References
Chart showing the number of references in each month of the diary’s entries.
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1666
- Sep
1667
1669
- Jan
Ann Hewer
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Daily entries from the 17th century London diary
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First Reading
Phil • Link
Wife of Thomas http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclo… and mother of Will http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclo… .
Second Reading
San Diego Sarah • Link
According to Robert Latham, Will Hewer may have inherited money from his father, who died in 1665.
His mother's brother, Robert Blackborne (d.1701), became secretary to the East India Company in December 1666 (ODNB), and Hewer amassed a large fortune built on trade as a result.
His gift in January 1668 of a diamond necklace to Elisabeth Pepys worth £40 is evidence enough ... (10:183).
http://antipodeanfootnotes.blogsp…