W[est] brisk [mercury] 180. Th[ermometer] 8. fair till93 night -

at home remoud books & Glasses: Eat meat first & orange agreed well. obserud Lucida draconis94 at .11.23.00. to passe 10068 north

Mon 17. morn cleer. W[ind] W[est] brisk [mercury] 175 Th[ermometer] 81/2. Noon. cloudy. afternoon cleer.

at home. DH. Mr Aubery. Mr Haux. I painted my window curtain. paid Louell in full. 22s 6d

Tues 18. It had Rai[n]d in ye morn. W[ind] W[est] S[outh] W[est] high. [mercury] 180 [ascending]. Th[ermometer] 8. fair afternoon -

Colledg Phy[sicians]. Dr Pope. Dr Wren Walbrook. [ejaculation]. Haux. Guildhall Dr Whitaker. Slep very ill.



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Wed 19. Very cleer. W[ind] N[orth] brisk. [mercury] 160. Th[ermometer] 7. some Raine Clapmans basing hall. clock 2' too fast at 12. (news of De wits being stabd by 2 burgemasters sons of ye Hauge.95 water in Amsterdam at .10 stiuers p[er] gallon. 10 french men of war joynd with ye Portugall in ye East Indies to beat out ye Dutch. and the king of [ ] had an army to beat them out of ye Spice Islands.96) Arundell house. I deliuerd ye Report of Experiments of colours. Heveliuss account of ye Last comet & Cassinis compard. I gaue a draught of them97

Thur 20 Lowring Ruffling morn^with Rain" W[ind] W[est] S[outh] W[est] [mercury] 165. Th[ermometer] 8. this Day I tooke notice of 2 very pretty proprietys in ye Ellipticall compasses. the one of a crank whose center made a double reuolution whilst ye handle went Round once. the other of | Seuerall showers of Raine

?Dobs. Dr tillotson Garways. slept pretty well. Drank a little boyld milk Dr Goddards steel 'Read a lecture of Intelligence^98

Fri 21 fair. W[ind] W[est] N[orth] W[est] Th[ermometer] 7. [mercury] 180. seuerall showers. wind very high & blustering.

Dougate. bred street church. Dr Tillotsons. Bridewell. DH. Haux. Dr Moor. paint curtain eat boyld milk which agreed well slept well rume somewhat stopt) (read a Lecture of speaking by signes)99

Sat 22. fair morn. W[ind] N[orth] W[est] high & blustering" [mercury] 160. Th[ermometer] 61/4. cleer All day -

Mr Hill Dr Pope. Bridewell. Dukes Theater. Mr Balls. Mr Beals Dr Wrens Lord Breretons. Dr Tillotson

Sun 23. cloudy. W[ind] W[est] brisk. [mercury] 165. Th[ermometer] 6'/2. Dr Popes. Pare. Slept not well rheume a paine & bleeding -

Mon 24. cleer W[ind] W[est] S[outh] W[est] [mercury] 180. Th[ermometer] 8. Cox. Dr Tillo[t]son out of town. Sarnet Lord chester. 20sh. DH. milk chi[. ..100] Mr Axe. Wild Dafys. Mr Hills

Tues 25. cleer W[ind] S[outh] W[est] [mercury] 195. Th[ermometer] 8. all day Lord Mayors. Lamot. "Dr Wren^ Holburn Ditch. Sir G[eorge] Ents. a prasent of f20. Garways

Wed 26. Cleer. W[ind] S[outh] W[est] [mercury] 206. Th[ermometer] 8. some wet about 8 at night. Tin trumpet 12sh. 10 Bridewell. Committe. bow Guild hall. Arundell house. Cassini Theory of ye Satellits of [Jupiter] & [Saturn]. Boyles book of Gemms Dr Needham about Lungs'02

Thur 27. Raind much about 4 in ye morning the rest of ye Day pritty fair now sunshine now cloudy. now a shower W[ind] W[est] S[outh] W[est] [mercury] 10. Th[ermometer] 8.

27. committee ?Blumers key. Sir J[ohn] Laurence. Bridewell. Garways -

Fri 28. much the same kind of weather. W[ind] W[est] S[outh] W[est] [mercury] 10. Sat 29103 Th[ermometer] 7.8.9.

28. Dr Wrens. Guildhall. Dr Paget. Paint curtain. Garways. Hammond Roof chamber 371/2. 29. Dr Wrens. Blacklyon water Lane. Receiued of Dr Wr[en] 100. Haux. Paget. news of Amsterdam declaring for ye Prince of Orange.104

Sun 30 all the day rainy downright. W[ind] N[orth] E[ast] [mercury] 190. Th[ermometer] 7. full moon.

at H[ome] all day Mr Godfry Garways Haux

July. 1672 Mon 1 Rainy sometimes fair W[ind] N[orth] [mercury] 195.

Dr Tillotsons. home Chitty. Dr Paget. - Mr Woodroofs - bought storys of fheathen Gods'05 Tues 2 very fair all Day. W[ind] N[orth] W[est] [mercury] 195. -

Jewry fish street. Guild hall. Cliffords Inne Mr Oliuers. St mary hill Lord Mayor. Mr Jenkins paid 20. I gaue him 10. Haux.




[4r] July. 1672. Wed 3. very rainy all day. but a very cleer night W[ind] S[outh] W[est] calm [mercury] 25. Th[ermometer] 6. -

3 at Dr Tillotsons for bond. Painted. Mr Lamot. Arundell. 16 Sir W[illiam] Jones. Vernon. was

well after drinking new ale at temple bar. Thur 4. very cleer morn. [mercury] 30. W[ind] S[outh] W[est] ^very stormy^ Th[ermometer] 6. afterwards some clouds & some showers. at noon. [mercury] 50.

At Guys in pell mell. Dr Tillotsons. Sir W[illiam] Jones. Home. 'slept at noon ̂ Drunk ale slept ill. Fri 5 pretty cleer all day. [mercury] morn 40. night 10. W[ind] S[outh] W[est] ^calmer.^ Th[ermometer] 6

Judges. Bridewell. Comittee. DH. Mr Haux Dr Paget. Garways. took Dioscord.107 Sat 6 Raind all ye morn. [mercury] 20 [falling] T[hermometer] 6. W[ind] S[outh] stormy. in ye afternoon were 4 violent stormes of Raine Sunshine between. in St Paules I saw a very fair Rainbow.

At home all ye morn. at Scotland yard. Mr Coxes. paid for concaue convex. 12sh. he gaue me a pocket glasse with conuexes. at St Paules with Dr Wren. bought Josselins new england Raritys108 for 16d. Slept very little after Dioscord. Ale nutmeg & sugar.

Sun 7 Louring morn. W[ind] N[orth] W[est] Th[ermometer] 6. [mercury] 190 [ascending]. all day ye same

at home morn. finisht Sir W[illiam] Turners fountain.109 Garway - eat noe supper slept better

Mon 8 Cloudy morn Th[ermometer] 6. [mercury] 170 W[ind] N[orth] W[est] Lord mayors.

Tues 9 Stormy and Rainy now & then. the W[ind] S[outh] W[est] for ye most part. [mercury] Wed 10 about 180. but on ye 1 1th in ye morn it ascended to 160. in the afternoon it Thur 11110 Descended to 175. Th[ermometer] about 7. 11 at night stormy. S[outh] W[ind] & like to rain being ouercast with Dark thick clouds -

[9] Spittle fields. Scotland yard. Cox. Guy tube. 7.6d. coach hire 2.6 10 thomson bush Lane. Vineyard. commissioners stocks. Arundell'1l R[oyal] S[ociety] adjournd to my chamber^112 tillotson. garways [11] Dr Wren town clark. Sir R[obert] Viner unicorns hornes & other raritys. Bridewill. Bullock cripplegate. Home. Scotch Synclar in Round court by ye new Exchange at a taylors. perspectiue Drawing instrument by parallelogram with a right angle sight. vide Schoiner. 13 - bespoke shutts.

Fri 12. Sometimes cloudy Sometimes fair - some rain. at home preparing Experiment. Lord Bro[uncker] Sir R[obert] M[oray] Dr Chamberlain Mr Haak Mr Colwall Mr Hill &c mett first at my chamber1 14-Sawd Gun.

Sat 13 much Rain about noon & afternoon & stormy. Scotland yard. Cox. St Paules - Eat almonds. did me good. Drank Gua[iacum] -

Sun 14. Ouercast [mercury] 160 Th[ermometer] 6. W[ind] N[orth] -

Mr Moor D. H. Garway Mon 15. cloudy but Dry all Day. W[ind] N[orth] [mercury] 150. Th[ermometer] 6.

St Swethen. Sir Th[omas] Player. finsbury. DH. at home afternoon -

Tues 16. cleer. but some few Drops about 4. pm. [mercury] 150 W[ind] N[orth] Th[ermometer] 6 the sun sett very Red -

Coffin. Young. Guildhall. DH. Dr Wren at Bow - Lindsey. Backwell - Garways Sir J[ohn] Cutler. Coxes - I gaue Dr Wren a Pocket glasse with 4 conuexes.

Wed 17 exceeding cleer day & night W[ind] N[orth] [mercury] 155. Th[ermometer] 7.

Bellinsgate. Home. Experiments of Light Committee of Citty Lands Sir J[ohn] Laur[ence] Garway Wood Candle



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Thur 18. Ouer cast morn. [mercury] 150 Th[ermometer] 6'/,. W[ind] N[orth] aft[ernoon] fair. W[ind] W[est]

At home DH. Mr Haux. maypole. Cox. Dr Till[otson] Sir G[eorge] E[nt]. Catcht a cold. - Fri 19. (fleet Ditch) Ouercast morn. After[noon] fair & cleer hot

fleet ditch. R[oyal] S[ociety] here' 14 L[ord] Brounk[er]. Sir R[obert] Moray. Dr Chamb[erlayne] Mr Haux. Mr [] Mr Ball. Dr Wren. Mr Colwall. -Sweat extraordinarily got a noyse & pain in my right eare.

Sat 20 cleer all day. W[ind] W[est] [mercury] 170. Th[ermometer] 81/,. very ill all day of my cold. but slept pretty well. hauing eat nothing but 4 Eggs all day.

Sun 21. very cleer. W[ind] W[est] [mercury] 175. Th[ermometer] 81/2. Mon 22. 23. 24. pretty fair and cleer & temperate - wind for ye most part between south & west [mercury] betw[een] 175 & 200 Thur 25 Rainy morning - 26.

[Sun 21-Fri 26] paid murray taylor 2.6. paid pare for windpole 2sh. broke Coxes glasse of 20sh-nothing els very remarkable this week - Held ye Pall at Dr Jefferys funerall.'15 25. ?Danestyell1 16 buryed 26. 24. grace went to Mrs Windsors shee was to pay ?4 a quarter & to Leaue a siluer spoon. 21. Mrs Newland saw Raritys.1"7 26. was at Mr Cartwrights.

Sun 28. very fair W[ind] W[est] [mercury] 175. Th[ermometer] 7. clouded & Red at [sun]set. morn at home. viewd [Mars] and saw a spott in it. & I beleiue a satelles. Slept ill that night. walk after noon. Saw [...] at Islington & [...].118

Mon 29. Rainy all day. W[ind] N[orth] E[ast] [mercury] 180. Th[ermometer] 6'/2. moor gate. newgate. Sir J[ohn] Frederick. Bridewell. Dr Tillotsons. bought black cap. Slept pretty well

Tues 30. Very rainy night & morn. W[ind] N[orth] W[est] [mercury] 195. Th[ermometer] 6Y/1. exceeding great till noon then [mercury] 205. afternoon more fair but rainy

Drank steel & Gu[aiacum]. made me hungry. at home all day. found out polishing. Dr Wren here. Slept pretty well.

Wed 31. fair all Day. but somewhat cloudy & cold. W[ind] N[orth] [mercury] 155 Ther[mometer] 51/2. Campion Lane. Lamotts. Dr Tillotson. Sir G[eorge] Ents spectacles I gaue. bespoke

Telescopicall Speculum. - Sir G[eorge] E[nt] directed vse of ye Juce of White beet. -

January 1681 to May 1683

January 1681 [73v] Sat. New Years Day. Jan. 1. 1681 to grace 10sh at Sir Ch[ristopher] Wr[en]. Dind with him at

Jonathans with him & Sir J[ohn] H[oskins] Hill Wood Sun. 2 DH not at Jonathans

Mon. 3:d at Mr. Hills stood ticquetts for meeting. DH. with Hunt to Sir Chr[istopher] Wren at Dr. Holders sent letter to Mr Henshaw for Lubienowitz 19

Tu. 4. sent out ticquets for Councell. Chid Hunt. DH. Gaue Christop frencheman 5sh betty 5sh120 chocol[ate] 21/2.

Wed. 5. at Sir J[ohn] fredericks. a Councell of 14 chose Sir Chr[istopher] Wren President nemine contradicente.12 Sat not down. at Jonathans Sir Cirill Wych & S[ir] J[ohn] H[oskins]

Th. 6. at Lord conways with Dauys.122 then Lord Ranelaugh. Sir Chr[istopher] Wr[en] cald at Sir Ch[arles] Scarborous DH. Sl[ept] p[ost] p[randium]. with Sir Ch[ristopher] Wr[en] at Jonathans Receiued Letter from (Knox) Lubnitz123 by Haak. Knox & Bunneal.124 at crown. [mercury] very high. snow on ground

Fr. 7 [mercury] higher than euer.125 in mine at 77. turnd past perpendicular. in parlor at 142. Cot died.

Tea ended. -Grace 10sh. drew star map. [mercury] at 11 a clock was 75 That below 148. Gaue Old Lawrence 5sh




Sat 8. from Mr Pit 6 Past boords [all together] 6d. Receiud of Mr Hill for Xtmas quarter for R[oyal] S[ociety] ?71/2

Sund. 9. DH. Haak Sleyer pappin. obserud comet till 2 [the Parliament Prorog[ued] to ye 20th instant.] Mund. 10. at Mr. Montacues, spake with Scowen. Saw staircase at Bishop Lloyd with pit & at Mans direct

berry about axis of Globe to be turmd with a handle at Dr. Busby. Missed Sir Ch[ristopher] Wr[en] at Pits. with Sir J[ohn] Louther at Jonathans about Key ^Knox & Bunneal here'-letter from Paschal'26

Tuesd. 11. With Pitt prouided mony at childs.127 drank chocolatt with Whiston. Lady Homes. bespoke pastbords. at Mordens globe at Sir J[ohn] Fredericks. DH. at Jonathans. at 3.

W. 12 [ ] at Garways. a Councell Sir Chr[istopher] Wren swom President took his Place128 at Crown S[ir] C[hristopher] W[ren] paid

Th 13. at Sir Chr[istopher] Wrens. spake for Leuer Hayward. Dind with S[ir] C[hristopher] W[ren]. knox came not. Bunneal & haak here -

Sat 15. Gra[ce] 10sh turmd Case for object Glasse. Su 16. [ ] DH. Haak. Jonathans Mund 17. Contriud to find Latitude of place without instrument. turmd Object Cell. Garways &c

Haywards man Tues. 18 Sent Hunt to Colwall & Sir J[onas] more both Jades. at Sir W[illiam] Jones. calld on Cox.

Lord Ranalaugh. Mr. Boyle. home by water Garway gaue change porters 6d at gates.'29 DH. at hospitall Dr Wood chosen mathematick master.130 Sir Th[omas] Player. DuBoys. Lane his friends. at Garways

W. 19. at Pits. Childs. [Proclamation for Par[liament] Dissolu[tion] & new at Oxon March 21) henshaw. at Garways. DH. Councell. Society'3' - Jonathans. Sir Theodore de Vaux [D[uke] of Norfolk mad. &c] man at Hil Lodowick - Haywood man spent 2 dayes in setting up boords in cloyster. 40 boords. 2 long peices door & doorcase my man. Dutch joyner began yesterday.'32 workd also this day. at Dr Popes about Cluver. shewd magneticall examination.133

Th. 20. at Jonathans Godfrey. at Sir Chr[istopher] Wr[en] past strongs account'34 for Pauls wharf steeple dind with him. home Dauys. toothes. Jonathans. Adams.'35 ?Hanneway Wood. Sir J[ohn] H[oskins] Hill Lodow[ick] from Haugton chocolat ?1 5s. Receiud of Mr. Kendell the Committees warrant for ?10 gaue ?2 Receiued key of stable from Willouby.136 o

Fry 21. with Dauys to Montacue. he promisd ?50. Cald on Sir William Jones. at Garways DH. Knox here -

Sat 22. to grace 5sh. view at blackfryers. at Pits. Garways. DH. Knox here - Receiued from Mr. Write Malpighi prisent. paid 3 1/2 d.137

Sun 23. DH. Haak. Sir J[ohn] Hosk[ins] at Jonathans - Hil Lodowick &c Mund. 24. made Lecture at Garways. Hunt brought home ostridge. past bords from Cade 3sh paid.

talkd of S LJ.138 Tuesd. 25 Writ Lecture anatomised ostridge. DH Garways. chamberlaine. at home all the aftemoon.

with Sir Chr[istopher] Wr[en]. to Tichoes coffe then with Sir J[ohn] H[oskins]. at (Garways) Jonathans. Colwalls Griffith died. to Gra[ce] Ssh

Wensd. 26 wrote Lecture DH. Cluver lecture at Garways chamberlane Society met'39 at Tichos. to Dr Holder 1 Collection'40

Th 27. to D[ean] Tillotson with Hill. wine at ?Loders. at Garways flamstead. DH. Read lecture. Leak Jud. Godfrey. Linger. paid tooth 10d. at Jonathans tea 4sh.

[no entries for Fri 28 or Sat 29, but note at right side of page reads: 'from pappin 3 bookes'4' / from Dr Bamard letter.']

Su. 30. to Grace 10s. Lecture DH. Haak. Jonathans -



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February 1681 Tues. February. 1 Adams view. childs. at Scots saw moors plates.'42 W. 2. at Lord Russells.'43 Sir W[illiam] Jones. Garways. DH. a meeting of R[oyal] S[ociety]. from

Faithorn 1 volume of Joumall de Scavans144 5sh n[ot] p[aid] Th 3. at S[ir] C[hristopher] W[ren]. Garways DH. Mr Godfry Jud Pappin tea noe lecture. from Win

Ivory Sector Given. Fr. 4. at Lord Russells. haak here. D[ined]. Sir J[ohn] H[oskins]. calld. at Jonathans - from Bird pot

Kettle Saucepan. Nazarys145 Letter. Sa 5. view at Martins Olivers Son. at Martins bill. paid Mr. Playford 18sh for R[oyal] S[ociety]

lists.'46 at Garways Colwall. Flamstead Hallys letter DH. Jonathans. Godfry adams Win Instrument. Wood to Grace lOsh.

Su. 6. wrote since Jan 27

[no entries Mon 7 to Fri 11, but note at right side of page reads: 'From Lord Russell 3 Guinny / From

Martin 1 Guiny / paid Gra[ce] 12'/2']

Sa 11 view at Knightriders 5sh

M. 14. Borrowd Mores book147 of Sir Ch[ristopher] Wr[en]. bought books of Crooks see feb. 19. DH. perused books -

Tues 15 Subpcened to Guild hall lOsh

W 16 Sarotti farewell. with Dauys at whistlers & cast his bill then at Montacue house S[ir] W[illiam] Jones Councell about Grace & Gresham

[74r] Fr 18. at Colwals Impostume more a dog. Bredgmaster at Redcrosse. Miller 5sh. Ga[r]way DH. Heithusens. bought in holborne Ditterling Ssh Vignola 2sh Scotti organon 6s148 at Jonathans

Sat 19. Abington bill 3.0.0. paid Crook for Pallaces of Genoa'49 Ssh Cabala & Scrinia'50 5. Glaubers furnaces'5' 3.6d Arundells secrets152 3.6 Collins nauigation153 3.6 Winston'54 1.1 Rumsey155 & [ ] 1.6d at Holburme bookseller Wins Tompions Sir Ch[arles] Scarb[urgh] DH. at Jonathans Sir J[ohn] Hoskins Wood. Aubery Spake of Mercators mapps I told S[ir] J[ohn] H[oskins] of Pits bond. borrowd Deschales 3 voll'56 of Pitt. Grace 5sh

Sun. 20. Linger. of J More. Aubery. Haak. Dechales. Jonathans Sir J[ohn] Hosk[ins]. M. 21. Colwall. More. bilinsgate Garways. gr[ace] r.157 Saw Harrys house. DH. at Sir J[ohn]

Fredericks. ?toy of me. with Dr. Wood. Sir J[ohn] Hosk[ins]. Ditterling. Garters Tues. 22. Stilyard. 3 G[uineas] [gold] Lord Russells Mr. Montacues. DH. - at Jonathans Sir J[ohn]

Hoskins Wood Hill &c W. 23. tryd printing with hunt At Garways Henshaws Instrument. Society I proposed subscriptions

for Soc[iety] history 58 at Jonathans Sir J[ohn] Hoskins -

Th 24. to Lord Conway. Dr Busby. DH at Jonathans. Tea lib: 8sh. visited Colwall Fry 25. at Mans. Lord Conways with module. Lord Ranalaugh. Mr. Guin. D[ined] with Dr Busby.

Stated account with Plucknet. at Sir Chr[istopher] Wrens. Just returmd. at Jonath[ans]. Sir J[ohn] Hosk[ins]

Sat 26. with Allam at his house.'59 Ditt[erling]. Hill from Canterbury here. paid Mercator 20sh for Dr Pope. at Jonathans: Sir J[ohn] Hos[kins]. turky slaues. Gr[ace] 5sh

Su 27. DH. wrote to Tognard & Lock. Mu 28. Receiued from Mr Willouby. 5 Guin[eas] [gold] & 5sh. with Sir J[ohn] Hoskins talkd with Pit

who promised & acknowledged ye ?200 & Interest. Ingaged to goe on with my mapps. & Draughts. DH [ bought Wallis Mechan[ica]160 in Holburme 9sh paid.

March 1681 Tues March I. at Lord Russells.




W 2 Garways. DH Dutch comet from Mr Henshaw.161 Society. Bones boyled.162 Jonathans. -

Sat 5 from Sir Chr[istopher] Wren a ticket for ?50 in salary. D[ined] with Dr Busby from him 5 Gu[ineas] [gold]. from Mr Waker 5sh.

Su 6. DH. Luggd by crawly till 8 p[ost] p[randium]. Dr Wood Benefactor 5000. Street almanack'63 M. 7. from Mr Cox for Sir R[ichard] How for Redbul ally 10sh. Receiued from Chamber Sir

Chr[istopher] Wrens ticket vizt ?50 paid Hauton for choc[olate] 2. 6. Garways. My chamb: sug.'64 Jonathans. S[ir] J[ohn] H[oskins] & Hill.

Tues 8. at Great allhallows church. Deliverd hows certif[icate]. at Garways Lodowick DH. Knox. Lodwick Bunneal. bought 2 paradoxes.165 6d paid. Sir J[ohn] H[oskins] to Harewood.166

W 9. at home Garways Sir C[hristopher] W[ren]. from Mr Adams. 7s view. first club in Parlor. paid Bird Brasier for a Kettle pot & saucepan. 20sh Grawby

Th 10 Lord Conway. Sir Ch[ristopher] Wr[en] Mr Boyle Lord Ranal[agh] modell. Gaak gone. Guilt almanacks Wood.'67 Wild Jonathan. -

Fr 11 Gr[ace] 5sh Lane about Graver. Holder. Pit.

T 15. took Rubarb. paid Gr[ace] on account 5.0.0 W. 16. at Mr Montacues he promisd money at his Returne from Oxford. Desired a Dyall-at

Garways Mr North Mr Hedges.'68 DH. a meeting169 -.- - Th 17. Calld at Woods. Dr King temple Bar. Garways-paid faithorn for Wingate170 ish holburn

Man for Morie Encom[ium].'7' Receiued Geom. & Brusij Ars memor[ixe].172 Ish took from Mr Pitts mengoli: Geomet[riae] Specios[ae]173 at 5sh

Fr 18. Garways Hayward. DH. at Dr. Woods. Studdy.

M. 21. Parliament at Oxon.

W. 23. A Councell.174

Mu 28. Parl[iamen]t Dissolued. Paid Mr Cox for 2 Gallons of oyle 6sh. bought & paid Burton for '/21b Tea. 6sh. haughton for chocolat. 2'/2.

Tu 29. paid Gauk 21/2 for yesterday. W. 30. Frances Powell came hither from newport. Th 31. Lord Russells & Mr Montacues. Dind with Dr Busby.

April 1681 Fr Aprill the lstGood fryday. Payd Nurse 15 shillings. gaue her 21/2 sh more. Circle Ellipse triangle.

paralel. hyperb. Sat. 2. took Decliuation at Montacue house. DH. Sl[ept] p[ost] p[randium]. Returnd Tompion Boyles

Watch. Sun. 3. Rd chamber DH. Haak. Paid old mary 40 sh in falt of her wages. wrote to Leibnitz. M. 4. Paid Heithusen for 3 Guiny Stuffs. [all together] 14 ells. in all. 311/2sh175 Gra[ce] very ill and

Discontented. -

Tu 5. at home. Nurse Came. - -

W. 6. at toothes. Arbitrated between Heath & Helden 20sh. Mr Henshaw at Garways. DH. noe meeting.'76 Sir T[homas] Thin. Gauk.

Th. 7. at Lord Russells. DH. Grace 5sh. which made 20s. - Gauk. -

Sat. 9. at Jonathans Godfry. Sir Th[omas] Player Guildhall. at Mr Montacues with Godfrey. D[ined] with Sir Chr[istopher] Wren with him & Hill at Childs. - Gouk. Gr[ace] Ssh = 25s.



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Su. 10. W[alked] with Godfrey. DH. at Colwalls. Haak. Jonath[ans]. M. 11. Fr[ances] Po[well] went away. Deliverd designe to Mr North. Hayward at Elfords. DH.

[note in right margin: 'I Receiud of Mr Hill ?7 10 for last quarter. from ye Chamber ?25 gaue 5sh to kendall: Gaue Grace 40sh for a petticoat. & 20sh for other things.']

M. 25 Nurse went away

May 1681 Sun. 1 May Day. M. 2. Gaak work Tues. 3 Gaak.

Sa. 7. Sand Broom died. 177 Gaak

M. 9 Ga[ak] Tues. 10 Ga[ak] W. I1 Ga[ak] Th 12 Ga[ak] view at Roberts queen hith lOsh. I paid Hasset178 himself 42sh for two yards & 1/

cloths. at Lord Russells. Mans. Busby. ax at Garways. Knox & Lod[wick] Fr. 13. Ga[ak]. took Rubarb. at home till Night Sir J[ohn] Hosk[ins]. Sat. 14 Gaa[k]. Scarborough to Sir Chr[istopher] Wren. at Mews. Mans. Boyles. DH. bough[t]

stockins in fleet street 10'/2 sh paid. at Tompions fals Guinny. at Ber[rys] Mercator.179 his Theory differing from planisphere. Sir J[ohn] Hosk[ins] at Jonathans. [ejaculation] Refresht with goosberry

Sun. 15. took Rubarb in water workd little Sir J[ohn] Hosk[ins] at Jonathans. catchd cold -

M 16 Mercator & Aubery here. Quarelled for planisphere. DH. with Knox at tooths & Lassells. Haak ch[ess] at Cluvers Sir J[ohn] H[oskins] at Jonathans.

Tues 17. at Pits chiswells. Garways Draper Th[omas] Crisp Turlington DH bought of Mr Lassells all Knox prints for ?8.180 at Jonathans

W. 18. a councell.'8' borrowd of Mr. Henshaw Hills manuscript. Retumd to himself ye 2 vol of Theatrum Cometicuml82. A Society.'83 at Club. Walkd with Sir J[ohn] Hoskins. offended at prints. Put on my new suit. Grace melancholly

Th. 19 at Pits. Dr Busby. Saw churches. DH. Garways. Fry 20. Sir Th[omas] Alleins. Garways. DH. with Sir Chr[istopher] Wren at Chel[sea] Coll[ege]. told

him of tangent projection &c. [74v] Sat May 21. At Dr Tisons & toothes. paid Mr Lassells for prints ?8 & had his acquittance. DH.

Garways. Godfry. walkd with Grace in feilds Lodowick here. wrot to sist[er] Hooke. but sent it not.

Sun: 22 Grace most sadly afflicted. at N[ell] Y[oung] DH. Haak. N[ell] Y[oung]. Mrs Morgan here at Jonathans & Dr Tisons

Mun: 23 Grace worse. Declared somewhat of her affliction. DH. Garways. N[ell] Y[oung] & Susan here. Palmer. Dauys.

Tues: 24 yet worse. W. 25. Society. 184 Club. viewd Sabins work house. '85

Th. 26. At Childs Dauys young. Pitts agreed that Palmer should doe my mapps. At Sir Chr[istopher] Wrens past Bills: Dind with Dr Busby talkd of mercators map Arithmetick instrument. &c. Gr[ace] Glyster. amended slept a little-Georgick committ[ee].'86




Fr. 27. Gra[ce] pretty well Dr. Palmon Dr. Tison Mr. Whitchurch sent in Hysterick Glasse & pills. From Lord Russell ?7. Garways. Tea 3sh. A Hatt & band from Waring 21.6 n[ot] p[aid]. []Mr Colwall of Hospitall boy.'87

Mund 30 from Mr Lacy lOsh

June 1681 W. June 1. Councell. Society.'88 - letter from Hally.189

Fry. 3. Grace a vomit. much worse. borrowd of Pitt Aguilonius'90 & Clavius'91. Sat. 4. Sist[er] Hooke came. At Sir J[ohn] Hosk[ins] view at well yard. 5s Tobacco. ?1 2sh. Gr[ace]

recouerd by Tea & Sp[irit of] vrine. Sl[ept] well. Sund 5. Still better. very Diuretick. Lecture. Haak.

W 8 Mr Hook at 2 black potts in Budgers street. Th 9 W[illiam] Lilly Astrolog[er] died

Tues 21. [?]ake'92 Sir Th[omas] Allens. Pitts. Dunmore Catalogue.'93 Garways DH. ill. Receiued from chamber ye ?50 orderd by Sir Ch[ristopher] Wren for which I gaue him Rd'94 Last week. tabacco Rousby. 2sh paid.

[note at right side of page: 'paid Collins for fermats works'95 10. paid Flamstead for delahire'96. 4. 6d. Receiued from Mr Hill for R[oyal] Society. ?7 lOs. paid burton for Tea 3sh.']

Fri 24. paid Dauys in full for 4 presses 28sh & all other things

July 1681 Fri July 1 Sat 2 1 pair of sp. 1 shooes.

Thur 21 paid Waring for last hatt 22sh he crost his book

Sat 23 paid Roger Davys ?15 for Dr Busby left by 9 Gu[ineas]

M 25 Knoxes preface.197

W 27 Councell. R[oyal] Society.'98 Henshaw returned. 3 experiment. Axe. Schoolemaster of Durham bolter. To Pitts Received mapps.

Th 28 at Lord Mayors Adams Mans Sir Chr[istopher] Wren. DH. sl[ept] p[ost] p[randium]. Hortons committees" Jo[nathans]

Fr 29 Tea from burton 3sh. at Dr Woods. Mr Colwall wrote to Parry Sat 30 from 10 to 8 at nigh[t] joint about chelsey coledg Sir C[hristopher] W[ren]. Mr Henshaw

Cro[u]ne Gale King Colwall.200 pa[i]d 51/2 Read confutius life & Doctrine Sun 31 Mr Haak & Lodowick here.

August 1681 M I AVGUST. Lamas day.



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Th. 4 at Sir Ch[ristopher] W[ren] view at Pach yard. paid ?Tom 7sh. Lent Mr Haak Cluuerus title.202 Mercers com[mit]te orderd pulling down the Stables. noe chimny mony

Fr. 5 Mr. Godfry pulld down Coachhouses. tooke ye number of my chimneys 5. Scabros. - vomited with Tea

Sat. 6 at home till night - at Jonathans - Lodowick here. Reckonned with Grace. Sun. 7 Ho[me]. DH. Scowent203 sent to meet Banks. at Haaks. -

M. 8 at Swinogs204. Giffords St Dunston. Banks. with Sir Ch[ristopher] Wren at Childs. Chiswell. At Hospitall Parry. Guttur. at Garway Godfry. Bains Rejected Perry to be chosen.205 Doyly Knox. Cormell & mother here. DH.

Tues. 9 Butchers hall view. Banks. Gu[inea] [gold]. Jonathans. Mariage at Outwick Prison W. 10 Garways hill. Sir Chr[istopher] Wren. Describd his planetary & Eclipse instrument. I told him

taking in large angle by Concaue metallic eye glasse sub Sygillo. Jonathans. Th. 11 at home Rainy &c Fry. 12 at Mr. Montacues. in bath Sat 13 at Mr Montacues in Bath - Mr Knox presented his Book.206 from Pits Sun. 14 Gr[ace] vnkind - confessd Whitwell - &c Mund. 15 Great headake - all day - Swinocks view 6sh. Lucy St John 10 sh. Oliuer. Mr Piggot here.

at Dr Woods Returmd his paper & letters Book. Me[morandu]m in here. Tuesday. 16 at Montacues swore & was mad. DH. tax man for chimny money. Say Claytons

vindication. Yarrantons shamplot.207 I Gaue Capn. Knox - querys for ye Indies. R[ichard] Blackbume Dr. Wood mathematick teacher.208

W. 17 Letter from Wood by Gutter about Perkins library.209 at Dr. Gales. DH. Sir Ch[ristopher] Wr[en]. Dr. Wood. Colwall. Aston. & chocolat. Chamberlain letter from Barron.210

Th. 18 at Sir Ch[ristopher] Wr[en]. at Dr Busby. Dind with Sir C[hristopher] W[ren]. view of banks & put. 7sh. at Jonathans. Knox book from Chiswell211 - Walker Smith with me

Fry. 19 met Whistler at Jonathans. Mr. Wh[i]stler & Morris about Gresham table at Jonathans he told me water was orderd me - talkd with Godfry

Sat. 20 with Dr. Wood. with Pits at Childs. brough[t] home 1 tome of German Atlas. at Chamberlaines a ?tutor. Linger viewd pipes. at Garways Lodowick. DH. Gauk Busby Medall Read Theoria Luna Kepler Chales.212 glew. 3d

Sund. 21 [ ] DH. Haak wrot to Justill by Mercin. Wood at Jonathans. told him attractiue hypothesis. Obserud north pole.

M. 22 R Zimmerman213 Theor. [moon] Mrs Swinock. at Garways Godfry. DH. Mrs Woodward.

W 24 Lent Mr Haak (sheet I of) Zimmerman. Presented Mr Bayles Goa stone

September 1681 [75r] Th. Septembr: 1 at Sir Chr[istopher] Wrens. DH. Dr. Wittys. presented Gout raptures.214 Club.

chocolat.

Sun 4 Domi. DH. Haak at Cluver. Weigelius HanDorfer.215 M 5 [ ] DH. Garway. Haak & German.

Tues 6 Stanton view 20sh. Pitts. Guild hall: Garways DH. Dauys from Canterbury. Wrote to Dr Busby.

M 19 to Dr. Busby with Mrs Dauys.




October 1681 Sat Oct. 1. at Sir W[illiam] Jones. Dr Busbys. Agreed with Mrs Griffin about her grandchild Stephen.

Gate barr fixed. sent querys about Rataj to Mosco by M[onsieur] Meverell.216 Sun 2 DH. Haak. M 3 at Garlik hill view. 6.8. at Jenkinsons view. Oliuer struck 7sh. Castle. Dined with Dr. Whistler -

tobacco libss. lsh. Tu. 4 at Paules. at Bredstreet St. Austins. St Magnus treat at hoop. Garways. DH. Steuen first

Came.217 W 5 A Councell. About Sir S[tephen] Fox chelsey Coll[ege].218 Dind with Lord Mayor. Subscribd.

club at D[r] Popes. Th 6 at Sir W[illiam] Jones. Mr Montacues. Coxes strange Refracting White glasse cutt with Diam

powder R[eceipt] from Sir Ch[ristopher] Wren note for ?50. dind with him carrot pudding sick Sir Chr[istopher] Wren here till 8. at Garways. paid Mr Box for Tea ?1 8sh.

Fry 7 at Lord Mayors. R[eceived] de Luna 10s. Lodowick Louther Garways. DH. [notes on right-hand side of page] I receiued from Mr Kendell at chamber ?25 for Last 1/2 year for Gresham. gaue him 5sh. I Receiud from the same ye ?50 on the ticket of Sir Chr[istopher]

Wren. 46 Gu[ineas] [gold] + 12sh gaue 5sh I paid Poulterers wife 22sh on bill

[date not specified: week of 9th to 16th] view in Southewik Dr Lausons freind 10sh Sun 16 paid C[hristopher] Cox for 40 foot glasse 10sh Fr 21 Sir J[ohn] Hoskins returned. Steuen Retur[n]d to his Grandmother. -

Sat 22 Sir J[ohn] at Mr Montacues Dind with Sir W[illiam] Jones. very wett Day - Tobacco dryd in Colledge Cloysters.

Sun 23. at home DH.

M 24. term began Gifford read 2. Tues. 25. made up Collections.219 paid Tobacco libss. lsh. W. 26. Society mett. Italian Count Recommended by Mr Lock & Mr Justell. Mr. Pen read Laws. Sir

J[ohn] Hoskins. flamstead read repetition.220 Th. 27. at Mans Sir J[ohn] Louther vewd ground. with Sir Ch[istopher] Wr[en] about Chancery

Knight & Marshall. at Mans. Agreed with Chiswell for transactions at 25sh per sheet.221 Read Lecture. Sleyer. fat man. betterson. A man. at Cooper Auxion.222 viewd pitts account book. with Sir J[ohn] Hoskins Sir Chr[istopher] Wren at childs Pitts faild. to Keck Councellor for K[nigh]t & Marshall at Richards with Sir Ch[ristopher] Wren. Gr[ace] L.223

November 1681 11 Fr. at Millington Auxion.224 bought Gr[ace] pendants 8s. Discoursd with Pit Sir J[ohn] Hoskins

being by. he first made me objection. 12. Sat. Franklin225 Sedgwickbrewhouse Harestreet 10sh. DrWallis atGarways. Told him of Circular &

ellipticall motion. Odarts Sol & luno.226 with Sir Chr[istopher] Wr[en] at Childs. Axe.

[note on right of page: '[Wed] 16. paid Morgan for Japan 10sh. paid box for Tea 8sh.']

23 W. a Councell227 Receiued from Mr. Hill for Michalmas quarter ?7 10s. told Dr Wallis of straightening all ye Rhombs on ye globe shewd spirall Compasses.228



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24 Th. Read Lecture to 4. Leak old man Lodowick. L[ord] Shaftesbury. Ignoramus.229 at Jonathans Sir J[ohn] Hosk[ins]. Hill.

Mon 28 Caball of 25 at bear.

Wed Nov. 30. Election.230 Hauton tison plot Sleyer Grew fals. dind at Crown. 5sh. drank water. at Jonathans. 6d. paid faithom for Billij diophantus231 5sh -

December 1681 Thu Dec. 1 Fri 2. at home all day with Lowns in Dr Papions. with Sir J[ohn] Hosk[ins] at Jonathans paid Grace.

?5 vpon old account. Orderd it Sat 3. at Mans Coffe. Aston. Sir Ch[ristopher] Wr[en]. dind with him at Holders. stone. at Jonathans

Sir J[ohn] Hosk[ins]. read Hartlibs Xtian com[m]onweal232

[75v] Mon 19. Committee of City Lands orderd ?10 for this years attendance.

Wed 21. from Mr Box llb Tea. 10sh. Thur 22. at Jaggers view.233 paid Mr Whitchurch for Gr[ace] 10s. at Garways.

January 1682.

[column of accounts on right-hand side of page] Receiud of ye chamber of London ?10 on the warrants gave 2sh Receiud of Mr Hill ?7 10sh for Xtmas quarter Jan: 20 Receiud more of Mr Hill ?40 on Councell order234 Nov: 30 I Receiud of Mr Boyle 52 shill. of this gaue man by order 5sh for Borellj de Motu An[imalium]235 10sh for Hortus Malabarius236 21 /2 sh Remains 151/2 sh paid shoemaker in full till Jan: 20. 82. 471/2 sh. Jan: 25. Receiued 1 p[air] Russia shoos payd berry for load of coles 101/2 sh payd Mr Box for 51b Tea 45sh payd bird for Concaue 20sh payd Hally for Dr Pope 20sh gaue betty. 4sh. blewcoat Ish Jonathans 2sh

Mon 23 term begun Tues 24. Mr Hally from States

Sat 28 D[ined] w[ith] Dr Busb[y]. from him 5 G[uineas] [gold]. Sir J[ohn] H[oskins] at Jonath[ans]. paid Dorvill for 93/4 sugar 5sh

Sun 29 at home. Collections.237 Mon 30 Aston here D[ined] at Mr Colwalls Tues 31 paid Hally 20sh for Dr Pope. gave him book. suppd at Sir Chr[istopher] Wrens - at Jonathans

[76r] March 1682 Fri 10. coming in ye evening from Jonathans with Mr Hally, he askd me whether one might not not

[sic] use ye other eye to see the species of ye sun when one eye lookd through a tube on the




horizon. I told him that I had neer 20 years since shewd ye Society such an Instrument to doe it with the same eye which he thought not possible. & that twas mentiond in the Hist[ory] of R[oyal] S[ociety].238

Apr. 1682 [note on right side of page: 'from Harbart 2 G[uineas] [gold] I fish 20sh'] Sun 16. Easterday. DH. Haak.

Tues 18 Receiued from Mr Hills with Mr Boyles Money. ?71/2 & 58sh. & 65sh. DH. agreed with Lodowick about heads of Vniuers[al] Langua[ge] .239

Wed 19. wrote notes. A meeting.240 discoursd spilman. choc[olate] Thur 20. at Chiswells auction.24' Garways. DH. Rectifyd study.

Thur 27. paid white at Broken wharf for 1 load of coles. 12. D[ined] with Sir Chr[istopher] Wr[en]. gaue child 4 & 3.

Fri 28. Botch. at home all day. Hill here. -

Sat 29. Sir W[illiam] Drake & Barwell 1 G[uinea] [gold] Sun 30. at home. Lecture.

May. 1682 [note, undated: 'paid Mr. Lodowick for his parcell of books. 20sh']

13 Sat [] Mr Hall fetcht his box of books I paid him 26sh for Joumalls. lOsh &c according to his bill. 14 Sun walkd out with Grace.

16. Tues With Sir J[ohn] Laurence at Guildhall. Receiued of chamb[er] 20 G[uineas] [gold] & 70sh [silver]. gaue. Kend[ell] 5. at Savoy View. o.

17. W []DH. att Hospitall mathematick petitions. meeting242 Lecture of Humane moments.243 18 Thur at Sir C[hristopher] W[ren]. by Water. Mans. Hisig. auction244 Lecture. houton. Haak.

Henshaw. Talipot leafe.245 Jonathans. Sir J[ohn] Hosk[ins]. Hill. Wood Hally. 19 Fry. fire in Leadenhall street. with Sir J[ohn] Laurence at Greenhith. Garways. DH. At Pauls Wharf.

22 Mu. 21b tobacco. 4sh. paid. 23 Tu: Proposed Committee Chimny mony. shute. DH. Hally marryed.246 shewd distike. flamstead

Read. Society247_

25 Th. at Sir Chr[istopher] Wr[en]. Mrs Marshalls note. D[ined] Dr Busby passt Collins Tufnells & []Bills.248 fire view 6.8. (Garways) Jonathans

26 Fryd. Garways. Mapletopt whichcrook. Guildhall. Auction. Paget. Graham.

June 1682 Th. June 1. at Dr Busbys. ?Mid. Receiud from Sir Chr[istopher] Wren a ticket for ?50 on Salary.

Dind with him. Receiud from Mr Hill for Joumalls. lOsh. for joyner. 12. 6d.

M 5 Axe here about Doyly. at Barwells. paid Gr[ace] in full of old account. paid Gaak in full.

M. 12. with Dauys at Blackfryers. paid Gaak in full for all works &c 36.6. at Montacues. Lord Russells &c paid Mr Box for 21b 2oz tea 18sh. 8d.



154 F. Henderson

W 14. Paget chosen mathematick master.249 S[ir] J[ohn] Hoskins Huffed. Exchange quaker. Th 15. at Dr tillotson Haak Hills Diall. payd Mr Hasset in full 89. 9d he crost his book being for 22

yards black cloth. Sir Chr[istopher] Wrens told him theory of Ideas. at D[r] Busby museam Roof. Canterbury hill250 Conjurer Jonathans.

[76v] Fry. June 16. with Seawell view in Check lane. at Lord Russell. Auxion DH. Paget Garways. Auxion.

chamber. Jonathan Sir J[ohn] Hosk[ins]. Lodowick Cant[erbury] Hill. agreed with Gregory for Dr Busby

Sat 17. Receiued the ?50 at the chamber orderd by Sir Chr[istopher] Wren. at Garways. DH. fetcht home from Chiswells Auction. Olaus magnus25' Lucian in Latine.252 Parkinsons herball & flowergarden.253 At Jonathans shewd Dr Wood & Hally. my Demonstration of the tangent of Archimedes spirall254

Sun 18. walkd with Gr[ace]. DH. Haak. gr[ace] out.

Sun 25. walkd. haycock. M. 26. [] books from Cooper. 16. 8d. paid him present. Tues. 27. from D[r] Busby 5 G[uineas] [gold] W 28. waklin 3sh Th 29 at Sir Chr[istopher] Wrens. DH. Ballanced accounts with Chiswell Allowd him 47sh. there

remained due to me ?13 lOsh. Fr 30 examind in ye Rolls for Mrs Marshall. with Sir J[ohn] Hoskins. (attended for Dr Paman noe

lecture) told him windmill. pumping. weighing. rowing at sea.

July 1682 Sa July. 1. attended for Dr Paman noe Lecture. evened account with Gr[ace].

August 1682 Tues Aug: 1

Thur 3 at Sir Chr[istopher] Wrens. Dind with him Reciued from him a note for ?50 on salary. which I presently Receiued of ye chamber. paid Waring for hatt. 23sh. paid Mr Box for Tea llb. 9sh. paid hotman for silk & Thread stockins 14. from Shoom[aker] 1 p[air] of shoos

Fri 4. from chis[w]ell. whalers voyage.255 at 15sh.

Sat 5. at Mr Montacues he told me he had orderd Mr Scowen to pay me ?50 which has been due to me these two years. Receiud from Mr Rich[ard] Chiswell ?10 18sh. and cleerd all accounts with him I giuing him a Discharge for what I Receiud from him & he crossing his books & Discharging me in full.

Sun 6. put into trunk 100. & 70. and into [ . ]256 1 0 1 G[uineas] [gold] & 8. Carolxx. in all 288. in nutt 71. Mon 7. with Heblethwait by coach & 4 horse D[ined] at Maidenhead. Lodgd at Redding. Saw

Monastery & Drunken Justices.257 Tues 8. D[ined] at Spinham Lands. saw Donnington Castle. Mr Pelham. Lem Avis Davis all Suppd. Wed 9. viewd Ramsbury & D[ined] at Swan.258 Lodgd at Spinham Lands. Gunter. Thur 10. Pelham gone. D[ined] at Redding. Lodgd at Maydenhead. Fri 11. at home by 11. Deo Grat[ias] drank sider at Goodwins. Sat 12. [ ] DH. to westminster by water. a rhume fell into my eyes. Sun 13. at home.

Wed 16. noe meeting DH. Dr Wood. Dr Chamberlaine. Sir J[ohn] Laurence. Dr Grew Mr Lodowick Saw comet under the forefoot of the bear.259

Thur 17. at Sir Ch[ristopher] Wren. missd Mr Boyle




Fri 18. at home. took of Pit clark on outred.260 at 2sh

Sat 19. view on Coleman Street. DH. Lodowick Saw comet under the middle foot

Sun 20. A[t] H[ome] DH. Vomited. saw comet and noted his place Mon 21. at coffins. Hallys. Hatt liuery. Bemoellj comet from faithom.261 18d. to Gr[ace] 25sh for

sheets. at Mr Colwalls eye salue. Saw comet. Gr[ace] out Ker Tues 22. at Jonathans Oliver Heraclit. done. DH. Garways. fitted backstaff quadrant. Hunt Direction

for 1 wheel chariot. Wed 23. at Sir Chr[istopher] Wr[en]. for Dauys. at Dr Busb[y] at Garways cony taker Mevill ?owed

50sh. DH. missd Mr. Aston. Waller. - Borelli from Chiswell. Thur 24. Rain. at home. -

Fri 25. at Dr Boyes Montacues. Coxes. Epistolk ?bucanatoria. -

Sat 26. paid for chimny tax 2 years. 16. Letter from LaRoch. by Marqu. Acciajoli. with him & Auzout at St. Paules Sir Chr[istopher] Wren.

Sun 27. Cox. DH. Haak. Harman. Jonathans. -

[77r] [note at right side of page, undated, probably September: 'From Holder Hublons view. 1 Gu[inea] [gold].']

October 1682

Mon 16. Receiued of Mr Hill for michaelmas quarter ?7 10sh by HHunt

Tues 17. Receiued of ye chamber for michaelmas half year 25.00.00. gaue Mr Kendall 5s. paid Mr smith for de Schales de motu.262 2sh.

[notes at right-hand side of page] for pincock Lane 10. morris 10. Jagger 10. from Dr Busby. 5 G[uineas] [gold] Oct. 28 Nou. 2d. Receiued from Sir Chr[istopher] Wr[en] a ticket for ?50 on Salary 3d I Receiued it from Mr Player & gaue him 5sh.

Nouember 1682.

Sat 4 Dind with Dr Busby. []Williams about South Discouery. Sun 5. Haak Hoskin here. Comet L Mon 6. with Ballet Gaue coppy of Sir J[ohn] Cutlers bond.263 DH. Hill. book of Buggs.264

[77v] January 1682/3 Mon January 1

Fri 12. with Mr Perry at Mr Giffords chocolatt. sick. Receiued from Mr Heblethwait ?20 by order of Dr Tillotson Mr Pelham & Mr Gore.

Sat 13. at Dr Busby. Leuer 50sh Dauys font type. Gasses at Mans. Whistler & Aston. Sir Chr[istopher] Wren friendly. Mr Buller Ssh.

Sun 14. Haak. Jonathan Ashby. Mon 15. to Lanes. at Bruins265 Dr Witty. Tobac llb. 2sh paid. Dind with Sir Cyril W[yche] at bear 8s.

Bullock 2sh [mercury] pot. at Jonathans. demand ?5 warrant of Kendall denyd.

Mon 22 at Sir Chr[istopher] Wr[en] about Gauk & Hudsons bay. Sir W[illiam] Petty about Sir J[ohn] C[utler] with Lord Russell - Sir J[ohn] Hosk[ins] met Sir J[ohn] Cutler with D[r] Whistler at



156 F. Henderson

Sir W[illiam] Petty. Sir J[ohn] C[utler] left all to Sir W[illiam] Petty. I Refused Dr Whistler Sir J[ohn] C[utler] gaue me a note to Receiue ?200 from Bolter.266 we parted.

Tues 23. at Mr Colwalls - Garways &c with Mr Lodowick with Bolter he accepted ?200 bill 24 wensday. Mr Lodowick here reading swammerdam.267 at Garways Thur 25. Receiued of Edmund Bolter 200 on Sir J[ohn] Cutlers note - Mr Hunt telling 100. I 100

February 1682/3 Wed Feb 28. Tison & Sleyer made Curators268

[78r] March 1682/3 1 Thur at Sir Chr[istopher] Wrens. Dr Busbys. Sir W[illiam] Petty Sir J. Witt on change Spar in

prisyard. Hosk[ins] with Aston & tison. at Jonathans at night

4 Sund. met Loggan at Mans with him to Lord Bishop Sarum at Knightsbridge. Sir J[ohn] Hosk[ins] at Jonathans.

5. Mon Leu[e]r. agreed with for Dr Busbys ?busines at 6d. at Smiths Hayrig. Mary Marshall Dischargd Als./ [] first came

7. Wed Read Cudworth.269 Garways. ̂ Sir Chr. Wren at Garways. DH. with Mr Waller saw Mr Whites Curiositys. Shewd noe Experiment.

8. Thur with Sir J[ohn] Hoskins & Mr Smith about Tecla270. D[ined] with Dr Busby. Dr Pell Lord Breretons Liuing.271

9. Fri with Clark at Seamens. 1 G[uinea] [gold]. Returmd Hally 3 pamphlets at Islington. at Garways. Plot Tom of Xchurch. Dr Aldridge.272

Aprill 1683 Tues 17. presented Mr Griffith Knox his Ceylon.273 Mr Godfry pappins Digester274

Thur 26. Convincd Sir J[ohn] Louther at Sir W[illiam] Pettys of my Right. at Dr Busbys. Leuer. Read not Auction275 Boys. Receiued of ye Ch[amber] from Gresham ?25 for Lady Day.

Sat 28. Gaue Acquittance to Sir Ch[ristopher] W[ren] for 150 but Receiud not note nor money. but was to Receiue it Munday morning.

[78v] May. 1683.

Tues 15 at Ballets opend Sir W[illiam] Pettys letter. at Sir W[illiam] Pettys. hufft. westminster hall. Mans. Cause tryd at Guildhall verdict on Bond. Sir J[ohn] Hoskins Mr Colwall Lodowick hunt

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I am grateful to the Guildhall Library, City of London, for permission to quote from Guildhall Library MS 1758. I would also like to thank William Poole for his valuable comments and suggestions, and Mordechai Feingold, Rhodri Lewis and Harold Love for reading an early version of this edition.




APPENDIX A. INDEX OF PEOPLE AND PLACES

Note: References to ODNB are to Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, published by Oxford University Press.

Abington. 146.

Adams. 145-147, 149.

Acciajoli. 155. Aguilonius, Franciscus (1546-1617). Belgian

mathematician. 149. Aldridge (i.e. Aldrich), Dr Henry (1648-1710).

Dean of Christ Church, Oxford. See ODNB. 156.

Aldeburgh. 140. Allam. 146. Allein, Sir Thomas. Grocer and Lord Mayor of

London (d. 1690). 148-149. Amsterdam. 142. Archimedes. 154. Ashby. 155.

Aston, Francis FRS (1644-1715). 150, 152, 155-156.

Aubrey, John FRS (1626-97). Antiquary and biographer. See ODNB. 141, 146, 148.

Auzout, Adrian FRS (1622-91). 155.

Avis, Joseph. Master carpenter. 154.

Axe, Thomas (d. 1691). Gentleman of Orchard, Somerset. 139, 142, 148, 151, 153.

Backwell. 143. Bains. 150.

Ball. Probably Peter Ball FRS (ca. 1638-75), physician. See ODNB. 140, 142, 144.

Ballet, Charles. 155-156. Banks, Mathew. Master carpenter. 150.

Barnard, Dr. Probably Francis Bernard (1628-98), apothecary and physician. See ODNB. 145.

Barret. 137-138, 140. Barron (i.e. Baron), Samuel. Merchant and

author. 150. Barwell. 153.

Bath. 150.

Bayle, Mr. 150.

Beal, Mr. Probably John Beale FRS (1608-83), clergyman and writer. See ODNB. 142.

Bernoulli, Jakob (1654-1705). Swiss mathemati cian. 155.

Berry. Coal merchant. 152. Berry. 145, 148.

Besler, Basilius (1561-1629). Apothecary and author. 136.

Betterson. 151. Betty. See Lawrence, Betty. Bird. Master brazier or smith. 146-147, 152. Blackburne, Richard FRCP (1651/2-1716).

Hooke's lodger. See ODNB. 150. Bloodworth, John. 137, 139. Bolter, Edmund. Nephew of Sir John Cutler. 149,

156. Borelli, Giovanni Alfonso (1608-79). Italian

mathematician and physiologist. 152, 155. Boyes, Dr. 155. Boyle, Robert FRS (1627-91). See ODNB.

137-140, 142, 145, 147-148, 152-154. Brereton, Lord. William, 3rd Baron Brereton FRS

(1632-80). See ODNB. 142, 156. Bret. 137, 139. Broom, Sand. 148. Brouncker, William, 2nd Viscount FRS

(1620-84). See ODNB. 140, 143-144. Brown, Mr. 139. Brown, Dr Edward FRS (1644-1708). Physician.

See ODNB. 137. Bruin. 155. Buller, Mr. 155. Bullock. Master turner. 143, 155. Bunneal (i.e. Bonnell), James. 144-145, 147. Burton. Tea merchant. 147, 149. Busby, Richard (1606-95). Head master of

Westminster School. See ODNB. 145-156. Buttler. 141. Cade. Probably John Cade, bookseller. 140-141. Canterbury. 146, 150, 154. Carkas (i.e. Carkesse), James FRS (b. ca. 1636).

Poet. See ODNB. 141. Cartwright, Mr. 144.

Cassini, Giovanni (1625-1712). Astronomer. 142.

Ceylon. 140.

Chamberlain, Charles (1640-1704/5). Merchant and alderman. 145, 150.

Chamberlayne, Dr Edward FRS (1616-1703). Writer. See ODNB. 138, 143-144, 154.

Chester, Bishop of. See Wilkins, John.



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Child, Timothy. See Childs coffee-house. Chiswell, Richard (1640-171 1), bookseller. See

ODNB. 148, 150-151, 153-155. Chitty. 142. Clapman. 142. Clark. 156. Clerke, Gilbert (1626-ca. 1697). Mathematician.

See ODNB. 155. Clavius, Christophorus (1538-1612). German

mathematician and astronomer. 149. Clayton. 150. Cluver, Dethlev FRS (ca. 1645-1708). 145, 148,

150. Coffin. 136-137, 143, 155.

Coghill, Lady. 137. Collet. 137. Collins. 138, 153.

Collins, John FRS (1626-83). Mathematician. See ODNB. 140, 149.

Colwall, Daniel FRS (d. 1690). Merchant and treasurer of the Royal Society. See ODNB. 135, 137-141, 143-146, 148-150, 152, 155-156.

Confucius. 149. Conway, Edward, 1st Earl of Conway FRS (ca.

1623-83). 144, 146-147. Cooper, William (1639-89). Auctioneer and

bookseller. See ODNB. 135, 137, 141, 151, 154.

Cormell. 150. Cot. 144. Cox, Christopher. Lens grinder. 135-137,

139-145, 147, 151, 155. Crawley, Thomas. Hooke's assistant. 147.

Crisp, Thomas FRS (d. 1715). Merchant, knighted 1703. 148.

Crook. William Crooke (1639-94), bookseller. See ODNB, art. Crooke, Andrew. 146.

Croone, William FRS (1633-84), physician. See ODNB. 140, 149.

Cudworth, Ralph FRS (1617-88). See ODNB. 156.

Cutler, Sir John FRS (1607/8-93). Merchant. See ODNB. 137-138, 143, 155-156.

Davys, Mrs. 150. Davys (Dafys, Davies, Davis), Roger. Master

joiner. 142, 144-146, 148-150, 153-155. de Billy, Jacques (1602-79). French astronomer.

152.

Defisher (i.e. Devischer), Samuel (d. 1676). 138.

de la Hire, Philippe (1640-1719). French mathe matician and astronomer. 149.

del Fresno, Marquis. Spanish ambassador to London. 137.

Descartes, Rene (1596-1650). French philoso pher. 135.

de Schales. See Milliet de Chales, Claude Francois.

de Vaux, Sir Theodore FRS (ca. 1628-94), physician. 145.

de Witt, Johan (1625-72). Dutch politician. 142. Dietterlin, Wendel (1550/1-99). German architect.

146. Donnington Castle. 154. Dorvill. 152. Doyly. 150, 153. Drake, Sir W. Probably Sir William Drake of

Shardeloes, Bucks. (kn. 1668). 153. Draper. 148. DuBoys (Dubois), John (1622-84). Merchant and

common councilman. See ODNB. 145. Dunmore. 149. Durham. 149. Dwight. 138-139. East Indies. 142. Eglesfeild/Eglefeilds, Mr. 137-138. Elford. 148. Ent, Sir George FRS (1604-89). Physician. See

ODNB. 137, 139-140, 142, 144. Faithorne, Henry. Bookseller and publisher.

146-147, 152, 155. Fermat, Pierre de (1601-65). French mathemati

cian. 149. Fitz (i.e. Fitch), Tom. Master bricklayer. 137,

139-140. Flamsteed, John FRS (1646-1719). Astronomer.

See ODNB. 145-146, 149, 151, 153. Foster. 138. Fowkes. 141. Fox, Sir Stephen (1627-1716). Financier and

government official. See ODNB. 151. Franklin. 151. Frederick, Sir John (d. 1685). President of Christ's

Hospital 1662-83. 138, 144-146. French. 140. Frencheman. 144. Gaak/Gauk. Dutch joiner? 147, 148, 150, 153,

155.




Gale, Thomas FRS (ca. 1636-1702), dean of York and antiquary. See ODNB. 149-150.

Garway (i.e. Garraway), Thomas (d. 1692?). Proprietor of Garraways coffee-house in Exchange Alley. See ODNB. 138-141, 143, 145-146.

Gifford, George. Gresham College Professor of Divinity (1661-86). 150-151, 155.

Glauber, Johann Rudolf (1604-70). German chemist and physician. 146.

Goddard, Jonathan FRS (ca. 1617-75). Physician, chemist and anatomist. See ODNB. 136-140, 142.

Godfrey, John (d. 1697), Clerk of the Mercers' Company. 137-142, 145-148, 150, 156.

Goodale. 141. Goodwin. 154.

Gore, Mr. 155.

Grace. See Hooke, Grace.

Graham. 153. Grant (i.e. Graunt), Capt. John (1620-74),

statistician. See ODNB. 139. Grawby. 147.

Grew, Nehemiah FRS (1641-1712), botanist and physician. See ODNB. 137, 140, 152, 154.

Griffin, Mrs. 151. Griffith (d. 1681). 145.

Griffith, Samuel. East India Company factor. 156.

Grue, Dr. See Grew, Nehemiah.

Guin, Mr. 146.

Gunter. 154. Guttur. 150. Haak, Theodore FRS (1605-90). See ODNB.

135-151, 153-155. Hague. 142. Hale, Sir Mathew (1609-76). Lord Chief Justice.

See ODNB. 136, 138-139. Hall, Mr. 153. Hally (i.e. Halley), Edmund FRS (1656-1742),

astronomer. See ODNB. 146, 149, 152-156. Hammond, William. Master mason. 142.

Hanson, Sir Robert. Mayor of London in 1672. 138, 141-143.

Harbart. 153. Harman. 155. Harry. See Hunt.

Hartlib, Samuel (ca. 1600-62). Author. See ODNB. 152.

Hasset (i.e. Blennerhasset). Cloth merchant. 148, 154.

Haugton (Houghton), John FRS (1645-1705), merchant and writer. See ODNB. 145, 147, 149, 152-153.

Haux. See Haak. Hawks. See Haak. Haycock. 154.

Hayward, John. Master carpenter. 145, 147, 148. Haywood. See Hayward, John. Hayrig. 156. Heath. 147. Heblethwait. Clerk or servant of Sir William

Jones. 154-155. Hedges. Possibly William Hedges (1632-1701).

Merchant. See ODNB. 147. Heithusen (Heythuysen), Gerard van (d. 1693).

Wealthy London merchant. 146-147. Helden. 147.

Henshaw, Thomas FRS (1618-1700). Alchemist and writer. See ODNB. 144-149, 153.

Heme. Shoemaker. 138. Hevelius, Johannes FRS (1611-87). Polish astron

omer. 142. Hewet. Carrier between Portsmouth and London.

135. Hill, Abraham FRS (1635-1722). Secretary of the

Royal Society. See ODNB. 139, 141-155. Hilman. 141.

Holder, Dr William FRS (1616-98). Sir Christo pher Wren's brother-in-law. See ODNB. 144-145, 147, 152, 155.

Homes, Lady. 145.

Hook, Mr. 149. Hooke, Grace. Robert Hooke's niece, daughter of

his brother John. 136, 138-139, 144-155. Hooke, John. Robert Hooke's brother. 135,

138-141. Hooke, 'Sister'. Probably Elizabeth, Robert

Hooke' s sister-in-law (Grace's mother). 148-149.

Hoskins, Sir John FRS (1634-1705). See ODNB. 144-149, 151-156.

Hotman. 154.

How, Sir Richard. Sheriff of London, knighted 1678. 147.

Howard, Henry, 6th Duke of Norfolk FRS (1628-84). See ODNB. 145.



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Howell, William (1631/2-83). Historian. See ODNB. 139.

Hublon (i.e. Houblon). A member of the wealthy merchant family. 155.

Hudsons Bay. 155. Hunt, Harry (d. 1713). Assistant to Hooke and

operator for the Royal Society. 144-146, 155-156.

Indies. See also East Indies. 150. Ingram, Sir Arthur. Surveyor of the Customs.

137-138. Jagger. 152, 155. Jeofferys (Jeifreys), John (ca. 1614-88). Merchant

and Alderman of London. See ODNB. 139. Jeffery, Dr. (d. 1672). 144.

Jenkins, Mr. 137, 142. Jenkinson. 151. Jones, Sir William (1630-82). Lawyer and

politician. See ODNB. 138, 143, 145-146, 151. Josselin (Josselyn), John (ca. 1608-1704?).

Travel writer. See ODNB. 143. Jud. 145-146. Judge. 139, 141, 143. Justill (i.e. Justel), Henri FRS (1620-93). Librar

ian. See ODNB. 150-151. Keck, Anthony (1630-95; knighted 1689), law

yer. See ODNB. 151. Kendell. A clerk at the Guildhall? 145, 148, 151,

153, 155. Kepler, Johannes (1571-1630). German astron

omer. 150. Kicke. 137. King, Dr Edmund FRS (1630-1709). Physician.

See ODNB, art. King, Sir Edmund. 147, 149. King, Sir Andrew FRS (d. 1679). Merchant and

Trustee of the Royal African Company. 137. Knight. 151. Knox, Captain Robert (1641-1720). Author. See

ODNB. 144-145, 147-150, 156. Lacy. 149. Lamot. Probably Samuel Lamott (d. 1696),

merchant and Clothworker of London. 135, 137-144.

Lane, Joseph FRS (d. 1728). 145, 147, 155. Lassells. 148. Laurence (Lawrence), Mark. East India Company

writer. 135. Lauson, Dr. 151. Laut. 141.

Lawrence, Betty. 144, 152. Lawrence, Sir John FRS (d. 1692). Merchant and

Lord Mayor of London (1664-65). 137, 139-140, 142-143, 153-154.

Lawrence, Old. Possibly Thomas Lawrence, porter at Gresham College. 144.

Leak (i.e. Leake), John. Master of the Mathemat ical School of Christ's Hospital. 145, 152.

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm von FRS (1646-1716). Mathematician and philosopher. 144, 147.

Lem, Joseph. Master bricklayer. 137, 154. Lever, Stephen. Master smith who worked with

Hooke on Montacue house and other projects. 145, 155-156.

Lilly, William (1602-81). Astrologer. See ODNB. 149.

Lindsey. 143. Linger, John. Master plumber. 145-146, 150. Littleton, Mr. 137. Lloyd, Bishop. William Lloyd (1627-1717),

Bishop of St Asaph. See ODNB. 145. Lock (i.e. Locke), John FRS (1632-1704).

Philosopher. See ODNB. 146, 151. Loder. 145. Lodowick (i.e. Lodwick), Francis FRS (1619-94).

Merchant and linguist. See ODNB. 145, 147-156.

Loggan, David (1634-92). Artist and engraver. See ODNB. 156.

London Churches

All Hallows the Great. 147. Bread Street church. 142, 151. Dutch Church (i.e. Austin Friars). 139. St Austins. Probably St Augustine, Watling

Street. 151. St Benet, Paul's Wharf. 145, 153. St Dionis Backchurch. 138. St Dunstans. 140, 150. St Magnus the Martyr. 151. St Martins. 140. St Michaels. 136. St Mary Axe. 138. St Mary at Hill. 142. St Pauls Cathedral. 139-140, 143, 151, 155. St Swithin. 143.

Coffee-houses and taverns Bear. 152.




Boars Head Aldergate. 139. Blacklyon Water Lane. 142. Childs. Coffee-house run by Timothy Child, in

Russell Street. 145-147, 150-151. Coopers Arms. 138. Crown. Crown Tavern, Threadneedle St, kept

by Thomas Blagrave; the Royal Society 'club' went there after meetings. 145, 152.

Garways (Garraways). Garraway's Coffee House, Exchange Alley, Cormhill, kept by Thomas Garraway. 138-143, 145-156.

Globe Tavern. Globe Tavern and Coffee House, Fleet Street. 138.

Guys in Pell Mell. 143. Hoop Tavern. 151. Jonathans. Jonathan's Coffee House,

Exchange Alley, Cormhill, kept by Jonathan Miles. 144-150, 152-156.

Mans. Man's Coffee House, near Charing Cross, kept by Alexander Man. 15 1-153, 155-156.

Maypole. 144. Miter. 138. Redcrosse. Probably Redcrosse Tavern,

Barbican. 146. Swan Charing Cross. 140. Tichoes coffe. 145. Two black pots, Budgers Street. 149. Vultur. 136.

Localities Aldergate. 139. Angel Court. 140. Arundell House. 135-143. Basinghall. 142. Billingsgate. 138, 143, 146. Blackfryar. 141, 145, 153. Bow. 142-143. Bridewell. 141-144. Broken Wharf. 153. Budgers Street. 149. Bush Lane. 138-139, 141, 143. Butchers Hall. 150.

Campion Lane. 144.

Charing Cross. 140. Cheapside. 138. Check Lane. 154. Chelsea College. 148-149, 151. Cliffords Inn. 140, 142. Coleman Street. 155.

Cripplegate. 143. Dowgate. 142. Dowgate Dock. 141. Drapers Hall. 138. Duke's Theatre. 142.

Dyers Hall. 137. Exchange. 139-140, 145, 154. Finsbury. 143. Fish Street. 142. Fleet Bridge. 141. Fleet Ditch. 137-139, 144. Fleet Lane. 140. Fleetstreet. 139, 148. Garlic Hill. 151. Gracechurch Street. 138. Greenhith. 153. Gresham College. 146, 150-151. Guildhall. 138, 141-143, 146-147, 150, 153,

156. Harestreet. 151. Holbume. 146-147. Holburn Bridge. 135, 138-139. Holbum Ditch. 142. Houndsditch. 141. Houndsditch Sewer. 139. Islington. 138, 144, 156. Jewry. 142. Knightriders. 146. Leadenhall Street. 138, 153. Little Old Bailey. 141. Lothbury. 141. Mews. 148. Mincing Lane. 137. Moorfields. 138-139. Moorgate. 144. Newgate. 138, 144. New Exchange. 143. Old Change. 138. Outwick Prison. 150. Pach Yard. 150. Paul's Wharf. See St Benet, Paul's Wharf. Pell Mell. 143. Pincock Lane. 155.

Putney. 141. Physicians' College. 138, 140-141. Queenhith. 148. Rose. 136.



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Round Court. 143.

Savoy. 153.

St Catherines. 140-141.

Scotland Yard. 141, 143.

Shoe Lane. 138. Spital Cross. 137.

Spittlefields. 143.

Stilyard (i.e. Steelyard). 146.

Southwick. 151. Temple Bar. 143, 147. Tower Street. 141.

Vineyard. 143.

Walbrook. 141.

Water Lane. 142. Westminster Hall. 156.

Wood Street. 139.

Woodstreet Castle. 138.

Woolchurch Sewer. 141.

Lord Justice. See Hale, Sir Matthew.

Louell. 141. Love, Mr. Perhaps Alderman William Love

(1618-89). 136-137. Lower, Richard FRS (1631-91). Physician. See

ODNB. 137. Lowns. 152. Lowther, Sir John FRS (1642-1706). See ODNB.

145, 151, 156. Lubieniecki, Stanislas (1623-75). Astronomer. 144.

Lucian. 154. Lucy. 150. Magnus, Olaus (ca. 1490-1557). Swedish author.

154. Maidenhead. 154.

Malpighi, Marcello FRS (1628-?1694), Italian physician and anatomist. 145.

Man. See Mans Coffee House.

Mapletopt (i.e. Mapletoft), John FRS (1631-1721). See ODNB. 153.

Marshall. 151.

Marshall, Mrs. 153-154.

Marshall, Mary. Hooke's servant. 147, 156. Martin. 146. Mason. 139.

Mayer. 137.

Mayor. 137, 140-141.

Mayor, Lord. See Hanson, Sir Robert (1672) and Moore, Sir John (1681).

Mercator, Nicolaus FRS (?1620-87). See ODNB. 146, 148.

Mercin. 150. Meverell. Probably Ottwell Meverell (d. 1705),

merchant of Moscow. 151. Mevill. 155. Miller. 146. Milliet de Chales, Claude Francois (1621-78).

French mathematician. 146, 150, 155. Millington, Edward (ca. 1636-1703), auctioneer

and bookseller. See ODNB. 151. Montacue (i.e. Montagu), Ralph (1638-1709).

See ODNB. 145-147, 150-151, 153-155. Moor, Dr. 142.

Moore, Sir John (1620-1702). Merchant, and Lord Mayor of London in 1681. See ODNB. 149,151.

Moorland. 141. Moray, Sir Robert FRS (?1608/9-73). See ODNB.

137-139, 141, 143-144. Mordant, Mr. 136. Morden, Robert (d. 1703). Mapmaker. See

ODNB. 145. More (Moore), Sir Jonas FRS (1617-79). Mathe

matician and surveyor (kn. 1673). 135,138, 143, 146.

More (Moore), Sir Jonas FRS (d. 1681). Son of the previous. 145-146.

Morgan. Possibly William Morgan, collaborator with John Ogilby on London map. 151.

Morgan, Mrs. 148. Morland, Sir Samuel (1625-95). See ODNB.

140-141. Morris. 139, 150, 155. Moscow. 151. Murray. Tailor. 144. Nazary (Nazari), Francesco. Editor of II Giomnale

de Letterati, 1668-80. 146. Needham, Dr Walter FRS (1632-9 1). See ODNB.

142. Nell. See Young, Nell. Newbury, Mr. 139. Newell. 141. Newland, Mrs. 144. Newport, Isle of Wight. 147. Newton, Isaac FRS (1642-1727). See ODNB.

141. Norfolk, Duke of. See Howard, Henry.




North. 147, 148. Oldenburg, Henry FRS (ca. 1619-1677). See

ODNB. 141. Oliver, John (1616/7-1701). City surveyor and

governor of Christ's Hospital. See ODNB. 142, 146, 150-151, 155.

Orange, Prince of. William III and II (1650-1702), king of England, Scotland and Ireland. See ODNB. 142.

Oughtred, William (1575-1660). Mathematician. See ODNB. 155.

Oxford. 145, 147. Christ Church College. 156.

Paget, Dr. Nathan Paget (1615-79), physician. See ODNB. 142, 143.

Paget, Edward FRS (?1652-1703). Mathematics master at Christ's Hospital. 153-154.

Palmer, Richard. Engraver. 148. Paman, Dr Henry FRS (1623-95). Gresham

College Professor of Physic. See ODNB. 149, 154.

Papin, Dr Denis FRS (1647-1712). See ODNB. 145-146, 152, 156.

Pare. 141-142, 144. Parkinson. 154. Parry. 149-150. Paschall, Andrew (d. 1696). Rector of Chedzoy,

Somerset. 145. Pelham, Thomas (later First Lord Pelham of

Laughton, Sussex). Executor of Sir William Jones, responsible for completion of Ramsbury Manor. 154-155.

Pell, Dr John FRS (1611-85). See ODNB. 136, 156. Perkins, Peter FRS (d. 1680). 150. Perry, William FRS (ca. 1650-96). 150, 155. Petty, Sir William FRS (1623-87). See ODNB.

155-156. Philips. 139. Piggot (Pigot), Thomas FRS (1657-86). 150. Pitt, Moses (1639-97). Bookseller and printer.

See ODNB. 137, 140, 145, 147, 148-151, 155. Player, Sir Thomas (d. 1686). See ODNB. 143,

145, 147. Player, Mr. 155. Playford, John (1650-85), printer. See ODNB. 146. Plucknett, Thomas. Clerk of the Works, West

minster Abbey. 146. Pope, Dr Walter, FRS (ca. 1627-1714).

Professor of Astronomy at Gresham College

(1661-87). See ODNB. 135, 137-142, 145-146, 151-152.

Powell, Frances, of Newport, Isle of Wight. 147, 148.

Ramsbury Manor. 154. Ranelagh, Lady. Katherine Jones (1615-91),

sister of Robert Boyle. See ODNB. 136. Ranelagh, Lord. Richard Jones (1641-1712). See

ODNB. 144-147. Raulins, Mr. 141. Reading. 154. Reubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640). Flemish painter.

146. Richards, Godfrey. Bookseller in Cornhill. 136,

141, 151. Roberts. 148. Rooke. 138. Rousby. 149. Rumsey, Walter (1584-1660). See ODNB. 146. Russell, Lord. 146-149, 153-155. Rutland, Mr. Haberdasher. 140. Sabin. 148. St John. 150. Salisbury, Lord. See Ward, Seth. Sarotti, Giovanni Ambrosio FRS (fl.1679-1714).

146. Sarum, Lord Bishop. See Ward, Seth. Scarborough (Scarburgh), Sir Charles FRS

(1615-94). Physician. See ODNB. 144, 146. Scarborough, John. Surveyor. 148. Scheiner, Christophorus (1575-1650). German

mathematician and astronomer. 143. Schott, Kaspar (1608-66). German mathemati

cian. 146. Scott, Robert (ca. 1632-1709/10). Bookseller in

Little Britain. See ODNB. 146. Scowen, R. Agent of Ralph Montagu. 145,150,154. Seamen. 156. Seawell. 154. Sedgwick. 151. Shaftesbury. Anthony Ashley Cooper, first Earl of

Shaftesbury (1621-83). See ODNB. 152.

Shortgrave, Richard. 'Operator' for the Royal Society. 138.

Silvestre, Israel (1621-91). French artist. 141.

Sleyer (i.e. Slare), Frederick FRS (1646/7-1727). See ODNB. 145, 151-152, 156.

Smith, Dr. Probably George Smyth FRS (ca. 1629-1702), physician. 139.



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Smith, Mr. Samuel Smith (1658-1707), book seller to the Royal Society. See ODNB. 150, 155-156.

Speenhamlands. 154. Spice Islands. 142. Stanton. 150. Stephen. Hooke's lodger. 151. Story, Abraham. Master builder. 137, 139-140. Streater, Robert (1624-79). Painter. See ODNB.

140. Streete, Thomas (1621-89). Astronomer and

astrologer. See ODNB. 147. Strong, Thomas (d. 1681). Master mason. 145. Susan. 148. Swammerdam, Jan (1637-80), Dutch physician

and microscopist. 137, 141, 156. Swinock. 150. Swinock, Mrs. 150. Synclar. 143. Thin (Thynne), Sir Thomas FRS (1640-1714).

See ODNB. 147. Thomson. 143. Tillotson, John FRS (1630-94). Archbishop of

Canterbury. See ODNB. 136, 138-145, 154-155.

Tillotson, Mrs. 140. Tison (Tyson), Edward FRS (1651-1708). See

ODNB. 148-149, 152, 156. Tognard (i.e. Toinard), Nicolas (1629-1706).

French antiquary and friend of John Locke. 146. Tompion, Thomas (1639-1713). See ODNB.

146-148. Tooth. 145, 148. Tufnell. Mason. 153. Turlington. 148. Turner, Sir William (1615-92). President of

Bedlam and Bridewell hospitals, Lord Mayor 1668-69. 143.

van der Graeff, Jacob and Peter. 142. Vernon. 143. Vignola, Giacomo Barozzio da (1507-73). Italian

architect. 146. Viner (Vyner), Sir Robert (1631-88). See ODNB.

143. Voigt, Johann Heinrich. Astronomer. Note 161. Waker. 147. Waklin. 154. Waller, Richard FRS (ca. 1645-?1715). See

ODNB. 155-156.

Wallis, John FRS (1616-1703). See ODNB. 146, 151.

Ward, Seth FRS (1617-89). Bishop of Exeter and Salisbury. See ODNB. 136, 137, 156.

Waring. Hatmaker. 149, 154. Warwick, Warwickshire. 135. Wats, Mr. 135. Weigel, Erhard (1625-99). Professor of Math

ematics at Jena University. 150. Wheeler, George. 154. Whichcrook. 153. Whistler, Dr Daniel FRS, FRCP

(1618/9-84). See ODNB. 141, 146, 150-151, 155-156.

Whiston. James Whiston (?1641-1706), broker and writer on trade (see ODNB). 145.

Whitaker, Dr. 136, 141. Whitchurch. Apothecary. 149, 154. White. 156. White 'at Broken Wharf'. Coal merchant? 153. Whitwell. 150. Wild (Wylde), Edmund FRS (ca. 1618-ca. 1695).

142, 147. Wildges, John (d. 1672). Carpenter. 139. Wilkins, John FRS (1614-72). See ODNB.

136-140, 142. Willoughby. 145-146. Win (i.e. Wynn), Henry (d. 1709). Instrument

maker. 146. Windsor, Mrs. Owner of school attended by Grace

Hooke. 136, 144. Winston, Thomas (ca. 1575-1655). Gresham

Professor of Physic. 146. Witt, Sir J. 156. Witty (Wittie), Dr Robert (1613-84). See ODNB.

150, 155. Wood, Dr Robert FRS (1621/2-85). See ODNB.

143-147, 149-150, 153-154. Woodroof, Mr. Possibly Edward Woodroofe,

draughtsman in Sir Christopher Wren's office. 142.

Woodward, Mrs. 150. Worm, Ole (1588-1654). Danish physician and

antiquary. 139. Wren, Sir Christopher FRS (1632-1723). See

ODNB. 136-156. Wren, Mathew (1629-72). Son of Matthew Wren,

bishop of Ely. See ODNB. 141. Write (i.e. Wright), Mr. 145.




Wyche, Sir Cyril FRS (ca. 1632-1707). See ODNB. 144, 155.

Wyche, Sir Peter FRS (1628-99). See ODNB. Note 161.

Yarranton, Andrew (1619-4). See ODNB. 150.

Young, Nell. Hooke's servant. 136, 138, 140, 148.

Young. Bricklayer. 143, 148.

Zimmerman, Johann Jacob (1644-93). German mathematician and astronomer. 150.

Notes

1 Henry W. Robinson and Walter Adams, The diary of Robert Hooke, M.A. F.R.S. 1672-1680

(Taylor & Francis, London, 1935), hereafter referred to as Diary; R. T. G?nther, Early science in

Oxford, vol. X (The life and work of Robert Hooke) (Oxford, 1935). The later material, edited by G?nther, covers the periods 1 November 1688 to 9 March 1690 and 6 December 1692 to 8 August 1693.

2 Several notes and lists written into the final pages of the volume were omitted without comment, and

the remaining text was not printed in a format that respected the original layout of the manuscript. 3 Diary, op. cit. (note 1), pp. 3, 460.

4 Lotte Mulligan has published a selection of entries from 10 to 28 March 1672 in 'Self-scrutiny and the study of Nature: Robert Hooke's diary as natural history', /. Br. Stud. 35, 311-342

(1996), at pp. 321-323. However, her transcriptions were extremely inaccurate.

5 I concentrate here on Hooke's earlier memoranda. William Poole makes the important point that

the later diary (now British Library Sloane MS 4024) differs intrinsically from GL 1758, both

bibliographically and in tone ('Hooke's journal: public and private memory', delivered as a

conference paper in 2005). The text of the later journal is heavily abbreviated and is almost

exclusively a notation of Hooke's daily activities.

6 Mulligan, op. cit. (note 4), p. 312. See also Mulligan, 'Robert Hooke's 'memoranda': memory and natural history', Ann. Sei. 49, 47-61 (1992).

7 William Poole, 'Hooke's Journal', op. cit. (note 5).

8 Hooke's note of the death of his great friend and patron, John Wilkins, on 19 November 1672 is underlined in red. Presumably this was done at a later date; the underlining preserved in this

edition appears in black ink in the MS.

9 Richard Waller, 'The life of Dr. Robert Hooke', in The posthumous works ofR.H. (London, 1705), p. i.

10 For Pepys and Evelyn, see discussions in Robert Latham and William Matthews (eds), The diary

of Samuel Pepys (G. Bell and Sons Ltd, London, 1970), vol. 1, p. xcviii ff.; and E. S. de Beer (ed.), The diary of John Evelyn (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 2000), vol. 1, pp. 69-79.

11 It is often difficult to identify the individuals mentioned in the memoranda, and many remain

unknown or only tentatively identified. To avoid repetition, biographical information has been

given where possible in the index in Appendix A rather than in the endnotes.

12 Throughout the period of the later diary, Hooke regularly went to Jonathan's coffee-house twice a

day and listed those of his friends who were also in attendance and items of conversation that

seemed significant. See, for example, the entry of Friday 23 June 1693: 'n[ot] o[ut] DH. at Jon.

Wall, Pif, Blackwell, Gof, Lod, Pag: Petrifactions from Waller. n[ot] o[ut] p[ost] p[randium]. At Jon. Ashb, Lod, Gof, Spen, Cur, Pif, Mart, Meverell: Losse of Turky fleet feard to consternation.'

(G?nther, op. cit. (note 1), vol. X, p. 252).

13 For Hooke's architectural work see M. A. R. Cooper, 'Robert Hooke's work as a surveyor for the

City of London in the aftermath of the Great Fire' parts 1-3, Notes Rec. R. Soc. 51, 161-174

(1997), 52, 25-38 (1998), 52, 205-220 (1998); Giles Worsley, 'Taking Hooke seriously', Georgian Grp J. 14, 1-25 (2004); and M. I. Batten, 'The architecture of Dr. Robert Hooke,

F.R.S.', Walpole Soc. IS, 83-113 (1936-37). For Hooke's Cutlerian lectures see Michael Hunter,

'Science, technology and patronage: Robert Hooke and the Cutlerian Lectureship', in



166 F. Henderson

Establishing the new science (The Boydell Press, Woodbridge, 1989), pp. 279-338. Records of

Hooke's scientific work during this period, drawn from the Journals of the Royal Society and

other sources, are printed in G?nther, op. cit. (note 1), vol. VI (The life and work of Robert Hooke

Parti) (Oxford, 1930) and op. cit. (note 1), vol. VII (The life and work of Robert Hooke Part II) (Oxford, 1930).

14 Robert Knox, An Historical Relation of the Island of Ceylon (London, 1681). For Hooke's

involvement with Pitt's project, see E. G. R. Taylor, "The English Atlas" of Moses Pitt,

1680-83', Geogr. J. 95, 292-299 (1940).

15 He also kept other dated notes of his scientific work, of which Sloane MS 1039, f. 152, is a

surviving example (printed in G?nther, op. cit. (note 1), vol. VII, pp. 577, 591-592, 600-602,

622). The recently discovered Hooke folio (now in the Royal Society archives) suggests that he relied on Royal Society minutes and record books, to which he had easy access, when trying to

establish the record of his scientific achievements.

16 Hooke's diary entry on the day the case was finally awarded to him was printed in Waller, op. cit.

(note 9), p. xxv.

17 For Hooke's wealth at his death, see the inventory of his goods published in Michael Hunter and

Simon Schaff er (eds), Robert Hooke: new studies (The Boydell Press, Woodbridge, 1989), pp. 292-294.

18 He also recorded this information on the title page of at least some of his books. See, for example, his copy of Johann Faulhaber' s Mathematici Tractatus nuper Germanice edita (Frankfurt, 1610),

now British Library 529.g.38, inscribed 'R Hooke. 2d. Oct. 15. 1696. MF.'; and Cressy Dymock

and Adolphus Speed, Cornucopia ([London, 1652]), now Bodleian Library 4? E 3 Jur, inscribed 'MF [ligatured]. Apr. 16. 1692. ld. Ro: Hooke.'. 'MF' is Hooke's contraction for 'Moorfields'.

These markings are discussed in Giles Mandelbrote, 'Workplaces and living spaces: London

book trade inventories of the late seventeenth century', in The London book trade: topographies

of print in the metropolis from the sixteenth century (ed. Robin Myers, Michael Harris, and Giles

Mandelbrote), pp. 21-43 (Oak Knoll Press, New Castle, DE; and the British Library, London,

2003), at p. 32; and William Poole, 'Francis Lodwick, Hans Sloane, and the Bodleian Library',

Library 7, 377-418 (2006), at p. 379. Geoffrey Keynes lists two more volumes inscribed by Hooke in A bibliography of Dr Robert Hooke (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1960), pp. xiv-xv.

19 As William Poole has pointed out, the memoranda book as it stands could hardly have been a

useful catalogue of books in the usual sense, given that titles were scattered throughout the text in

no particular order, and the volume is not indexed.

20 See Appendix A for coffee-houses and taverns mentioned by Hooke. Several are listed in Bryant

Lilly white, London coffee houses (George Allen & Unwin, London, 1963).

21 Waller's quotation of Hooke's entry on 18 July 1696, the day on which the Cutler dispute was

settled, shows that he was using parts of the later journals that we no longer have. William Poole

(op. cit. (note 5) has suggested that the missing section, March 1690 to December 1692, was

probably made up of several discrete fascicules.

22 See note 15 for details.

23 Margaret Wattie raised the issues of inadequate indexing and transcription errors in both the

Robinson and Adams and the G?nther editions as early as 1937 ('Robert Hooke on his literary

contemporaries', Rev. Engl. Stud. 13, 212-216 (1937). Richard Nichols's The diaries of Robert

Hooke, the Leonardo of London, 1635-1703 (The Book Guild Ltd., Lewes, 1994) is an

(occasionally inaccurate) introduction to Hooke's life and work based on material drawn from the

diaries, rather than an edition.

24 Geoffrey Keynes listed Hooke manuscripts in several North American collections in the appendix to his Bibliography (op. cit. (note 18), pp. 75-84), but this list is now somewhat out of date.

25 Richard Waller, The Posthumous Works of R. H. (London, 1705); William Derham,

Philosophical Experiments and Observations of... Dr R. H. (London, 1726).




26 W. R. Powell (ed.), History of the County of Essex, vol. IV (Ongar Hundred) (London, 1956), p. 32.

27 See the Bonhams Sale Catalogue for Tuesday 28 March 2006, Printed books and manuscripts: science and medicine including the Hooke Folio, pp. 20-21.

28 The latter term is perhaps more appropriate because Hooke presumably recorded this as part of

his ongoing appraisal of his own health, rather than as a record of his sexual activity. I am grateful to Rhodri Lewis and William Poole for this suggestion.

29 Hereafter referred to as Bib. Hook. Reprinted in Leona Rostenberg, The library of Robert Hooke

(Modoc Press, Santa Monica, CA, 1989) and H. A. Feisenberger (ed.), Sale catalogues of libraries of eminent persons, vol. 11 (Scientists) (Mansell, London, 1975), pp. 57-116. Of course

the presence of a specific edition in the Bib. Hook, merely shows that Hooke owned it at the end

of his life, and the references in his memoranda may be to different editions that left the library before it went to auction. A valuable record of Hooke's early collection is his autograph library

catalogue (ca. 1675), now Sloane MS 949.

30 The third Anglo-Dutch war had not yet begun (see entry for 28 March, below). Hooke's note is unclear but possibly refers to three Dutch ships sent in by Sir Robert Holmes on 10 March, although they are described as being laden with salt, wine and oranges, and the frigate Montague does not seem to have been involved (Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series, December 1671

to May 17th 1672 (ed. F. H. Blackburne Daniell) (Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1897), pp. 189-190).

31 Lawrence went to the Indies as a writer for the East India Company, sponsored by Sir John

Lawrence and Charles Chamberlain (Ethel Bruce Sainsbury, A calendar of the court minutes of the East India Company 1671-1673 (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1932), p. 103).

32 A gap has been left in the MS. 33 See Thomas Birch, The history of the Royal Society of London (London, 1756-57), vol. 3,

pp. 19-20, and Royal Society archives RBO vol. 4, item 41.

34 See CSPD, op. cit. (note 30), pp. 196-199, and entry for 16 March, below.

35 The Royal Society met at Arundel House, home of Henry Howard, sixth Duke of Norfolk from the time of the London fire in 1666 until 1673. For minutes of this meeting see Birch, op. cit.

(note 33), vol. 3, pp. 19-21.

36 Unidentified. 37 Sic; presumably in error.

38 See CSPD, op. cit. (note 30), pp. 204-205.

39 On 15 March 1672 Charles II published a Declaration of Indulgence, suspending penal laws

against Protestant nonconformists and Catholic recusants.

40 A brace links the entries for the 18th and 19th. 41 i.e. Goddard's.

42 Basilius Besler, Fasciculus Rariorum et Aspectu Dignorum Varii Generis ([Nuremberg], 1616) and Continuado Rariorum et Aspectu Dignorum Varii Generis ([Nuremberg], 1622), listed in

Bib. Hook., op. cit. (note 29), p.4, nos 147 and 148. The Bishop of Chester was John Wilkins FRS.

43 For the bubble experiment, see entries for 14 March and 28 March. It is possible that this

note belongs to Thursday 21 March, the day of the Royal Society's meeting (see Birch, op. cit.

(note 33), vol. 3, p. 21). 44 Possibly John Eliot, The Indian grammar begun (Cambridge, MA, 1666), listed in Bib. Hook.,

op. cit. (note 29), p. 15, no. 310; or Roger Williams, A key into the language of America (London,

1643), listed in Bib. Hook., op. cit. (note 29), p. 25, no. 184.

45 Sir Mathew Hale.

46 Gujacum/Guiacum: a genus of trees and shrubs native to the West Indies and America,

used medicinally. 47 Possibly an error for John Twysden, Medicina Veterum Vindicata (London, 1666); listed in Bib.

Hook., op. cit. (note 29), p. 49, no. 232.



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48 A payment for surveying work carried out for the City of London (see Cooper, op. cit. (note 13)).

49 Katherine Jones, Viscountess Ranelagh, was Robert Boyle's sister and a supporter of scientific

pursuits. In 1676 she commissioned Hooke to extend her house.

50 Probably the bookseller Godfrey Richards (see Henry R. Plomer, A Dictionary of the printers and

booksellers who were at work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1668 to 1725 (Oxford

University Press, 1922), p. 252).

51 The third Anglo-Dutch war.

52 See Birch, op. cit. (note 33), vol. 3, p. 29, and Royal Society Archives RBO/4/42; also entries for

14 and 20 March. 53 Mineral water from Barnet in north London.

54 Richard Lower, De Catarrhis [London, 1672]. See Richard Lower, De Catarrhis 1672

(ed. Richard Hunter and Ida Macalpine) (London: Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1963). 55 'ana': of either of them. Lady Coghill was Sir Christopher Wren's mother-in-law, wife of Sir

Thomas Coghill of Bletchingdon, Oxfordshire. 56 The 'Dr' was Wren.

57 Nehemiah Grew, The Anatomy of Vegetables Begun (London, 1672).

58 The Fleet Ditch. 59 See Birch, op. cit. (note 33), vol. 3, p. 41.

60 Perhaps 'Alderman Bret' (i.e. John Brett, d. 1686), mentioned 2 February 1673/4 (Diary, op. cit.

(note 1), p. 84). 61 John, son of Sir Thomas Bludworth, Lord Mayor of London. He was contracted to marry Grace

Hooke but the arrangement was broken off in 1675.

62 Easter sermons were preached at the Spital (i.e. St Mary Spital) cross, attended by the Lord

Mayor, Aldermen, and Christ's Hospital schoolboys. 63 A meeting of the Council of the Royal Society (see Birch, op. cit. (note 33), vol. 3, pp. 41^42).

64 See also the entry for 15 April. 65 The Spanish Ambassador to England 1672-74 was Don Pedro de Jouar y Velasco, Marquis

del Fresno.

66 Probably Paul's Chain, a street running south out of St Paul's Churchyard. 67 Thomas Garraway, proprietor of Garraway's Coffee House in Exchange Alley. 68 Possibly Wood Street Compter, a Sheriff's Prison burnt in 1666 and later rebuilt

69 See Birch, op. cit. (note 33), vol. 3, pp. 43-47.


71 The Mayor of London in 1672 was Sir Robert Hanson.


73 John Wilkins, Bishop of Chester; Ole Worm, Danish physician and antiquary. 74 William Howell, An Institution of General History (London, 1661); listed in Bib. Hook., op. cit.

(note 29), p. 38, no. 12.

75 The astronomical symbol for the moon also denotes silver, perhaps Hooke's intended meaning in

this context.

76 See Birch, op. cit. (note 33), vol. 3, p. 49.

77 John Wildges, carpenter. See his will, National Archives PROB 11/339. 78 Probably John Jeffreys. 79 Some text lost in page trimming, but 'w' of 'well' is partly visible.

80 Probably meaning the halo mentioned in the following paragraph, though Hooke has used the

standard sun symbol. 81 Probably Thomas Axe of Orchard, Somerset, friend of John Aubrey. 82 See Birch, op. cit. (note 33), vol. 3, pp. 49-50.

83 John Collins.




84 Probably John Cade, bookseller at the Royal Exchange (see Henry R. Plomer, A dictionary of the

printers and booksellers who were at work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667

(Blades, East & Blades, London, 1907), p. 41). 85 See Birch, op. cit. (note 33), vol. 3, pp. 50-51.

86 Philippus Baldaeus, Naauwkeurige beschryvinge van Malabar en Choromandel (Amsterdam,

1672); listed in Bib. Hook., op. cit. (note 29), p. 54, no. 22.

87 The battle of Sole Bay; 'alebury' is presumably Aldeburgh, Suffolk. 88 Possibly either Cornelius Kettenes, Exercitatio Medica Inauguralis de Aphthis (Lugduni

Batavorum, 1668), or Vincentius Ketelaer, Commentarius Medicus de Aphthis Nostratibus, sive

Belgarum Sprouw (Medioburgi, 1669). 89 See Birch, op. cit. (note 33), vol. 3, p. 51.

90 Possibly one of Hooke's architectural projects? Newell is unidentified. 91 The latter refers to Newton's letter, not Swammerdam's book, which was /. Swammerdami ...

Miraculum Natur sive Uteri Muliebris Fabrica (Lugduni Batavorum, 1672). See Birch, op. cit.

(note 33), vol. 3, pp. 51-52.

92 Architectural prints by the French artist Israel Silvestre (Anthony Geraghty, 'Robert Hooke's Collection of Architectural Books and Prints', Architect. Hist. 47, 113-125 (2004), at p. 116).

93 till ed.; tile MS. 94 'Lucida draconis': the brightest star in the northern constellation Draco.

95 Jacob and Peter van der Graeff attacked Johan de Witt in The Hague on the evening of 21 June

(11 June O.S.). News of this and the water shortage at Amsterdam were reported in the London

Gazette for this week (no. 687).

96 State papers do not contain any mention of these events (Calendar of State Papers, Domestic

Series, May 18th to September 30th, 1672 (ed. F. H. Blackburne Daniell) (Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1899)).

97 See Birch, op. cit. (note 33), vol. 3, pp. 52-55. The minutes mention only Hevelius's description of the comet, not the comparison with Cassini (p. 55).

98 A lecture at Gresham College, unidentified.

99 Probably a duplicate of the previous day's entry about a 'lecture of Intelligence', mistakenly entered here and then deleted.

100 Text lost at edge of page.

101 Probably the 'new kind of speaking trumpet' demonstrated by Hooke at the Royal Society meeting that day (see Birch, op. cit. (note 33), vol. 3, p. 55).

102 Royal Society Archives EL/C1/55; Robert Boyle, An Essay about the Origine and Virtues

of Gems (London, 1672); letter from John Templer to Dr Walter Needham. See Birch, op. cit.

(note 33), vol. 3, p. 55.

103 Fri 28 and Sat 29 are linked with a brace in the MS. 104 William III was declared stadtholder of the states of Holland on 3 July (23 June O.S.) and

accepted the office on 9 July (29 June O.S.).

105 Possibly Pierre Gautruche, The Poetical Histories (ed. Marius D'Assigny) (London, 1672); listed in Bib. Hook., op. cit. (note 29), p. 45. no. 33.


107 Diascord: 'a medicine made of the dried leaves of Teucrium scordium, and many other herbs'

(Oxford English Dictionary). 108 John Josselyn, New Englands Rarities Discovered (London, 1672).

109 Sir William Turner features regularly in Hooke's memoranda in connection with Hooke's work

on the new Bedlam Hospital, most of which occurred between April 1674 and late 1676 (see Batten, op. cit. (note 13), pp. 91-92), and his work for the Merchant Taylors' Company (ibid.,

pp. 90-91). This fountain, however, may have been connected with Turner's project for a school

and alms-houses at Kirkleatham in Yorkshire. His account book lists an amount of ?1 5s. 'giuen



170 F. Henderson

Mr Hookes man for drawing the plot of the schoole house and Almes houses' on 30 July 1673

(Guildhall Library MS 5105, f. 62v). On the same day Hooke noted 'Finisht the draught and

carryd it to Sir W. Turner ... he gave Harry [Hunt] 20sh. I tooke 5sh' (Diary, op. cit. (note 1), p. 53).

110 Tues 9 to Thur 11 are linked with a triple brace in the MS. 111 See Birch, op. cit. (note 33), vol. 3, pp. 56-57.

112 During the summer recess, meetings were to continue at Gresham College on Friday afternoons

(Birch, op. cit. (note 33), vol. 3, p. 57). See the entries for the following day, Friday 12 July, and

Friday 19 July. 113 Christophorus Scheiner, Oculus: hoc est, Fundamentum Opticum (Innsbruck, 1619; anr.

ed. London, 1652).

114 Seen?te 112. 115 Unidentified. 116 Emended by Hooke from another illegible word. 117 Probably the rarities in the Royal Society's repository, curated by Hooke and kept in his rooms at

Gresham College. 118 Two unidentified symbols. 119 'Lubienowitz' is probably Stanislas Lubieniecki (1623-75), or 'Lubienitz', whose Theatrum

Cometicum (Amsterdam, 1668) Hooke returned to Henshaw on 18 May. The letter was

presumably a request to borrow the book.

120 Betty Lawrence, a former servant of Hooke's (see Diary, op. cit. (note 1), pp. 393, 435).

121 This meeting of the Royal Society Council is not recorded in Birch's History. The presidency had

already been turned down officially by Boyle, and unofficially by Thomas Henshaw (see Diary, op. cit. (note 1), p. 460, 23 December 1680).

122 Hooke designed a country house at Ragley in Warwickshire for Edward Conway.

123 Probably RS archives EL/L5/107, a copy of a letter from Leibniz to Haak dated 6 January 1681, read to the Society on 12 January 1681.

124 Probably Knox's cousin, James Bonnell. See D. W. Ferguson, Captain Robert Knox ...

Contributions towards a Biography (privately printed, Colombo and Croydon, 1896-97).

125 Hooke mentioned this at a Royal Society meeting on 23 February (Birch, op. cit. (note 33), vol. 4,

pp. 70-71.

126 Andrew Paschall corresponded with Hooke, Francis Lodwick and John Aubrey. This letter is

probably the one read at the Royal Society meeting on 12 January (see Birch, op. cit. (note 33),

vol. 4, p. 63).

127 Child's coffee house (see Lilly white, op. cit. (note 20), p. 156).


129 The porters at the Royal Exchange. 130 Dr. Robert Wood was mathematics master at Christ's Hospital, where Hooke was a governor.

Hooke had supported his election in December 1680 (see Diary, op. cit. (note 1), p. 459).


132 Possibly the Gaak or Gauk who worked for Hooke early in May 1681. 133 The Royal Society minutes record that on 19 January Hooke 'shewed his instrument for making

experiments in order to find out the attractive power of the load-stone at several distances, and to

reduce that power to a certain theory' (Birch, op. cit. (note 33), vol. 4, p. 66).

134 Thomas Strong, master mason. The church of St Benet, Paul's Wharf, was begun by Strong in

1677 and completed after his death by his brother Edward. See Douglas Knoop and G. P. Jones,

The London mason in the seventeenth century (Manchester University Press, 1935), pp. 43-44.

135 Probably John Adams of the Inner Temple, who was introduced to the Society on 26 January to

get their advice about his plan to make a survey of England (Birch, op. cit. (note 33), vol. 4, p. 66).

136 Hooke rented a stable to Mrs Willoughby and her son (see Diary, op. cit. (note 1), p. 444).




137 Probably the gift of 11 books and Malpighi's portrait, intended for the Royal Society, which Hooke presented at the meeting on 26 January (Birch, op. cit. (note 33), vol. 4, p. 67). 'Mr. Write'

is possibly the bookseller John Wright (Plomer, op. cit. (note 50), p. 321). 138 Sir Leoline Jenkins (1623-85)? Or possibly in error for 'S[ir] J[ohn] L[awrence]'. 139 See Birch, op. cit. (note 33), vol. 4, pp. 66-67.

140 Probably an issue of Philosophical Collections (nos 1 to 7, 1679-82, were edited by Hooke); or

possibly Hooke's own Lectiones Cutlerianae (1679). 141 Possibly copies of Denis Papin's newly published A New Digester or Engine for Softning Bones

(London, 1681). 142 The plates for Sir Jonas Moore senior's A New Geography, with Maps to Each Country, and

Tables of Longitude and Latitude (London, 1681), printed for Robert Scott. See also the entry for 14 February 1681.

143 Several references to Lord Russell together with payments from him suggest that Hooke may have been engaged in some architectural work on his behalf, but I have not discovered any other

evidence of this. The reference may be to William Russell (1639-83), or his father William Russell

(1616-1700), 1st Duke of Bedford (see Oxford Dictionary of National Biography for both). 144 Henry Faithorne, bookseller and publisher to the Royal Society (Plomer, op. cit. (note 50),

pp. 114-115); Le Journal des S?avans, published at Amsterdam. Bib. Hook., op. cit. (note 29), p. 34, no. 115 is 'Le Journal des Scavans de l'Ann. 1665. jusque a l'Ann. 1694. inclusive, in 22 Vol.'.

145 Francesco Nazari, editor of // Giornale de Letterati, 1668-80. A letter of his was read at the

Society meeting on 9 February (Birch, op. cit. (note 33), vol. 4, p. 69; RS archives EL/N1/71). 146 Probably Royal Society membership lists, printed each year under the title A List of the Royal Society. 147 Probably Sir Jonas Moore's A New Geography (see note 142). 148 Wendel Dietterlin, Architectura (Nuremburg, 1598), listed in Bib. Hook., op. cit. (note 29), p. 7,

no. 290. Giacomo Barozzio da Vignola, Regola delli cinque Ordini d'Architettura (Amsterdam,

1648), listed in Bib. Hook., p. 7, no. 287. Kaspar Schott, Organum Mathematicum (Herbipoli,

1668), listed in Bib. Hook., p. 16, no. 360.

149 Peter Paul Reubens, Palazzi di Genova (Antwerp, 1622), listed in Bib. Hook., op. cit. (note 29),

p. 7, no. 296.

150 Cabala, Mysteries of State (London, 1654) and Scrinia Sacra, Secrets of Empire (London, 1654), listed in Bib. Hook., op. cit. (note 29), p. 42, nos 50 and 51.

151 Johann Rudolf Glauber, A Description of New Philosophical Furnaces (London, 1651), listed in Bib. Hook., op. cit. (note 29), p. 43, no. 93.

152 Unidentified.

153 John Collins, The Mariners Plain Scale New Plain 'd (London, 1659), listed in Bib. Hook., op. cit.

(note 29), p. 44, no. 140.

154 Thomas Winston, Anatomy Lectures at Gresham Colledge (London, 1659), listed in Bib. Hook.,

op. cit. (note 29), p. 50, no. 261.

155 Probably Walter Rumsey, Organon Salutis (London, 1657),notlistedin_?/Z?.//oo/:.,op. cit. (note 29). 156 Claude Fran?ois Milliet de Chales, Cursus seu Mundus Mathematicus 3 vols (Lugduni, 1674),

listed in Bib. Hook., op. cit. (note 29), p. 5, no. 171.

157 Meaning unknown.

158 See Birch, op. cit. (note 33), vol. 4, pp. 70-71. Hooke's proposal is not mentioned in the minutes

for this meeting. 159 See also Diary, op. cit. (note 1), p. 460, 29 December 1680: 'With Mr. Allam about his house'.

160 John Wallis, Mechanica (London, 1670-71), listed in Bib. Hook., op. cit. (note 29), p. 16, no. 369,

and another copy at p. 19, no. 527.

161 Johann Heinrich Voigt' s Cometa Matutinus et Vespertinus (Hamburg, [1681]), sent to the Society by Sir Peter Wyche (Birch, op. cit. (note 33), vol. 4, pp. 72, 74).


163 Thomas Streete, publisher of ephemerides.



172 F. Henderson

164 Possibly 'my chamb[ers] suggested]', i.e. as a meeting place for the club of Hooke's Royal

Society friends?see entry for Wednesday 9 March.

165 Probably Two Remarkable Paradoxes (London, 1681), not listed in Bib. Hook., op. cit. (note 29). 166 Sir John Hoskins was second baronet of Harewood and Morehampton Park from 1680 (Oxford

Dictionary of National Biography). 167 At the Royal Society meeting on 16 March, Hooke presented two of Robert Wood's almanacs in

gilt frames (Birch, op. cit. (note 33), vol. 4, p. 73). 168 Possibly William Hedges, later knighted, a member of the East India Company (see Oxford

Dictionary of National Biography entry). For North, see the entry of 11 April 1681, below.


170 Probably Edmund Wingate (1596-1656). Three works by Wingate are listed in the Bib. Hook., op. cit. (note 29): Arithm?tique Made Easie (London, 1650) (p. 50, no. 287); An Exact

Abridgement of all Statutes in Force and Use (London, 1659) (p. 47, no. 94); The Construction

and Use of the Logarithmeticall Tables (London, 1648) (p. 53, no. 90). 171 Desiderius Erasmus, Mori Encomium. Edition unknown: listed in Bib. Hook., op. cit. (note 29),

p. 9, no. 67 as an edition with the commentary of Gerardus Listrius, in quarto, missing its title

page. 172 Adamus Bruxius, Simonides Redivivus: sive Ars Memori et Oblivionis (Lipsiae, 1610); listed in

Bib. Hook., op. cit. (note 29), p. 10, no. 108.

173 Pietro Mengoli, Geometri Specios Elementa (Bononiae, 1659), listed in Bib. Hook., op. cit.

(note 29), p. 16, no. 391.


175 Represented in MS as 'sh/2'.


177 Unidentified. 178 'Mr Blenner Hasset' (Diary, op. cit. (note 1), p. 440). A cloth merchant.

179 Nicolaus Mercator. See Birch, op. cit. (note 33), vol. 4, p. 86.

180 Possibly Edward Lascelles, Knox's brother-in-law.


182 Stanislaw Lubieniecki, Theatrum Cometicum (Amstelodami, 1668), listed in Bib. Hook., op. cit.

(note 29), p. 6, no. 212.



185 Sabin is unidentified; but see also Diary, op. cit. (note 1), p. 453 ('Sabin about silk winding'). 186 A 'Georgicall Committee' of the Royal Society met in 1664 and 1665 and was revived in 1681.

See Hunter, Establishing the new science, op. cit. (note 13), pp. 73-101, 105-114; Birch, op. cit.

(note 33), vol. 4, p. 65.

187 Daniel Colwall and Hooke were both governors of Christ's Hospital. 188 See Birch, op. cit. (note 33), vol. 4, pp. 88-90.

189 See RS archives EL/H3/40; Birch, op. cit. (note 33), vol. 4, p. 89.

190 Franciscus Aguilonius, Opticorum Libri Sex, Philosophis iuxta ac Mathematicis Utiles (Antwerp,

1613); listed in Bib. Hook., op. cit. (note 29), p. 7, no. 271.

191 Christophorus Clavius (1538-1612). At least eight works by Clavius are listed in the Bib. Hook., op. cit. (note 29).

192 Partially obscured by an inkblot.

193 Possibly Bibliotheca Biss ana (London, 1679) or Catalogus Librorum ... Doctoris Benjaminis

Worsley (London, 1678), both issued by the bookseller John Dunmore.

194 Unclear?either 'receipt' in reference to the previous statement, or 'received' in reference to the

following. 195 Pierre de Ferm?t, Varia Opera Mathematica (Tolosae, 1679); listed in Bib. Hook., op. cit.

(note 29), p. 6, no. 256.



Robert Hooke 's unpublished memoranda 173

196 Philippe de la Hire. Three works are listed in the Bib. Hook., op. cit. (note 29): Nouvelle M?thode en G?om?trie (Paris, 1673) (p. 16, no. 395, imprint Paris, 1670); Nouveaux Elemens des Sections

Coniques (Paris, 1679); and La Gnomonique, ou l'art de Tracer des Cadrans (Paris, 1682) (p. 37,

nos. 253 and 254). 197 Hooke' s preface to Captain Robert Knox' s An Historical Relation of the Island of Ceylon is dated

1 August 1681. 198 See Birch, op. cit. (note 33), vol. 4, pp. 95-97.

199 The georgical or agricultural committee of the Royal Society (see note 186), in which John

Houghton was involved.

200 Members of a committee appointed by the Royal Society Council on 27 July to meet with Lord

Cheney at the Swan tavern, Chelsea, about enclosing some ground at Chelsea College (Birch, op.

cit. (note 33), vol. 4, p. 95).

201 Possibly Sapientia Sinica (Siam, 1662), which was circulating among Royal Society Fellows in the 1680s, as Matt Jenkinson has shown in his article 'Nathanael Vincent and Confucius's "Great

Learning" in Restoration England', Notes Rec. R. Soc. 60, 35?47 (2006). However, it is possible Hooke was reading a MS translation: the merchant James Boevey included 'The Life of Cum-fu-zu'

in a list of his writings sent to John Aubrey dated 1677 (Bodliean Library MS Aubrey 7, f.l3v). 202 Philipp Cl?ver, Philippi Cluverii Introductionis in Vniversam Geographiam (Lug. Bat., 1624);

listed in Bib. Hook., op. cit. (note 29), p. 13, no. 262.

203 i.e. Scowen.

204 i.e. Swinock's.

205 William Perry FRS. Probably refers to his election as Gresham College Professor of Music

(1681-96). 206 Robert Knox, An Historical Relation of the Island of Ceylon (London, 1681). 207 Andrew Yarranton, A Full Discovery of the First Presbyterian Sham-plot (London, 1681).

'Claytons vindication' is probably The Lord Mayor of London's Vindication ([London, 1682]).

208 See the entry for Tuesday 18 January 1681. 209 Peter Perkins FRS (d. 1680) had been the previous mathematics master at Christ's Hospital. 210 Charles Chamberlain; Samuel Baron, author of A Description of the Kingdom of Tonqueen, in

T. Wotton et al, A Collection of Voyages and Travels (1732), vol. 6.

211 See the entries for Monday 25 July and Saturday 13 August. 212 Unidentified. 213 Johann Jacob Zimmermann (1644-93), astronomer and mathematician. 'R' either stands for

'read' or 'received', but the title to which Hooke was referring is unclear.

214 Robert Wittie, Ouranoskopia. Or, A survey of the heavens ...To which is added the Gout-raptures

(London, 1681).

215 Erhard Weigel (1625-99), astronomer and mathematician.

216 Probably Ottvell Meverell, merchant of Moscow.

217 Presumably a new apprentice lodger. See the entries for 1 and 21 October.

218 Sir Stephen Fox bought the Chelsea College site from the Royal Society in order to found Chelsea

Hospital; for this meeting see Birch, op. cit. (note 33) vol. 4, p. 97.

219 Probably the December 1681 issue of Hooke's Philosophical Collections. 220 None of this was noted in the official minutes (Birch, op. cit. (note 33) vol. 4, p. 99). William Penn

was proposed as a fellow by John Houghton at the next meeting on 2 November (ibid.) and

elected on 9 November.

221 i.e. Hooke's Philosophical Collections (see note 219).

222 Edward Cooper auctioned the library of the physician Nathan Paget from 24 October. See Bibliotheca Medica Viri Clarissimi Nathanis Paget, M.D. ([London], [1681]).

223 Meaning uncertain.



174 F. Henderson

224 Edward Millington auctioned the libraries of Ralph Button, Thankful Owen and William Howell

at John Dunmore's house in Ivy Lane from 7 November. See Catalogus Librorum Bibliothecis

Selectissimis Doctissimorum Virorum ([London], 1681).

225 Probably Thomas Franklin, who leased land at Chelsea College from the Royal Society. 226 Unidentified. 227 See Birch, op. cit. (note 33), vol. 4, pp. 103-104.

228 Ibid., p. 105.

229 Anthony Ashley Cooper, first Earl of Shaftesbury, was tried before a grand jury on 24 November 1681. A verdict of ignoramus was returned.


231 Jacques de Billy, Diophantus Ge?metra (Paris, 1660); listed in Bib. Hook., op. cit. (note 29),

p. 17, no. 401.

232 John Dury, A Case of Conscience whether it be Lawful to admit Jews into a Christian Common

Wealth? Resolved by MrJ.D. Written to Samuel Hartlib (London, 1656) (not listed in Bib. Hook, op. cit. (note 29)). I thank Rhodri Lewis for this suggestion.

233 Possibly Abraham Jaggard (see Cooper, op. cit. (note 13), part 1, p. 170, and Diary, op. cit.

(note 1), p. 60).


235 Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, De Motu Animalium (Rome, 1680); listed in Bib. Hook., op. cit.

(note 29), p. 54, no. 10.

236 Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede tot Draakestein, Hortus Indicus Malabaricus (Amsterdam,

1678-1703); listed in Bib. Hook., op. cit. (note 29), p. 53, no. 3.

237 Hooke's Philosophical Collections. See notes 219 and 221.

238 Thomas Sprat, The History of the Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge (London, 1667), p. 246.

239 Hooke, Lodwick and other Fellows continued to discuss universal languages and revise John

Wilkins's proposals in the 1680s. See Rhodri Lewis, Language, mind and nature: artificial

languages in England, Bacon to Locke (Cambridge University Press, 2007), especially chapter 6.


241 Unidentified.


243 Part of Hooke's lectures on light. See Waller, op. cit. (note 9), pp. 134ff.

244 Probably the auction by Richard Chiswell of Richard Smith's library, which began on 15 May. A surviving annotated auction catalogue lists Hooke among the purchasers. See T. A. Birrell,

'Books and buyers in seventeenth-century English auction sales', in Under the hammer: book

auctions since the seventeenth century (ed. R. Myers, M. Harris and G. Mandelbrote), pp. 51-64

(Oak Knoll Press, New Castle, DE, 2001). 245 Brought from Ceylon by Robert Knox. See Birch, op. cit. (note 33), vol. 4, p. 64.

246 Edmond Halley married Mary Tooke at St James's, Duke's Place, on 20 April 1682.

247 Perhaps referring to the meeting of the Royal Society held the following day (see Birch, op. cit.

(note 33), vol. 4, pp. 148-149). 248 Collins and Tufnell were involved in the building of the parish church at Willen,

Buckinghamshire, financed by Busby and designed by Hooke. A gap has been left in the MS for a third name.

249 Edward Paget FRS, mathematics master at Christ's Hospital. See also the entry for Wednesday 17

May, above.

250 Thomas Hill of Canterbury. 251 Bibliotheca Hookiana, op. cit. (note 29), lists three editions of Olaus Magnus's Historia de

Gentibus Septentrionalibus: a folio edition published in Basel, 1567 (p. 2, no. 58), a duodecimo

edition published in Antwerp (p. 32, no. 21, date not given), and an English folio translation,

published in London, 1658 (p. 38, no. 15).




252 Probably Luciani ... Opera ... e Graeco Sermone in Latinum (Lugduni, 1549), listed in Bib.

Hook., op. cit. (note 29), p. 2, no. 66.

253 John Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum (London, 1640) and Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris

(London, 1629;repr. 1635; anr. ed. 1656), listedinBib.Hook.,op. cit. (note29),p. 40,nos. 88 and89.

254 Hooke had shown an instrument for drawing Archimedean spirals at the Royal Society meeting on 18 January 1681/2 (Birch, op. cit. (note 33), vol. 4, p. 120).

255 Probably George Wheeler, A Journey into Greece (London, 1682); listed in Bib. Hook., op. cit.

(note 29), p. 39, no. 39.

256 Symbol of unknown meaning. 257 Reading Abbey? The 'Drunken Justices' are unidentified.

258 Hooke designed Ramsbury Manor in Wiltshire for Sir William Jones. 259 For Hooke's observations of this comet see Royal Society Cl. P. vol. 24, ff. 301-303.

260 Gilbert Clerke, Oughtredus Explicatus (London, 1682); listed in Bib. Hook., op. cit. (note 29),

p. 56, no. 26.

261 Jakob Bernoulli, Conamen Novi Systematis Cometarum (Amsterdam, 1682); listed in Bib. Hook.,

op. cit. (note 29), p. 56, no. 27.

262 Probably Claude Fran?ois Milliet de Chales, Traitt? du Mouvement Local (Lyon, 1682), listed in Bib. Hook., op. cit. (note 29), p. 35, no. 136.

263 Charles Ballett was Hooke's lawyer (see Hunter, Establishing the new science, op. cit. (note 13),

p. 309).

264 Possibly Martin Lister's translation of Johannes Goedaert's Metamorphosis Naturalis

(Middelburgh, [1662?]), published as Johannes Godartius Of Insects (York, 1682), listed in Bib. Hook., op. cit. (note 29), p. 43, no. 89.

265 Probably Brown's coffee house.

266 Edmund Bolter was Sir John Cutler's nephew (see Hunter, Establishing the new science, op. cit.

(note 13), pp. 308, 310. 267 Lodwick had translated Jan Swammerdam' s Ephemeri Vita from Dutch into English (London, 1681). 268 Edward Tison and Frederick Slare. See Birch, op. cit. (note 33), vol. 4, pp. 187-188.

269 Ralph Cudworth FRS (1617-88). The Bib. Hook., op. cit. (note 29), (p. 40, no. 122) lists a copy of Cudworth's The True Intellectual System of the Universe (London, 1678).

270 Hooke had discussed 'the Alexandrian Bible of Tecla' with Wren and Gale in September 1678, and suggested printing it with woodcuts (Diary, op. cit. (note 1), p. 375).

271 Dr John Pell FRS; he lived for some years at Brereton Hall, Cheshire, the home of his former student William, 3rd Baron Brereton, FRS (1632-80).

272 Sir Christopher Wren designed a new tower to house Christ Church College's bell, Great Tom,

in 1682. Dr Henry Aldrich was a canon of Christ Church, and a founder member of the

Oxford Philosophical Society which first met in October 1683 (see Oxford Dictionary of National Biography).

273 Samuel Griffith, East India Company factor; Robert Knox's Historical Relation of Ceylon. 274 Papin, op. cit. (note 141). 275 Edward Millington auctioned the libraries of William Whateley and Simon Rutland at Bridges

Coffeehouse from 23 April 1683. See Bibliotheca Whateliana ([London], 1683).



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