my brother's, where I found
my father, poor man, come, which I was glad to see. I staid with him
till noon, and then he went to my cozen Scott's to dinner, who had
invited him. He tells me his alterations of the house and garden at
Brampton, which please me well. I could not go with him, and so we
parted at Ludgate, and I home to dinner, and to the office all the
afternoon, and musique in my chamber alone at night, and so to bed.

28th. Up early to put things in order in my chamber, and then to my
Lord's, with whom I spoke about several things, and so up and down
in several places about business with Mr. Creed, among others to Mr.
Wotton's the shoemaker, and there drank our morning draft, and then home
about noon, and by and by comes my father by appointment to dine with
me, which we did very merrily, I desiring to make him as merry as I can,
while the poor man is in town. After dinner comes my uncle Wight and
sat awhile and talked with us, and thence we three to the Mum House at
Leadenhall, and there sat awhile. Then I left them, and to the Wardrobe,
where I found my Lord gone to Hampton Court. Here I staid all the
afternoon till late with Creed and Captain Ferrers, thinking whether
we should go to-morrow together to Hampton Court, but Ferrers his wife
coming in by and by to the house with the young ladies (with whom she
had been abroad), she was unwilling to go, whereupon I was willing to
put off our going, and so home, but still my mind was hankering after
our going to-morrow. So to bed.

29th. At home all the morning. At noon to the Wardrobe, and dined with
my Lady, and after dinner staid long talking with her; then homeward,
and in Lumbard Street was called out of a window by Alderman Backwell,
where I went, and saluted his lady, a very pretty woman. Here was Mr.
Creed, and it seems they have been under some disorder in fear of a fire
at the next door, and had been removing their goods, but the fire was
over before I came. Thence home, and with my wife and the two maids, and
the boy, took boat and to Foxhall,

[Foxhall, Faukeshall, or Vauxhall, a manor in Surrey, properly
Fulke's. Hall, and so called from Fulke de Breaute, the notorious
mercenary follower of King John. The manor house was afterwards
known as Copped or Copt Hall. Sir Samuel Morland obtained a lease
of the place, and King Charles made him Master of Mechanics, and
here "he (Morland), anno 1667, built a fine room," sa