Read John Aubrey: My Own Life Online
Authors: Ruth Scurr
JA’s first encounter with, 22–3
as pupil of Mr Latimer, 22–3
encourages JA to go to Oxford, 39
flees to France, 34
recounts the cause of Bacon’s death, 87
in exile in France, 91
ideas propounded in
Leviathan
, 91–2
and Petty, 92, 299
angers the King’s supporters in France, 92
returns to London, 93
clothes described by JA, 93
and Selden, 103
JA visits birthplace, 116–17
horoscope, 117
in London for arrival of Charles II, 127
meets Charles II, 128
attacks ideas of members of Royal Society, 130
suspected of atheism and heresy, 132
JA hopes to discuss Ireland with, 133
portrait by Cooper, 133, 203
Hoskyns sends JA news about, 135–6
dedicates book to Charles II, 135
granted pension by Charles II, 136
prints pamphlet to stop doubts about his loyalty to the King, 136
intends to establish a free school, 140
hestitates to take house in London found for him by JA, 140
JA writes from Paris to, 149
JA encourages him to write about the law, 151
and Bacon’s
Elements of the Law
, 151
method of working, 151
Hollar engraves portrait of, 158
learns that some bishops in Parliament have moved to have him burnt as a heretic, 161
JA plans to write life of, 166–7
and William Davenant, 170
in process of writing tract on the law of heresy, 170
and Lord Cary, 176
portrait by Jaspers presented to Royal Society, 178
JA sends Wood information about, 192
and gift of his works to Magdalen Hall, 196, 209–10, 228
gives copy of his book to Royal Society, 206
JA sends Wood two lives of, 233
has great esteem for Hooke, 237
displeased with Royal Society, 237
and Wallis, 237, 248, 251, 273
account of his life in Wood’s book, 237, 238
and Fell, 237, 238, 240, 244
JA visits on birthday of, 238–9
discusses
Odyssey
with JA, 239
plans to vindicate himself against Fell’s charges, 239
sends letter of protest for inclusion in second volume of Wood’s book, 240
copies of his letter circulate, 241, 242
leaves London for Derbyshire, 242
JA concerned about Ent seeing copy of life of, 243, 244
booksellers unwilling to include letter in second volume of Wood’s book, 244
given a copy of Petty’s book by JA, 248
response to suggestion about publication of his treatises through Royal Society, 248
translates
Iliad
, 252
advises JA to stay out of ecclesiastical matters, 263
sends letter to JA from Hardwick, 273–4
and Milton, 277
JA learns that there is competition for printing life of, 280
JA sends Ent’s book to, 280
will not consent to printing of his treatise on law, 284
ideas about the civil war, 284–5
death, 286
JA works on life of, 286, 287, 291
Blackbourne writes life of, 293–4
considerations of his own reputation and loyalty printed again, 295
opinion of Descartes, 308
short life of himself printed in Latin, 314
JA gives Royal Society a copy of Life of, 314
publication of ‘Vitae Hobbianae auctarium’, 316
recommendations on education, 364
brief references, 9, 49, 60, 77, 86, 101, 109, 271, 288, 292, 336, 374
Writings:
Behemoth
, 284–5
De Corpore
, 93, 103, 106, 130, 237
The Dialogue of the Common Law
, 284
Dialogus Physicus, sive de Natura Aeris
, 130
Elements of Philosophy
, 108
Leviathan
, 91–2, 136, 161 279, 351, 391, 407
Lux Mathematica
, 206
Mr Hobbes Considered in His Loyalty, Religion, Reputation and Manners
, 136
Problemata Physica
135
Tracts
, 326
translation of
Iliad
, 252
translation of
Odyssey
, 239, 252
Hodby, Mr, 291
Hodges, Mr, 93
Holborn Bridge, 164
Holbourne, 187
Holder, Susan, 209
Holder, Dr William, xv, 209, 258, 259, 399, 402, 408, 416, 417
Elements of Speech
, 259
Hollar, Wenceslaus, xv, 114, 131, 133, 158, 167, 175, 270, 277, 306–7, 348, 431
Holland, Earl of, 50
Holmeby House, 71, 72
Holm Lacy, 41
Holy Grail, 156
Holyhed, 112, 133
Holy-well, Chippenham, 107
Homer, 70, 151, 225, 363
Iliad
, 252
Odyssey
, 46, 239, 252
Hooke, Robert
biographical details, xvi
elected as Royal Society’s Curator of Experiments, 137
appearance, 137
and Royal Society meetings and discussions, 138, 163, 168
position as Curator of Experiments is confirmed for life, 151
chosen as Professor of Geometry at Gresham College, 151
chosen as a surveyor of the City after Great Fire, 161
illness, 204, 208
JA talks of his description of Surrey to, 227
at coffee houses and taverns, 227, 235, 238, 239, 243, 246, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 260, 268, 269, 270, 280, 281, 285, 291, 295, 315
lends money to JA, 233, 235, 241, 242, 245
JA sells books to, 234–5, 246
JA gives books for Royal Society’s library to, 235, 241
JA takes lodgings near Gresham College so that he can assist, 236
held in esteem by Hobbes, 237
JA as assistant of, 237, 240
and cataloguing of Royal Society’s collection, 238
JA visits, 239
omitted from Wood’s book, 244, 245
would like to publish Hobbes’s treatises through Royal Society, 248
willing to employ George Snell, 252
JA’s notes on, 254, 292
and formation of new club, 255
and mechanical principle for flying, 255, 256
visits Henshaw, 258
visits Wren, 258
character in
The Virtuoso
is based on, 261
observes eclipse of the sun, 261
design for pocket watch, 267
sees comet, 270
visits Hoskyns and Alhurst, 271
has JA’s picture, 272
and process of choosing new president for Royal Society, 272
elected secretary of Royal Society, 273
watches eclipse of moon, 278
JA would like to write life of, 291
and JA’s will, 350
and JA’s concerns about his work, 354
and Newton, 371–2, 377, 379, 393
on the raising of level of City of London, 373
illness, 379
theory of Terraqueous Globe, 382, 385
wants to know what Wood has written about him, 385, 386
JA writes letter of thanks to, 418
brief references, 6, 9, 12, 184, 229, 249, 251, 274, 282, 313, 330, 356, 376, 387, 412
Writing:
An Attempt to prove the Motion of the Earth
, 238, 371
Hopton, Sir Arthur, 93, 94
Concordance of Years
, 374
Horace, 11, 59
Horne, Mr, 284, 395
Horrox, Jeremiah, 146
Hoskyns, Bennett, 71
Hoskyns, Dr John, 168
Hoskyns, Sir John
brief biographical details, xv
at Oxford, 45
goes to see a loom, 110
member of Rota Club, 119
writes to JA about his travels abroad, 130–1
and Hobbes, 131–2, 135–6
ill with fever, 136
advice to JA when he is lovesick, 145
and Dobson’s paintings, 157
and Royal Society, 163, 328
wants JA to accompany him on journey through Wales, 194
writes to JA, 201, 203, 205, 207, 234
birth of son, 234
encourages JA to research and write about natural history of England, 247
and setting up of new club, 255
urges JA to turn to ecclesiastical career, 262
and Wren’s birthday celebration, 268
brief references, 184, 204, 254, 261, 269, 271, 272, 274, 280, 285
Hoskyns, Serjeant, 71
Hothfield, 191, 200, 205, 206
Hounslow, 165
Hounslow Heath, 196
Houlle, M de, 149
Howard, Sir Charles, xv, 219, 220, 247, 385
Howard, Lord Henry, 6th Duke of Norfolk, xv, 161, 162, 163, 175, 221
Howard, Lord Thomas, 14th Earl of Arundel, 4th Earl of Surrey, and 1st Earl of Norfolk, xv, 9–10, 87, 131, 221, 306, 307
Howe, Josias, 321
Howe, William, 279
Hubbaslow (or Barrow Hill), 69
Hue and Cry, The
(pamphlet), 281
Hullavington, 81
Hungerford, 64, 67, 352
Hungerford, Anthony, 63
Hungerford, Sir Edward, 347
Hungerode, 347
Hyde, Edward, 1st Earl of Clarendon
see
Clarendon, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of
Hyde, Henry, 2nd Earl of Clarendon
see
Clarendon, Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of
Hyde, Mr, 249, 250
Ifley, 198
Imperato, Ferrante:
Dell’historia natural
, 235
Ipswich, 5
Ireland, 42, 61, 94, 204, 300, 301, 319, 322, 373, 374
Ja visits, 3, 132–3
Ireton, Henry, 129
Isey, 74
Islington, 315
Italy, 2–3, 92, 97, 98, 99, 117, 131, 179–80, 194, 300
Ivy, Thomas, 47
Jackson, Revd Canon John Edward, 428–9
Wiltshire: the Topographical Collections of John Aubrey
, 429
Jamaica, 239
James I, King, 83, 86, 185, 192, 294, 298, 305
James II, King
brief biographical details, ix
as Duke of York, 51, 142, 143, 163, 165, 211, 227, 270, 282, 316
becomes Roman Catholic, 211
marries Mary of Modena, 227
consents to marriage of Mary to William of Orange, 270
and Exclusion Bill, 282
Charles II refuses to exclude, 316
coronation of, 340–1
pardons rebels, 349, 352
birth of son, 355
deposed, 1, 366
flees to France, 366
in Ireland, 373, 374
Clarendon imprisoned for corresponding with, 379
Gibbon’s eulogies to, 419–20
Janson, Sir Henry, 412
Jaspers, Jan Baptist: portrait of Thomas Hobbes, 178
Jeffreys, Judge George, 341
Jeffries, Richard, 203
Jekyll, Thomas, 412
Jenkins, David, 305
Jenkins, Judge, 384–5
Jenkins, Sir Lleuellin, 215, 305–6
Jerome, St, 378
Jesuits / Society of Jesus, 175, 188, 194, 277, 299, 307, 315, 319
Jesus College, Oxford, 102, 246, 305–6, 377
Jewell, Bishop, 194
Joe’s coffee house, 243, 246, 255
Johnson, George, xvi, 329, 335
Johnson, Richard, 103
Johnson, Mr, 276
Jonathan’s coffee house, 280, 281, 285, 291, 295, 315
Jones, Inigo, xvi, 29, 64, 74, 78, 105, 186
Jonson, Ben, 9, 70, 170, 309, 315, 320, 321, 412
The Alchemist
, 207
Underwoods
, 321
Joseph of Arimathea, 156
Joyce, George, 72, 129
Kempe, Sir Nicholas, 222
Kempis, Thomas à, 104
Kennett, 75
Kennett, White, 415, 419
Kensington, 365
Kent, 207, 208, 209, 263, 328, 339
see also
names of places
Kent, Countess of, 9, 103
Kent, Mr, 356, 366, 371, 372, 375, 376, 377, 385, 403, 405
Kerrig y Druid (Druid-Stones), 154
Kettell, Dr Ralph, xvi, 40–1, 44, 45, 51, 53, 59, 64, 257, 295, 344, 374–5
Kew, 21
Keynsham, 26
Kilmington, 76, 77, 88, 95, 275
King, David, 262
King, Gregory, 204
King, John, 163
King’s Cabinet Opened, The
, 81
King’s Council, 277
Kingston, 218–19, 229
Kington St Michael, 18, 19, 41, 74, 84, 100, 158, 180, 196, 210, 349, 402, 428
church, 65, 95, 115, 130, 198
Kircher, Athanasius:
Ars magna lucis et umbrae
, 90
Knaresborough, 258
Knightsbridge, 330, 369
Knoll-hill, 77
Lacock, 142
Lacy, John, 319
La Flèche, 299
Lairesse, Gérard de:
The Golden Age: Aurea
, 364–5
Lake, Sir Edward, 168
Lamb, the, Salisbury (Sarum), 173, 196
Lambe, John, 99
Lambert, General, 297, 302
Lambeth, 155, 217–18, 277, 283, 324, 329, 387
Lamphire, Dr, 323, 324
Lancashire, 365
Land’s End, 124
Langford, 251
Langley, 65
Langton, Sir Thomas, 351
Latham, Serjeant, 83
Latimer, Robert, xvi, 20, 22–3, 24
Laurus:
Antiquae Urbis (Romae) Splendor
, 109
Lavington, 181, 380, 402, 405, 414, 419
Lee, William, 110
Leech, Sir Edmund, 108
Leek, 317
Legier Book of Glastonbury, 65
Leicester, Robert Dudley, Earl of, 31, 96
Leigh Delamere, 20, 24, 180, 428
Leovicius de Directionibus
, 245
Letherhed Down, 221
L’Etrange, Sir Roger: Aesop’s Fables, 387
Levins, Dr, 415
Leyden, University of, 66, 300
Lhwyd, Edward
brief biographical details, xvi
as Plot’s assistant at Ashmolean Museum, 347
becomes Keeper of Ashmolean Museum, 378
and robbery at Ashmolean Museum, 383
and JA, 368, 379, 383, 384, 385, 390 393, 395, 401, 404, 405, 407, 408–9, 410, 411, 413, 414, 417, 419, 421, 422
Licensing Act, 136
Lichfield, siege of, 53
Lidds, the, 347, 351
Ligurio, Pyrrho, 326
Lilly, William, xvi, 129, 166, 183, 208, 323–4, 374
Limerick, 42
Lincoln Inn Fields, 185
Lismor, 300
Lister, Dr, 411