Brother of the Diarist. Lacking the drive and ambition of his elder brother, John attended St Paul's School and Cambridge before taking Holy Orders. Failing to gain a preferment, he accepted a post of Clerk to Trinity House which had been arranged by Samuel, and later became Joint-Clerk to the Navy Board. He died burdened by debts which were paid by his brother, and was laid to rest in the Pepys vault.
Brother of the Diarist. Lacking the drive and ambition of his elder brother, John attended St Paul's School and Cambridge before taking Holy Orders. Failing to gain a preferment, he accepted a post of Clerk to Trinity House which had been arranged by Samuel, and later became Joint-Clerk to the Navy Board. He died burdened by debts which were paid by his brother, and was laid to rest in the Pepys vault.
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