Daily entries from the 17th century London diary
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Impington see map South of the family seat at Cottenham North of his Alma Mater at Cambridge
General area showing Family Pepys Hunting Grounds
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from http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=15323
Sir William Hinde’s brother and heir Edward sold his reversionary interest in 1615 to the Cambridge carrier Thomas Hobson, (Footnote 10) who took possession in 1625. By will proved 1631 Hobson left his Cottenham estates to his grandson and heir, also Thomas Hobson (d. 1667), (Footnote 11) who was succeeded by his widow Catherine. (Footnote 12) Catherine outlived her second husband John Pepys (d. 1692) and died in 1703
From: British History Online
Source: Cottenham: Manors and other estates. A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume IX, A. P. M. Wright & C. P. Lewis (Editors) (1989).
URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=15323
Date: 04/08/2004
Impington
The motto of the Pepys family translated is:- “As the mind of each, so is the man”.
A history of Impington WRITTEN BY ROBERT JEEPS OF IMPINGTON. FEBRUARY 1893 see
Follow up on Pedro : interesting aerial shot of the village and the surrounding lands. http://www.hisimp.net/maps/settlel.htm