Thomas Pepys

Born [date unknown] in Cambridgeshire, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Day) Pepys — married 1596 in St Peter, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England

Descendants

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Biography

Thomas Pepys was son of John Pepys of Cottenham in Cambridgeshire and his first wife, Edith (Talbot) Pepys. ^[1] He was one of two children named Thomas by his parents. Thomas was the elder of these. We know this as Apollo Pepys in his 1644 will, describes the other Thomas (who married Kezia Day) as "Thomas Pepys the younger of my two late bretherin of that name". ^[2] As there were two sons named Thomas, they were commonly known as "the black" and "the red" to distinguish between them. ^[3]

He died after 1630. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self. Clare Tomalin. Borzoi book. 2002.ISBN 0-375-41143-7
2. ↑ Will of Apollo Pepys, Gentleman of Hinchingbrook, Huntingdonshire PROB 11/192/193 02 January 1645 https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D857323
   • Will of Apollo Pepys, Gentleman of Hinchinbrook, Huntingdonshire
   • Written 16 Nov 1641
   • To nephew Edward Montague Esq only son of Sir Sydney Montague, Knight, master of request to the King, and of Dame Paulina, his late wife, my dearest sister £100.
   • To Dame Elizabeth Pickering my neice £100.
   • To John Pepys, son of my brother Talbot Pepys £50.
   • To Elizabeth Farmer my goddaughter, the daughter of my nephew £50.
   • To my nephew Robert Pepys of Brampton a farmer £50.
   • Not forgetting the more than brotherly affection of Thomas Pepys the younger of my two late bretherin of that name, long since deceased which in his life time expressed to all the younger children of my father the extraordinary care my said brother had of our estates and more especially of myself in my minority and first sickness. Therefore in gratitude I am bound, I give to his widow Keziah Pepys £10 yearly during her life. And I give to his daughter Edith £5.
   • I give to Thomas Angier son of my neice Elizabeth Angier £20 and to her daughter £30.
   • To my neice Temperance £500
   • To my cousin Nicholas Pepys born about Burnham in Norfolk, sometime clerk of Mr William Downall one of the pleaders of the Guildhall of the city of London. £5.
   • I make Thomas Pepys, son of my said bretherin Thomas the younger executor.
   • To the poor people of Huntingdon £5 to be distributed as Gervasi Fullwood alderman shall direct.
   • I givve to the speaker of the house of commons to the use of the King and parliament all the money due to me by Sir Oliver Luke, the Earl of Bullingbrooke and Sir Samuel Luke for £500 lent by me unto them which should have been paid unto me in November 1641.
   • Signed Apollo Pepys.
   • Codicil dated 24 Oct 1644
   • An explanation of some of the former part of my will. that is to say somesuch as the greatest part of my estate which is in the hands of other men in these calamatous time of civil war... and being uncertain how my said estate will be recovered.
   • The £5 given to the poor of Huntingdon I give to the servant of my said nephew Montague, now Colonel, that is to say Henry Baker, Rober Baker, Thomas Parish, Richard Matthews, John Abbot, John Marshall, Judith Olivee to each of them tweny shillings. And to Christopher Catlin I give ten shillings and forgive him ten shillings.
   • My good friend Robert Barnwell to be executor in collecting and recovering my said estate, and I give unto him £10.
   • The bequest to my sister Keziah to be given as soon as my said executor has recovered £1000.
   • To my nephew John Pepys of Trinity Hall, Cambridge my estate in the parsonage of Banton upon Humber, Lincolnshire.
   • I desire my executor to buy all Dr Gibbs works that are in print and give them as my legacy to my nephew Thomas Alcocke hoping the Lord give him heart to read them.
   • I give to his daughter Pauline Alcocke £5 provided her father not meddle therewith, but to my executor and the kindred of the mother of said Paulina until she reach age 21.
   • Neither may I forget the kindness of my cousin Edward Scott not long since deceased to my sister Alcocke, nor his fidleity and love to me the time I employed him.
   • I give to my brother Talbot, to his wife, his son Roger and his wife, his son Thomas and his daughter Paulina, to each of them a death head ring to be paid for by my executor.
   • Witt: Robert Barnwell, Thomas Parish.
   • Proved 2 Jan 1645.
3. ↑ https://archive.org/details/diaryofsamuelpep01pepy/page/n19/mode/2up
4. ↑ Genealogy of the Pepys family 1273 - 1887 by Walter Courtenay Pepys . Originaly published 1877. Viewed as a facsimile reprint by Frederick Muller, 1971. Attached pedigree "Thomas, the Black, died after 1630.