Comments on: Samuel & Elizabeth Pepys At St Olave’s

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 19:42:05 +0000

The pictures are glorious.
I feel Blake followed on in his fashion and I in my way have done the same.

By: Carole

Carole — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 13:19:35 +0000

I am currently on the third volume of Arthur Bryant’s very readable biography of Pepys. It was like meeting an old friend to see these images. Thank you very much.

By: Pauline Taylor

Pauline Taylor — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 11:09:34 +0000

Very interesting, thank you.

A member of my family, John West, was Pepy’s scrivenor and a witness to his Will. He, and his wife, were extremely wealthy and owned much property in London the income from which is still administered by Christ’s Hospital. The income is now such that his’poor relatives’ can still claim a pension, as one of my great grandmothers, did as he made provision for them in his Will. John West was also mentioned in Pepy’s Will and was to receive a piece of silver of a specified weight but there is no record of what that was. Maybe if John and his wife ever dined with Pepys they also attended St Olave’s, I would like to think that they did.

By: Milo

Milo — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 09:56:52 +0000

“About 2 in the morning my wife calls me up and tells me of new cries of fire…”

Lucky she had the presence of mind to charge her phone amid that mayhem.

By: Bernie

Bernie — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 09:28:01 +0000

Oh rue the day! How I now wish that my youth in London had included the exploration of places such as this! Sic transit gloria mundi!

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 07:42:02 +0000

How I wish I could do (meaning “afford”) a church tour of England….

By: Sarah Johnson

Sarah Johnson — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 06:29:44 +0000

Thank you … lovely pictures, and a blast of Samuel Pepys. His Diary blog is on hiatus until January 2023 when we begin another 9-1/2 year march through his adventures in Restoration London, and seeing this post took my breath away.