Extract from the will of Samuel Pepys, catalogue ref: PROB 1/9
Transcript
[I]…Resigne my Soule into the Hands of its blessed Creatour, and my Body to be decently (but privately) Buried….
Simplified transcript
I leave my soul to God and my body to be privately buried…
Look at Source 4.
- What do these words suggest about the beliefs of Samuel Pepys in this part of his will?
- How do you think a private burial would differ from a public one?