Read John Aubrey: My Own Life Online
Authors: Ruth Scurr
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I wish I had:
MS Ballard 14, fol. 113.
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I am concerned about:
MS Aubrey 13, fols 211–12.
57
Sir Jonas Moore:
Birch, vol. 3, pp.158–9.
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I went to Garraway’s:
Hooke (1935), p.135;
Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London
, vol. 28, no. 2 (1 April 1974), p.181.
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I went to Joe’s:
Hooke (1935), p.138; Clark, vol. 2, pp.230, 229.
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Mr Wylde has:
Turner; see Powell, Add MS 82701.
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I am in London:
MS Wood 39, fol. 288.
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I have asked Mr Wood:
MS Wood 39, fol. 265.
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Sir John Hoskyns:
MS Aubrey 12, fol. 215.
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Sir Christopher Wren says:
MS Aubrey 15 (MS Top. Gen. C.25, fols 133, 132).
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If I can:
MS Aubrey 13, fol. 265r.
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In his book: Monumenta
, p.72.
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I have sent:
Hobbes (1994), vol. 2, pp.751–3.
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All men cry out:
MS Wood 39, fol. 291.
69
I was sorely mistaken:
MS Aubrey 13, fol. 265v.
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George Ent will give:
MS Aubrey 12, fols 105–6.
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Now that the days:
MS Ballard 14, fol. 115.
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On this day:
Clark, vol. 1, p.45.
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Mr Wylde is thinking:
MS Aubrey 13, fol. 213.
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My friend George Ent:
MS Aubrey 12, fol. 109.
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My lord the Earl:
MS Aubrey 13, fol. 217.
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I have told:
Clark, vol. 1, p.211; MS Aubrey 6, fol. 37.
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I cannot deny:
MS Wood 39, fol. 296.
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Mr Paschall has asked:
MS Aubrey 13, fol. 4.
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Next time:
MS Wood 39, fol. 299.
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I have reassured:
Hobbes (1994), vol. 2, pp.753–6.
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What can be said:
Bennett, vol. 1, p.301; Clark, vol. 2, p.282.
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Mr Hooke has written:
Gunther (1923–45), vol. 7, pp.434–5.
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I have written:
Hooke (1935), p.184.
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In Minty Common: Three Prose Works
, p.324.
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In Stanton Parke: Three Prose Works
, p.325.
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Jane Smyth:
Clark, vol. 2, p.229; Bennett (2014), pp.317–32.
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Mr Paschall:
MS Aubrey 13, fol. 5.
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Mr Meredith Lloyd:
MS Aubrey 5, fol. 4.
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A good way:
MS Tanner 456a, fol. 19r.
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I have deposited:
MS Ballard 14, fol. 127.
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I remember:
Bennett, vol. 1, p.210; Clark, vol. 1, p.71; MS Aubrey 6, fol. 68.
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On the first date:
Hooke (1935), p.197.
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Quaere: does the brain: Three Prose Works
, p.340.
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I think it is strange:
MS Hearne’s Diaries 159, fol. 204; Bennett, introduction.
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I went to Garraway’s:
Hooke (1935), p.198.
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I was at Garraway’s:
Hooke (1935), p.199.
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Mr Hooke, Mr Hill:
Hooke (1935), p.199.
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At Joe’s coffee house:
Hooke (1935), p.200; Hunter (1981), p.45.
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I was with Mr Hooke:
Hooke (1935), p.201.
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Mr Newton read:
Hooke (1935), p.201.
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I went to Garraway’s:
Hooke (1935), p.202; M. Hunter and S. Schaffer (eds), p.174; Bennett, vol. 1, p.99; Clark, vol. 1, p.411.
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I dined:
Hooke (1935), p.202.
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I was at Cardinal’s:
Hooke (1935), p.204.
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Mr Oldenburg:
Classified Paper VII (I) 28; Birch, vol. 3, p.271.
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On the first day:
Hooke (1935), p.207.
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I was with Mr Hooke:
Hooke (1935), p.208.
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Mr Paschall says:
MS Aubrey 13, fol. 6.
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Now I come:
MS Ballard 14, fol. 116.
109
I was at Garraway’s:
Hooke (1935), p.211.
110
I smoked at Garraway’s:
Hooke (1935), p.212.
111
On this day:
Hooke (1935), p.213.
112
There was much rain:
Hooke (1935), p.213.
113
Mr Paschall’s letter:
Birch, vol. 3, p.280.
114
I visited Sir Christopher Wren:
Hooke (1935), pp.214–15.
115
Dr Holder is beholden:
Lodwick, p.32.
116
As I was walking:
Bennett, vol. 1, p.333; Clark, vol. 1, pp.224–33.
117
My friendship:
MS Aubrey 4, fol. 28;
Surrey
, vol. 1, Evelyn’s letter.
118
Dr Plot says:
MS Aubrey 13, fols 137–8, 222–3.
119
I went to Man’s:
Hooke (1935), p.218.
120
My friend Jane Smyth:
Clark, vol. 2, p.229.
121
I told the Royal Society:
Birch, vol. 3, p.316.
122
While I was with:
Hooke (1935), p.235.
123
I observed the eclipse:
Hooke (1935), p.235.
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The Royal Society: Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London
, vol. 28, no. 2 (1 April 1974), p.167.
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Mr Charles Snell has written:
Clark, vol. 1, p.50; MS Aubrey 23, fols 116, 117.
126
Mr Charles Snell has also:
Bennett (2009), p.343.
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My friend Thomas Mariett:
MS Aubrey 1, fol. 30b.
128
If I had wings:
MS Ballard 14, fol. 118.
129
Today, Sir Henry:
Bennett, vol. 1, p.60; Clark, vol. 1, p.53; MS Ballard 14, fol. 119; MS Aubrey 6, fol. 19v.
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My friends:
MS Ballard 14, fol. 119.
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My lord the Earl:
MS Wood 39, fol. 301.
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I am soon to go:
MS Ballard 14, fol. 119.
Part X: The Popish Plot
1
Feeling against:
MS Wood 39, fol. 301.
2
Mr Ogilby:
MS Wood 39, fol. 316. Ogilby died on 4 September 1676: Bradley and Pevsner.
3
Some time ago:
MS Aubrey 12, fol. 264.
4
Mr Thomas Pigott:
MS Aubrey 13, fol. 105.
5
I went to celebrate:
Hooke (1935), p.254.
6
Today I was with:
Hooke (1935), p.255.
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I went home:
Hooke (1935), p.257.
8
I went to Child’s:
Hooke (1935), p.257.
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Mr Hooke and I:
Hooke (1935), p.259.
10
I went to the Crown:
Hooke (1935), p.261.
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My friend the Reverend:
MS Aubrey 13, fol. 14. Note example of Universal Language in MS Aubrey 13, fol. 15.
12
My lord the Earl:
MS Aubrey 13, fol. 226.
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My friend Mr Thomas Pigott:
MS Aubrey 13, fol. 112.
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My friend Mr James Boevey:
Bennett, vol. 1, pp.467–70; Clark, vol. 1, p.115.
15
Jane Smyth, who is somewhat:
Hooke (1935), p.278.
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Jane Smyth has the idea:
Turner.
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Lady Day:
Bennett, vol. 1, p.78; Clark, vol. 1, p.408.
18
Mr Hooke saw:
Hooke (1677), p.1.
19
I went to Mr Hooke’s:
Hooke (1935), p.287.
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Mr Charles Snell:
MS Aubrey 13, fol. 189.
21
I have sold:
Clark, vol. 1, p.45.
22
I am recovered now:
MS Aubrey 13, fols 21, 22, 24.
23
Mr Oldenburg:
Clark, vol. 1, p.362.
24
Mr Hooke came to dine:
Hooke (1935), p.311.
25
My friend Mr Harrington:
Clark, vol. 1, p.294.
26
I coincided:
Hooke (1935), p.313.
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Today I watched:
Hooke (1935), p.317.
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Mr Hooke has my picture:
Hooke (1935), p.318.
29
I will undertake:
Hooke (1935), p.319.
30
Today I was at the Rainbow:
Hooke (1935), p.320.
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St Andrew’s Day:
Hooke (1935), p.331.
32
Some of my letters:
MS Aubrey 9, fol. 9.
33
In Oxford:
Clark (1891–1900), vol. 2, p.398.
34
I dined:
Hooke (1935), p.354.
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I have been misdirecting:
MS Aubrey 12, fols 111–12.
36
My friend Andrew Paschall:
MS Aubrey 13, fol. 29.
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John Ray tells me:
MS Aubrey 13, fols 170, 171.
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I have had:
MS Aubrey 13, fol. 115.
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The great lover:
Bennett, vol. 1, p.510; Clark, vol. 2, p.255.
40
Yesterday on the Exchange:
MS Wood 39, fol. 324.
41
I have heard:
MS Wood 39, fol. 307.
42
Andrew Paschall has had an idea:
MS Aubrey 13, fol. 31.
43
Today I presented:
Birch, vol. 3, p.423.
44
Thomas Pigott tells me:
MS Aubrey 13, fol. 116.
45
Andrew Paschall has sent me:
MS Aubrey 13, fols 32–3.
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Mr Evelyn has been:
MacGregor, p.45; Evelyn’s diary, 23 July 1678.
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I have promised:
MS Wood 39, fol. 311.
48
When I went to see:
Bennett, vol. 1, pp.663–4; Clark, vol. 2, p.72.
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Mr Sheldon’s house:
Clark (1891–1900), vol. 2, p.420.
50
Mr Wood agreed:
Clark (1891–1900), vol. 2, p.420.
51
Mr Pigott tells me:
MS Aubrey 13, vol. 119, 3 November 1678.
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Together with the future: Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London
, vol. 28, no. 2 (1 April 1974), p.167.
53
Today I left:
MS Wood 39, fol. 312.
54
I sent Mr William Howe:
MS Aubrey 12, fols 232–3.
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I join Mr Wood:
Clark (1891–1900), vol. 2, p.435.
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Mr Crooke tells me:
MS Aubrey 12, fol. 88.
57
I have sent Mr Hobbes:
Hobbes (1994), vol. 2, p.770.
58
I was at Jonathan’s coffee house:
Hooke (1935), p.404.
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I was at Jonathan’s coffee house again:
Hooke (1935), p.404.
60
At the Royal Society:
Birch, vol. 3, p.472.
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I went to Child’s:
Hooke (1935), p.405.
62
Often, as I lie:
MS Wood 39, fol. 319.
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I am told:
MS Wood 39, fol. 321.
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My lord the Earl:
MS Aubrey 13, fol. 227.
65
At Jonathan’s:
Hooke (1935), p.406.
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My friend Mr Thomas Pigott:
MS Aubrey 13, fol. 120.
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Today Mr Michael Dary:
Bennett, vol. 1, p.4; Clark, vol. 1, p.198; MS Aubrey 6, fol. 1v. On the winter of 1678–9 see Clark (1891–1900), vol. 2, pp.426, 432, 439.
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On this day:
See Ashmole’s own account, quoted in Gunther (1925) and (1933), p.148.
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Sixteen days after:
MacGregor, pp.43–5.
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Mr Wylde Clerke:
MS Aubrey 12, fols 80, 81.
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Mr Thomas Pigott asks:
MS Aubrey 13, fol. 121.
72
There is a rumour:
Bennett, vol. 1, p.32; MS Aubrey 6, fol. 10. See histories of the Civil War published at the time of the Popish Plot, when events were interpreted through the experiences of 1637–42. Raymond (1996), p.280; Bennett, vol. 1, p.672; Clark, vol. 1, p.284.