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Há 1 dia · Elisabeth Pepys, née Elisabeth de St. Michel, who later married Samuel Pepys, was born in Bideford in 1640: it has been said that Samuel Pepys courted his wife here. Temperance Lloyd, Mary Trembles, and Susanna Edwards of Bideford were the last people to be hanged for witchcraft in England, in 1682 at the Bideford Witch Trial
Há 1 dia · Δ. Simon Rowe has uploaded some photos and audio from the Pepys Portrait Project, that we started working on with Francesca SanLorenzo in 2004, to his website here (archived). This was to coincide with the display of four images at the 30th birthday celebrations for the Centre for Urban and Community Research at Goldsmiths, University of….
Há 3 dias · Pepys too found the gardens entrancing and much better than Mr. Drake's in the same parish, and was tempted by his first sight of oranges growing to steal one and eat it. There were also to be seen 'great variety of other exotique plants, and several labarinths, and a pretty aviary'.
Há 5 dias · York House in the Strand in London was one of a string of mansions which once stood along the route from the City of London to the royal court at Westminster. It was built as the London home of the Bishops of Norwich not later than 1237. At the time of the Diary it was owned by George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham.
Há 5 dias · Spinal Tap’s lengthy list of drummers have died under mysterious circumstances. Original drummer, John “Stumpy” Pepys, set the precedent for the ill-fated drum position when he succumbed to an unsolved gardening incident. Pepys’s replacement, Eric “Stumpy Joe” Childs, didn’t fare much better. Stumpy Joe fatally choked ...
Há 3 dias · The waterfowl of the park can, at all events, boast that they have held undisturbed possession of the lake for more than two centuries. Pepys writes, under date of August, 1661:—"To walk in St. James's Park, and saw a great variety of fowls which I never saw before."
Há 1 dia · Histoire de la cuisine écossaise | Des premiers colons aux Vikings. L’histoire illustre des clans écossais est essentielle à la cuisine écossaise. Ce système est supposé avoir été fondé par un groupe d’Écossais qui se sont installés sur la côte ouest de l’Écosse au VIe siècle.
