D/DQs 18 - Diary of [John] Clopton, Records from collection of John Avery

GEMMS Manuscript ID
GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT- 1428
(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-1512)
Title
Diary of [John] Clopton, Records from collection of John Avery
Shelfmark
D/DQs 18
Creation Date
1648 - 1652
Repository
Contents Note

A daily diary recording parish matters, weather, sermons, visitors and visits to London and Essex, notes on brewing and cidermaking, gardening notes and notes on prices. The diary also records the births of his two daughters, as well as other births, marriages, and deaths. There are also notes on Clopton's health, and the health of others. Clopton was a Parliamentarian, and the diary contains many political notes on risings in various parts of the country, particularly Kent. He also records the trial of King Charles I and regicide. There are notes about the siege and surrender of Colchester.

Material Features

There is a note (perhaps in Avery's hand?) stating "I Suppose this Book was wrote by one Mr Clopton of Wratton who I imagine was a Steward of Sr Nathaniel Barnardiston of Kitton Hall [in Kedington] a Relation'". pp. 99-100 are missing, as is the beginning and end of the diary are missing. Some pages towards the end of the diary are mutilated.

Provenance

From the records of John Avery, from the Wanstead Home Estate.

Source of Data

Catherine Evans

GEMMS record created
July 12, 2021
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024