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    The Time Traveller’s Guide to Restoration Britain

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      Manchester, 42, 45, 227, 368, 375

      Mandeville, Lord, 374–5

      manners, 164–6, 265–6

      manors, 34–8

      manslaughter, 337, 338, 344

      maps see atlases and maps

      Mardon, Thomas and Anne, 71

      mariners, 55, 74–5, 132–3

      Market Harborough, 239

      markets, 18–19, 176–7, 182–3

      Marlowe, Christopher, 393–4

      marriage, 56–7, 80–1, 86–91, 175, 333–4, 344; bigamy, 323–4; marital rape, 324; smock weddings, 197–8; see also adultery

      Marvell, Andrew, 375, 381–2

      Mary (royal yacht), 224

      Mary II, queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 81, 85, 110, 290

      Mary Henrietta, Princess, 289–90

      Mary of Modena, 84

      masks, 205–6

      Massinger, Philip, 393

      mathematics, 138, 406

      May, Hugh, 27, 241–2, 245, 247

      mead, 277–8

      mealtimes, 264–6

      measles, 300, 307

      measurement, units of, 166–8

      Mecca, 133

      medicine see doctors; health

      Medina, John Baptist, 372

      Meigh, William, 255–6

      Melford, Lord, 370

      mental illness, 309

      Mersey river, 227

      metheglin, 278

      the middle sort, 66–7

      militias, 327

      Milton, Elizabeth, 384

      Milton, John, 1, 154, 376, 381, 382, 384–6

      Milton, Mary, 384

      Misson, Monsieur: author’s verdict on, 407; on Charles II, 82; on clocks and watches, 153; on dissenters, 103; on the English and violence, 122; on English character, 125; on food, 259, 265; on hackney carriages, 216; on King’s Evil, 96; on leisure activities, 350–1, 355, 359, 360; on London, 19, 161, 422; on manners, 164; on morality, 111; on patches, 205; on poetry, 380; on the Scots, 116; on smoking, 287, 288; on Stonehenge, 366; on witchcraft, 100; on women’s status, 90

      Mohun, Michael, 398

      Molland, Alice, 98

      Mompesson, John, 96

      Mompesson, William, 304–5

      monarchy, 81–6, 96–7, 379–80

      Monck, George see Albemarle, duke of

      money, 168–73

      Monmouth, 416

      Monmouth, James Scott, duke of, 84, 114

      Monmouth’s Rebellion (1685), 84, 321–2

      Monmouthshire, 414

      morals, 3–4, 110–16, 324–6, 329, 342–3

      Moretonhampstead, 47–8, 71

      Morice, Sir William, 365

      Morland, Sir Samuel, 137, 244

      Morley, Lord, 122

      Morocco, 298

      Morpeth, 48

      Morris, John, 172

      mortality rate, 55, 56

      Morton, Charles, 143

      Morton, earl of, 122

      Mountfort, William, 400

      moustaches see beards and moustaches

      Much Wenlock, 428

      muffs, 193, 205

      Mulgrave, Lord, 370

      Munslow, Thomas and Alice, 428

      murder, 95, 121, 333, 344

      museums, 367–9

      music, 386–90

      Mylne, Robert, 52

      napkins, 265

      national characteristics, 116, 125

      National Debt, 173

      navigation, 213–14

      Neale, Thomas, 175

      neckwear, 189

      Nether Fletchamstead Hall, 255–6

      Neville, Henry, 378

      New Romney, 416

      New Zealand, 132

      Newark, 416

      Newcastle, 41, 342, 430

      Newcastle, Henry Cavendish, duke of, 63

      Newcourt, Richard, 19

      Newmarket, 48, 360

      newspapers, 162–3

      Newton, Isaac: books by, 93, 135, 136; position at Cambridge University, 142; position at Royal Mint, 171; and quantification, 138; and religion, 135; at Stourbridge Fair, 179

      Newton, William, 15

      nightclothes, 187, 195–6, 199

      nobility see aristocracy

      noises, 1, 17, 386–7

      nonconformists see dissenters and nonconformists Norfolk, 39, 212

      Norris, William, 253

      Northampton, 48–9, 219, 303, 312–13

      Northamptonshire, 211, 415

      Northumberland, duke of, 114

      Norway, 95

      Norwich, 41, 45, 177, 278, 284

      Nottingham, 42, 279, 342

      Nottinghamshire, 33, 415

      novels, 377–8

      nurses, 311–12

      Oakley Park, 250

      Oates, Titus, 108, 340

      Ogilby, John, 213–14

      Old Sarum, 41

      Oldham, John, 381

      omens, 96

      opera, 389, 390–1

      orchestras, 388

      Orkney, 95, 297

      Osborne, Dorothy, 92

      Ossory, earl of, 122–3

      Otway, Thomas, 397, 399–400

      overcoats, 190, 202

      overseas possessions, 132

      oxen, 35, 38

      Oxenden, Sir James, 246

      Oxford, 42, 219, 284, 368, 373

      The Oxford Gazette, 162

      Oxford University, 142, 358–9, 365, 375–6

      Oxfordshire, 167, 415

      panellings, 252

      paper, 158

      Paris, 29

      Parker, James, 339

      parks see gardens, parks and grounds

      Parliament: relationship with monarchy, 82, 84, 85–6

      patches, 204–5

      Patshull Park, 245

      Patten, Thomas, 227

      pattens, 202

      Patterson, John, 359

      Pearce, David, 339

      peat, 256

      Peck, James, 238

      Pegg, Catherine, 114

      peine forte et dure, 339

      Pell-Mell (Pall-Mall), 361–2

      Penn, Sir William, 16, 216, 217

      Penruddock, Colonel, 321

      pens, 158–9

      Penzance, 256

      Pepys, Elizabeth: church attendance, 102; clothes, 199–200; and contemporary sanitation, 253–4; cosmetics, 204; and food, 261; and highwaymen, 430; and hygiene, 298; leisure activities, 355, 373; marriage, 57, 87–8, 89–90, 198–9, 199–200; pet animals, 128; reading matter, 378; staying at an inn, 237–8; suspected affair, 198–9; and Valentine’s Day, 152

      Pepys, John, 96

      Pepys, Samuel: on Audley’s wealth, 65; author’s verdict on, 407; background, 16; black servants, 121; and brother’s marriage, 80–1; calendar used by, 150; on Catherine of Braganza, 203; celebrations held by, 151; on Charles II’s sex life, 113; church attendance, 102, 104; clothes, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191; and coach travel, 215, 216, 217–18, 429; on Commissioner Pett’s daughter, 156; his conscience, 111; and contemporary sanitation, 253; on corpses of executed highwaymen, 337; on cosmetics, 204, 205; on earl of Oxford, 426; and fine art, 372, 373; and food and drink, 261, 263, 264, 271, 272, 279, 281, 282, 286, 287, 433; and Great Fire of London, 20–1, 22–3, 25; on Great Plague, 303; hair, 192–3; hours kept by, 153, 154; house catches fire, 28; and hygiene, 296, 297, 299; interest in travel, 133, 134, 423–4; interior of his home, 249, 432; languages spoken by, 158; leisure activities, 348, 355, 357–8, 362, 366; marriage, 57, 87–8, 89–90, 198–9, 199–200; medical beliefs, 292–3; medical treatments undergone by, 318, 320; mistaken for servant, 185; and mummies, 316; and music, 387; newspapers read by, 162; pens owned by, 159; pet animals, 128; on popular attitude to foreigners, 117; and public toilets, 166; reading matter, 378; rides with the post, 222; Scottish trip, 50; sense of humour, 145; sex life, 111–12, 428; shopping, 181; and shorthand, 159; significance for definition of Restoration period, 6; on social precedence, 80; social status, 61, 65–6; staying at an inn, 237–8, 239–40; and superstition, 96; technological gadgets owned by, 137; and theatre, 393, 394, 395, 398–9, 439; treatment of his servants, 75
    –6, 89–90, 126–7; and the weather, 15–16; wherry use, 224–5; on yachts, 224

      Pepys, Tom, 80–1, 96

      Pérignon, Pierre, 280–1

      Perth, 51

      Peter I, tsar of Russia, 117

      Pett, Captain, 145

      Pett, Peter, 224

      petticoats, 198

      Petticrew, Sophia, 207–8

      Petty, William, 138–9, 147, 161, 429

      Phillips, Edward, 157

      philosophy, 379–80

      phlebotomy, 314, 318

      physicians, 312–15

      Pierce, Mr and Mrs, 261

      pillories, 341–2

      pirates, 119, 133, 224, 336

      Pitt, Moses, 340–1

      Pitts, Joseph, 133, 298, 299, 407–8

      plague, 292, 299, 300–5

      plaids, 195–6, 207

      Plantations see America

      plants, 245

      plates, 266

      Playford, John, 388

      Plot, Robert, 167

      Plymouth, 42, 45–6

      Plymouth, earl of, 114

      Pochowachett, Mustapha, 324

      pockets, 205

      poet laureates, 381

      poetry, 380–6

      Poland, 56

      policing, 327–8

      politeness see manners

      political thinking, 94

      pollution, 9, 16, 253–4, 257

      Pontac, Arnaud de, 281

      Pontac, François-Auguste de, 281

      Pontefract, 262

      the poor and miserable, 73–9

      Poor Law Act (1601), 77–8

      Popish Plot (1678), 108

      population: advances in quantification, 138; Britain, 55–6; England and Wales, 34; London, 13, 29–30; northern Europe, 56; other towns, boroughs and cities, 41–2; Scotland, 49, 51, 56

      port canons, 189–90

      Porter, Tom, 123–4

      Portsmouth, 42

      postal services, 159–62

      potatoes, 263, 276

      poverty, 73–9

      Povey, Thomas, 297

      Powhatan, chief of the Virginian Native Americans, 368

      Pratt, Sir George, 242

      Pratt, Roger, 27, 242

      Presbyterianism, 107, 143

      pressing, 339

      Presteigne, 48

      Preston, 284

      Prestonfield, 48

      printing and publishing, 163, 376–7

      prisons, 339–41

      professionals, 60, 66–7

      prostitution, 112, 206, 342

      Punch, 349

      puppy water, 204

      Purbeck, Isle of, 262

      Purcell, Henry, 389–90, 394, 395, 397

      Puritanism: morals, 3–4; popular attitude, 115–16; resurgence under William and Mary, 110; see also Commonwealth period

      Pym, Roger, 126

      quacks, 313–14

      Quakers, 105–6, 143, 147, 330

      quinine, 292, 306, 314, 315

      race issues see foreigners and strangers

      Radwells (Herts), 212

      Ragley Hall, 251

      Ramsbury Manor, 248, 251

      rape, 324

      Rawlings, Giles, 124

      Rawlinson, Thomas, 428

      Ray, John, 131

      Reid, Alexander, 418

      religion: crimes against, 102–3, 110–11; ecclesiastical courts, 329, 342; and education, 143; Hobbes on, 379; increased toleration, 344; and medical thinking, 291–2; overview of beliefs and attitudes, 102–10; Sabbath-breaking, 111, 210; and science, 94, 135; theological books, 377; see also Bible; Catholicism; dissenters and nonconformists; Islam; Puritanism; Quakers

      Restoration: chronological extent, 6; historical context, 3–5; significance, 5–6

      Reynel, Carew, 227

      the rich, 64–6

      Rich, Christopher, 392, 400

      Rich, Robert, 120–1

      Richmond, 47

      Richmond, duke of, 114

      rickets, 308

      Riley, John, 373

      river travel, 222–7

      roads, 210–14

      Robinson, Robert, 32, 373

      Rochdale, 31

      Roche, Peter de la, 308

      Rochester, John Wilmot, earl of: atheism, 107; author’s verdict on, 407; and Barry, 399; and Charles II, 83, 146–7; dramatic representations, 395; on London, 18; morality, 114–16; as poet, 381, 382; and quacks, 313

      Rolvenden, 48

      Rome, 29

      rope-dancing, 347–8

      Ros, Lord, 147

      Roseworme, John, 253, 371

      Rotterdam, 111

      Royal Navy, 94; see also mariners

      Royal Society, 134–5, 137, 140, 147, 368

      Rubens, Peter Paul, 369, 370

      Rugg, Thomas, 4, 200

      rum, 284

      running, 197, 362

      runrig, 51

      Rupert, Prince, 220

      Russia, 117

      Ruthven, Lord, 311

      Rutland, 415

      Rye, 416

      Sabbath-breaking, 111, 210

      sack, 282–3

      Sacks, David Harris, 418

      sailors see mariners

      St Albans, duke of, 114

      St Albans, Henry Jermyn, earl of, 27

      St Andrew’s University, 142

      St Barbe, Sir John, 297

      St David’s, 41

      Saint-Évremond, marquis de, 281

      St Ives (Hunts), 48

      St John, Sir Henry, 399

      St Margaret’s Fair, 348

      St Mungo’s Well, 295

      St Valentine’s Day, 152

      Salisbury, 42, 227

      Saltonstall, Lady, 149

      Salwarpe river, 227

      Sanderson, William, 374

      Sandwich, 279, 416

      Sandwich, Edward Mountagu, earl of: attitude to marriage and social status, 80; background, 66; black servants, 121; and duels, 123; flagship, 75; hours kept by, 154; languages spoken by, 158; mistresses, 112; Pepys’s use of his house for assignations, 111

      Sandy, William, 227

      sanitation, 253–4, 257; see also toilets

      Savery, Thomas, 137

      Scandinavia, 121

      scenery, stage, 391

      Schellinks, Willem: attitude to scenery, 32; author’s verdict on, 407; on Brentford, 47; on cockfighting, 127; on cosmetics, 205; and food and drink, 272, 279; on imprisonment in Colchester, 340; on leisure activities, 355, 357, 362; on Lincoln’s Inn Fields, 15; meets old man, 58; rides with the post, 222; on smoking, 287; on spas, 294, 296; on Stonehenge, 366; on travel, 210; on travelling on the Thames, 224, 225; on Whitehall, 369; and witchcraft, 100

      schools, 139–40, 141

      science, 93, 94, 134–9

      scolds, 88, 343

      Scole, 238

      Scot, Walter, 126

      Scotland: aristocracy, 62; artists, 373; banks and banking, 173; the calendar, 150; clothing, 194–6, 207–8; education, 67; English attitude to Scots, 117; famine, 260–1; food and drink, 261–2, 271, 279, 284; health matters, 297, 312; heating, 252, 255, 256; houses, 242, 255; and Huguenots, 118; justice system, 331, 334, 342; languages spoken, 157; laundry, 209; literacy and education, 141, 142–3; Misson on, 116; money, 170; morality, 110; newspapers, 163; overview, 49–54; poor laws, 77–8; population, 49, 51, 56; religion, 102–3; roads, 212; sports and games, 359, 437; units of measurement, 168; uprising against James II, 84; witchcraft, 98, 99–100

      Scougal, John, 373

      scrofula, 96–7, 305

      Scudéry, Madeleine de, 378

      sea bathing, 293

      Seaford, 416

      Seaforth, Lord, 331

      Sedgemoor, Battle of (1685), 84

      Sedley, Catherine, 147

      Sedley, Sir Charles, 114, 115–16, 147, 395

      servants, 59–60, 63, 75–6, 126–7, 324, 333; black, 119–21; indentured, 78, 125, 126, 338

      Severn river, 262

      sewage, 17, 20, 53

      sex, 3–4, 82, 110, 111–16, 342–3

      sexual crimes, 324–6, 329, 342–3


      sexually transmitted diseases, 308–9

      Seymour, Conyers, 123

      Shadwell, Thomas, 381, 396–7, 433

      Shakespeare, William, 376, 391, 392, 393, 394

      Sharp, Sarah, 126

      sheep farming, 33, 38, 51

      Shelton, Thomas, 157

      Shen Fuzong, 131

      sheriffs, 327

      Shetland, 297

      shifts and smocks, 197–8

      shirts, 186, 194

      shoes and boots, 190, 194, 201–2

      shopping, 176–83

      shops, 177, 180–1

      shorthand, 159

      Shrewsbury, 42, 227, 278, 312–13, 342

      Shrewsbury, countess of, 124

      Shrewsbury, earl of, 124

      Shropshire, 33

      Siam, 131

      Siberechts, Jan, 32, 372

      Sidney, Algernon, 379, 380

      sightseeing, 365–7

      signposts, 213

      silk, 185

      Sinclair, George, 142–3

      skimmington rides, 343

      skirts, 200

      Slack, Paul, 418

      slavery, 119–21, 133, 134

      Sloane, Sir Hans, 58, 368–9 smallpox,

      289–90, 300, 307, 314, 317, 318

      smells, 16, 53, 256–7

      smock races, 197, 362

      smock weddings, 197–8

      smocks see shifts and smocks

      smoking, 285, 287–8

      soap, 209, 299

      social contract, 379–80

      social mobility, 140

      social order, 59–92; justice system’s maintenance of, 323–6; popular attitude to precedence and hierarchy, 79–81

      social mobility, 65

      sodomy, 324

      Soest, Gerard, 372

      Somerset, 262, 279

      songs, 388, 390

      Southampton, 303

      Southampton, duke of, 114

      Southwold, 48

      Southy, Sarah, 324

      spas, 293–6

      Specke, Richard, 126

      Speenhamland, 355

      Spencer, Sir Thomas, 246

      spirits, 283–4

      sports and games, 128, 352–65

      Stafford, Lord, 108

      Staffordshire, 227

      stagecoaches, 218–20

      Staggins, Nicholas, 388

      staircases, 252

      stately homes see houses

      steam engines, 137

      Sterne, Edmund, 73

      Stillingfleet, Edward, bishop of Worcester, 375

      Stilton, 212

      Stoaks, William, 339

      stockings, 189–90, 194, 201

      stocks and shares, 172

      Stokes, Mary, 323–4

      stone, cutting for the, 319–20

      Stonehenge, 366

      stool-ball, 357, 362–3

      storms, 148–9

      Stour river, 227

      Stourbridge Fair, 178–80

      stow-ball, 363

      strangers see foreigners and strangers

      Streater, Robert, 32, 373

      street vendors, 17, 176, 273

      streets, 9, 13, 43

      Stuart, Frances, 113, 152

     


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