Monday 10 February 1661/62

Musique practice a good while, then to Paul’s Churchyard, and there I met with Dr. Fuller’s “England’s Worthys,” the first time that I ever saw it; and so I sat down reading in it, till it was two o’clock before I, thought of the time going, and so I rose and went home to dinner, being much troubled that (though he had some discourse with me about my family and arms) he says nothing at all, nor mentions us either in Cambridgeshire or Norfolk. But I believe, indeed, our family were never considerable. At home all the afternoon, and at night to bed.

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N A. De Araujo on Thu 10 Feb 2005, 11:21pm

“England’s Worthys”
Don’t worry Sam,you will make the list to Who’s Who in England.
N Todd Bernhardt on Thu 10 Feb 2005, 11:49pm

re: England’s Worthys

And one of the reasons was because he worried about getting in!
N Glyn on Thu 10 Feb 2005, 11:50pm

I think that there is some plaintiveness and disappointment in this entry, that his family isn
N Pauline on Fri 11 Feb 2005, 12:07am

But I believe, indeed, our family were never considerable
Sam seems realistic; was just led to believe his family would be in the book based on Dr. Fuller’s fullsome knowledge of his family (see Glyn’s link above).
N vicenzo on Fri 11 Feb 2005, 02:39am

oh! sumtwhere theres, gota be a bit of blue blud in me vanes, doth not I doth be bled like a king, Doth not I put me long Johns like a king. Matey! it be all in the jeans.
N Miss Ann on Fri 11 Feb 2005, 04:15am

Obviously Dr Fuller thinks the Pepys are interesting enough / accomplished enough to be considered for the “Worthys” listing, however, maybe our Sam hasn’t achieved enough for Dr Fuller at this juncture, notwithstanding his initial research into the family. Maybe the next edition … … Not to worry, my family isn’t in their either, and surprisingly still isn’t!
N Pauline on Fri 11 Feb 2005, 07:11am

“…much troubled that…he says nothing at all”
Looking at the Pepys Family Tree in Claire Tomalin
N Stolzi on Fri 11 Feb 2005, 03:15pm

“so I sat down reading in it
till it was two o’clock before I thought of the time going…”

Sounds like me when I get into a bookshop.

The note of connection across the centuries is one of the things that make the Diary so intriguing.
N JWB on Fri 11 Feb 2005, 05:26pm

“Worthys”
Dr.Fuller was a royalist. Most distinqished Pepys, I’d think, was Talbot, MP Cambridge(recall Ld. Chancellor asking if Sam his son),and as such unlikely to rank in Fuller’s estimate.