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St Ives (Cambs)

Samuel Pepys

This month we looked at the life of Samuel Pepys.

In addition to our research we reminisced about our visit to the Pepys Library in Magdalene College, Cambridge in 2018.

More events now take place at Pepys house in Brampton and one member told us about the history of the house.

We ended by hearing about the decision by the pupils of Hinchingbrooke School to discard the name Pepys for one of its Houses due to his behaviour towards women. He has been replaced by Olivia Barnard Sparrow, a local philanthropist.