John Aubrey: My Own Life (63 page)

26
 
My lord the Earl:
MS Aubrey 13, fol. 209.

27
 
Mr Isaac Newton:
Birch, vol. 3, p.1.

28
 
To help Mr Wood:
MS Wood 39, fol. 195.

29
 
Sir John Hoskyns:
MS Aubrey 12, fols 209–10.

30
 
I am going to Somerset:
MS Aubrey 26, fol. 10v.

31
 
The headmaster of Brentwood:
MS Aubrey 13, fols 49–51.

32
 
I know of men:
MS Aubrey 10, fol. 7.

33
 
For his collection:
Boyle (2001), vol. 4, p.319.

34
 
Mr Wood is a candid historian:
MS Aubrey 12, fol. 8.

35
 
My honoured friend:
Bennett, vol. 1, p.7; Clark, vol. 1, pp.182–3.

36
 
Mr Cooper gave me:
Clark, vol. 1, p.368; Foskett, p.63. An unfinished portrait of Hobbes is among others listed as being in the artist’s studio after his death.

37
 
Mr Paschall tells me:
MS Aubrey 13, fol. 2; Salmon.

38
 
Sir John Hoskyns:
MS Aubrey 12, fol. 202.

39
 
I have discovered:
MS Wood 39, fol. 181.

40
 
In his youth:
Bennett, vol. 1, pp.609–19; Clark, vol. 2, pp.102–4; Ogilby.

41
 
Mr Ogilby’s list:
MS Aubrey 4, fol. 244; Bennett (2014).

42
 
Mr Hooke is ill:
MS Aubrey 12, fol. 203.

43
 
I have found out:
MS Wood 39, fol. 185.

44
 
Mr Thomas Browne:
MS Aubrey 12, fols 52–4.

45
 
About a hundred:
MS Wood 39, fol. 188.

46
 
I am staying:
Boyle (2001), vol. 4, pp.319–20.

47
 
Sir John Hoskyns insists:
MS Aubrey 12, fol. 205.

48
 
My lord the Earl:
MS Aubrey 13, fol. 210.

49
 
My thoughts keep returning:
MS Wood 39, fol. 192, October 1672; MS Top. Gen. C.25, fols 23–33.

50
 
I have in my possession:
MS Wood 39, fol. 190;
Surrey
, vol. 1, p.v (introduction).

51
 
Mr Hobbes has given:
Birch, vol. 3, p.58.

52
 
I have a great desire:
MS Wood 39, fol. 147.

53
 
Sir John Hoskyns has written:
MS Aubrey 12, vol. 206.

54
 
I hope to retrieve:
MS Wood 39, fol. 181.

55
 
According to Goody Faldo:
MS Wood 39, fol. 192, 18 January; Bennett (2009), p.338.

56
 
My friend and fellow antiquary:
Bennett, vol. 1, pp.114–19; Clark, vol. 1, pp.210–15; MS Aubrey 8, fol. 6v.

57
 
My friend Henry Coley:
MS Aubrey 23, fol. 113.

58
 
I am back:
Hooke (1935), p.18.

59
 
It has been decided:
MS Wood 39, fol. 253. Dr Poole has argued that Aubrey’s identification of his manuscript as Historia Roffensia is mistaken. The manuscript is a copy of ‘Flores Historiarum’ now MSe Musae 149.

60
 
I think my former servant:
MS Wood 39, fol. 261.

61
 
I dined yesterday:
MS Wood 39, fol. 195.

62
 
Christopher Wren’s sister:
Bennett, vol. 1, p.280; Clark, vol. 1, p.405.

63
 
I have succeeded:
MS Wood 39, fol. 196; MS Aubrey 9, fol. 8.

64
 
Mr Ashmole has shown:
MS Wood 39, fol. 255.

65
 
I would like to return:
MS Wood 39, fols 261, 258.

66
 
My books:
MS Wood 39, fol. 199, 7 April 1673.

67
 
I dined recently:
Bennett, vol. 1, p.573; Clark, vol. 1, pp.170–1.

Part VIII: Surrey

1
 
Sir Lleuellin Jenkins:
Bennett, vol. 1, pp.75–6; Clark, vol. 2, p.8.

2
 
My spirit is dejected:
MS Wood 39, fol. 206.

3
 
At last, Mr Ogilby: Surrey
, vol. 1, introduction; Clark (1891–1900), vol. 2, p.265; MS Aubrey 4, fol. 243r; see also Ogilby (1673). Also Aubrey’s note that the Royal Society considered these queries at several meetings (MS Aubrey 4, fol. 244).

4
 
Alas, I must wait:
MS Wood 39, fol. 214.

5
 
Dr Fell:
Clark (1891–1900), vol. 2, p.200.

6
 
I have sent:
Clark (1891–1900), vol. 2, p.265.

7
 
Two days ago:
Clark (1891–1900), vol. 2, p.265.

8
 
Robert Moray’s death:
Bennett, vol. 1, p.633; Clark, vol. 2, p.82;
Monumenta
, p.128; Birch, vol. 3, p.113.

9
 
I have decided: Surrey
, vol. 1, introduction. The earliest notes regarding Aubrey’s perambulation of Surrey are from July 1673 (MS Aubrey 4, fols 235r–242v). He later reworked them, as did his editor, Rawlinson.

10
 
The celebrated River Thames:
MS Aubrey 4, fols 5a(r), 13.

11
 
London Bridge:
MS Aubrey 4, fol. 10r.

12
 
It is generally agreed:
MS Aubrey 4, fol. 14r.

13
 
The Tradescant collection: Surrey
, vol. 1, pp.12–13.

14
 
In the ditches:
MS Aubrey 4, fols 25, 32.

15
 
East of Kingston:
MS Aubrey 4, fol. 37r.

16
 
All Saints’ Church:
Horsfall Turner, p.182;
Surrey
, vol. 1, pp.18–19; MS Aubrey 4, fol. 38.

17
 
At Cobham: Three Prose Works
, p.318; MS Aubrey 4, fol. 44r.

18
 
At Norbury:
MS Aubrey 4, fol. 48.

19
 
At Deepdene:
MS Aubrey 4, fols 49–50, 53–4.

20
 
There is a vineyard: Three Prose Works
, p.318.

21
 
I have copied:
MS Aubrey 4, fols 51–2.

22
 
As I rode:
MS Aubrey 4, fol. 59r.

23
 
On Letherhed Down:
MS Aubrey 4, fol. 89r.

24
 
In Albury Park:
MS Aubrey 4, fol. 99r.

25
 
Ben remembers:
MS Aubrey 4, fol. 105r.

26
 
I went to see the remains: Surrey
, vol. 4, pp.79–80; MS Aubrey 4, fols 102r–103.

27
 
I have reached Guilford:
MS Aubrey 4, fol. 108r; for illustrations see fol. 183v.

28
 
Mayden-hair grows:
MS Aubrey 4, fol. 117v.

29
 
Here at Frensham:
MS Aubrey 4, fol. 140ar.

30
 
Waverley Abbey is situated: Surrey
, vol. 3, p.360; MS Aubrey 4, fol. 141r.

31
 
Waverley was the mother church:
MS Aubrey 4, fol. 142v.

32
 
Above the town:
MS Aubrey 4, fol. 148r.

33
 
In Woking I spoke:
Three Prose Works
, p.319; MS Aubrey 4, fol. 163r.

34
 
The cheese of this county:
MS Aubrey 4, fol. 170r.

35
 
Croydon market:
MS Aubrey 4, fol. 180r.

36
 
Bordering on Hampshire:
MS Aubrey 4, fol. 182r.

37
 
I made diligent enquiry:
MS Aubrey 4, fol. 189a(r). Aubrey notes that according to his friend Christopher Wase, Sir John Denham called the place Cooper’s Hill after his man Cooper, who took a great delight in going there because of the prospect.

38
 
I have reached Runnymede:
MS Aubrey 4, fol. 189a(r).

39
 
I am still searching:
MS Wood 39, fol. 221.

40
 
Quaere: if Mr John Evelyn:
MS Wood 39, fol. 221; MS Aubrey 4, fol. 95r.

41
 
I think and hope:
MS Aubrey 13, fol. 246.

42
 
I am back:
MS Wood 39, fol. 223; Wattie, p.214.

43
 
I met Mr Ogilby:
Hooke (1935), p.62.

44
 
My friend Christopher Wase:
MS Aubrey 13, fols 247–9; Wase (1678).

45
 
I am ashamed:
MS Wood 39, fol. 231.

Part IX: Penury

1
 
I have returned:
Hooke (1935), p.65.

2
 
I dined this evening:
MS Ballard 14, fol. 96.

3
 
Mr Ashmole once lived: Surrey
, vol. 4, pp.70, 79; MS Aubrey 4, fol. 99.

4
 
I have sent:
MS Tanner 456a, fol. 15.

5
 
I have been to Richmond:
Clark, vol. 2, p.177.

6
 
I have sent Mr Wood:
MS Wood 39, fol. 243.

7
 
My friend Sir John Hoskyns:
Clark, vol. 1, p.425; MS Aubrey 23, fol. 63.

8
 
I have drafted:
MS Ashmole 1829, fol. 5.

9
 
Today I drank:
Hooke (1935), p.70.

10
 
I presented Mr Hooke: Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London
, vol. 28, no. 2 (1 April 1974), p.169.

11
 
Mr Hooke has lent me:
Hooke (1935), p.71.

12
 
I visited the apothecary:
See MS Top. Gen. C.24, fol. 244v; MacGregor, p.86.

13
 
I was hoping:
MS Wood 39, fol. 241.

14
 
I was at Garraway’s:
Hooke (1935), p.77.

15
 
My lodgings:
Bennett, vol. 1, p.438; Clark, vol. 1, p.44; MS Wood 39, fol. 261.

16
 
I presented:
Birch, vol. 3, p.122.

17
 
I am so importuned:
MS Wood 39, fol. 255.

18
 
Mr Hobbes tells me:
MS Aubrey 12, fols 166–7.

19
 
I have had to break:
Clark (1891–1900), vol. 2, p.290.

20
 
Mr Wood’s book:
Clark, vol. 1, p.343; MS Aubrey 9, fol. 43.

21
 
I spent the day:
Hooke (1935), p.89.

22
 
I was at Garraway’s:
Hooke (1935), p.90.

23
 
On this day:
MS Wood 39, fol. 261; Wattie; Hooke (1935).

24
 
Mr Hooke has newly:
MS Wood 39, fol. 261; Lodwick, p.30.

25
 
I saw Mr Hobbes:
MS Ballard 14, fol. 98.

26
 
I am reminded: Surrey
, vol. 3, p.367; MS Aubrey 4, fol. 140a(r).

27
 
Other friends urge me:
MS Ballard 14, fol. 98.

28
 
Mr Hobbes plans:
MS Ballard 14, fol. 99.

29
 
I went to visit:
Hooke (1935), p.99.

30
 
The Earl of Thanet:
MS Ballard 14, fol. 99; Bennett, vol. 1, p.745; Clark, vol. 1, p.97.

31
 
I do think:
MS Wood 39, fol. 268.

32
 
Mr Hooke and I:
Hooke (1935).

33
 
I have sent:
Clark (1891–1900), vol. 2, p.293.

34
 
Mr Hooke lent me:
Hooke (1935), p.109.

35
 
Two dozen copies:
MS Ballard 14, fol. 103.

36
 
I took leave:
Hooke (1935), p.111;
Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London
, vol. 28, no. 2 (1 April 1974).

37
 
Mr Hooke lent me:
Hooke (1935), p.112.

38
 
Mr Hobbes’s letter:
Clark, vol. 1, p.345.

39
 
Mr Wood has sent me:
MS Ballard 14, fol. 105.

40
 
A very rainy morning:
Hooke (1935), p.115.

41
 
Mr Hooke lent me:
Hooke (1935), p.116.

42
 
George Ent desires:
MS Ballard 14, fol. 108.

43
 
I have a curious manuscript:
Clark, vol. 2, p.158.

44
 
I do not think:
MS Ballard 14, fol. 107.

45
 
I went to Joe’s:
Hooke (1935), p.118.

46
 
The Earl of Rochester:
Bennett, vol. 1, pp.151, 171; Clark, vol. 2, pp.34, 54.

47
 
I am reconsidering:
MS Ballard 14, fol. 110.

48
 
I cannot persuade:
Hobbes (1994), vol. 2, pp.918–19.

49
 
It is a shame:
MS Ballard 14, fol. 111.

50
 
The antiquary:
Ovenell, p.31.

51
 
Meanwhile, Thomas Gore:
MS Wood 39, fol. 282.

52
 
Mr Hooke lent me:
Hooke (1935), p.123.

53
 
I have easily answered:
MS Wood 39, fol. 282; MS Ballard 14, fol. 111.

54
 
I have been to see:
Bennett, vol. 1, p.191; Clark, vol. 2, p.170.