References
Chart showing the number of references in each month of the diary’s entries.
1661
1662
- Oct
1663
- Sep
1667
- Oct
1668
- May
Goody Gorham
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Daily entries from the 17th century London diary
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First Reading
Pauline • Link
from L&M Companion
Alehouse keeper, Brampton. Her house was inherited by Pepys's father from his brother Robert. Her will survives: signed Nov. 1670, proved Oct. 1676. She was Margaret, a widow, and signed by making a mark. Her son Henry was cut off with a shilling; the rest of the goods went to Thomas Kent, a grandson. Will Stankes signed as witness. Keepers of alehouses were often widows: at Bideford in 1660 they numbered about one quarter of the total.
Second Reading
Terry Foreman • Link
"Widow Gorham's alehouse, owned by Robert Pepys, was to pass to Peoys's father and then to Pepys himself after the death of the tenant." (L&M ii, p.138)