Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 01: Preface and Life by Samuel Pepys
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Robert Pepys, where he died in 1680.
The following is a copy of John Pepys's will: "MY FATHER'S WILL. [Indorsement by S. Pepys.] "Memorandum. That I, John Pepys of Ellington, in the county of Huntingdon, Gent.", doe declare my mind in the disposall of my worldly goods as followeth: "First, I desire that my lands and goods left mee by my brother, Robert Pepys, deceased, bee delivered up to my eldest son, Samuell Pepys, of London, Esqr., according as is expressed in the last Will of my brother Robert aforesaid. "Secondly, As for what goods I have brought from London, or procured since, and what moneys I shall leave behind me or due to me, I desire may be disposed of as followeth: "Imprimis, I give to the stock of the poore of the parish of Brampton, in which church I desire to be enterred, five pounds. "Item. I give to the Poore of Ellington forty shillings. "Item. I desire that my two grandsons, Samuell and John Jackson, have ten pounds a piece. "Item. I desire that my daughter, Paulina Jackson, may have my largest silver tankerd. |
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