From the diary of Samuel Pepys (1663-1703)
Sir W. Batten, not knowing how to remove his wind [wine], did dig a pit in the garden and laid it in there; and I took the opportunity of laying all the papers of my office that I could not otherwise dispose of. And in the evening Sir W. Penn and I did dig another and put our wine in it, and I my parmazan cheese as well as my wine and some other things. I wrote to my father this night; but the post-house being burned, the letter could not go. -- Pepys' Diary, 4 Sep. 1666