Solemnized
Performed, Celebrated (Adjective).
Excise
Duty, Tax, Levy (Noun).
Fiddle
Manipulate, Misrepresent, Alter (Verb).
Forgery
Fake, Counterfeit (Noun).
Hinchinbroke
The seat of Sir Edward Montagu.
Greatorex
Ralph Greatorex, a famous mathematical instrument maker.
Scott
Thomas Scott, the then Secretary of State, known for signing the death warrant of King Charles I. Not to be confused with Walter Scott.
Propriety
Appropriateness, Suitability, Rightness (Noun).
Sydenham
Colonel William Sydenham, an army officer from the Civil Wars.
The Protector
Richard Cromwell, Second Lord Protector of England, and third son of Oliver Cromwell.
Buxtorf
Johannes Buxtorf, a famous Hebraist grammar author.
Heaven
An alehouse near the Westminster Hall. There was another called Hell. C.f. The Alchemist by Ben Jonson: “Nor break his fast in Heaven and Hell” (Act V, Scene 2).
Linkboy
Boys carrying torches to light the way for pedestrians in pre-industrial London.
Apposition
Agreement, Contract (Noun).
Thurlow
Probably a misspelling by Pepys. John Thurloe, Secretary of State to Cromwell.
Petty Cury
A shopping street in Cambridge (Noun).
Metheglin
A beverage prepared from water and honey (Noun).
Theorbo
A musical instrument, similar to a lute (Noun).
The Painted Chamber
The old palace of Westminster, destroyed in the Great Fire of 1834.
Foy
A farewell feast (Noun).
