PEPYS, Samuel (1633-1703), of Winchester Lane, London and Derby House, Cannon Row, Westminster.

Family and Education

b. 23 Feb. 1633, 2nd but o. surv. s. of John Pepys, tailor, of Salisbury Court, Fleet Street, London and Brampton, Hunts. by Margaret, da. of one Kite, butcher, of Whitechapel, Mdx. educ. Huntingdon g.s. c.1644; St. Paul’s c.1646; Magdalene, Camb. 1651, BA 1654, MA 1660. m. 1 Dec. 1655, Elizabeth. (d. 10 Nov. 1669), da. of Alexander de St. Michel of Hind Court, Fleet Street, s.p. suc. fa. 1680.

Offices Held

Exchequer clerk c. 1655 – June 1660; clerk of the acts, Navy Office July 1660–73; dep. clerk of privy seal July 1660–2; commr. for Tangier 1662, treasurer 1665 – 79; surveyor-gen. of victualling 1665 – 67; sec. of Admiralty 1673 – 79, 1684–9.

J.p. Essex, Hants, Kent and Mdx. Aug. 1660–79, 1684 – 89, Hunts. 1681 – 89, Suff., Surr., Suss. and Westminster 1687 – 89; yr. bro. Trinity House 1662, elder bro. 1672 – 89, warden 1675 – 76, master 1676 – 77, 1685 – 86; freeman, Portsmouth 1662, 1683, Harwich 1679, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1682; asst. R. Fishing Co. 1664; gov. Christ’s Hospital 1676 – 79, 1681 – d., Bridewell 1677, St. Thomas’s Hospital 1684; member, R. Fisheries 1677; master, Clothworkers’ Co. 1677 – 78, asst. 1677 – d.

FRS 1665, pres. 1684–6.

Parlimentarian

PEPYS, Samuel (1633-1703), of Winchester Lane, London and Derby House, Cannon Row, Westminster.

Main residences: Winchester Lane, London; Derby House, Cannon Row, Westminster.

Notes

This biography is based upon A. Bryant, Samuel Pepys, and the article by B. M. Ranft in Jnl. Mod. Hist. xxiv. 368-75. The definitive edition of the Diary is that edited by Latham and Matthews (Bell from 1970).

Author

G.H.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

PEPYS, Samuel (1633-1703)

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Oxford 1644

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