Even in his youth Samuel witnessed momentous events that would go down in history and even attended the execution of Charles I in 1649. As a child Pepys attended Huntingdon Grammar School and later went on to study at St Paul’s. His personal accounts documented an important period in English history from 1660 until 1669 as a historical source his diary continues to hold great value and resonance for anyone interested in learning about this period in history from an eyewitness account.Īlthough the son of a tailor, his extended family held top positions in government which helped Samuel to propel his career forward after leaving school. The son of John, a tailor and his wife Margaret, Samuel Pepys would later become famous for the diary he used to record the everyday events that were happening whilst he worked for the Navy. On the 23rd February 1633 Samuel Pepys was born in Salisbury Court, London.
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