The only Easter Pepys this Old Coot can stomach. Original Digital Art. #peep #peeps #easterpeeps #marshmallowpeeps #pepys #diary #diarist #history #england #Brittan #britishisles #historian #london #greatfire #greatfireoflondon #plague #blackplague #bubonicplague #londonplague

22 July 1661: Samuel Pepys #diarist is at Hatfield house #otd where he meets Roger Looker, the gardener there. Looker was probably also gardener to the Dowager Queen Henrietta Maria in the years before she left #England in 1665 (Allan Engelhardt - Hatfield House)

10 June 1684: Samuel Pepys #diarist appointed Secretary for the affairs of the Admiralty of #England #otd (NPG)

Sacrilicious! #pepys #peeps #marshmallow #diarist #diarists #treat #treats #candy #historian #history #british #english #satire #art #artwork

24 Jan 1672: Samuel Pepys #diarist admitted an elder brother Trinity House - regulator of lighthouses, buoys &c #otd #London. He later became Master. (NPG)

7 Oct 1671: John Evelyn #diarist visits Sir Thomas Browne’s (the author of Religio Medici) house & gardens: 'a paradise & cabinet of rarities' (Bodleian)

22 July 1661: Samuel Pepys #diarist is at Hatfield house #otd where he meets Roger Looker, the gardener there. Looker was probably also gardener to the Dowager Queen Henrietta Maria in the years before she left #England in 1665 (Allan Engelhardt - Hatfield House)

21 July 1641: Mary Boyle, 7th daughter of the Earl of #Cork #diarist marries Charles Rich, 2nd son of the Earl of Warwick

10 June 1684: Samuel Pepys #diarist appointed Secretary for the affairs of the Admiralty of #England #otd (NPG)

28 May 1672: d. Edward Montagu, ambassador, admiral & cousin of Samuel Pepys #diarist. Died at the Battle of Solebay.

24 May 1660: Samuel Pepys #diarist meets Thomas Killigrew #playwright & #producer ‘a gentleman of great esteem with the King’ on board ‘The Royal Charles’ carrying Charles II back to #England #otd (NPG)

23 May 1661: Samuel Pepys #diarist attends the Lord Mayor of #London's banquet #otd (NPG)

22 May 1676: Samuel Pepys #diarist elected Master of Trinity House - regulator of lighthouses, buoys &c #otd #London

5 May 1689: Samuel Pepys #diarist detained #otd and later imprisoned #otd on suspicion of treason to the new Williamite regime (NPG)

26 Mar 1658: Samuel Pepys #diarist undergoes a potentially lethal operation for kidney stone. He survives - it resolves his immediate problems but leaves him with permanent genito-urinary issues #ouch (NPG)

23 Mar 1660: Samuel Pepys #diarist goes to sea #otd on The Swiftsure to collect Charles II for his return to #England

21 Feb 1665: Samuel Pepys #diarist & civil servant elected a Fellow of the Royal Society #otd (NPG)

24 Jan 1672: Samuel Pepys #diarist admitted an elder brother Trinity House - regulator of lighthouses, buoys &c #otd #London. He later became Master. (NPG)

10 Jan 1662: John Evelyn #diarist holds the candle while Samuel Cooper miniaturist crayons King Charles II's face & head for the image used on this coinage #otd

(Spink/Shakespeare Birthplace Trust)