hereof.

"The time of my Uncle's departure was about three-quarters past
three on Wednesday morning last."

Evelyn alludes in his Diary to Pepys's death and the present to him of a
suit of mourning. He speaks in very high terms of his friend:--

"1703, May 26th. This day died Mr. Sam Pepys, a very worthy,
industrious, and curious person, none in England exceeding him in
knowledge of the navy, in which he had passed thro' all the most
considerable offices, Clerk of the Acts and Secretary of the
Admiralty, all which he performed with great integrity. When K.
James II. went out of England, he laid down his office, and would
serve no more, but withdrawing himselfe from all public affaires, he
liv'd at Clapham with his partner Mr. Hewer, formerly his clerk, in
a very noble and sweete place, where he enjoy'd the fruits of his
labours in greate prosperity. He was universally belov'd,
hospitable, generous, learned in many things, skilfd in music, a
very greate cherisher of learned men of whom he had the conversation
. . . . Mr. Pepys had been for neere 40 yeeres so much my
particular friend that Mr. Jackson sent me compleat mourning,
desiring me to be one to hold up the pall at his magnificent
obsequies, but my indisposition hinder'd me from doing him this last
office."

The body was brought from Clapham and buried in St. Olave's Church, Hart
Street, on the 5th June, at nine o'clock at night, in a vault just beneath
the monument to the memory of Mrs. Pepys. Dr. Hickes performed the last
sad offices for his friend.

Pepys's faithful friend, Hewer, was his executor, and his nephew, John
Jackson, his heir. Mourning was presented to forty persons, and a large
number of rings to relations, godchildren, servants, and friends, also to
representatives of the Royal Society, of the Universities of Cambridge and
Oxford, of the Admiralty, and of the Navy Office. The bulk of the
property was bequeathed to Jackson, but the money which was left was much
less than might have been expected, for at the time of Pepys's death
there was a balance of L28,007 2s. 1d. due to him from the Crown, and
none of this was ever paid. The books and other collections were left to
Magdalene College, Cambridge, but Jackson was to have possession of them
during his lifetime. These were the most important portion of Pepys's
effects, for with them was