Dukes do haunt the Park much, and that they were at a play, Madam Epicene,¹¹⁰ the other day, that Sir Ant Cooper,¹¹¹ Mr Hollis, and Mr Annesly, late Presidents of the Council of State, are made Privy Councillors to the King.

7th After dinner come Mr John Wright and Mr Moore, with the sight of whom my heart was very glad They brought an order for my Lord’s coming up to London, which my Lord resolved to do tomorrow All the afternoon getting my things in order to set forth tomorrow At night walked up and down with Mr Moore, who did give me an account of all things at London Among others, how the Presbyterians would be angry if they durst, but they will not be able to do any thing.

8th Out early, took horses at Deale.

9th To White Hall with my Lord and Mr Edwd Montagu Found the King in the Park There walked Gallantly great.

11th With my Lord to Dorset House¹¹² to the Chancellor.

13th By water with my Lord in a boat to Westminster, and to the Admiralty, now in a new place.

15th My Lord told me how the King has given him the place of the great Wardrobe.

16th To my Lord, and so to White Hall with him about the Clerk of the Privy Seale’s place, which he is to have Then to the Admiralty, where I wrote some letters. Here Coll Thompson told me, as a great secret, that the Nazeby was on fire when the King was there, but that is not known, when God knows it is quite false.

17th (Lord’s day) To Mr Messinn’s, a good sermon This day the organs did begin to play at White Hall before the King After dinner to Mr Messinn’s again, and so in the garden, and heard Chippell’s father preach, that was Page to the Protector.

18th To my Lord’s, where much business With him to the Parliament House, where he did intend to have made his appearance today, but he met Mr Crewe upon the stairs, and would not go in He went to Mrs Brown’s, and staid till word was brought him what was done in the House. This day they made an end of the twenty men to be excepted from pardon to their estates By barge to Stepney with my Lord, where at Trinity House we had great entertainment With my Lord there went Sir W Pen, Sir H Wright, Hetly, Pierce, Creed, Hill, I and other servants Back again to the Admiralty, and so to my Lord’s lodgings, where he told me that he did look after the place of the Clerk of the Acts for me.

19th Much business at my Lord’s This morning my Lord went into the House of Commons, and there had the thanks of the House, in the name of the Parliament and Commons of England, for his late service to his King and Country A motion was made for a reward for him, but it was quashed by Mr Annesly, who, above most men, is engaged to my Lord’s and Mr Crewe’s favours My Lord went at night with the King to Baynard’s Castle to supper, and I home.

20th With my Lord (who lay long in bed this day, because he came home late from supper with the King) to the Parliament House, and, after that, with him to General Monk’s, where he dined at the Cockpit Thence to the Admiralty, and despatched away Mr Cooke to sea, whose business was a letter from my Lord about Mr G Montagu to be chosen as a Parliament-man in my Lord’s room at Dover, and another to the Vice-Admiral to give my Lord a constant account of all things in the fleet, merely that he may thereby keep up his power there, another letter to Captn Cuttance to send the barge that brought the King on shore, to Hinchingbroke by Lynne.

21st To my Lord, much business With him to the Council Chamber, where he was sworne, and the charge of his being admitted Privy Counsellor is £56 To White Hall, where the King being gone abroad, my Lord and I walked a great while discoursing of the simplicity of the Protector, in his losing all that his father