John Evelyn's Diary August 1697
Wotton, Surrey
John Evelyn's Diary October 1697
John Evelyn's Diary December 1697
Whitehall Palace
St Paul's Cathedral
Temple Church, London
Lambeth Palace
John Evelyn's Diary 1697 is in John Evelyn's Diary 1690s.
17th January 1697. The severe frost and weather relented, but again froze with snow. Conspiracies continue against King William. Sir John Fenwick [aged 52] was beheaded.
7th February 1697. Severe frost continued with snow. Soldiers in the armies and garrison towns frozen to death on their posts.
7th February 1697. Copy of original manuscript lost.
17th August 1697. I came to Wotton, Surrey [Map] after three months' absence.
1st September 1697. Very bright weather, but with sharp east wind. My son [aged 42] came from London in his melancholy indisposition.
12th September 1697. Mr. Duncombe, the rector, came and preached after an absence of two years, though only living seven or eight miles off [at Ashted]. Welcome tidings of the Peace.
3rd October 1697. So great were the storms all this week, that near a thousand people were lost going into the Texel.
16th November 1697. The King's [aged 47] entry very pompous; but is nothing approaching that of King Charles II
2nd December 1697. Thanksgiving Day for the Peace, the King [aged 47] and a great Court at Whitehall [Map]. The Bishop of Salisbury [aged 54] preached, or rather made a florid panegyric, on 2 Chron. ix. 7, 8. The evening concluded with fireworks and illuminations of great expense.
5th December 1697. Was the first Sunday that St. Paul's [Map] had had service performed in it since it was burned in 1666.
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke
Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.
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6th December 1697. I went to Kensington with the Sheriff, Knights, and chief gentlemen of Surrey, to present their address to the King [aged 47]. The Duke of Norfolk [aged 42] promised to introduce it, but came so late, that it was presented before be came. This insignificant ceremony was brought in Cromwell's time, and has ever since continued with offers of life and fortune to whoever happened to have the power. I dined at Sir Richard Onslow's [aged 43], who treated almost all the gentlemen of Surrey. When we had half dined, the Duke of Norfolk came in to make his excuse.
12th December 1697. At the Temple Church, London [Map]; it was very long before the service began, staying for the Comptroller of the Inner Temple, where was to be kept a riotous and reveling Christmas, according to custom.
23rd December 1697. I returned to Wotton, Surrey [Map].
25th December 1697. A great Christmas kept at Wotton, open house, much company. I presented my book of Medals, etc., to divers noblemen, before I exposed it to sale.