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28 de jun. de 2024 · Samuel Pepys was an English diarist and naval administrator, celebrated for his Diary (first published in 1825), which gives a fascinating picture of the official and upper-class life of Restoration London from Jan. 1, 1660, to May 31, 1669.
Hace 4 días · Answer: Elizabeth Pepys (his wife) Elizabeth Pepys was only twenty-nine when she died. In the late summer of 1669, the Pepys made a trip to France, and Elizabeth caught a fever on the voyage home.
28 de jun. de 2024 · Samuel Pepys - Diarist, Restoration, Navy: The diary by which Pepys is chiefly known was kept between his 27th and 36th years. Written in Thomas Shelton’s system of shorthand, or tachygraphy, with the names in longhand, it extends to 1,250,000 words, filling six quarto volumes in the Pepys Library.
28 de jun. de 2024 · At the same time, he began his habit of making careful entries of all contracts and memoranda in large vellum books—beautifully ruled by Elizabeth Pepys and her maids—and of keeping copies of his official letters.
Hace 4 días · Masques at a Chelsea school in 1656 or 1657 were recalled in 1663 by Elizabeth Pepys's paid companion Mary Ashwell, who still assisted with small children there. Possibly it was the good school which had been within convenient distance of a house leased to William Lawrence in 1652 and 1662.
8 de jul. de 2024 · In late September 1667, Pepys was introduced to Willet and she was employed as a companion for Pepys's wife, Elisabeth, from 1 October 1667, with whom she attended the theatre. In late October 1668, Willet began an intimate relationship with Samuel Pepys.
7 de jul. de 2024 · Pepys was appointed Secretary to the Admiralty in June, 1684. He was entered as the householder of No. 12 from 1685 until 1687. Pepys' move to No. 14 is clearly shown in the Poor Rate books for 1688 to 1690, the relevant entries in which are as follows:
