CALENDARIUM LONDINENSE OR RAVEN'S ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR 1678

IANUARY XXXI
  • ☾ 6 day 42·2 morning
  • ● 12 day 8·9.21 night
  • ☽ 19 day 45.3 afternoon
  • ❍ 27 day 33·5 afternoon
1 a N. YEARS. D ♌ 0
2 b   ♍ 12
3 c ☼ rises 7.58   0
4 d   ♎ 6
5 e     29
6 F TWELFTH. D ♏ 2
7 g     25
8 a     29
9 b   ♐ 12
10 c ☼ rises 7 47   27
11 d   ♑ 12
12 e     27
13 F 1 Sund after Epip ♒ 12
14 g     28
15 a     13
16 b     27
17 c ☼ rises 7 38 ♈ 11
18 d     25
19 e   ♉ 8
20 F Octab Hillar   21
21 g   ♊ 3
22 a     15
23 b Term Be   27
24 c     9
25 d CONS. S PAUL   21
26 e   ♌ 3
27 F Quod Hillar   15
28 g   ♍ 2 [...]
29 a     0
30 b K CHARLES. [...] ♎ 2 [...]
31 c     [...]
FEBRUARY XXVIII
  • ☾ 4 day 20·3 afternoon
  • ● 11 day 1.7 morning
  • ☽ 18 day 5.8 forenoon
  • ❍ 26 day 13.0 afternoon
1 d   ♎ 16
2 e PVR. V. MARY   28
3 F Cras. Purif ♏ 11
4 g     24
5 a   ♐ 8
6 b ☼ rises. 7.3   21
7 c   ♑ 6
8 d     20
9 e Octabis Pur ♒ 3
10 F SHrove Sund   21
11 g Terme End ♓ 6
12 a     21
13 b   ♈ 6
14 c Valentine   20
15 d   ♉ 3
16 e     17
17 F Quadragess S   29
18 g   ♊ 12
19 a     24
20 b ☼ rises 6 55 ♋ 6
21 c     18
22 d     30
23 e   ♌ 12
24 F S MATHIAS   24
25 g   ♍ 6
26 a ☼ rises 6 21   18
27 b   ♎ 0
28 c     13
MARCH XXXI
  • ☾ 6 day e·1 morning
  • ● 12 day 53·4 afternoon
  • ☽ 20 day 52 morning
  • ❍ 28 day 47·3 mornin
1 d S DAVID ♎ 25
2 e   ♏ 8
3 F 3 S in Lent   21
4 g   ♐ 4
5 a     18
6 b ☼ rises 6.7. ♑ 2
7 c     16
8 d     3 [...]
9 e   ♒ 15
10 F Midlent S   20
11 g   ♓ 14
12 a     29
13 b   ♈ 14
14 c ☼ rises 5.54   28
15 d   ♉ 12
16 e     25
17 F   ♊ 8
18 g S PATRICK   20
19 a   ♋ 2
20 b     14
21 c ☼ rises 5 37   26
22 d   ♌ 8
23 e     20
24 F Palm S ♍ 2
25 g ANUN. V MARY   14
26 a     26
27 b   ♎ 4
28 c ☼ rises 5 24   22
29 d     [...]
30 e     18
31 F EASTER ♐ 2
APRILL XXX
  • ☾ 4 day 41.7 morning
  • ● 11 day 28.3 morning
  • ☽ 18 day 25.8 at night
  • ❍ 2 day 58.4 afternoon
1 g   ♐ 15
2 a     2 [...]
3 b ☼ rises 5 12 ♑ 12
4 c     2 [...]
5 d   ♒ 10
6 e     25
7 F Low Sunday ♓ 9
8 g     24
9 a   ♈ 8
10 b     22
11 c ☼ Eclip. 3 mor ♉ 0
12 d     29
13 e   ♊ 3
14 F 2 aftr Eastre   16
15 g Quind: Paschae   28
16 a   ♋ 10
17 b     22
18 c   ♌ 4
19 d ☼ rises 4.42   10
20 e     28
21 F   ♍ 10
22 g     22
23 a S GEORGE   5
24 b     17
25 c S MARK ♏ 0
26 d ☽ Eclip. 5 aftno   13
27 e     27
28 F 4 S. after Eastr ♐ 11
29 g Mens Paschae   25
30 a   ♑ 9
MAY XXXI
  • ☾ 3 day 3.2 afternoon
  • ● 10 day 59.2 afternoon
  • ☽ 18 day 7.2 afternoon
  • ❍ 26 day 51.2 morning
1 b PHILIP. IACOB ♑ 23
2 c   ♒ 7
3 d ☼ rises 4.20   21
4 e   ♓ 6
5 F Rogation   2
6 g Quinq Pasche ♈ 4
7 a     17
8 b   ♉ 1
9 c Ascention D   15
10 d Cras Ascen   28
11 e   ♊ 11
12 F     24
13 g Terme End ♋ 6
14 d     18
15 b   ♌ 0
16 c ☼ rises 4.52   12
17 d     25
18 e   ♍ 6
19 F WHITSUND   28
20 g   ♎ 0
21 a     12
22 b     25
23 c ☼ rises 3.55 ♏ 8
24 d     22
25 e   ♐ 5
26 F Trinity S   20
27 g Cras. Trin ♑ 4
28 d     19
29 b K. CHARLES [...] ♒ 3
30 c     18
31 d Terme Be ♓ 2
IUNE XXX
  • ☾ 1 day 11.7 afternoon
  • ● 9 day 44 3 morning
  • ☽ 17 day 20.6 morning
  • ❍ 24 day 6.11 forenoon
1 e   ♓ 16
2 F 1 S. after Trin ♈ 0
3 g Octab. Trin   14
4 a     27
5 b   ♉ 11
6 c ☼ rises 3.49   24
7 d   ♊ 7
8 e   ♋ 19
2
9 F 2 S after Trin   14
10 g Quind Trin   26
11 a   ♌ 8
12 b     2 [...]
13 c ☼ rises 3 48   2
14 d     14
15 e     26
16 F 3 S after Trin   8
17 g Tres Trin ♍ 2
18 a     14
19 b Terme End   26
20 c   ♎ 8
21 d     20
22 e   ♏ 3
23 F 4 S after Trint   10
24 g S. IOHN BAP ♐ 30
25 a   ♑ 13
26 b ☼ rise 3 55   28
27 c   ♒ 13
28 d     28
29 e S PETER & PA ♓ 12
27
30 F 5 S after Trin ♈ 10
IULY XXXI
  • ☾ 1 day 23.1 morning
  • ● 8 day 37.5 afternoon
  • ☽ 16 day 38.8 evening
  • ❍ 23 day 7.6 afternoon
  • ☾ 30 day 5.16 forenoon
1 g   ♈ 24
2 a   ♉ 8
3 b ☼ rises 3 59   21
4 c   ♊ 3
5 d     16
6 e     28
7 F 6 S after Trin    
8 g   ♋ 11
9 a     23
10 b   ♌ 5
11 c ☼ rises 4.9   17
12 d     27
13 e   ♍ 11
14 F 7 S after Trin   23
15 g Swithin ♎ 5
16 a     16
17 b     29
18 c      
19 d Dog days begin ♏ 12
20 e     24
21 F 8 S after Trin ♐ 8
22 g     22
23 a ☼ rises 4.25 ♑ 6
24 b     21
25 c S. IAMES ♒ 6
26 d     22
27 e   ♈ 6
28 F 9 S after Trin   2
29 g   ♉ 4
30 a     17
31 b ☼ rises 4 37 ♊ 0
AVGUST XXXI
  • ● 7 day 38.8 forenoon
  • ☽ 15 day 49 8 forenoon
  • ❍ 22 day 16 3 morning
  • ☾ 2 [...] day 00 [...]0 at night
1 c Lammas ♊ 13
2 d     29
3 e   ♋ 8
4 F 10 S after Trin   20
5 g   ♌ 1
6 a     19
7 b ☼ rises 4.49   26
8 c   ♍ 8
9 d     20
10 e   ♎ 2
11 F 11 S after Trin   14
12 g     26
13 a   ♏ 8
14 b ☼ rises 5.3   21
15 c   ♐ 3
16 d     19
17 e   ♑ 0
18 F 12 S after Trin   15
19 g     9
20 a   ♒ 14
21 b ☼ rises 5.16   30
22 c   ♓ 15
23 d   ♈ 0
24 e S BARTHOL   15
25 F     2 [...]
26 g   ♉ 13
27 a     27
28 b Dog dayes end ♊ 10
29 c     22
30 d ☼ rises 5.34 ♋ 5
31 e     17
SEPTEMBER XXX
  • ● 5 day 44.12 at night
  • ☽ 13 day 53.6 at night
  • ❍ 20 day 38.9 morning
  • ☾ 27 day 23.1 afternoon
1 F 14 S after Trin ♋ 29
2 g   ♌ 11
3 a     23
4 b   ♍ 5
5 c ☼ rises 5 48   17
6 d     29
7 e   ♎ 11
8 F 15 S after Trin   23
9 g   ♏ 5
10 a     18
11 b   ♐ 0
12 c ☼ rises 5 59   13
13 d     26
14 e   ♑ 10
15 F 16 S after Trin   24
16 g   ♒ 0
17 a     23
18 b ☼ rises 6 10 ♓ 8
19 c     23
20 d   ♈ 8
21 e S MATHEW   23
22 F 17 S after Trin ♉ 7
23 g     22
24 a   ♊ 5
25 b     18
26 c ☼ rises 6.27 ♋ 1
27 d     13
28 e     25
29 F S. MICHAEL AN ♌ 7
30 g     19
OCTOBER XXXI
  • ● 5 day 9.5 afternoon
  • ☽ 13 day 23.3 morning
  • ❍ 29 day 9.8 at inght
  • ☾ 27 day 17.8 forenoon
1 a   ♍ 1
2 b     13
3 c ☼ rises 6.41 ♎ 25
4 d     7
5 e ☼ Eclip 5 after   19
6 F 19 S after Trin ♏ 2
7 g     15
8 a     27
9 b   ♐ 10
10 c ☼ rises 6.54   23
11 d   ♑ 7
12 e     21
13 F 20 S after Trin ♒ 4
14 g     18
15 a   ♓ 8
16 b ☼ rises 7.6   18
17 c   ♈ 2
18 d S. LUKE. EV   17
19 e ☽ Eclip 8 evenig ♉ 12
20 F Tres Mich   16
21 g   ♊ 33
22 a     13
23 b TERM Be   26
24 c   ♋ 9
25 d     22
26 e   ♌ 3
27 F Mens Mich   15
28 g SIMON & IUDE   18
29 a   ♍ 9
30 b ☼ rises 7.31   21
31 c   ♎ 3
NOVEMBER XXX
  • ● 4 day 19.9 forenoon
  • ☽ 11 day 12.11 forenoon
  • ❍ 18 day 10.19 forenoon
  • ☾ 26 day 35.5 morning
1 d ALLSAINT ♎ [...]
2 e   ♏ [...]
3 F Cras Animar [...]   10
4 g ☼ Eclip 9 morn   23
5 a PowhiR. TR [...] ♐ 6
6 b     20
7 c ☼ rises 7 44 ♑ 4
8 d     17
9 e   ♒ 1
10 F 24 S after Trin   15
11 g     30
12 a Cras Mart ♓ 14
13 b     28
14 c   ♈ 12
15 d ☼ rises 7.55   26
16 e   ♉ 10
17 F 25 S after Trin   14
18 g Octab Mart ♊ 8
19 a     21
20 b   ♋ 4
21 c     [...]
22 d ☼ rises 8.3   28
23 e   ♌ 12
24 F 26 S after Trin   24
25 g Quind Mart ♍ 5
26 a     17
27 b     29
28 c Terme End ♎ 11
29 d     23
30 e S ANDREW   6
DECEMBER XXXI
  • ● 3 day 52.11 at night
  • ☽ 10 day 14.7 at night
  • ❍ 17 day 42.12 at night
  • ☾ 26 day 12.3 moreinig
1 F Aduent S ♏ 18
2 g   ♐ 2
3 a     15
4 b ☼ rises 8.11   29
5 c   ♑ 13
6 d     27
7 e   ♒ 22
8 F 2 Advent S   26
9 g   ♓ 41
10 a     25
11 b ☼ rises 8.11 ♈ 9
12 c     23
13 d   ♉ 6
14 e     20
15 F 3 Advent S ♊ 3
16 g     16
17 a     30
18 b ☼ rises 8.11 ♋ 12
19 c     29
20 d   ♌ 7
21 e S THOMAS   20
22 F 4 Advent S ♍ 2
23 g     13
24 a     25
25 b CHRIST N ♎ 7
26 c S STEPHEN   19
27 d S IOHN. EV ♏ 1
28 e INOCENTS   14
29 F 1 S after Chri ♐ 26
30 g     9
31 a     27

The use of the ALMANACK

Obserue that on the top of the Monthes is the Moones age and that

  • ● is NEW Moon
  • ❍ is Full Moon
  • ☽ is First Quarter
  • ☾ is Last Quarter

Also that

  • ♈ Aries Head & Face
  • ♉ Taurus Neck & Throat
  • ♊ Gemini Arms & Should
  • ♋ Cancer Breast & Stomack
  • ♌ Leo Heart & Back
  • ♍ Virgo Bowells & Belly
  • ♎ Libra [...] & [...]
  • ♏ Scoipio p [...] Members
  • ♐ Sagit [...]y [...] & [...]ips
  • ♑ Capricorn [...]
  • ♒ Aquarius [...]
  • ♓ Pisces the [...]

And note that s [...] [...]ny hours and mints as [...] rises beforr or after [...] so many hours and minuts he setts before or after six And double the [...] And double [...] is [...] length of the day

High Water at London Bridge

Dayes After ● ❍ After ☽ ☾
h m h m
0 3 0 7 30
1 3 45 8 25
2 4 25 9 25
3 4 55 10 30
4 5 23 11 25
5 5 55 0 50
6 6 30 1 40
7 7 10 2 50

The Vse of This Table Se how many dayes The moon is after full or Chang or either of her quarters, and over agaist the day you will find the hour and minut of high water

A TABLE OF THE KINGS REIGNS

The Norman Line K & Q names Born Arms Began to Reign Reigned Y-M Since their Reign ended Buried at
Will 1 1023 14 Oct 1066 21 — 0 9 Sept 591 Cane Nor
Will 2 1057 9 Sept 1087 12 — 21 2 Aug 576 Winchest
Hen 1 1068 1 Aug 1200 35 — 4 2 Dece 543 Reading
Steph 1105 2 Dec 1235 18 — 11 25 Oct 524 Feavers
The Saxon Line restored Hen 2 1112 28 Oct 12 [...] 35 — 9 6 Iuly 489 Fount:
Ric 1 1152 6 Iuly 1189 9 — 9 6 april 47 [...] Fount:
Iohn 1165 6 Apr 1199 17 — 7 19 Oct 46 [...] Westm:
Hen 3 1207 19 Oct 1216 56 — 1 16 Nov 4 [...] Westm:
Edw 1 1239 [...] Nov 1272 34 — 8 7 Iuly 3 [...] Westm:
Edw 2 1267 6 Iuly 1307 19 — 7 25 Ian 352 Glocest
Edw 3 1312 15 Ian 1326 51 — 5 21 Iun 301 Westm:
Ric 2 1366 21 Iune 1377 22 — 3 29 Sept 279 Westm:
The Line of Lancaster Hen 4 136 [...] 29 Sep 1399 13 — 6 20 Mar 2 [...] Cantarb
Hen 5 1384 20 Mar 1412 9 — 6 31 Aug 256 Westm:
Hen 6 1421 31 Aug 1422 38 6 4 Mar 218 Westm:
The Line of York Edw 4 1442 4 Mar 1460 23 — 1 9 Apr 199 Winchest
Edw 5 1433 9 Apr 1483 0 — 2 22 Iune 195 not Knowe
Ric 3 1446 22 Iune 1483 [...] — 2 22 Aug 193 Leicest:
The Familes Vnited Hen 7 1459 22 Aug 1485 23 — 9 22 Apr 169 Westm:
Hen 8 1491 22 Apr 1500 37 — 16 28 Ian 132 Winsor
Edw 6 155 [...] 28 Ian 1547 6 — 5 6 Iuly 126 Westm:
Q Mary 1518 6 Iuly 1553 5 — 4 17 Nov 120 Westm:
Q Eliz 1533 17 Nov 1558 44 — 4 24 Mar 75 Westm:
The 2 k Vnited Iames 1566 24 Mar 1602 22 — 0 27 Mar 53 Westm:
Char 1 1600 27 Mar 1625 23 — 11 20 Ian 30 Windsor.
Char 2 16 [...] 30 Ian 164 [...] WHom God grant long to Reign

A Table of The Lord Mayors & Sheriffs from the year 1660 to the year 1678

Anno Mayors Sheriffs
1660 S r Thom Alyn K t Bar t [...] Will Love
1661 S r Rich. Browne K t S r W m Boker W m Parke
1662 Sr Io Fredrik K t Fra Ne [...]l Sam Staeling
1663 Sr Io Robinson K. Bn S Th [...] E [...]rik W m Turner
1664 Sr A [...]th Bat [...]rs [...]ik S r Rich [...] Rich Ky [...]es
1665 S r Io Lawrence K t S r Reo Wa [...] Char D [...]
1666 Sr Tho Blu [...]arth K t S r Rob Hanson W m Hooker
1667 S r W m Bolton K t S r Rob Vyn [...] Ios Shildon
1668 S r W m Peake K t S r D [...] Gordon Tho Davis
1669 S r W m Turner K t M r [...] Forth S r F [...] Chaplen
1670 S r Sam Stailing K t S r Io Smith S r Io Edward
1671 S r Rich Ford K t S r Don Forth S r P [...]t Ward
1672 S r Geo Waterman K t [...]
1673 S r Rob. Hanson K t S r W m Richard S r G Smith
1674 S r W m Hooker K t S r Hen [...] S r Rob Geffery
1675 S r Rob Vin [...] K t B [...] S t N [...] [...]e S r Io [...]
1676 S r Ioseph Sheldon K t S r Thom Gold S r Io Shorter
1677 S r Tho Davies K t S r Io Peake S r Tho Stamp
1678 S r Fran Chaplen K t S r F [...]a [...]s [...]in Tho Becks [...] K ts
THE ROYALL EXCHANGE
THE MONUMENT

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