Diary, Sep/Oct 1662 | Page 7

with Mr. Fox and his lady; and there dined with
them, where much company come to them. Most of our discourse was
what ministers are flung out that will not conform: and the care of the
Bishop of London that we are here supplied with very good men.
Thence to my Lord's, where nobody at home but a woman that let me
in, and Sarah above, whither I went up to her and played and talked
with her . . . .[Pepys is again up to something disapproved by Wheatley.
D.W.]--After I had talked an hour or two with her I went and gave Mr.
Hunt a short visit, he being at home alone, and thence walked
homewards, and meeting Mr. Pierce, the chyrurgeon, he took me into
Somersett House; and there carried me into the Queen-Mother's
presence-chamber, where she was with our own Queen sitting on her
left hand (whom I did never see before); and though she be not very
charming, yet she hath a good, modest, and innocent look, which is
pleasing. Here I also saw Madam Castlemaine, and, which pleased me
most, Mr. Crofts, the King's bastard, a most pretty spark of about 15
years old, who, I perceive, do hang much upon my Lady Castlemaine,
and is always with her; and, I hear, the Queens both of them are mighty
kind to him.
[James, the son of Charles II. by Lucy Walter, daughter of William
Walter, of Roch Castle, co. Pembroke. He was born April 9th, 1649,
and landed in England with the Queen-Mother, July 28th, 1662, when
he bore the name of Crofts, after Lord Crofts, his governor. He was
created Duke of Monmouth, February 14th, 1663, and married Lady
Anne Scott, daughter and heiress of Francis, second Earl of Buccleuch,
on April 20th following. In 1673 he took the name of Scott, and was
created Duke of Buccleuch.]
By and by in comes the King, and anon the Duke and his Duchess; so
that, they being all together, was such a sight as I never could almost

have happened to see with so much ease and leisure. They staid till it
was dark, and then went away; the King and his Queen, and my Lady
Castlemaine and young Crofts, in one coach and the rest in other,
coaches. Here were great store of great ladies, but very few handsome.
The King and Queen were very merry; and he would have made the
Queen-Mother believe that his Queen was with child, and said that she
said so. And the young Queen answered, "You lye;" which was the first
English word that I ever heard her say which made the King good sport;
and he would have taught her to say in English, "Confess and be
hanged." The company being gone I walked home with great content as
I can be in for seeing the greatest rarity, and yet a little troubled that I
should see them before my wife's coming home, I having made a
promise that I would not, nor did I do it industriously and by design,
but by chance only. To my office, to fit myself for waiting on the Duke
to-morrow morning with the rest of our company, and so to my
lodgings and to bed.

8th. Up betimes and to my office preparing an account to give the Duke
this morning of what we have of late done at the office. About 7 o'clock
I went forth thinking to go along with Sir John Minnes and the rest, and
I found them gone, which did vex me, so I went directly to the old
Swan and took boat before them to Sir G. Carteret's lodgings at
Whitehall, and there staying till he was dressed talking with him, he
and I to St. James's, where Sir Williams both and Sir John were come,
and so up with Mr. Coventry to the Duke; who, after he was out of his
bed, did send for us in; and, when he was quite ready, took us into his
closet, and there told us that he do intend to renew the old custom for
the Admirals to have their principal officers to meet them once a-week,
to give them an account what they have done that week; which I am
glad of: and so the rest did tell his Royal Highness that I could do it
best for the time past. And so I produced my short notes, and did give
him an account of all that we have of late done; and proposed to him
several things for his commands, which he did give us, and so
dismissed us. The rest to Deptford, I to the Exchequer to meet Mr.
Townsend, where I hear he is gone to the Sun tavern, and there