It appears from a list printed at the end of Pepys’s correspondence, that mourning was given to forty persons, and that forty-five rings at 20s., sixty-two at 15s., and sixteen at 10s. were distributed to relations, godchildren, servants, and friends; also to representatives of the Royal Society, of the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford, of the Admiralty, and of the Navy Office. The bulk of the property was bequeathed to John Jackson, the son of Mrs. Jackson, the Pall Pepys of the “Diary;” but the money which was left was much less than might have been expected. In spite of all his public services, which were universally acknowledged, he received neither pension nor remuneration of any kind after his enforced retirement at the Revolution. Public men in those days, without private property, must have starved if they had not taken fees, for the King had no idea of wasting his money by paying salaries. At the time of Pepys’s death there was a balance of £28,007 2s. 1¼d. due to him from the Crown, and the original vouchers still remain an heirloom in the family.
FOOTNOTES:
- [81] Smith’s “Life, Journals, and Correspondence of S. Pepys,” 1841, vol. i. p. 142.
- [82] “Diary,” Feb. 21, 1665–66.
- [83] Vol. ix.
- [84] Vol. ix. p. 309.
- [85] Vol. ix. p. 306.
- [86] Grey’s “Debates.”
- [87] Smith’s “Life, &c., of Pepys,” vol. i. p. 147.
- [88] “Diary,” Nov. 29, Dec. 6, 1668.
- [89] In this year was published “The Portugal History: or a Relation of the Troubles that happened in the court of Portugal in the year 1667 and 1668. By S. P. Esq. London (Richard Tonson),” 1677, which has been attributed to Pepys. There is a copy in the Pepysian Library.
- [90] Several letters relating to this affair will be found in Smith’s “Life, &c., of Pepys,” vol. i.
- [91] Smith’s “Life, &c., of S. Pepys,” vol. i. pp. 265–72.
- [92] Smith’s “Life, &c., of Pepys,” vol. i. p. 295.
- [93] Smith’s “Life, &c., of Pepys,” vol. ii. p. 246.
- [94] Ibid. vol. i. p. 452.
- [95] Smith’s “Life, &c., of Pepys,” vol. ii. p. 219.
CHAPTER IV.
TANGIER.