my boy, to me; the wench continuing lame, so that my wife could not be longer without somebody to help her.  In the afternoon with Sir Edward Walker, at his lodgings by St. Giles Church, for my Lord’s pedigree, and carried it to Sir R. Fanshawe.  To Mr. Crew’s, and there took money and paid Mrs. Anne, Mrs. Jemima’s maid, off quite, and so she went away and another came to her.  To White Hall with Mr. Moore, where I met with a letter from Mr. Turner, offering me L150 to be joined with me in my patent, and to advise me how to improve the advantage of my place, and to keep off Barlow.  To my Lord’s till late at night, and so home.

Diaryof Samuel Pepys. 
July
1660

July 1st.  This morning came home my fine Camlett cloak,

[Camlet was a mixed stuff of wool and silk.  It was very expensive,
and later Pepys gave L24 for a suit. (See June 1st, 1664.)]

with gold buttons, and a silk suit, which cost me much money, and I pray God to make me able to pay for it.  I went to the cook’s and got a good joint of meat, and my wife and I dined at home alone.  In the afternoon to the Abbey, where a good sermon by a stranger, but no Common Prayer yet.  After sermon called in at Mrs. Crisp’s, where I saw Mynheer Roder, that is to marry Sam Hartlib’s sister, a great fortune for her to light on, she being worth nothing in the world.  Here I also saw Mrs. Greenlife, who is come again to live in Axe Yard with her new husband Mr. Adams.  Then to my Lord’s, where I staid a while.  So to see for Mr. Creed to speak about getting a copy of Barlow’s patent.  To my Lord’s, where late at night comes Mr. Morland, whom I left prating with my Lord, and so home.

2nd.  Infinite of business that my heart and head and all were full.  Met with purser Washington, with whom and a lady, a friend of his, I dined at the Bell Tavern in King Street, but the rogue had no more manners than to invite me and to let me pay my club.  All the afternoon with my Lord, going up and down the town; at seven at night he went home, and there the principal Officers of the Navy,

[A list of the Officers of the Admiralty, May 31st, 1660.  From a Ms. in the Pepysian Library in Pepys’s own handwriting.  His Royal Highness James, Duke of York, Lord High Admiral.  Sir George Carteret, Treasurer.  Sir Robert Slingsby, (soon after) Comptroller.  Sir William Batten, Surveyor.  Samuel Pepys, Esq., Clerk of the Acts.

John, Lord Berkeley (of Stratton,)|
Sir William Penn,                 | Commissioners. 
Peter Pett, Esq.--B,]             |

among the rest myself was reckoned one.  We had order to meet to-morrow, to draw up such an order of the Council as would put us into action before our patents were passed.  At which my heart was glad.  At night supped with my Lord, he and I together, in the great dining-room alone by ourselves, the first time I ever did it in London.  Home to bed, my maid pretty well again.