The
Ranums'
Panat Times
Volume 1, redone Dec. 2014
A preliminary index to private life
as found in the Pepys
Diary
References to materials used in my little article
Inventing Private Space will be found here.
They are copied from a little black-and-red Chinese notebook I kept
while working my way through the volumes. (The paper is now quite
yellow.)
Pepys and his wife really cooperate to decorate the house. She has
bought the bedroom furniture (for the room described as "her" chamber),
and he sets up shelves in his study. He bought 2 pictures (probably
engravings), and he doesn't like them, so he sent them back (one was of
Paris).
All this together goes as far as dress. They pick out cloth
together. He authorizes her to wear patches. She couldn't do so before
!!
He fears having trouble with a neighbor over a "lead door." There is
much much more.
The couple creates their private world. He is very
concerned also about his sister's (she is a servant) being well
respected by their powerful friends. She has a desire for a kind of
public role too.
The following are references to pages in Vol. I (1660)
33 He "eases himself" at the Harp and Bell.
27 His sister steals
little things and their father is very upset about it.
33 puts in
nails for hats.
29 description of family gathering
41 music
criticism
41 maid would not kill chickens
43 friends - female
-sex
84 tells his father he's going to sea, before he tells his wife
87 friends (from school not seen in 16 years)
105 debate over
extemporary prayer. P. contra
121 Maypoles
125 style of a common
friend
126 "Vive le Roy" in French
158 king's dog shits in the
boat, which prompts P. to philosophize
167 superb text on
Montagu-Pepys relations
196 did not go see a bride put to bed
199 P. not allowed to visit spouse's parents
201 "watches" Mrs.
Butter during sermon
233 a wench sleeps in his bedroom
238 P.
bought a wedding ring
255 first drinks tea
257 wife buys
furniture for "her" chamber (yet they sleep together all the time)
258 Montagu has done a lot for Charles, but has no cash. He got money on
boat, but it was distributed to everyone.
260 wants to exchange a
long cloak for a short one at his father's, the long ones are "out"
260 a friend not seen in a long time
261 Montague: adage about
marrying someone after getting her pregnant
265 Harrison's execution
265 sets up shelves in his study
266 his wife goes to Montagu's
too, now that Lady M. is in London
267 his wife snored
269
describes his dining room
270 they bought already-roasted meat
because there were workers in the house
273 wife and P. have an
argument; they become friends again (says they always are)
273 a
gift for a favor called a "friendship"
274 (& 302) father is pleased
with elegance of the son's house. P. is pleased to have his approval
278 neighbors close off the "lead door". P. doesn't want an argument
with them but is much disturbed.
280 some recall that P. had been a
round-head
305 thieves try to rob neighbors
283 he lets his wife
wear a black patch; had refused to allow it earlier
284 quarrels
with his wife
289 social orders and seating in church, servants are
too close. A relative loves P's wife so much that if she has a child
he'll not marry and will give all his money to that child.
290 buys
a tablecloth and 12 napkins (never bought such things before)
291
sister can come to live as a servant. P. fears this, knowing her
character.
291 wife makes tarts and pies to try out her new oven
296 buys pictures that his wife doesn't like; he returns them
298
plays music in his dining room, the neighbors listen
307 P. hits
servant girl with a broom
311 Montagu asks P.'s advice about adding
servants
312 a "little room" is being fixed up for him
317 P.
also has a parlour, now being painted
319 this day "my parlour is
gilded"
320 wants workmen to finish by Christmas
321 pew covered
with rosemary and bay leaves
321 buys candlesticks (doesn't consult
his wife
323 gets sick, calls the maid; he and his wife pleased by
her running about in her "smock"
324 invites guests home and by
chance has a roast of beef
324 his lordship "is private" with cards;
P. is not received. His lordship is playing with "men of honor."
The following are references to pages in Vol. II (1661)
2 breakfast menus
4 his sister moves in ; he will not let her sit
down at table at first.
5 New Year's gifts
9 hadn't visited an
uncle for so long that he is ashamed to go; but he went and they were
"still good friends"
10 a Frenchman kisses his wife
11 fanatics
cry: "King Jesus and their heads upon the gates."
11 wants his wife
to be "neuter" and that she has 2 maids
13 Mr. Davis's study -- good
books...
13 the houses at naval yards: very neat
14 "It being
10:00 o'clock striking as I write": worries that his wife is not home
17 the monkey was loose. P. struck it
17 drinking and memory
loss
19 mousetraps bought
20 "my wife and I bought some glasses"
22 on way home, pays little debts for wine and pictures, etc, "which
is my great pleasure"
22 Osborne: wrote Advice to a Son
23
acquires 2 cages of canaries
24 servants eat a pudding without his
wife's leave (a servant and a sister)
24 on exhumation of Cromwell
et al (see also p. 27)
35 buys a hat, 35 s.
35 has a paper press
set up
28 bought a belt and had his sword "new-furbished"
31 his
mother had been a wash-maid to Lady Vere
31 Cromwell's head on a
pole
35 they talk about going to France!
53 he's pleased by his
wife's cleaned teeth
55 happy he is losing his neighbors
59 new
steps out of parlour
60 discusses with a child how they can earn
their living "honestly"
60 gives castoff clothes to his brother!
61 building a new stairway, had to go up and down by a ladder
61 he
dances for the first time
61 made Sir Batten's "black" dance, and he
did so with "seeming skill"
61 he borrows money for Sandwich from a
cousin
64 his parents quarrel over a servant
64 Sandwich comes
home with a guest, no meat left, all eaten by servants
65 drink
brings out acrimony about who had served among navy clerks had served
rebels
68 he is growing accustomed to receiving reverence
72
asks women whether they would sell him children
74 Charles II heals
78 Lady Sandwich upbraids servants, P. says she would not have done
it in public were she of noble birth
88 he consults with his wife
about what to buy for the house
89 Pepys is asked by his father to
patch up things with his mother, over a slut
98 Pepys attends his
wife medically
115 gives his wife 4 pounds for lace, etc.
120
has a faced white coat made from one of his wife's petticoats
125
wrangles over coast of the stairs
127 he wants to buy land where his
uncle lives
127 had their bed put in the room they called the
"nursery"
129 keeps a cloth on his belly, so he won't catch cold
130 buys a chest of drawers and an Indian gown; he doesn't consult his
wife. They almost have a falling-out period while the steps are being
built?
133 his uncle has died, starts to smell
140 they are
robbed of a silver tankard
142 vows not to drink wine for a week,
but can't keep promise
142 king-- companion Hyde
142 uses word
"friends" for all of Lord Sandwich's clients
143 Lady Sandwich and
daughter come to see Pepyses' house
143 his wife gives him his
"linen," he will keep it henceforth
144 heart to heart talk with
brother Tom, who seems not at all independent yet
147 when the
Pepyses enter church, the country people rise
150 promise to be a
friend to the family and widow of a friend, if friend dies
151 the
wife hires a maid who is ugly
153 Sandwich children come to Pepys
because one of them is sick
153 the "difference" he had with his
wife had produced some papers that had been kept at his father's
158
troubled by losing company of children
159 marriage negotiation for
his brother
161 learns Lady Batten and daughter think that Mrs. P.
should "buckle" to them, P. not disturbed
161-2 sister is chased out
162 he pays his maid, gives her 2 s 6 p extra!
164 his wife asks
P. to do something for her brother
169 rain spoils his ceilings
174 "Poor Richard" morality and God
176 his wife buys a chest and
articles from an uncle
176 a cat-burying dog
177 had sworn he
would not go to a play without his wife
179 buys coals for his house
185 mother "churched" 1 month after giving birth
186 afraid to
read prayers because the servants might see that he had been drinking
192 "I met with complaints at home that my wife left no victuals for
them all this day"
199 he feels out of place because of his poor
cloths, recalls what Osborne says about clothes -- a gentleman's
199
a servant has worked out a trick so that he can keep his hat on in the
house. Cf. p. 201
202 an aunt and uncle show him pictures and what
is in their cabinet
204 an increase of a man's fortune forces him to
keep more servants, brings trouble
210 Lady Sandwich presses P. to
spend more on his wife's clothes --- he buys lace
213 they are
sleeping with servants in the green chamber; one doesn't want to sleep
there, because P. sleeps there!
216 Mr. Hunt is with his wife in her
chamber, alone: fire is the reason
217 he reads Hobbes
221 his
wife fires a maid
227 four sittings for his portraits
228 thinks
of buying a scallop for his wife
230 wife prevents him from taking
physic, because there has been frost
233 Mrs. P. has her portrait
painted
235 Mrs. P. dresses up for a christening; he works to
control his clothes; he has a terrible temper
238 another argument
over a servant
239 P. is cross because a servant his ordered his own
cakes and ale
240-1 on her portrait, with a dog in it
The following are references to pages in Vol. III (1662)
1 Has a Jan. 1 nightmare
1 looks for prints for his house,
pictures and maps
2 "up to my chamber": looks over papers
3
afraid he has spent a lot of money, yet won't add it up because he wants
to pay for his and his wife's pictures
3 buys pewter sconces for
"stairs and entry"
3 uses French for his wife's menstruation
4
"reserve" helps avoid "contempt"
4 has his lute painted into his
portrait.
4 uses the word "friends" about another man who is seeking
a "friendly" relationship with his wife
5 upbraids servant for
drinking
8 refers to Dean Fuller as a "good friend," but he has
scarcely mentioned him before
8 disturbed by his wife's "rate" at a
servant, whom he calls a "slut"
10 buys vellum covers in which to
keep his pictures
10 Holliard; paid 6 pounds for 2 pictures and 36 s
for 2 frames. Portraits? Gave 3 s, I think, to church on New Year's!
13 see the curious note here about a proposal by a childless male to
have a child by P.'s mother?
17 yes, the 2 pictures referred to, p.
10, are portraits: takes the portraits to Lady Sandwich, who gives her
opinion of them. She does not like the one of Mrs. P.
17 walks with
his gardener; wants the garden to be "handsome" this year
18 gives
up drinking wine!
19 Mrs. P. and he go to have the portrait [by
Savill] fixed
19 he sees a girl home
20 has a new door into the
back yard; is now working on the cellar
25 joiners are setting up
the chimney piece in the dining room; they made a frame for a picture
that is far too heavy
25 in the cellar, moved coal from old
coal-hole to new one, cost 8 s. Takes pleasure in having a clean cellar
[Note: he says this gives him as much pleasure, presumably, as a
prestige change]
26 Mrs. P. clearly has allocations of money: 20
pounds til Easer; composes airs on the Sabbath
26 interested in coat
of arms; he fears his family "were never considerable"
27 planning
alterations in the garden
28 the master joiner in King's Works, et
al, go over another house "to view what may be the contrivance and
alterations there to the best advantage"
29 "friendship" with Batten
has diminished
29 Mrs. P. did her best to avoid having a "paynter"
for a Valentine [painters are working in the dining room]
31
abandoning wine may make him ill
34 dining room now graced with
pictures
35 another portrait of him (cf. P. 37, a miniature)
35
chides a male servant for not going to church with female servants
38 the violent whipping of a boy
39 counts up his money and says
that furnishings are "done for a great while"
40 he virtually sets
up a plan with his wife to get 2,000 pounds, to be a knight, and "keep
my coach"; she is pleased to learn of plans: he will be more frugal
40 oaths to God about expenses! Buys a box to put money in when he
breaks his vows
41 tears up papers in his closet, in the office not
at home
42 a new camelot riding coat
43 a preacher exhorts no
sex during Lent
43 he is troubled by "scurvy" stories about persons
of honor
46 discussion of the danger of ship mines
47 they
change bedrooms because a servant is ill
49 arrives at Sandwich's
late, so he dines below with the servants
50 the boy servant is also
sick now
50 a livery for his boy: black and gold
51 insists that
the peruques that his wife wears must be of her own hair
53 a meal
53 Jane is hired back at 3 pounds a year
54 his wife talks about
her family business, with great confidence in "me"
54 P. does not
take communion regularly
54 sensitive about how dishes are served at
table
55 on Sandwich's indebtedness; it is politic to be indebted
59 the roof is raised to add rooms: paid by the Navy; [in note:]
gains wainscoting in his dining room
66 beats the servant boy
66
Okey executed; was given a Christian burial since he was not a defender
of regicide
68 tries to convince his wife to go to Brampton: he
wants to go to Portsmouth
69 his wife had wanted to go with him to
Portsmouth
71 graves are covered with sage
72 meets someone who
proposes him for the future royal society
75 notes that he washes
himself because of the heat
76 is intimidated by some ladies, then
goes through one of their houses
76 takes his miniature home
77
his livery boy carries a sword
77 his wife makes some clothes
77
his wife buys a gown for him
78 he has a seat out on the leads
78 an anti-female slur
80 he buys what seems to be a portrait of
Elizabeth to hang in his house; makes a bid on another picture
82
they go to visit Hampton Court with Lady Sandwich
82 his brother is
still a taylor
84 he buys a used velvet coat from his brother
85
his wife complains about his late return; she's dressed in new clothes
when he returns
87 an allusion to the Saint-Michel family. Nothing
is known about what he does
91 shaves himself
91 finds a prayer
about childbed: "delivered her from the hereditary curse of
childbearing"--- a strange expression
91 eats peas for the first
time this year, May 25
93 Sandwich's and king's moneys are mixed
together
94 alterations are also being made to the house and garden
at Brampton
94 makes music alone in his chamber at night
95 an
outing to the old Spring Garden includes the servants; there are 2 such
excursions in May
96-7 a note indicates that he preserved several
engraved portraits of the Queen
97 refers again to alterations at
Brampton; says he will have to pay for them. We do not know whether he
provided the plans
99 Mrs. Clarke in a déshabille
101 has part
of Charles II's dowry in his cellar; has the maid light a candle to
frighten away thieves
102 views rafter frames for their house in the
ship yard
103 introduces his father to Lady Sandwich, who suggests
that her children go to Brampton. P. thinks not
105 vexed by a
servant who flung his coat over his shoulder "like a ruffian"
106
thinks of buying the Eikon Basilike and giving it to Sandwich
107
reads Cicero
108 uses term "friend" for someone who clearly is
important
108 trumpets were used to drown out Sir H. Vane's speech
109 Vane's body given to his friends; concern about whether they
would be "civil" to his body
110 reports of Mrs. P.'s brother's
marriage negotiations; P. is reluctant to intervene
113 "merry
discourse in the kitchen with my wife and maids"
115 "up at 4
a-clock and settled some private business of my own"
116 terrible
whipping of the boy, who will not confess
117 they avoid neighbors
in the garden until ready to leave
117 Vane died like a martyr so he
must have gone to heaven
119 visits another house "neat and well
furnished"
121 Lord Sandwich receives P. in his dressing gown
125 there are many references to supervision of what his wife wears to
church
126 he is very tempted to seduce a cleaning girl in his
office, but instead he bores a hole in a partition!
126 comment on
friendship: "no trust lasting friendship in this world"
126 Lady
Sandwich visits the Pepyses; he leads her by the hand through the
garden, her page carrying her train [no comment about how she found
things]
131 his father had a basse violl
132 "settled my
accounts with my wife for house keeping : 30 s a week
136 refers to
his servants as "my people"
138 took tiles off the roof and then it
rained and spoiled the ceilings
141 it's raining in the house. A
silk flag is found in the office; he wants to take it but his wife does
not
145 again, evidence of friendship linked, fundamentally, to
political relations and, of course, when he has a spat with his wife, he
says they are "friends" again after they make up
146 Lord Sandwich
will have rooms in Whitehall
148 Mrs. P. has gone to the country
with her maid, so now Will sleeps at the foot of P.'s bed and the wench
sleeps in Will's bed
152 talks about having a "bout" with female
servants
154 a navy man keeps models of ships in his "closet"
160 on French "humour"
165 his wife's "closet" is being redone
173 there is a shower at 3 a.m. and the cat jumps on the bed
174
thinks of "begging a parrot" for his wife
175 a scaffold collapses
and Lady Castlemain runs down to see if anyone is hurt
177 Lord
Sandwich has a "friendship": again the word indicates politics
184
Mrs. P. complains about her servant
189 good stories about an
intransigeant English diplomat in Moscow (à la Créqui)
191 he gets
all sexed up with one of Lady Sandwich's servants, but he doesn't go all
the way: "I spent in my breeches"
191 troubled by seeing the Queen
before he can do so with his wife
193 flap with neighbor over house
changes
204 by now there is a newer and grander entry to his house
206 his wife has had "falling out" with his parents
210 Sandwich
involved in changes in house plan in the country
211 in all the roof
changes there had been the possibility that the neighbor would gain what
is called "the chamber": now it is the bedroom par excellence (cf. Also
p. 216)
212 he sleeps at Sandwich's, in the chamber "over my lord's"
213 argument over Sarah: Mrs. P. wants to get rid of her
221
about singing milkmaids
225 has an upstairs dining room and a dining
room
227 sends his wife to help his brother entertain his
prospective mother-in-law
228 his brother promises a much higher
jointure than P. wants, and said to that parties that P. had approved
232 P. thinks that Sandwich "receives me now more and more kindly,
now he sees that I am respected in the world --- and is my most noble
patron"
233 the girls finds fault over Tom's "imperfection in his
speech"
234 dish of tripes covered with mustard: specifically
ordered and instructed by Pepys: from Lord Crewes
239 doesn't stay
at a play because his wife is not with him; put this together with the
remark about seeing the Queen, accidentally, without her.
247 he
pares his corns
249 a maid mocks a neighbor: tension
250 the
flap over the chamber begins: an appeal to the duke; he consults wit his
wife, who comes up with the idea of offering to change lodgings
256
discusses hiring a servant: fears she was brought up with "too great
liberty for my family"; this causes a real stir in the ménage
261
his wife spends 12 pounds for furnishings for her woman
262 the
hangings from the dining room have gone to his study; he was not
consulted, but he is pleased; puts up curtains in his wife's chamber
263 friends: without parents or relatives
265 P. finds it "poor
discourse" when a courtier refers to the cod-pieces of some of the "men
in armer" at the Tower
266 worried about litigation in Brampton and
that it will force him to take in his father and mother
267 Mrs.
P.'s woman will have her own chamber
268 the English laugh at the
Russians: they laugh at everything "strange"
271 he seems to have an
office at home too, that is different from his study. Private acts are
at the Navy Office
273 sees skating for the first time
273 Sarah
is to be let go because Mrs. P. can't abide her; Jane will be promoted
to chambermaid
275 Sarah is paid off; she cries and P. almost does
too
285 meets Sarah, who says that Mrs. P. is lending quite a bit to
her brother: wishes she had money, then she'd make a good wife for his
brother
286 his wife complains of her lonely life
295 Jane has
said some saucy things; P. warns her
295 uncomfortable because all
are "citizens," no gentlemen
298 is distressed because his wife does
not have a winter gown (moire); she has taffeta
302 they decide to
make themselves a bit "strange" to the family that has hired Sarah
The following are references to pages in Vol. IV (1663)
1 he makes New Year's resolutions! Jan 1 1662/3, sleeps with his wife
at his Lord's lodgings...
1 gives Lady Sandwich's housekeeper money
when they leave, partly for food
9 a terribly complicated account of
a painful encounter with his wife --- read ahead --- culminates in more
clothes for her, cf. p. 13
11 complicated battles over garden doors
13 fine details on their giving a party, excellent details about the
house, crucial; has a new table, 10-12-8
15 he's lock out, send boy
in through window
18 a wine cellar with old wine [use of French is
always for intimate and sexual things; he refers to his wife's chose,
whereas he says "thing" for another woman, p. 20; ill ... de ses mois."
22 he takes seriously Audley's Ways to be Rich
25 the Montagu
boys are touring Europe, are in France
26 uses term closet
27
"study to bring him back to the same degree of kindness"
27 his
brother, who has earned a B.A., has painful "stone"
28 he sees
Sandwich as corrupted by "time" into games
28 a bundle is snatched
from Mrs. P.
29 fast for the king's murder; and they fasted even
more because they forgot to take victuals into the house
29 argument
with Mrs. P. over spelling in a letter
30 a very complicated remark
about Jane, the servant
32 tears over Jane's departure, and yet it
is not clear why she left: too familiar with Mrs.P?
39 his wife
doesn't sleep with him while he is sick
40 he receives a gift of a
silver cup with his arms, from someone who will receive a navy contract
42 doesn't want valentines because of the cost
43 has a terrible
dream after a hard day's family negotiation (Family business is more
emotional strain for him than that of the Navy.
43 hangs picture of
a boat
46 a Sandwich quarrel
47 friendship
49 Mrs. P. won't
have his sister back
59 he thinks of buying a Holbein
60 P.
touches a cadaver
65 washing "fouls" the house; says he will have
friends at dinner: Mrs. Turner and her daughter, Mrs. Morrice, Roger
Pepys
67 competition by diligence in the office
71 little
disputes with neighbors
79 Mrs. P. hires a servant without husband
80 complains about his brother "playing the fool" with his maid
84 company has to stay the night, so P. and a male sleep in servant's
bed and servant sleeps with his wife
84 "Lay pretty long, this is,
till past 6 o'clock"
86 cook-maid receives 4 lbs per year
86
uncles, friendship and money
87 his father is not coming to accounts
with him
92 the Penns take a former maid of P.'s, and this produces
a "strangeness"with Mrs. P.
93 lying and casuistry, lying about
corruption
100 Mary allegedly tries to "corrupt" the cook-maid
105 after about Jan. 1663, P. refers to music as something to be almost
suppress; to do business better
106 Ashwell's "carriage" is very
fine; his wife is "jealous"
107 P. won't let Ashwell go with Mrs P.
to see her own companions dancing
109 resolves to "beat" his boy for
taking a half hour ...
113 servants get fired
119 he remarks
that he will not inform his father of how much an annuity would bring
him; he is not at all fair here. Indeed, he is sinister and manipulative
of his father and brother in the extreme
121 during a quarrel they
call each other names, "beggar," "prick louse"
121 compliments Penn
on his new "low" dining room
122 his wife accuses him of preferring
to talk downstairs with Ashwell to upstairs with her.
131 attacked
by a dog, but forgets to use his sword
133 he is cross with his wife
for having a dancing master come too often
140 is jealous of dancing
master! They are surprised above. Wants to know if she has drawing
master but does not dare ask! He's ashamed of his jealousy and says he
deserves to be beaten.
150 discusses fears of losing command over
wife
155 he wants his wife to go to the country, will buy her a new
suit for it and keep "my power over her undisturbed"
156 another
jealous range, servant sent off, only dancing master and Mrs. P. were in
(p. 158: he checks whether the beds are roughed up)
162 P. buys
Counsell and Advise to all Builders .. 1663 by Gerbier, B.
165 still
disturbed about the dancing master's presence in church
165 is
offended by not being invited to a christening (Batten's grandchild)
166 vexed when Will neglects to brush his coat, P. strikes him
171
his cellar has been unlocked, and half his claret has been drunk by
servants. No one admits it.
172 still jealous, and watches to see if
his wife puts on drawers, which she did (cf also p. 179)
173 he
refuses to see his father-in-law
175 approves of how the Duke of
Buckingham has had himself carved here and there in the rebuilding of
York House
183 a general summary of the effects Ashwell and dancing
have had on his wife. He talks constantly to her about saving money, a
form of control
185 discussion about whether or not spirits can
animate dead bodies
186 his wife has gone into the country, he goes
up and plays the viol in her closet
191 Sir J. Mennes, with whom P.
is in competition, in a sense, in the Navy Office, buys pictures: "...
rare pieces, he calls them, of great maisters of paynting"
192 re
Creed: he loves his company, but not the man, "because he is too wise to
be made a friend of and acts all by interest and policy -- but is a man
fit to learn of"
193 wants to beat his clerk because he hasn't done
his Latin
190s his cousin Roger Pepys is hostile to Charles II and
inveighs against spending and corruption
199 Lady Sandwich
"recommends" that Mrs. P. have a new petticoat of silk stripped stuff.
NB: then Mrs. P. wants one
204 he feels guilty about "feeling up" a
woman, recalling that his wife is not there
205 he stresses absence
of fondness between himself and his wife as a result of his jealousy; he
doesn't use the word "friendship"
206 he repeats that "true
friendship" cannot be achieved with Creed
210 idea that begging has
increased since the Restoration
216 P. regrets he is not being very
effective in speaking before the duke. Friendship
217 P. on military
society. Excellent
218 talks of absence of kindness between a bride
and groom
219 eats cherries off a tree where the king had been
gathering them earlier
230 before sleeping, "fancying myself to
sport with Mrs. Steward with great pleasure"
233 next night:
"sporting in my fancy with the Queen"
233 uses the word "kindness"
to describe how he thinks about a carpenter's wife
244 encounters
singers in the country, and this pleases him greatly
252 hats
removed when the Duke of York went down Pall Mall
252 Jane implores
P. to take back the boy, but he will not
256 a good paragraph on
problem of corruption and strict accounting
262 Mrs. P. and Ashwell
box each other on the ears. He wants to "get his wife's head down again"
to humble her.
273 has to buy an extra bedstead because his brother
is there
276 the women had even quarreled at Hinchingbrooke, chez
Lady Sandwich
279 a maid wears what belongs to another, and is fired
279 tells Ashwell to leave; would have done the same had she been
his sister
280 house squabbles prevent him from "working well in his
business"
280 more new floors
282 mouldings in his closet
282 P. can't decide whether or not to discuss Sandwich's danger as a
result of the woman he keeps in Chelsea
282 some rooms have locks on
the doors
286 Sandwich owes P. 700 pounds
286 he puts himself to
bed (no servant in attendance)
289 a candid discussion between them.
Mrs. P. accuses him of deliberately leaving the house dirty, etc, to
limit her pleasures of going out, etc. He doesn't admit to it, to be
true to her, but does in his Diary.
289 had a closet of books
291 he buys his and her stockings at the same time
291 they also buy
meat, since they have no maid to do it
293 he gets the bill for the
carved work paid by the Crown
294 now his brother John complains
about how Mrs. P. behaves toward him. Uses the word friend
298 won't
go to a fair without his wife
299 chintz: a painted Indian callico
will be used to line Mrs. P.'s study
301 goes through Fleet Alley to
see the sluts
301 buys [fire]dogs, tongs and shovels for his wife's
closet and the rest of the house
302 he buys globes for his wife
308 the Montagues are doing over Hinchingbrooke
313 Sandwich asks
P.'s opinion about a wall on his estate
314 they are terribly
pleased to get home after being at Brampton
316 he is busy fitting
out his wife's closet and getting a new velvet coat for her
317 he
almost fucks Mrs. Lane, but he goes home and feels guilty when he sees
his wife still working
320 they shift around the rooms. Will comes
down and they go up. He hangs paper pictures and a map of Paris in this
red chamber, their bedroom
323 now only the mains lie up by them.
Will is below. Then he buys a bell to put by their chamber door to call
the maids (cf. p. 325!)
324 his wife puts up the "hangings" in her
closet
326 P. is upset by the fact that his main servants served
catered food to guests in the caterer's dishes
334 happy to sleep in
the red changer, and "having our dressing room and maids close by us"
335 visits a synagogue
337 stresses what his wife wears as they
go to church
339 P. on death
341 a fine French dinner
343
claims to have talked it over with his wife about more clothes for him
343 teaching his wife arithmetic
345 buys a large kitchen knife
and 6 oyster knives!
346 has wine bottles made with his crest on
them, presumably in the glass
347 wife complains of having nothing
to do at home, becoming swollen in her chose again; and they wonder if
it is his "matter" that causes it
348 they ring the bell to start
the washing
350 looking to buy maps in a Dutch shop
354 his
"bands" are so badly ironed that he crumples them and infuriates Jane
357 takes his wife to the wig-maker to show her the wig he has
ordered; he also buys a "pair of boddice" for her
357 asks Creed for
advice about clothes; he lists what he has bought, 55 pounds on himself
and 12 pounds on his wife
360 the decision to wear a wig is made by
courtiers, all at once
361 another flap over Jane. Did she lie? cf
also p. 363
382 observes that this is the first night he had ever
lain in the house when there was not another man there, Will being gone
383 has the maids read the Bible
383 (and p. 385) detailed
medical pages about his wife's gynecological infection
385 writes
Sandwich about the girl in Chelsea
386 has Will hand deliver the
letter (a good example of writing something tense, rather than speaking
it)
388 the letter is here. He uses the word "dependence." he only
puts his initials on the copy
391 very good info on Creed. The
"kickback" is not great enough. Involves a dress for his wife
393 P.
weeps when Sandwich talks to him about his letter. Note how he read his
letter to Moore but then took the full responsibility himself. If
approval follows, his client vis a vis Moore increased
395 eats a
"rare piece of roast beef"
400 description of Sunday dress: black
suit. Is upset that Lady Batten wears a velvet gown before his wife
does!
406 troubled by lack of a boy or man to help him dress
409
"goes to stool" his wife's way: "long and upright"
417 calls it her
"old folly": Mrs. P. fastens lies upon her maids
418 on Cromwell
426 they dine in their parlour, which he says they do rarely
427 he
comments that he doesn't know what to say to his cousins; showed them
the house from top to bottom
428 P.'s attitude toward the lower
classes
432 Mrs. P. asks what she should do if he dies; P. resolves
to write a will
434 he goes ecstatic over pictures and buys a small
one for his wife's closet
436 has a stove brought in, a first for
him; it smokes: he will try another one
438 they have a fine
Christmas dinner, all alone; has a good fire in his chamber and sits up
until 4 am with his accounts
The following are references to pages in Vol. V (1664)
6 P. begins to shave himself
7 W. Penn imitates P.'s fireplace
7 P. admires how old ledgers were kept
8 Mrs. P. wears an Indian
blue gown
9 dinner at home for Sandwich will cost 12 pounds
9 a
woman refuses P. because she had "those"
10 Walsingham's [du
Refuge's] courtier book
10 the Pepyses disagree over a calendar for
entertaining
16 P. wishes that Mrs. P. had lied to his uncle about
being pregnant
17 promiscuity; Pendleton in church, there is
promiscuity that leads to jealousy
31 P. doesn't seem to have
consulted his wife about his will
33 Charles II derides science
35 gold in gloves for his wife
40 people are denied admittance to
someone dying
42 he sums up finances to Mrs. P.
45 her brother
gives her shells
48 Mrs. P. is told of political squabbles
63 on
technology of marble sawing
80 P. goes to visit his brother, despite
talk of pox, because he fears what people will say if he doesn't
84
fall-out with Mrs. P. over the price of lace for a gown
86 P. does
not wish to witness his brother's death
92 Mrs. P. on religion
94 watching dogs "lime" enhances P.'s pleasure with his wife
113 P.
is jealous, pulls Mrs. P's nose
113 his brother has a child
129
P. unwittingly surprises lady Sandwich using a pot in his dining room
130 Mrs. P. worries about the money he has lent to Sandwich, who
could be killed at sea, then what?
134 P. is sad about the declining
number of Pepyses
136 he eats mackerel for the first time this year
139 his wife and gold coins
141 charivari-like behavior
143
has P engraved on spoons
143 changes his closet, comments on how
building puts other things out of his mind
145 an uncle proposes
trying to get Mrs. P. pregnant, in return for inheritance
150 they
don't sleep together because he is sick
151 P. is taken on a tour of
someone's house
152 a cabinet for his wife, secret drawers
157
friends
158 a maid holds her head high, another maid comments upon
it
161 P. visits a much better furnished and decorated house than
his own: trompe l'oeil
172 W. Prynne wears a hat in company and
refuses toasting
175 outing on a June day ends in eating cream and
cherries and playing shuffleboard
176 Mrs. P. scolds him before
Creed, which infuriates him
178 they haven't slept together for 2-3
weeks because of illness
181 P. sleeps in his drawers
183 family
consultation
185 P.'s servants call on the Pepyses' former servants
to find out about them
187 P. tells his cousin about the amount of
money he has lent Sandwich
188 description of the Queen's bedroom
189 P. gets no pleasure in seeing the King's closet, he doesn't say
why. Why?
189 (and 190) P. sleeps with Creed for several nights
196 Mrs. P. spends 25 s for earrings and he had not approved; quarrel;
he forces her to return them, but then intervenes, indicating that it is
power he is preserving, and not a family matter
200 they have not
been sleeping together because of the heat, but do so now because Mrs.
P. goes into the country; but he is not well, so he has "no pleasure
with my wife"
201 he has what amounts to a fit of fear about being
robbed
206 bosom friend; cf. also p. 208
209 Sandwich names a
son James as a compliment to James
209 (and 210) plot about Creed,
either they will be friends or enemies
210 he gets a 300 pound gift
per year, after a victuals contract is given out. [Becomes promiscuous
while Mrs. P. is in the country]
221 P.'s wig has nits in it
222
P. asks whores how to "get" children
224 looks for a woman "for her
[Mrs. P.] to mind"
226 having a master musician there spoils the
"ingenuity of our practice"
229 won't hire a servant that has
contacts with neighbors
230 the wardrobe room (Will had earlier
slept there) now becomes a music room; it gets a new floor and table
235 hangs "fine" pictures in the dining room
237 a letter writer who
knows poetry
239 P. wants to avoid seeing a dog he loves, because it
is in pain and limps
250 Mrs. P. talks of having a French maid, that
is okay --- as long as she is Protestant [politics!]
251 he goes to
joiners to buy a table
253 his brother's child; he has a new boy, in
livery
255 has a case made for his "stone"
258 eats "quite good"
oysters
260 fleas in the Pepyses' bed? could have been
261 his
old clothes go to brother and father
261 lays out 10 pounds for her
clothes
261 slavery to beauty
266 buys a dozen silver salts
266 has a "great cupboard of plate"
268 the Duke plays with this
child like an ordinary private father
270 this incredible
ambivalence about servants
271 buys stooles, andirons and
candlesticks
274 machinates about an uncle's legacies
276
attitude toward money
277 has a cold, because he had dined hatless
[note how he says that sermons are bad or good without saying why]
280 refers to Tanger operations as a "flower in his garden"
281
disappointment about pregnancy
282 has 1000 pounds in his house and
doesn't know what to do with it
283 Mrs. P. has house accounts; he
fears she will forget how to "live cheap"
286 Lady Sandwich plots
Creed's marriage with a niece of hers
287 he strokes Jane under the
chin, kisses Bagwell's wife
294 wedding anniversary
295 beauty:
here his wife remarks that Lady Castlemayne has "decayed"
297
projected marriage between the Cromwells and the Stuarts remembered;
rumor of exchange of royal heads!
299 in order for him to sleep
better, Mrs. P. sleeps with her "woman"
301 on silver and its value;
he really values the silver more than the 'fashion" [workmanship], even
though he admires the latter
301 "caresses" Bagwell's wife while she
presses him to get a job for her husband
302 dressing well costs,
but it pays
302 Creed is out of favor; his talk and "bold carriage"
310 is angry with Mrs. P. because she fails to give a good account
of expenditures
322 his wife is curious about how dead people sleep?
332 T. Hill talks about Italy
344 the Pepyses fight physically!
356 refers to his wife and servants as his family
357 no pot;
pisses in the chimney
358 wipes his books, makes "everything" clean
358 buys spoons and forks and a sugar box
359 kisses his wife at
1:00 in the kitchen, New Year: no idea of doing it at midnight
359
hare's foot
360 keeps some birth and death records from his family
The following are references to pages in Vol. VI (1665)
1 again, only his "family" for New Year's Day; remarks at how special
this is for a person of his condition
1 gives money to Jane, who
then tells where they can meet on Sunday night
2 someone has a noble
French dinner
2 Mrs. P. finds a passage in Sir Philip Sidney about
jealous husbands and leaves it for him to read
2 again, disturbed
sexually by watching dogs copulate
4 Mrs. P. fires a cook maid
8
his canary dies; has had him 3-4 years
14 all his books are to be
bound the same way
20 vows not to chase women for a month
31
vexed at wife "who brings me nothing ... but trouble and discontent"
35 St. Valentine's Day
39 beating servants: he forces Mrs. P. to do
it
40 he hurts his finger while forcing a woman
41 Mrs. P. takes
a bath
44 cleans himself with warm water; his wife wants him to
46 another quarrel over the kitchen accounts; he calls her a "beggar"
46-7 acknowledges that some of his conduct makes him worse: small
differences do not hurt, "but too much of it will make her know her
force too much"
48 Mrs. P. receives money to buy Easter clothes
49 good on sense of rank; he did not go to Reader's dinner: "proud"
51 Besse departs, despite "love," good clothes, wages
51 believes
keeping cool is good for him; pain comes from sitting with his back to a
fire
53 Mrs. P. now is allocated money; she picks out her own
clothing
55 made a new vow that he will not lie in bed a quarter of
an hour after waking!
55 he won't let Mrs. P. wear locks unless made
of her own hair, so it looks natural
67 a summary of his health
73 buys cotton stockings
73 a fast day, for the Dutch war
83 the
king asks him questions
92 succeeds in estimating his own income and
expenses within 10 s.
97 had let his hair grow long, but now has cut
it again; wigs are more convenient
101 on watches and time
115
refers to a girl as a "rose"
125 starts to wear colored silk and is
not used to it. Mrs. P. also discourages him
128 has a new suit with
"close knees" that his wife, he says, finds becoming to him
132 pays
for a dozen silver salts that, I think, he bought a long time ago
134 his mother leans on him to forgive John
145 P. loses a
classmate, equal "fortune"
149 becomes very lonely right away
without his wife and her maids, etc.
151 his wine inventory
157
absence of wife makes them a little more "strange instead of more fond"
157 orders 2 shirts
159 report from a young couple betrothed: P.
gives all sorts of instructions, coercive
162 on burial practices,
plague
166 "he is too great to expect familiarity with"
169 for
fear of a "precedent"
170 P.'s feelings are ambivalent, when he
cannot sit to dine with the king!
175 has a nightgown and cap!
177 a wedding night
178 believes in charms
183 is swept up into
higher social status (and pleasure) by being with the Carterets and the
Sandwiches, after helping arrange the marriage
191 a "customer" of
the king gave P. a diamond ring, which he gives to his wife
200 P.
likes his wife's drawings
200 Mrs. P. and servants try to convince
him to buy a 60 pound pearl necklace for her; he says he'll wait a
couple of years. Also ties the decision to whether or not he likes her
painting
218 he sleeps with a down bed "after the Dutch manner"
235 not sure P. can distinguish between a Holbein and a Rubens
242
"we in our clothes to bed"
242 Mrs. P. painted a Jesus portrait and,
later, one of the Virgin
245 has "looseness" in the night because he
wore damp linens; has to shit in the chimney
246 on begging and
stealing: he has a generous attitude toward those who steal from
necessity
246 trouble with maids: P. thinks it's about his wife and
her painting master
251 a woman has a "soure base smell" about her
252 he consults his wife about the sum to leave his sister
262
sums up 10-year wedding anniversary: good shape in health, estate, and
honor, in that order!
265 uses the term "great friends" about
high-up collaborators
275 discourse private with Sandwich
285 a
nice discussion of merit, favor, and chance
289 a nice category
shift: theology to arithmetic. P. is correct
290 affection for a dog
296 he says "my" house, not "our" house, when alluding to his wife
331 he masturbates by fantasy, says he does not use his hand
335
note on femmes déshabillées
The following are references to pages in Vol. VII (1666)
7 a resolution to hand "our" bedchamber better; redecorating Mrs.
P.'s closet
9 his wife finishes "her" bedchamber (cf. Also p. 10,
and upholsterer, p. 14)
10 he buys a silver chafing dish for warming
plates
14 he calls it "her" house
19 he boxes his boy, hurts
thumb
19 the chamber color is blue
24 Mrs. P. really does the
work of changing the hangings in the bedchamber, old ones go to his
dressing room
27 splits in the court prevent P. from walking with
various people
30 likes to avoid things regarding death
31 Mrs.
P. buys damask and linen for the house; he reports court developments to
her as they affect him
34-5 they now are rich enough to have "a
handsome cupboard of plate"
36 P. declines a dinner invitation for
political reasons
37 hits his thumb while driving a nail
39 is
troubled by his snoring
43 more portraits ordered of P. and Mrs. P.
49 a christening. P goes to kiss the mother in bed
50 P. on
love, even of women seen years earlier, whom he recalls
53 again
remarks that he is pleased to be able to entertain 'these people". In a
sense, his private space is constructed for "public show"
54-5 a
superb account of how friends and parties in politics become one and the
same
56 they sleep in a passage room as guests of Sandwich
57
has taught himself to reflect on his state of happiness. See also p. 70:
life stage
58 on Charles I's body placement
59 the use of "Romantique"
here is most interesting: about Windsor Castle
60 he and his wife
fall out, but he begins to practice more temper and to give her her way
62 he has these women -- saying "did what I would" with them, but to
what extent is the power to do what he wants more important to him than
what he does?
67 a note on oranges
71 he buys a silver salt "for
my ordinary table to use"
71-5 their portraits: hers cost 14 pounds
75 they have colds at the same time, and he can't understand why!
75 note how he recalls seeing beauties years earlier and goes to see
them again; his sense of the erotic and of female beauty is as atemporal
as can be "imagined"
75 he used to call someone his "second wife"
78-9 marriage negotiations for Pall
82 P.'s accounts are out of
control!
85 a change of servants; Jane is back
85 Hales's
portrait of him in an Indian gown
89 takes his wife to Westminster
"to see and be seen"
94 has the pleasure of seeing an archbishop in
a pulpit
95 changes in his boy's room, so they can eat and have
music in it; has rails set up on the leads of his wife's closet.
97
Hales and P. go look at painting at Whitehall; P. learns a lot about
"workmanship"
101 P. calls someone a "citizen woman", which is his
way of saying "bourgeois"
104 his wife gives him more "content" than
others
111 he wants maps for hanging in his boy's room; his old
dressing room now converted into his boy's room and music room
112
P. also has a picture painted of his father
113 good notes on Mrs.
P.'s necklace and how heirs claim to own it. There are four of them!
113 he's driven off the leads by Pen emptying a "shitten pot in their
house of office close by"
115 is upset because Mrs. P. is painting
and neglecting the house
116 when a servant became sick she was sent
out; fear of plague, remorse
117 disputes with Mrs. P: he talks
about his "will" to be done, reason or no
117 they sing and their
neighbors open the windows to hear
119 (to 122) Mrs. P. accuses him
of promiscuity; note use of word "love"
124 he spends an hour with
his wife in her closet
125 Mrs. P. is off 20 s in her household
accounts
126 he does not say whether they hung the portraits in the
house
134 P.'s will
135 Mrs. P. calls him home to see the
"handsomest woman" in England
138 they now have a pet sparrow
139 he takes Mrs. Homewood to his chamber to talk about victualling
164 expression of love for his father
172 Pepys is dressed by a
maid, now in 1666; he fondles her breasts
172 supper is beans and
bacon
174 P. declined to have dinner with some of his mother's poor
relations
175 he wold not want his mother to live with him
176
he could have "cried to himself" about Mercer's departure
188 Luce
falls down the upper stairs
206 buys a Dutch painting, a winter
piece of snow; cost 40 s
208 good note on gardens
214 he orders
book presses; the books have been piled around on chairs
228 Mrs. P.
complains about how P. teaches music to Mercer but not to her
235 he
plans to live in the country when he is turned out of office
241 he
uses the phrase "spare bed" for friends
243 he moves his closet
things to his music room
249 on the pleasure of working
250 Sir
Penn is "holding up his head"
257 having upholsterers do his closet:
it is purple, too melancholy for that room
258 much more on his
closet
261 has a new window put in his old closet
280 Pepys
sleeps with only his drawers on
285 his old closet was on the ground
floor; the best chamber still is
290 an anticlerical of sorts, who
finds more Christianity in the prayers of the poor than in a thousand
curses
291 has 2 little pictures of the sea and ships
291 puts
on a second shirt
291 quarrels between Balty's wife and his mother
292 new stairs from cellar to the yard
298 Eveling sums up a
kind of mood about how various social groups behaved in the fire
298
the Navy Accounts go to Parliament, a committee is set up to review
them!
305 P. has go all the way up to the P. inquiry, really,
without any political trouble; now he has it and loses sleep
312 P.
makes an important speech
315 Charles II decides on a dress that he
will henceforth not alter! To teach the nobility thrift
319 P. likes
tools
324 On Charles I's clothes
326 Rycault's book on the Turk
329 a baptism
336 he moves his money to his closet
351 a
house-warming
353 P.'s print of the Passion
357 on laws about
fire damage
364 touches Mercer's jambe: this is like "Claire's Knee"
368 on bodies of prelates unearthed as a result of the fire
368
had to fix dining room chimney because it smoked
379 Mrs. P. cuts
her dress down "to her breasts almost" and this displeases P.
389 P.
entertains high people and loves it
398 calls discourse of the
clerks "sorry" [one could work out a hierarchy of conversation in P: how
social is it?]
409 he has a picture of Santa Clara
413 has 2 ½
silver plates
420 Christmas dinner: Mrs. P. is up late
423
friendship and inheritance
Volume VIII (1667)
177 Mrs. P. helps a midwife and the birth goes along without mishap
211 dinner in the French manner
250 Mrs. P. is angry because he
won't let her wear the clothes she wishes
261 Bosse is copying his
portrait
332 York talks about wanting a girl in the French manner
333 in an angry mood, he pulls Mrs. P.'s nose; so hot he has only a
"rugg" and sheet for blankets, the first time since he was a boy
448
decides to allow his wife to hire a maid servant [he soon seduces the
girl]
469 descriptions of Audley End and Hinchingbrooke
470
wife-sister relations
472 digs up gold that had been buried in the
garden
475 describes his sister
552 they are afraid they are
going to be broken into: their responses are very interesting
590 he
buys Oceana
Vol. IX (1668-69)
20 sleeps alone, calls into his wife's chamber; fears his father will
move in
25 wants his wife to learn to play the recorder
40 Mrs.
P.'s parents are in Paris
121 buys Montaigne's Essays
261 Bosse
is copying his portrait
268 worries about facing women in arbors,
the "vice of age"
268 has plats made of 4 yards, for 5 pounds
287 they do not buy new hangings for all rooms; keep moving them around,
up and up
307 starts to tocar Jane
332 plan re servants, coach
and horses
293 thinks of buying a Holbein: has seen many in great
houses, wants a 1000-pound picture for 200 pounds
300 servants read
to him, as his eyes are giving him trouble (p. 318 also)
308 regrets
death of a dog
327 hears a eunuch sing
331 alters the places of
his pictures
334 shopping for beds: will probably buy a camelot one
337 coach commissioned for 53 pounds
337 his wife discovers him
petting Deb; this discovery prompts Mrs. P. to confess that she is a
Catholic
338 P. promises "fair usage to her, and love"
339 true
love
344 resolves to let Deb go, but says he "shall love and pity
her"
345 "my wife to eye my eyes whether ... I look at Deb" [he
always seems to become aroused when Deb combs his hair]
353 now Mrs.
P. dresses him
354 says he "loves the girl"
355 worrying about
lying
356 Mrs. P. will not go down to dine; they dine in her
chamber; she lists her temptations (which includes Lord Sandwich)
358 he fires Willett, friend. P. is full of remorse but then speaks of
having her maidenhead
363 will his wife "have her hand over me," and
he be a slave to her?
363 he now remarks that during the Deb crisis
there was heightened sexuality, and thinks his wife has had more
pleasure "from it" than in all their years of marriage
367 brings in
a third party, who become "privy" to all this
369 Mrs. P. strikes P.
and pulls his hair and says she will "slit the girl's nose"
372 new
and brighter livery for his boy
376 worries about where he will park
his coach
380 furnished his wife's closet
391 horses for 50
pounds
406 Mrs. P. feels she does not receive enough money for
clothes
414 Mrs. P. threatens him with heated tongs
421 his wife
accuses him of watching the girls at play
427 he buys Nanteuil
prints;finally bought 47, including Colbert and Louis XIV (see also p.
451)
435 about pictures
439 Mrs P. surveilling P. while they are
sleeping, to find out if he has an erection: "she shuts herself up in
her closet". New quarrel over Jane; problem of dressing; Mrs. P. then
has sheets put on bed in blue room and she will sleep with Jane to
prevent P. from doing anything; they have sex after these squabbles; he
dresses himself the next morning
464 a remarkable dancing party:
note how it relates to his house, how many it can sleep... 15, of whom 8
are strangers of quality. His wife wore her French gown, a sac
481
they have a pox-covered maid
483 Tom will probably marry Jane
502 he immediately has a sexual fixation on the new maid; must sleep
separately? He too is glad Jane is gone, because she remembered the Deb
affair
515 Dutch painters: dewdrops on the pictures
519 Deb
again, love
553 friends = relatives, here, a sister