74 DIARY OF WILLIAM WHITEWAY. 



April 12. "About this time the King granted a monopoly of 

 coaches in London, who for a set fare carried all passengers up and 

 down London streets to the great vexation of the waterman who 

 many times fell by the ears with those new coachmen in the 

 streets." 



In consequence of the wretched condition of the streets of London which 

 has been the subject of a previous note, persons going from one part of 

 London to another as much as possible avoided the streets and made use 

 of the river ; and the waterman in consequence had plenty of employment. 

 The improvement of the roads and the establishment of public hackney 

 carriages was a serious matter for them, as it threatened to deprive them 

 of their livelihood ; hence those disturbances. 



17th. "Mr of Marshwood Yale, and many others 



set sail from Weymouth towards ]N"ew England ; and the 29th of 

 the same Mr. John Humphreys, with his wife the Lady Susan, set 

 sail likewise for the same place. This summer there went over to 

 that plantation at the least 20 sail of ships and in them 2,000 

 planters." 



July. "The reading of the King's books for recreation on 

 Sunday was eagerly urged in Somerset by the Bishop of Bath and 

 Wells and in the Diocese of Winchester ; and divers ministers 

 suspended for refusing to read it. They all appealed from the 

 B.B. to the delegates." 



The Bishop of Bristol and the Chancillor urged Mr. White to 

 read it before the Archbishop's visitation, and upon his refusal the 

 churchwardens, in his absence, procured Mr. Holiday to read it on 

 a Friday morning, 11 July, no one being then at church but he 

 and the clerk and the churchwardens. When Mr. White heard 

 of it he was exceedingly angry. It was read in St. Peter's Church. 

 Mr. Ben refused utterly to read it." 



July 23. " Co William Gould shooting London Bridge the boat 

 was overturned and two of his companions drowned. He was in 

 great danger himself." 



July 28. " Mr. Strong, a Fellow of Catherine Hall, in Cam- 

 bridge, was accused by one of his companions for scandalous words 



