13th.  It rained hard and I got up early, and got to London by 8 o’clock at my Lord’s lodgings, who told me that I was to be secretary, and Creed to be deputy treasurer to the Fleet, at which I was troubled, but I could not help it.  After that to my father’s to look after things, and so at my shoemaker’s and others.  At night to Whitehall, where I met with Simons and Luellin at drink with them at Roberts at Whitehall.  Then to the Admiralty, where I talked with Mr. Creed till the Brothers, and they were very seemingly willing and glad that I have the place since my Lord would dispose of it otherwise than to them.  Home and to bed.  This day the Parliament voted all that had been done by the former Rump against the House of Lords be void, and to-night that the writs go out without any qualification.  Things seem very doubtful what will be the end of all; for the Parliament seems to be strong for the King, while the soldiers do all talk against.

14th.  To my Lord, where infinity of applications to him and to me.  To my great trouble, my Lord gives me all the papers that was given to him, to put in order and give him an account of them.  Here I got half-a-piece of a person of Mr. Wright’s recommending to my Lord to be Preacher of the Speaker frigate.  I went hence to St. James’s and Mr. Pierce the surgeon with me, to speak with Mr. Clerke, Monk’s secretary, about getting some soldiers removed out of Huntingdon to Oundle, which my Lord told me he did to do a courtesy to the town, that he might have the greater interest in them, in the choice of the next Parliament; not that he intends to be chosen himself, but that he might have Mr. G. Montagu and my Lord Mandeville chose there in spite of the Bernards.  This done (where I saw General Monk and methought he seemed a dull heavy man), he and I to Whitehall, where with Luellin we dined at Marsh’s.  Coming home telling my wife what we had to dinner, she had a mind to some cabbage, and I sent for some and she had it.  Went to the Admiralty, where a strange thing how I am already courted by the people.  This morning among others that came to me I hired a boy of Jenkins of Westminster and Burr to be my clerk.  This night I went to Mr. Creed’s chamber where he gave me the former book of the proceedings in the fleet and the Seal.  Then to Harper’s where old Beard was and I took him by coach to my Lord’s, but he was not at home, but afterwards I found him out at Sir H. Wright’s.  Thence by coach, it raining hard, to Mrs. Jem, where I staid a while, and so home, and late in the night put up my things in a sea-chest that Mr. Sheply lent me, and so to bed.