[Elizabeth, daughter of John Savage, second Earl Rivers, and first wife to William, fourth Lord Petre, who was, in 1678, impeached by the Commons of high treason, and died under confinement in the Tower, January 5th, 1683, s. p.—­B.]

for a debt.  I did give him advice, and will assist him.  He staid all the morning, but would not dine with me.  So to my office and did business.  At noon home to dinner, and being set with my wife in the kitchen my father comes and sat down there and dined with us.  After dinner gives me an account of what he had done in his business of his house and goods, which is almost finished, and he the next week expects to be going down to Brampton again, which I am glad of because I fear the children of my Lord that are there for fear of any discontent.  He being gone I to my office, and there very busy setting papers in order till late at night, only in the afternoon my wife sent for me home, to see her new laced gowne, that is her gown that is new laced; and indeed it becomes her very nobly, and is well made.  I am much pleased with it.  At night to supper, prayers, and to bed.

4th.  Up, and walked to my Lord Sandwich’s; and there spoke with him about W. Joyce, who told me he would do what was fit in so tender a point.  I can yet discern a coldness in him to admit me to any discourse with him.  Thence to Westminster, to the Painted Chamber, and there met the two Joyces.  Will in a very melancholy taking.  After a little discourse I to the Lords’ House before they sat; and stood within it a good while, while the Duke of York came to me and spoke to me a good while about the new ship’ at Woolwich.  Afterwards I spoke with my Lord Barkeley and my Lord Peterborough about it.  And so staid without a good while, and saw my Lady Peters, an impudent jade, soliciting all the Lords on her behalf.  And at last W. Joyce was called in; and by the consequences, and what my Lord Peterborough told me, I find that he did speak all he said to his disadvantage, and so was committed to the Black Rod:  which is very hard, he doing what he did by the advice of my Lord Peters’ own steward.  But the Sergeant of the Black Rod did direct one of his messengers to take him in custody, and so he was peaceably conducted to the Swan with two Necks, in Tuttle Street, to a handsome dining-room; and there was most civilly used, my uncle Fenner, and his brother Anthony, and some other friends being with him.  But who would have thought that the fellow that I should have sworn could have spoken before all the world should in this be so daunted, as not to know what he said, and now to cry like a child.  I protest, it is very strange to observe.  I left them providing for his stay there to-night and getting a petition against tomorrow, and so away to Westminster Hall, and meeting Mr. Coventry, he took me to his chamber, with Sir William Hickeman, a member of their House, and a very civill gentleman.