John Evelyn, an English Royalist, welcomed the Restoration. Still, the debauched court of Charles II filled him with dismay. He would muse darkly about the Great Fire of London and other calamities of ...

WE can imagine no one whom it would have been more delightful to have had for a friend or relation than the all-accomplished Christian gentleman, philanthropist, scholar, artist, author, and scientist ...

The Curious World of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn. By Margaret Willes. Yale University Press; 282 pages; $27.50 and £20. SAMUEL PEPYS and John Evelyn were among the most determinedly inquisitive ...

Chorley’s auctioneers will be offering a true slice of Gloucestershire history in their upcoming auction of Fine Art & Antiques on October 17,2023.

FEBRUARY the 6th, 1685. I am Susanna Evelyn, by your favour, third daughter of John Evelyn, esquire, of Sayes Court, Deptford, and of Mary, his wife. My Father is a gentleman well knowne, very grave ...