Extract from the first codicil to the will of Samuel Pepys (catalogue ref: PROB 1/9).
Transcript
I give and bequeath to my Executor William Hewer Esquire my whole Colleccion of Moddells of Shipps and other Vessells Standing in his house at Clapham, where I now reside, recomending it to him to consider how these also, together with his owne may be preserved for Publique Benefitt.
Simplified transcript
I leave to my executor, William Hewer, my whole collection of model ships and other vessels displayed in his house in Clapham (London) where I now live. I suggest that he thinks about how these, together with his own models, can be kept so that the public can benefit from them.
Look at Source 8a and 8b.
- What else did Pepys leave William Hewer?
- Why is it perhaps not surprising that Pepys had a collection of these objects? [Clue: Find out where Pepys worked.]
- What two things did Pepys leave to his servants?
- How do you think servants’ mourning clothes would differ from those of their master?
- What do these bequests [gifts] tell us about Samuel Pepys?