See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• JOHN EVELYN (1620-1706)

EVELYN (1620-1706)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English diarist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• WOTTON, NICHOLAS (c. 1497–1567)
• WOTTON, SIR HENRY (1568–1639)
• WOTTON, WILLIAM (1666-1727)

Wotton See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House, near See also:

• DORKING

Dorking, See also:

• SURREY
• SURREY, EARLDOM OF
• SURREY, HENRY HOWARD, EARL OF (1518?-1547)

Surrey, on the 31st of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 162o . He was the younger son of See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard See also:

• EVELYN, JOHN (1620-1706)

Evelyn, who owned large estates in the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, and was in 1633 high See also:

• SHERIFF

sheriff of Surrey and See also:

• SUSSEX
• SUSSEX, EARLS OF
• SUSSEX, KINGDOM OF (SO Seaxe, i.e. the South Saxons)
• SUSSEX, THOMAS RADCLYFFE [or RATCLYFFE], 3RD EARL OF (c. 1525-1583)

Sussex . When See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Evelyn was five years old he went to live with his See also:

• MOTHER

mother's parents at Cliffe, near See also:

• LEWES
• LEWES, CHARLES LEE (1740–1803)

Lewes . He refused to leave his " too indulgent grandmother for See also:

• ETON

Eton, and when on her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband's See also:

• DEATH

death she married again, the boy went with her to Southover, where he attended. the See also:

• FREE

free school of the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place . He was admitted to the See also:

• MIDDLE

Middle See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

Temple in See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1637, and in May be became a See also:

• FELLOW

fellow commoner of Balliol See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford . He See also:

• LEFT

left the university without taking a degree, and in 1640 was residing in the Middle Temple . In that See also:

• YEAR

year his See also:

• FATHER

father died, and in See also:

• JULY

July 1641 he crossed to See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland . He was enrolled as a volunteer in Apsley's See also:

• COMPANY

company, then encamped before Genep on the Waal, but his See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission was apparently complimentary, his military experience being limited to six days of See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp See also:

• LIFE

life, during which, however, he took his turn at " trailing a See also:

• PIKE
• PIKE, ZEBULON MONTGOMERY (1779-1813)

pike." He returned in the autumn to find See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England on the See also:

• VERGE (Lat. virga, a rod)

verge of See also:

• CIVIL

civil See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war . Evelyn's See also:

• PART

part in the conflict is best told in his own words: "12th See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November was the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• BRENTFORD

Brentford, surprisingly fought . . . . I came in with my See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse and arms just at the See also:

• RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat; but was not permitted to stay longer than the 15th by See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason of the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army marching to See also:

• GLOUCESTER
• GLOUCESTER (abbreviated as pronounced Glo'ster)
• GLOUCESTER, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• GLOUCESTER, GILBERT DE CLARE, EARL OF (1243-1295)
• GLOUCESTER, RICHARD DE CLARE, EARL OF (1222-1262)
• GLOUCESTER, ROBERT, EARL OF (d. 1147)
• GLOUCESTER, THOMAS OF WOODSTOCK, DUKE

Gloucester; which would have left both me and my See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers exposed to ruin, without any See also:

• ADVANTAGE

advantage to his See also:

• MAJESTY (Fr. majeste; Lat. majestas, grandeur, greatness, from the base mag-, as in magnus, great, major, greater, &c.)

Majesty . and on the loth [See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December] returned to Wotton, nobody knowing of my having been in his Majesty's army." At Wotton he employed 'himself in improving his See also:

• BROTHER

brother's See also:

• PROPERTY

property, making a fishpond, an See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island and other alterations in the gardens . But he found it difficult to avoid taking a See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side; he was importuned to sign the See also:

• COVENANT
• COVENANT (an O. Fr. form, later convenant, from convenir, to agree, Lat. convenire)

Covenant, and " finding it impossible to evade doing very unhandsome things," he obtained leave in October 1643 from the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king to travel abroad .

From this date his See also:

• DIARY

Diary becomes full and interesting . He travelled in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France and visited the cities of See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, returning in the autumn of 1646 to See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, where he became intimate with See also:

• SIR

Sir Richard See also:

• BROWNE
• BROWNE, EDWARD HAROLD (18,1–1891)
• BROWNE, ISAAC HAWKINS (1705-1760)
• BROWNE, JAMES (1793–1841)
• BROWNE, MAXIMILIAN ULYSSES, COUNT VON, BARON DE CAMUS AND MOUNTANY (1705-1757)
• BROWNE, PETER (?1665-1735)
• BROWNE, ROBERT (1550-1633)
• BROWNE, SIR JAMES (1839–1896)
• BROWNE, SIR THOMAS (1605-1682)
• BROWNE, WILLIAM (1591–1643)
• BROWNE, WILLIAM GEORGE (1768-1813)

Browne, the English See also:

• RESIDENT

resident at the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of France . In See also:

• JUNE

June of the following year he married Browne's daughter and heiress . See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary, then a See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child of not more than twelve years of See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age . Leaving his wife in the care of her parents, he returned to England to See also:

• SETTLE
• SETTLE, ELKANAH (1648–1724)

settle his affairs . He visited See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles I. at See also:

• HAMPTON
• HAMPTON, WADE (1818-1902)

Hampton Court in 1647, and during the next two years maintained a See also:

• CIPHER, or CYPHER (from Arab. sifr, void)

cipher See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

correspondence with his father-in-See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law in the royal See also:

• INTEREST

interest . In 1649 he obtained a pass to return to Paris, but in 1650 paid a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short visit to England . The defeat of Charles II. at See also:

• WORCESTER
• WORCESTER, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF
• WORCESTER, JOHN TIPTOFT, EARL OF (1427—1470)
• WORCESTER, WILLIAM (c. 1415-c. 1482)

Worcester in 1651 convinced him that the royalist cause was hopeless, and he decided to return to England . He went in 1652 to Sayes Court at Dept-See also:

• FORD, EDWARD ONSLOW
• FORD, JOHN (r586–c.1640)
• FORD, RICHARD (1796-1858)
• FORD, THOMAS (b. c. 158o)

ford, a house which Sir Richard Browne had held on a See also:

• LEASE (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. laxare, to loosen)

lease from the See also:

• CROWN

crown . This had been seized by the See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament, but Evelyn was able to See also:

• COMPOUND
• COMPOUND (from Lat. componere, to combine or put together)

compound with the occupiers for £3500, and after the Restoration his See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession was secured . Here his wife joined him, their eldest son, Richard, being born in See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1652 . Under the .

See also:

• COMMONWEALTH

Commonwealth Evelyn amused himself with his favourite occupation of gardening, and made many See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends among the scientific inquirers of the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time . He was one of the promoters of the See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme for the Royal Society, and in the king's See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter in 1662 was nominated a member of its directing See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council . Mean-while he had refused employment from the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of the Commonwealth, and had maintained a cipher correspondence with Charles . In 1659 he published an See also:

• APOLOGY (from Gr. &aoXoyia, defence)

Apology for the Royal Party, and in December of that year he vainly tried to persuade See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel See also:

• HERBERT (FAMILY)
• HERBERT, GEORGE (1593-1633)
• HERBERT, HENRY WILLIAM
• HERBERT, SIR THOMAS (1606-1682)

Herbert See also:

• MORLEY
• MORLEY [oP BLACKBURN], JOHN MORLEY
• MORLEY, BARONS AND EARLS OF
• MORLEY, GEORGE (1597-1684)
• MORLEY, HENRY (1822-1894)
• MORLEY, SAMUEL (18o9–1886)

Morley, then See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant of the See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

Tower, to forestall See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General See also:

• MONK (O.Eng. munuc; this with the Teutonic forms, e.g. Du. monnik, Ger. Witch, and the Romanic, e.g. Fr. moine, Ital. monacho and Span. monje, are from the Lat. monachus, adaptedfrom Gr. µovaXos, one living alone, a solitary; Own, alone)
• MONK (or MONCK), GEORGE
• MONK, JAMES HENRY (1784-1856)
• MONK, MARIA (c. 1817—1850)

Monk by declaring for the king . From the Restoration onwards Evelyn enjoyed unbroken court favour till his death in 1706; but he never held any important See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office, although he filled many useful and often laborious See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor posts . He was See also:

• COMMISSIONER

commissioner for improving the streets and buildings of See also:

• LONDON

London, for examining into the affairs of charitable See also:

• FOUNDATIONS

foundations, commissioner of the See also:

• MINT
• MINT (Lat. moneta; Mid. Eng. mynt)

Mint, and of See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign plantations . In 1664 he accepted the responsibility for the care of the sick and wounded and the prisoners in the Dutch war . He See also:

• STUCK, FRANZ (1863— )

stuck to his See also:

• POST

post throughout the See also:

• PLAGUE (in Gr. Xotµos; in Lat. pestis, pestilentia)

plague year, contenting himself with sending his See also:

• FAMILY

family away to Wotton . He found it impossible to secure sufficient See also:

• MONEY

money for the proper See also:

• DISCHARGE (adapted from the O. Fr. discharge, modern decharge, from a med. Lat. discargare, to unload, dis- and earn care, to load, cf. " charge ")

discharge of his functions, and in 1688 he was still petitioning for See also:

• PAYMENT (Fr. paiement, from payer, to pay; Lat. pacare, to appease, pax, peace)

payment of his accounts in this business . Evelyn was secretary of the Royal Society in 1672, and as an enthusiastic See also:

• PROMOTER

promoter of' its interests was twice (in 1682 and 1691) offered the See also:

• PRESIDENCY

presidency . Through his See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry See also:

• HOWARD (FAMILY)
• HOWARD, CATHERINE (d. 1542)
• HOWARD, JOHN (1726-1790)
• HOWARD, LORD WILLIAM (1563–1640)
• HOWARD, OLIVER OTIS (1830-19o9)
• HOWARD, SIR ROBERT (1626–1698)

Howard, See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• NORFOLK
• NORFOLK, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Norfolk, was induced to See also:

• PRESENT

present the See also:

• ARUNDEL
• ARUNDEL, EARLDOM OF
• ARUNDEL, EARLS OF
• ARUNDEL, THOMAS (1353-1414)

Arundel See also:

• MARBLES

marbles to the university of Oxford (1667) and the valuable Arundel library to See also:

• GRESHAM, SIR THOMAS (1519-1579)
• GRESHAM, WALTER QUINTON (1832-1895)

Gresham College (1678) . In the reign of See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James II., during the See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• CLARENDON, CONSTITUTIONS OF
• CLARENDON, EDWARD HYDE, 1ST EARL OF (1609-1674)
• CLARENDON, GEORGE WILLIAM FREDERICK VILLIERS, 4TH EARL OF (in the Villiers line) (1800-r87o)
• CLARENDON, HENRY HYDE

Clarendon's See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence in See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland, he acted as one of the commissioners of the privy See also:

• SEAL
• SEAL, FUR
• SEAL, HAIR

seal .

He was seriously alarmed by the king's attacks on the English See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church, and refused on two occasions to license the illegal See also:

• SALE
• SALE, GEORGE (c. 1697-1736)
• SALE, SIR ROBERT HENRY (1782—1845)

sale of See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic literature . He concurred in the revolution of 1688, in 1695 was entrusted with the office of treasurer of See also:

• GREENWICH

Greenwich See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital for old sailors, and laid the first See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone of the new See also:

• BUILDING

building on the 3oth of June 1696 . In 1694. he left Sayes Court to live at Wotton with his brother, whose See also:

• HEIR (Lat. heres, from a root meaning to grasp, seen in heres or erus, master of a house, Gr. xeip, hand, Sans. hat ana, hand)

heir he had become, and whom he actually succeeded in 1699 . He spent the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of his life there, dying on the 27th of February 1706 . Evelyn's house at Sayes Court had been let to See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain, afterwards See also:

• ADMIRAL

Admiral John See also:

• BENBOW, JOHN (1653-17o2)

Benbow, who was not a " polite " See also:

• TENANT (from Lat. tenere, to hold)

tenant . He sublet it to See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter the See also:

• GREAT

Great, who was then visiting the dockyard at See also:

• DEPTFORD

Deptford . The See also:

• TSAR, or CZAR

tsar did great damage to Evelyn's beautiful gardens, and, it is said, made it one of his amusements to ride in a wheelbarrow along a thick See also:

• HOLLY (Ilex Aquifolium)

holly hedge planted especially by the owner . The house was subsequently used as a workhouse, and is now See also:

• ALMS

alms-houses, the grounds having been converted into public gardens by Mr Evelyn in 1886 . It will be seen that Evelyn's politics were not of the heroic See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order . But he was See also:

• HONOURABLE (Fr. honorable, from Lat. honorabilis, worthy of honour)

honourable and consistent in his adherence to the monarchical principle throughout his life . With the court of Charles II. he could have had no sympathy, his dignified domestic life and his serious See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion See also:

• STANDING

standing in the strongest contrast with the profligacy of the royal surroundings . His Diary is therefore , a valuable See also:

• CHRONICLE (from Gr. Xpovos, time)

chronicle of contemporary events from the standpoint of a moderate politician and a devout adherent of the Church of England .

He had none of See also:

• PEPYS, SAMUEL (1633-1703)

Pepys's love of See also:

• GOSSIP (from the O.E. godsibb, i.e. God, and sib, akin, standing in relation to)

gossip, and was devoid of his all-embracing curiosity,as of his diverting frankness of self-See also:

• REVELATION, BOOK OF

revelation .. Both were admirable civil servants, and they had a mutual admiration for each other's See also:

• STERLING
• STERLING, ANTOINETTE (d. 1904)
• STERLING, JOHN (1806-1844)

sterling qualities . Evelyn's Diary covers more than See also:

• HALF

half a See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century (1640-1706) crowded with remarkable events, while Pepys only deals with a few years of Charles II.'s reign . Evelyn was a generous See also:

• ART

art See also:

• PATRON

patron, and Grinling See also:

• GIBBONS, GRINLING (1648-1721)
• GIBBONS, JAMES (1834– )
• GIBBONS, ORLANDO (1583-1625)

Gibbons was introduced by him to the See also:

• NOTICE

notice of Charles II . His domestic affections were .very strong . He had six sons, of whom John (1655–1699), the author of some See also:

• TRANSLATIONS

translations, alone reached manhood . He has left a pathetic See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the extraordinary accomplishments of his son Richard, who died before he was six years old, and of a daughter Mary, who lived to be twenty, and probably wrote most of her father's Mundus muliebris (169o) . Of his two other daughters, Susannah, who married See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• DRAPER
• DRAPER, JOHN WILLIAM (1811-1882)

Draper of Addiscombe, Surrey, survived him . Evelyn's Diary remained in MS. until 1818 . It is in a See also:

• QUARTO

quarto See also:

• VOLUME

volume containing 700 pages, covering the years between 1641 and 1697, and is continued in a smaller See also:

• BOOK

book which brings the narrative down to within three See also:

• WEEKS, EDWIN LORD (1849-1903)

weeks of its author's death . A selection from this was edited by William See also:

• BRAY
• BRAY, SIR REGINALD (d. 1503)
• BRAY, THOMAS (1656-1730)

Bray, with the permission of the Evelyn family, in 1818, under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of Memairs illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, comprising his Diary from x641 to i7o5/6, and a Selection of his See also:

• FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

Familiar Letters . Other See also:

• EDITIONS

editions followed, the most notable being those of Mr H .

B . See also:

• WHEATLEY, FRANCIS (1747–1801)

Wheatley (1879) and Mr See also:

• AUSTIN
• AUSTIN, ALFRED
• AUSTIN, JOHN (179o-1859)
• AUSTIN, SARAH (1793-1867)
• AUSTIN, STEPHEN FULLER (1793-1836)

Austin See also:

• DOBSON, HENRY AUSTIN (184o- )
• DOBSON, WILLIAM (16ro-1646)

Dobson (3 vols., 1906) . Evelyn's active mind produced many other See also:

• WORKS

works, and although these have been overshadowed by the famous Diary they are of considerable interest . They include: Of See also:

• LIBERTY (Lat. libertas, from liber, free)

Liberty and See also:

• SERVITUDE (Lat. servitus, from service, to serve)

Servitude . (1649), a See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation from the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French of See also:

• FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

Francois de la Mothe le Vayer, Evelyn's own copy of which contains a See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

note that he was " like to be See also:

• CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call'd in question by the Rebells for this booke "; The See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

State of France, as it stood in the IXth year of See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XIII . (1652) ; An See also:

• ESSAY, ESSAYIST (Fr. essai, Late Lat. exagium, a weighing or balance; exigere, to examine; the term in general meaning any trial or effort)

Essay on the First Book of T . See also:

• LUCRETIUS (TITUS LUCRETIUS CARUS) (c. 98–55 B.C.)

Lucretius See also:

• CARUS, KARL GUSTAV (1789–1869)
• CARUS, MARCUS AURELIUS

Carus de Rerum Natura . Interpreted and made English See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse by J . Evelyn (1656) ; The See also:

• GOLDEN

Golden Book of St John See also:

• CHRYSOSTOM

Chrysostom, concerning the See also:

• EDUCATION

Education of See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

Children . Translated out of the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek by J . E . (printed 1658, dated 1659) ; The French Gardener: instructing how to cultivate all sorts of See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

Fruit-trees .

. . (1658), translated from the French of N. de Bonnefons; A See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

Character of England . . (1659), describing the customs of the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country as they would appear to a foreign observer, reprinted in See also:

• SOMERS, JOHN SOMERS (or SOMMERS), BARON (1651–1716)

Somers' Tracts (ed . See also:

• SCOTT, ALEXANDER (fl. 1550)
• SCOTT, DAVID (18o6-1849)
• SCOTT, MICHAEL (1789-1835)
• SCOTT, ROBERT (1811-1887)
• SCOTT, SIR GEORGE GILBERT (1811-1878)
• SCOTT, SIR WALTER, BART
• SCOTT, WILLIAM BELL (1811-1890)
• SCOTT, WINFIELD (1786-1866)

Scott, 1812), and in the Harleian See also:

• MISCELLANY

Miscellany (ed . See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

Park, 1813) ; The See also:

• LATE

Late See also:

• NEWS

News from See also:

• BRUSSELS (Fr. Bruxelles, Flem. Brussel)

Brussels unmasked . (166o), in See also:

• ANSWER (derived from and, against, and the same root as swear)

answer to a libellous pamphlet on Charles I. by See also:

• MARCHMONT, EARLS OF

Marchmont Needham; Fumifugium, or the inconvenience of the See also:

• EGER (Czech, Cheb)
• EGER (Ger. Erlau, Med. Lat. Agria)
• EGER, AQIBA (1761–1837)

Eger and Smoak of London dissipated (1661), in which he suggested that sweet-smelling trees should be planted in London to purify the See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air; Instructions concerning erecting of a Library . . (1661), from the French of See also:

• GABRIEL (Heb. SKns, man of God)

Gabriel See also:

• NAUDE, GABRIEL (1600-1653)

Naude; Tyrannus or the Mode, in a Discourse of Sumptuary See also:

• LAWS

Laws- (1661); Sculptura: or the See also:

• HISTORY

History and Art of Chalcography and See also:

• ENGRAVING

Engraving in See also:

• COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

Copper . . . (1662); Sylva, or a Discourse of See also:

• FOREST

Forest Trees . . . to which is annexed See also:

• POMONA
• POMONA, or MAINLAND

Pomona . . . Also Kalendarium Hortense .

(1664); A Parallel of the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

Ancient See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

Architecture with the See also:

• MODERN

Modern . . . (1664), from the French of See also:

• ROLAND
• ROLAND, LEGEND OF

Roland Fr-See also:

• CART (A.S. crcet, Gaelic cairt; connected with " car ")

Cart; The History of the three late famous Imposters, viz . Padre Ottomano, Mahomed Bei, and Sabatei Sevi (1669); See also:

• NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

Navigation and See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

Commerce . . . in which his Majesties title to the Dominion of the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea is asserted against the Novel and later Pretenders (1674), which is a See also:

• PREFACE (Med. Lat. prefatia, for classical praefatio, praefari, to speak beforehand)

preface to a projected history of the Dutch See also:

• WARS

wars undertaken at the See also:

• REQUEST, LETTERS OF

request of Charles II., but countermanded on the conclusion of See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace; A Philosophical Discourse of See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

Earth . (1676), a See also:

• TREATISE

treatise on See also:

• HORTICULTURE
• HORTICULTURE (Lat. hortus, a garden)

horticulture, better known by its later title of Terra; The Compleat Gardener . . . (1693), from the French of J. de la Quintinie; Numismata . . . (1697) . Some of these were reprinted in The See also:

• MISCELLANEOUS

Miscellaneous Writings of John Evelyn, edited (1825) by William Upcott . Evelyn's friendship with Mary Blagge, afterwards Mrs See also:

• GODOLPHIN, SIDNEY GODOLPHIN, EARL

Godolphin, is recorded in the diary, when he says he designed " to consecrate her worthy life to posterity." This he effectually did in a little masterpiece of religious See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

biography which remained in MS. in the possession of the See also:

• HARCOURT
• HARCOURT, SIMON HARCOURT, 1ST VISCOUNT (c. 1661-1727)
• HARCOURT, SIR WILLIAM GEORGE GRANVILLE VENABLES VERNON (1827-1904)
• HARCOURT, WILLIAM VERNON (1789-1871)

Harcourt family until it was edited by See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel See also:

• WILBERFORCE, ROBERT ISAAC (1802-18J7)
• WILBERFORCE, SAMUEL (1805-1873)
• WILBERFORCE, WILLIAM (1759—1833)

Wilberforce, See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of Oxford, as the Life of Mrs Godolphin (1847), reprinted in the " King's See also:

• CLASSICS

Classics " (1904) .

The picture of See also:

• MISTRESS

Mistress Blagge's saintly life at court is heightened in interest when read in connexion with the scandalous See also:

• MEMOIRS

memoirs of the See also:

• COMTE, AUGUSTE [ISIDORE AUGUSTE MARIE FRANCOIS XAVIER] (1798-1857)

comte de See also:

• GRAMONT, ANTOINE AGENOR ALFRED
• GRAMONT, PHILIBERT, COMTE DE (1621-1707)

Gramont, or contemporary political satires on the court . Numerous other papers and letters of Evelyn on scientific subjects and matters of public interest are preserved, a collection of private and See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official letters and papers (1642–1712) by, or addressed to, Sir Richard Browne and his son-in-law being in the See also:

• BRITISH

British Museum (Add . See also:

• MSS

MSS . 15857 and 15858) . Next to the Diary Evelyn's most valuable See also:

• WORK

work is Sylva . By the See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass factories and See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron furnaces the country was being rapidly depleted of See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood, while no See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt was being made to replace the damage by planting . Evelyn put in a plea for afforestation, and besides producing a valuable work on See also:

• ARBORICULTURE (Lat. arbor, a tree)

arboriculture, he was able to assert in his preface to the king that he had really induced landowners to plant many millions of trees .