John Aubrey: My Own Life (77 page)

Paris, Matthew, 141

Parliament

summoned, dismissed and recalled (1640), 34

passes Dissolution Act, 35

Charles I unable to agree with, 41

and civil war, 43, 45, 46, 48–9, 54, 62, 63, 64, 66, 68, 71, 73, 77, 224

abolishes kingship, 82

passes Act declaring England to be a Commonwealth, 82

and sale of lands belonging to royal family, 82, 87

Petty recommended to, 94

votes a pension to Hartlib, 96

Sir John Aubrey’s estates sequestrated by, 101

dissolved by Cromwell, 104

army defeats Penruddock and his followers, 106

called upon to address problem of debt, 115

dissolution of Parliament, and recall of 1648 Parliament, 117

Rump agrees to pay Richard Cromwell’s debts and give him a pension in return for his resignation as Lord Protector, 117

and the ideas of rotation by balloting, 119

and General Monck, 123, 124, 302–3

Long Parliament restored, 124

Long Parliament call for free elections and its own dissolution, 125

passes Act of Free and General Pardon, Indemnity and Oblivion, 128

Hartlib’s petition to, 135

passes a new Licensing Act, 136

move against Hobbes in, 161

Committee considers a bill against Atheism, Prophaneness and Swearing, 161

has little enthusiasm for war against the Dutch, 201

Test Act, 211

forces release of Titus Oates, 278

Birkenhead scorned when he stands for election to, 286

dissolved by Charles II, 316

convened in Oxford, 316

dissolved again, 317

see also
Parliamentary Visitation / Visitors

Parliamentary Visitation / Visitors, 69, 70, 73, 74, 76, 81, 149, 167

Pascal, Blaise:
Les Provinciales, or the Mystery of Jesuitisme
, 250

Paschall, Andrew

brief biographical details, xviii

and the search for a Universal Language, 201, 267, 268, 274, 276, 282

educational ideas, 202

wants collection of words peculiar to Devon and Cornwall, 203

interest in beekeeping, 251, 253, 257

informs JA about his mother’s ill health, 251

letters to JA read to Royal Society, 258, 296

JA arranges to borrow manuscripts via, 260

JA hopes to visit, 271

kind to JA’s mother, 274

asks JA for recommendations on writers, 315

sends JA an example of a desirable Utopia, 318

supplies JA’s mother with cure for sore eyes, 322–3

encourages JA to work on his educational ideas, 335

JA’s Natural History of Wiltshire sent to, 338

comments on JA’s Idea of Education, 338–9

asked by JA to send berries of Holy Thorn to his mother, 339

and departure of JA’s mother from Bridgwater, 344

JA visits, 345

and Monmouth Rebellion, 348, 349, 352

describes a case of gonorrhoea to JA, 350

and antiquities, 372–3

Writing:
Botanic Tables
, 387

Payn’s Castle, 112

Peacock (racehorse), 29

Peacock, St Paul’s Churchyard, 394

Peake, the, Derbyshire, 313

Pecquet:
Experimenta nova anatomica
, 241

Peers, Richard, 216

Pell, Dr John, 200, 241, 254, 292, 298, 316, 346, 410

Idea of Mathematics
, 159

Pembroke, Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of, 27–8, 29

Pembroke, Mary Herbert (
née
Sidney), Countess of, 26, 27–8, 28–9, 78, 200, 246

Pembroke, Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of, xiv, 29, 74, 83, 84, 88

Pembroke, Philip Herbert, 5th Earl of, xiv, 95, 96, 125, 130

Pembroke, Philip Herbert, 7th Earl of, xiv, 295

Pembroke, Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of, xvi, 279, 344, 346, 366, 375, 377, 379, 384, 408, 409

Pembroke, William Herbert, 1st Earl of, 27–8, 30, 162, 303

Pembroke-hall, Cambridge, 321

Penal Laws, 283–4

Penn, William, xviii, 3, 327, 330, 347

Penny Post, 292

Penruddock, Sir George, 30, 116

Penruddock, Sir John, 75

Penruddock, Colonel John, xviii, 75, 105, 106

Pennsylvania, 3, 327, 330, 347

Pepys, Samuel, 11, 12, 157, 281

Persia, 279

Peru, 315

Pestle & Mortar, St Martin’s Lane, 416

Peter of Langtoft (Philantiquarius), 373

Petty, Dr William

brief biographical details, xviii

teaches anatomy at Brasenose College, 70

revives woman on dissecting table, 88

discovers how to set a field of corn by means of a sowing and harrowing engine, 90

and Hobbes, 92, 299

recommended for appointment as one of the surveyors of Ireland, 94

member of Rota Club, 119

estates in Ireland, 132

knighted, 135

and Royal Society, 137, 144, 246, 319, 337

responds to JA’s request for advice on collecting statistics, 198

urges JA to turn to ecclesiastical career, 262

Wood asks questions about, 287

JA writes life of, 291, 292, 294, 298–300

portraits, 293

writes from Ireland, 319

questions for the trial of mineral water, 337–8

JA gives extracts from Wiltshire parish registers to, 350

death, 354–5

brief references, 255, 330

Writing:

Concerning the Use of Duplicate Proportion
, 248

Pewter Pott, Leaden Hall Street, 381

Peyton, Mr, 30

Philantiquarius (Peter of Langtoft), 373

Philips, Fabian, xviii, 324–5, 347, 375

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
, 5, 164, 261, 271, 314, 337, 350

Pico, Mount, 132

Pierre Couverte, 150

Pierre Levée, 150

Pigott, Thomas, xviii, 267, 269, 275, 276, 278, 282, 283, 286, 314, 330

Pimpherne, 33

Pisa, 179

Pitt, George, 347

Plato, 251, 335

Pliny, 143, 244

Natural History
, 411

Plot, Dr Robert

brief biographical details, xviii–xix

granted letter of approval and recommendation by Ralph Bathurst, 244

begins his investigation in Oxfordshire, 244

plan for his book, 244, 260

JA decides to give papers to, 254, 257

transcribes some notes given by JA, 260

suggested for post of first Keeper of Ashmolean Museum, 282

appointed first Keeper of Ashmolean Museum, 329

too busy to undertake work on Wiltshire, 339

as Professor of Chemistry, 348

and Wood, 355, 356

and JA’s Surrey papers, 368

retirement, 383

brief references, 323, 347, 378

Writing:

De Origine Fontium
, 339

History of Oxford
, 260

Plunia:
Purpur
, 235

Poole, 62

Poole, the (part of the Thames), 217

Poole, William, 431

Pope, Sir Thomas, 243, 276

Pope, Dr Walter, 163

Popish Plot, 277, 278, 283–4

Oates punished for false testimony, 341

Pordage, Samuel, 125

Portland, 165, 313

Portugal, 133

Postmaster’s Hall, Oxford, 53

Potter, Francis

brief biographical details, xix

JA interested in his ideas about numbers, 47–8

JA meets, 76–7

becomes rector of Kilmington, 76

and idea of moving blood between animals, 76, 95, 137–8, 164, 176, 323

visits JA at Broad Chalke, 88–9

reads Wilkins’s
Mathematical Magick
, 89

ideas about the moon and gravity, 89

ideas about flight, 89–90

ideas about submarine navigation, 90

JA talks to Hartlib about, 96

Hartlib requests more information about, 97

urges JA not to go to Italy, 98

difficulties in his relationship with his brother, 99

does not send account of his experiments for Hartlib, 99

too busy to make quadrant for JA, 102

wants JA to obtain material he needs to make screw compasses, 109–10

scheme for cart with legs, 138

elected member of Royal Society, 138

sends money for admittance to Royal Society, 139

admitted to Royal Society, 144

idea for clock, 168

JA visits, 245

blindness, 245

death, 275–6

Wood asks questions about, 287

brief references, 111, 326, 407, 421

Writing:
An Interpretation of the Number 666
, 47–8, 76

Potter, Hannibal, 47, 62, 69, 72, 73, 76, 99

Powell, Anthony, 2, 7–8, 9, 10, 429, 430

John Aubrey and His Friends
, 9, 429

Powney, Mrs, 104

Poyntz, Captain, 346

Pozzo, Cassiano dal, 145

Prague, 131, 306

Priory of Augustine, Bristol, 344

Privy Council, 115, 278

Propertius, 297

Prynne, William, 387

Pufendorf, Samuel von, 381

Pugh, Robert, 281

Pulleyn, Octavian, 314

Quakers, 352

Queen’s College, Cambridge, 274

Queenstreet, London, 185

Radford, William, xix, 53, 70, 73, 149, 234

Radnor, 112

Rainbow, the, 111, 273

Rainbow-Stationer, Fleet Street, 95

Raleigh, Sir Walter, 32–3, 92–3, 102, 191, 251, 272, 294, 322

A Tryall of oares and indications of metalls and mines
, 247

History of the World
, 33

Randolph, Thomas, 294

Ranulagh, Lady, 301

Rawlinson, Richard, 426

Ray, John, xix, 274–5, 367, 381–2, 382–3, 385, 389, 390, 402

Synopsis of English Plants
,
Synopsis Methodica Stirpium Britannicarum,
387

The Wisdom of God manifested in the Works of Creation
, 385

Reading, 61, 70, 344, 352

Redding, Sir Robert, 260

Reden and Holyoks Dictionary, 411

Reformation, 180, 185

Restoration, 1, 4, 126–7, 204

Reynolds, Mr, 401

Rhan, J.H.:
An Introduction to Algebra
, 241

Richard II, King, 219

Richard III, King, 248

Richard, Duke of Gloucester, 248

Richmond, 149, 234

Riolanus, Johannes, 99

Rochester, Countess of, 165

Rochester, Earl of, 157, 243, 297

Roehampton, 69

Rolle, Sir Francis, 260

Rolle, Serjeant, 71

Rollright Stones, 247, 248

Roman Catholicism

Oxford colleges searched for signs of Popery, 45

and Wiltshire, 100

JA’s attitude towards, 188, 194, 236, 263, 267

allegiance of Duke of York to, 211

rumours about Wood concerning, 236

JA asks Wood to burn his letters concerning, 267

prospect of a Catholic monarch feared, 270

rumours about devotees on the continent, 275

and Titus Oates, 277

Popish Plot, 277, 278, 283–4

Exclusion Bill intends to exclude Duke of York from succession, 282

Penal Laws against, 283–4

Hollar’s allegiance to, 307

Charles II refuses to compromise on succession of James, 316

James II succeeds to the throne as a Catholic, 340

Oates punished for false testimony about, 341

increasing antagonism towards, 355, 361

Wood suspected of allegiance to, 362

flight of James II, and riots in London against, 366

brief references, 222, 306, 352

see also
Jesuits / Society of Jesus

Romans, 2, 143–4, 170, 185, 201, 218, 247, 350–1, 367, 370, 372–3, 385–6, 404

architecture, 185

camps, 171, 184, 205

coins, 100, 101, 160, 201, 205, 260, 376, 409

mosaics, 197–8

remains, 101, 114, 165, 185–6, 218, 219, 222, 260

ways, 165, 221

Rome, 96, 117, 131, 145, 175, 179, 300–1, 326, 350, 370

Romney, Earl of, 361

Rosamund’s Bower, Woodstock Manor, 43–4, 210

Rose, Mr, 309

Rota Club, 119, 120, 125

Rowland, Mr, 419

Royal African Company, 239

Royal Exchange, 185, 275, 341, 395

Royal Society

role played by JA in, 5–6

proposals for, 129

Hobbes’s criticisms of, 130

receives its charter, 5–6, 137

offered rooms by Gresham College, 137

Hooke elected as Curator of Experiments, 137

JA elected to, 5, 137

meetings (1663), 137–8, 138–9

Potter elected a member of, 138

council meets for first time, 139

presented with plan of Avebury, 140

Potter admitted to, 144

General Meeting 1663, 144

Ent shows table top of fossilised wood to, 145

Georgical Committee, 145

Hooke’s position as Curator of Experiments is confirmed for life, 151

Pepys elected and admitted as Fellow of, 157

meetings at Gresham College cease because of plague, 159

unable to resume meetings at Gresham College after Great Fire, 161

meetings (1666), 162, 163–4

JA serves on audit committee, 163, 164, 261, 355, 381

and JA’s investigations on water, 166, 169, 170–1, 329

Hooke reports on method of measuring time through air, 168–9

establishes a committee to consider a report on Wilkins’s
Essay Towards a Real Character and a Philosophical Language
, 171

requests Wood to make a list of treatises written by Bacon, 173

JA brings drawing of a cloudy star to, 175

JA brings Potter’s account of his experiment in moving blood before, 176

JA presents portrait of Hobbes to, 178

JA gives books to, 185, 241, 418

JA presents piece of Roman antiquity to, 185–6

Newton elected Fellow of, 200

Evelyn becomes Secretary of, 201

Hobbes gives copy of his book to, 206

finds small employment for JA, 208

decides to keep only mathematical and philosophical books in its library, 208

JA’s presentation of winds to, 210, 236