A COLLECTION OF PAPERS RELATING TO THE LEGACY OF SAMUEL PEPYS, the way in which the money left by Pepys was used, and whether the estate had been deprived of money owed by the government to Pepys himself.

PEPYS, Samuel.

Edité par London and later, 1715

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A collection of manuscripts, in ink and in pencil; as listed below. After spending his final years in the house of his trusted clerk, William Hewer, Samuel Pepys died on 26 May 1703. Hewer was the sole executor, but not the principal heir, who was John Jackson, son of Pepys's sister Paulina. It seems that Hewer (who was unmarried) looked after the money, but on his death in 1715 it was discovered that he never invested the capital or improved its value. There was, furthermore, a question about whether the government owed the Pepys estate for his work as Treasurer of Tangier and at the Admiralty. Both these questions were pursued by the heirs, first John Jackson, then his daughter Frances Jackson and her son, the architect Samuel Pepys Cockerell (1754-1827), with other descendants of the Jackson family. This little collection of papers is quite fragmentary, but includes the following: 1. John Jackson: 7 pages of notes, with many deletions and additions, apparently the draft of an address (perhaps to a court or a committee), in an early 18th century hand. Some of it is very hard to follow, not only because of the crossings-out but also because of the complicated nature of the case; however, there are frequent references to his grievance against Hewer: 'I think myself very unkindly us'd by him, That after so many years Friendshipp & Acquaintance & a Respect shewn him by me inferiour I am sure to none of those who most profited by him. [H]is unparalleld Accts of my U.'s Estate'. Seven pages on four leaves, 190 x 150mm. 2. Legal questions. A brief submitted, presumably to a barrister, for an opinion: 'A Dying Ano. 1703 leaves B. Sole Executor of his last Will & Testamt. with a very considerable Legacy to him in consideracion thereof. B. Proved the Will & performed ye sd. Trust as long as he lived and Dying Ano. 1715 leaves C. D., & E. Executors who have proved his Will [etc]'. There are two questions posed, to which the answers are written in by the man consulted. His name, alas, is illegible, but the date is clear: 18 March 1715/16. One page, 310 x 185mm. 3. A statement of the 'Case of C.', three folio pages, with some neat notes in the margins: both these notes and a slip of paper with more notes on it, tucked in, appear to be the same hand as item 1 above, and are therefore almost certainly by John Jackson. One page, 310 x 185mm. 4. 'The Joint and Several Answer of Wm. Blackborne Esqre, Abraham Blackborne, John Jackson & Anne his Wife & Anne Edgeley the wife of Samuel Edgeley [etc]'. A very large manuscript on four pages, large folio. Abraham Blackborne (d. 1720) was a cousin of William Hewer, and was entitled to a quarter share of his estate; Anne Edgeley was also part of the Hewer family. This again is all to do with the question of how Hewer administered Pepys's will, and where his own money should go. Four pages, 460 x 365mm; tears at folds. 5. Samuel Pepys Cockerell (grandson of John Jackson): An address to the Treasury, originally intended also to be from Lady Barker, widow of Sir Robert Barker, and Jane Jackson (both descendants of John Jackson); probably early 19th century. This is a claim for the supposed unpaid money owed to the Pepys estate, totalling £28007. Eight pages, 330 x 200mm; plus two blank leaves. 6. 'Mem. from Paper relating to Mr Pepys's claims on Governmt as Treasurer of Tangier & as Clerk of the Acts of the Navy & Secretary of the Admiralty'. One page, 330 x 200mm, with integral blank leaf. Paper watermarked 1798. 7. Large sheet of notes, written originally in pencil with some traced over in ink, detailing the work Pepys undertook for the Admiralty; clearly a summary of different documents, perhaps taken from those found in Pepys's papers. Two pages, 390 x 240mm, with integral blank leaf; apparently early 18th century; quite torn at edges. 8. List of manuscripts and/or printed documents, apparently the contents of a volume or a file, several of which relate to Pepys: 'Mr Pepys to Dr Wallis touching ye Le.

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• Titre: A COLLECTION OF PAPERS RELATING TO THE LEGACY OF SAMUEL PEPYS, the way in which the money left by Pepys was used, and whether the estate had been deprived of money owed by the government to Pepys himself.
• Éditeur: London and later
• Date de parution: 1715
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