TOTALLY AUTHENTIC SAMUEL PEPYS AND JOHN PEPYS HAND INK SIGNATURES INCLUDING 7 OTHERS.

Wonderful authentic original collection set of hand ink signatures, 9 in total consisting of the rare autograph signature of Samuel Pepys Diarist and tory politician. rare autograph signature of John Pepys (1601-1680, father of Samuel Pepys), and a further 7 hand ink signatures of Admiral Sir William Brouncker, Vice Admiral Sir John Mennes, Admiral Sir Jeremy Smyth, Sir John Tippetts, Sir John Ernle, Thomas Hayter, and Sir Jeremiah Smyth. Please note that the photographs of Samuel Pepys and the fire and plague of London does not come with the sale of the autograph and is for reference only, please note that hand ink signatures of Samuel Pepys and his father John Pepys are becoming very hard to obtain. Incredible set of hand ink signatures.

Pepys (Samuel, 1633-1703), English diarist and Tory politician who served as Clerk of the Acts on the Navy Board. Ink Signature, 'S. Pepys', signed on a fragment of a paper admiralty document, 5 February 1669, which has also been signed by Admiral Sir William Brouncker (1620-1684), Vice Admiral Sir John Mennes (1599-1671), Admiral Sir Jeremy Smyth (d. 1675) and Sir John Tippetts (1622-1692), neatly but irregularly cut, 5.5 x 19cm, together with another paper fragment bearing the signatures of John Pepys (1601-1680, father of Samuel Pepys), Sir John Ernle (1620-1697), Thomas Hayter (1610-1682) and Sir Jeremiah Smyth, 6 x 12.5 cm, both, slightly browned and laid on card

Samuel Pepys 23 February 1633 - 26 May 1703 was an English writer and Tory politician. He served as an official in the Navy Board and Member of Parliament, but is most remembered today for the diary he kept for almost a decade. Though he had no maritime experience, Pepys rose to be the Chief Secretary to the Admiralty under both Charles II and James I through patronage, diligence, and his talent for administration. His influence and reforms at the English Admiralty were important in the early professionalisation of the Royal Navy.

Samuel Pepys Diary
The detailed private diary that Pepys kept from 1660 until 1669 was first published in the 19th century and is one of the most important primary sources of the Stuart Restoration. It provides a combination of personal revelation and eyewitness accounts of great historical events such as the Great Plague of London, the Second Anglo-Dutch War and the Great Fire of London.

Size 192mm x 62mm and 130mm x 60mm

Condition: good overall condition

Code: 51137