28th August, 1648. To London from Sayes Court, and saw the celebrated follies of Bartholomew Fair.
16th September, 1648. Came my lately married brother, Richard, and his wife, to visit me, when I showed them Greenwich, and her Majesty's Palace, now possessed by the rebels.
28th September, 1648. I went to Albury, to visit the Countess of Arundel, and returned to Wotton.
31st October, 1648. I went to see my manor of Preston Beckhelvyn, and the Cliffhouse.
29th November, 1648. Myself, with Mr. Thomas Offley, and Lady Gerrard, christened my niece Mary, eldest daughter of my brother, George Evelyn, by my Lady Cotton, his second wife. I presented my niece a piece of plate which cost me £18, and caused this inscription to be set on it—
In memoriam facti.
Anno cIc Ix. xliix. Cal. Decem. viii. Virginum castiss: Xtianorum innocentis: Nept: suavis: Mariæ. Johan. Evelynus Avunculus et Susceptor Vasculum hoc cum Epigraphe L. M. Q. D.
Ave Maria Gratiâ sis plena; Dominus tecum.
2d December, 1648. This day I sold my manor of Hurcott for £3,400 to one Mr. Bridges.
13th December, 1648. The Parliament now sat up the whole night, and endeavored to have concluded the Isle of Wight Treaty; but were surprised by the rebel army; the members dispersed, and great confusion every where in expectation of what would be next.