Wayneman Birch (Pepys' "boy")

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• N Phil on Mon 25 Aug 2003, 09:51pm. Flag this

  Brother of Jane Birch (Pepys’ maid) http://www.pepysdiary.com/p/149.php and William Birch http://www.pepysdiary.com/p/1008.php .

  Wayneman Birch was Pepys’ servant from September 1660. Wheatley’s footnotes confusingly refer to him as “Will Wayneman”.

• N Pauline on Wed 22 Jun 2005, 01:47am. Flag this

  Claire Tomalin reports that when he joined the household he was 10-12 years old.

References in the diary

1660

Sep: 21, 22
Oct: 21, 30
Nov: 11, 27
Dec: 31

1661

Jan: 1, 15
Feb: 14
Apr: 20, 22
Sep: 8, 30
Nov: 2
Dec: 19, 26, 27, 31

1662

Jan: 1
Feb: 18, 28
Mar: 21, 30
Apr: 18
May: 4, 29
Jun: 13, 21
Jul: 20, 24, 31
Sep: 1, 16, 17, 26, 27, 28
Oct: 8, 30
Nov: 17
Dec: 1, 22, 25, 26, 27, 31

1663

Jan: 8, 12, 15
Feb: 1
Mar: 6, 10
Apr: 23, 24, 26, 27
Jun: 2, 3, 4, 7, 11, 15, 23, 30
Jul: 7, 28
Sep: 21
Nov: 14