This year I sent for my daughter Nan from my sister Boteler's, in
Kent, where I had left her; and my daughter Mary died in Hertfordshire
in August, and lies buried in Hertford church, in my father's vault.
In the latter end of the summer I miscarried, when I was near half
gone with child, of three sons, two hours one after the other. I think
it was with the hurry of business I then was in, and perpetual company
that resorted to us of all qualities, some for kindness and some for
their own advantage.
As that was a time of advantage, so it was of great expense, for on
April the 23rd, 1661, the King was crowned, when my husband, being in
waiting, rode upon his Majesty's left hand [Footnote: Evelyn says,
that at the coronation of Charles the Second were "Two persons,
representing the Dukes of Normandy and Aquitaine, viz., Sir Richard
Fanshawe and Sir Herbert Price, in fantastic habits."-Diary, vol. ii.
p. 168.] with very rich footcloths, and four men in very rich
liveries; and this year we furnished our house and paid all our debts
which we had contracted during the war.
The 8th day of May following, the King rode to the Parliament, and
then my husband rode in the same manner. His Majesty had commanded my
husband to execute the place of the Chancellor of the Garter, both
because he understood it better than any, and was to have the
reversion of it.
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