Sunday 14 December 1662
(Lord’s day). Lay with great content talking with my wife in bed, and so up and to church and then home, and had a neat dinner by ourselves, and after dinner walked to White Hall and my Lord’s, and up and down till chappell time, and then to the King’s chappell, where I heard the service, and so to my Lord’s, and there Mr. Howe and Pagett, the counsellor, an old lover of musique. We sang some Psalms of Mr.Lawes, and played some symphonys between till night …
After supper I was sent for to my Lord, with whom I staid talking about his, and my owne, and the publique affairs, with great content …
to bed, and lay ill, though the bed good, my stomach being sicke all night with my too heavy supper.
William Lawes (April 1602 – 24 September 1645) was an English composer and musician renowned for his innovative early Baroque style. Born in Salisbury, he served at the court of Charles I, composing sacred and secular music. His most famous works are the consort suites for viols, notably the Royal Consort (completed 1635). During the English Civil War, he fought for the Royalists and was killed at the Battle of Rowton Heath, earning the title "Father of Musick."