Notes to Pages 159–170 • 329- For Gauden, Vyner, and Colvill, see their biographical entries in Pepys,Diary, 10.
- Pepys,Diary, 6 : 165 , 10 : 16 – 17.
- Ibid., 6 : 162 – 64. A succinct description of the system is by Henry Roseveare, “The
Exchequer,” in Pepys,Diary, 10 : 124 – 27. - Pepys,Diary, 6 : 165 – 66.
- Boghurst,Loimographia, 53 – 54 ; Allin to Fryth, London, Sept. 14 , ESRO FRE
5466 ; James Hickes to Joseph Williamson, Oct. 4 , cited by Bell,The Great Plague, 299.
8 .The Economic Writings of Sir William Petty,ed. Charles Henry Hull, 2 vols. (Cam-
bridge, 1899 ), 1 : 103 – 13. A similar appreciation of the worth of workers was triggered by
the Great Plague in the mind of Sir Josiah Child, a future titan in London’s financial
circles. See Charles Wilson,England ’s Apprenticeship, 1603 – 1763 (New York, 1965 ), 233 ,
quoting Child’s Brief Observations. - John Graunt,Reflections on the Bills of Mortality ...from the year 1592 to the Great
Plague in 1665 (London, 1665 ), reprinted in A Collection of Very Valuable and Scarce Pieces
relating to the last Plague in the year 1665 (London, 1721 ), 53 – 82 .Economic Writings of Sir
William Petty, 1 : 109 – 10. - St. Giles Cripplegate Parish Register, GL, MS 6419 / 7.
- Bell,The Great Plague, 59.
- Pepys,Diary, 6 : 165 , 174 – 79 , July 22 , 29 , 30.
- Bell,The Great Plague, 216 – 17.
- Symon Patrick to Elizabeth Gauden, Sept. 21 , 1665 , in Works, 9 : 579.
- The ebb and flow of coastal and overseas trade can be followed partly in the port
tax records for London and Colchester. PRO 190 / 50 / 4 , 5 ;E 190 / 607 / 1 , 3. - Symon Patrick to Elizabeth Gauden, Dec. 16 , 1665 , in Works, 9 : 602 – 3.
- Patrick to Gauden, Sept. 19 , in Works, 9 : 577 – 78.
18 .See Chandaman,English Public Revenue, 55 – 56 , and Pepys,Diary, 10 : 48. - Pepys,Diary, 6 : 186.
- The accounts in Hodges,Loimologia,and Boghurst,Loimographia,are similar.
- See the weekly Bills of Mortality and the Middlesex and Surrey Quarter Session
judicial records.
22 .The Victoria History of the County of Middlesex,vol. 5 , ed. T. F. T. Baker (London,
1976 ), 164 – 65 ; Masie Brown,The Market Gardens of Barnes and Mortlake(Barnes and
Mortlake, 1985 ); Ronald Webber,Covent Garden(London, 1969 ), 26 , 31. We thank Ma-
sie Brown for sharing her insights. - St. Katherine Creechurch Churchwarden account, GL, MS 1198 / 1.
- The guilds’ records are in the Guildhall Library. These companies had closed
down most of their activities in July, but their vital services continued. - See Richard Grassby,The English Gentleman in Trade(Oxford, 1994 ), 94 , 94 n. 3.
- William Turner to the Pocquelins, Sept. 4 , 1665 , GL, MS 5106 / 1.
- Factory Booke Merchandise, two-thirds for Msrs. Pocquelin Accompt of Paris
and one-third for Sir William Turner in London, GL, MS 5101 / 3. - Turner to the Pocquelins, July 20 , 27 , 1665 ,GL, MS 5106 / 1.
- In July Turner had persuaded Lord Berkeley, who was a major player in overseas