Roger Morrice

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Roger Morrice (1628โ€“1702) was an

Puritan minister and political journalist. He is most noted for his Entring Book, a manuscript diary which provides a description of society in the years 1677 to 1691. The manuscript is held by Dr Williams's Library
in London, and in 2007 the Boydell Press published a 6 volume edition of the text.

Biography

Little is known about Morrice's life. He was born in about 1628 and died in 1702. He studied at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and later became the vicar of Duffield in Derbyshire in 1658.[1] Because of his Non-conformist views he was ejected from his living at the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660, going on to become a private chaplain to Denzil Holles and John Maynard, both veteran Parliamentarians.

Though Morrice reveals virtually nothing about himself in his diaries, his Entring Book is a particularly useful source document for London life and politics from the late 1670s to the early 1690s โ€“ as informative, in its own way, as the better known Diaries of

Mary II, Morrice is anxious to detect signs of Jacobitism
in the ranks of those whom he refers to as 'the hierarchical party.'

Besides high politics, Morrice's journal has a lot to say about other aspects of contemporary life: from military and legal affairs, to printing, firework carnivals, storms, hurricanes, duels, executions, suicides and many other similar delights.

References

  1. ^ "Morris, Roger (MRS654R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
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