the Garter And after that was done he took his leave of my Lord, and so to shore again to the King at Canterbury, where he yesterday gave the like honour to General Monk, who are the only two for many years that have had the Garter given them, before they had honours of Earldome, or the like, excepting only the Duke of Buckingham, who was only Sir George Villiers when he was made Knight of the Garter¹⁰⁸.

29th Abroad to shore with my Lord, (which he offered me of himself, saying that I had a great deal of work to do this month, which was very true) On shore we took horses, my Lord and Mr Edward, Mr Hetly and I, and three or four servants, and had a great deal of pleasure in riding At last we came upon a very high cliffe by the sea-side, and rode under it, we having laid great wagers, I and Dr Mathews, that it was not so high as Paul’s, my Lord and Mr Hetly, that it was But we riding under it, my Lord made a pretty good measure of it with two sticks, and found it to be not thirty-five yards high, and Paul’s is reckoned to be about ninety From thence toward the barge again, and in our way found the people of Deale going to make a bonfire for joy of the day, it being the King’s birthday, and had some guns which they did fire at my Lord’s coming by For which I did give twenty shillings among them to drink While we were on the top of the cliffe, we saw and heard our guns in the fleet go off for the same joy And it being a pretty fair day we could see above twenty miles into France Being returned on board, my Lord called for Mr Shepley’s book of Paul’s, by which we were confirmed in our wager This day, it is thought, the King do enter the City of London.

30th All this morning making up my accounts, in which I counted that I had made myself now worth about £80, at which my heart was glad, and blessed God.

June 1st At night Mr Cook comes from London with letters, leaving all things there very gallant and joyful And brought us word that the Parliament had ordered the 29th of May, the King’s birthday, to be for ever kept as a day of thanksgiving for our redemption from tyranny, and the King’s return to his Government, he entering London that day.

2nd Being with my Lord in the morning about business in his cabbin, I took occasion to give him thanks for his love to me in the share that he had given me of his Majesty’s money, and the Duke’s He told me he hoped to do me a more lasting kindness, if all things stand as they are now between him and the King, but, says he, ‘We must have a little patience and we will rise together, in the mean time I will do yet all the good jobs I can’ Which was great content for me to hear from my Lord All the morning with the Captain, computing how much the thirty ships that come with the King from Scheveling their pay comes to for a month (because the King promised to give them all a month’s pay), and it comes to £6538, and the Charles particularly £777 I wish we had the money.

3rd Captaine Holland is come to get an order for the setting out of his ship, and to renew his commission He tells me how every man goes to the Lord Mayor to set down their names, as such as do accept of his Majesty’s pardon, and showed me a certificate under the Lord Mayor’s hand, that he had done so.

At sermon in the morning, after dinner into my cabbin, to cast my accounts up, and find myself to be worth near £100 for which I bless Almighty God, it being more than I hoped for so soon, being I believe not clearly worth £25 when I come to sea besides my house and goods.

4th This morning the King’s Proclamation against drinking, swearing, and debauchery, was read to our ships’ companies in the fleet, and indeed it gives great satisfaction to all.

6th In the morning I had letters come, that told me among other things, that my Lord’s place of Clerke of the Signet was fallen to him, which he did most lovingly tell me that I should execute, in case he could not get a better employment for me at the end of the year Because he thought that the Duke of York would command all, but he hoped that the Duke would not remove me but to my advantage.

My letters tell me, that Mr Calamy¹⁰⁹ had preached before the King in a surplice (this I heard afterwards to be false), that my Lord, Gen Monk, and three more Lords, are made Commissioners for the Treasury, that my Lord had some great place conferred on him, and they say Master of the Wardrobe, and the two