the roamer<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@samuelpepys" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>samuelpepys</span></a></span> </p><p>"...but we did give him no ear, but are resolved to stand to our report; though I could wish we had shown him more justice and had heard him."</p><p>A rather strange entry this, isn't it. Pepys and his committee refuse to listen to this guy's response to their report on his project, blocking him. But now our Sam feels guilty about it. Not sure whether it was Sam himself who chose to block him and he now regrets his own power play, or whether he got over-ruled by others in the committee and he feels sorry for his own insignificance. </p><p>Sir Nicholas Crispe (or Crisp) apparently was an important player in the colonial trade linked to West Africa, including redwood and gold, and including the slave trade. He also manufactured glass beads for trading in North America. The "project" referenced by Pepys may be Crispe's proposal for a wet-dock.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Nicholas_Crispe,_1st_Baronet" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Nich</span><span class="invisible">olas_Crispe,_1st_Baronet</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Pepys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pepys</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/NicholasCrispe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NicholasCrispe</span></a></p>