ABSTRACT
On 7 January 1692, James Fraser, the Secretary of the Royal Hospital at Chelsea, wrote to his friend, the 2nd Earl of Clarendon, reporting the latest gossip from court.
There were great doings last night at Kinnington [Kensington] in Imitation of the apartements at Versailes. all the rooms were full of Ladies & men, wch could not be less than 5 or 600 of both. Dice, Cards and danse, were the divertisements; Tea Chacolate & other liquors, and sweetmeats were the entertainments & refreshments. The Ladies were the more numerous, in regard they had the liberty to come in Manto’s. The King and Queen were in very good humours and obliging. 1
