Diary of Samuel Pepys Timeline

  • Disposing of Money

    Disposing of Money
    This morning Mr. Sheply disposed of the money that the Duke of York did give my Lord%u2019s servants, 22 ducatoons came to my share, whereof he told me to give Jaspar something because my Lord left him out.
  • Ate Cakes

    Ate Cakes
    From Deptford we walked to Redriffe, calling at the half-way house, and there come into a room where there was infinite of new cakes placed that are made against Whitsuntide, and there we were very merry.
  • Lords Day

    Lords Day
    At church in the morning. A stranger made a very good sermon.
  • Finished writing play

    Finished writing play
    Begun again to rise betimes by 4 o%u2019clock, and made an end of %u201CThe Adventures of Five Houres,%u201D and it is a most excellent play.
  • Watched ships

    Watched ships
    I down by water to Woolwich and Deptford to look after the dispatch of the ships, all the way reading Mr. Spencer%u2019s Book of Prodigys.