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Since the Club was founded, members and distinguished guest speakers have shared information, research and personal thoughts about Pepys and his world through hundreds of papers, lectures and addresses given at Club meetings, dinners and annual Commemoration services.
These unique documents are gradually being digitised and can be ordered via the Secretary as pdf files. The following titles are available to members free of charge; there is a small charge for non-members.
To order any number of articles, please email: thesecretary@pepys-club.org stating the year, full title and author of the article/s you require.
1895: The Medical History of Mr and Mrs Samuel Pepys
Sir D'Arcy Power, surgeon & medical historian
1903: Letter from Henry B. Wheatley (editor of 3rd ed. of the Diary, c 1894) to Edward Bell, publisher, about forming the Club
1903-1911: Occasional Papers, Vol 1: Details of Club Meetings
1904: Who performed Lithotomy on Mr Samuel Pepys?
Sir D'Arcy Power
1913: The Portraits of Samuel Pepys (about paintings, with Diary quotes)
Paper by Lionel Cust, Litt.D., C.V.O.
1916: The Growth of the Fame of Samuel Pepys
Paper by H.B. Wheatly.
1920: Pepys and the Law
Paper by George Whale.
1927: The Banking Account of Samuel Pepys
Paper by Edward Hoare. Read at the Pepys Club Dinner held at Clothworkers’ Hall. Includes a letter from Edward Hoare to Danby R. Wheatley
1929: Samuel Pepys:
Address given at St Olave's church by Arthur Ponsonby MP
1930: Samuel Pepys as a Friend
J. R. Tanner
1930: Some bygone operations in surgery/ Mr Samuel Pepys
Sir D'Arcy Power
1933: Elizabeth Pepys
Edwin Chappell
1933: Pepys's Wedding-Day
Edwin Chappell
1933: Samuel Pepys as a Navel Administrator
Lecture by Edwin Chappell
1933: Bibliographia Pepysiana – Pepys Bibliography
Edwin Chappell
1933: The Medical History of Mr and Mrs Samuel Pepys (2)
Sir D'Arcy Power
1933: Samuel Pepys
Address given by The Rev’d Prebendary Wellard B.A., B.D., Rector of the St Olave’s Church for the Tercentenary of Pepys’s birth
1933: The Secrecy of the Diary
Paper by Mr Edwin Chappell
1934: Samuel Pepys: Naval Administrator
Address given by Mr Edwin Chappell
1935: Samuel Pepys:
Address given at St Olave's by Arthur Bryant
1936: Leviora Pepysiana
Essay by Edwin Chappell on Pepys in the press
1936: Tangier in 1683 and 1935
Paper by Mr Edwin Chappell
1937: The National Maritime Museum and Samuel Pepys
Paper by Edwin Chappell
1937: Pepys: A Perspective
Address given at St Olave's by Edward B. Powley, B.Litt., F.R.Hist.S., Temporarily R.N.
1938: Pepys and the Clergy
Rev. Prebendary Wellard, Rector of St Olave's
1939: Samuel Pepys and Christ's Hospital
Mr H. L. O. Flecker, Headmaster Christ's Hospital
1940: Samuel Pepys: The Price of Admiralty'
Rev. Prebendary Wellard, Rector of St Olave's
1950: Samuel Pepys
Address given by John F. Nichols, M.C., M.A., Ph.D., F.S.A., F.R.Hist.Soc, Vice-president of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society
1952: Pepys and the Great Fire
Paper by F. E. Cleary
1952: The Significance of the Political Career of Samuel Pepys
B.McL. Ranft. From Journal of Modern History, Vol XXIV, No4
1952: Samuel Pepys, Londoner
Address given at St Olave's by C. G. Parsloe
1953: Samuel Pepys, Librarian
Address by Dr. R. W. Ladborough, Pepys Librarian, Magdalene College, Cambridge
1954: Samuel Pepys and Wine
Address by Charles R. Williams, M.A., T.D.
1955: Samuel Pepys and his Service to the Admiralty
Address by Sir John Lang, G.C.B., Secretary to the Admiralty
1956: Pepys and the Military
Paper read by C. J. at the Annual Dinner
1956: Pepys’ Own Church
Address by The Rector Rev'd A. Powell Miller, T.D.
1957: Samuel Pepys: Amateur Musician
Address by Sir John Braithwaite
1958: Samuel Pepys as a Countryman
Address by R.W. Ketton-Cremer Esq, MA FSA
1959: Pepys by the Thames – Letters to the Editor
D. Pepys Whiteley, Pepys Librarian, Telegraph
1959: The Legacy of Samuel Pepys
Address by Alderman Sir Cuthbert Ackroyd, Bt, in the presence of The Rt. Hon. The Lord Mayor of London and members of the Learned Societies
1960: Samuel Pepys: A Christian Gentleman
Address by the Venerable John Armstrong O.B.E, TH.L., R.N.
1960: Samuel Pepys - Sermon-Taster: Statistical study of the Sunday habits of Mr Pepys
Address by Commander CHA (Peter) Harper, Royal Navy 1929
1961: Evelyn and Pepys
Paper by Mr E. S. de Beer, given at the Annual Dinner
1961: Samuel Pepys and the Royal Society
Address by Professor E. N. da C. Andrade, D.Sc., Ph.D., LL.D., F.R.S.
1962: Samuel Pepys and the Trinity House
Address by Captain A. F. P. Lewis, C.B.E., Royal Navy, Younger Brother of Trinity House, Captain Superintendent of the Nautical College, Pangbourne
1964: Mr Pepys at Church
Address by The Rev. Dr. Gordon Huelin, Guild Vicar of St. Margaret Pattens and Gresham Professor of Divinity
1965: Diary to Diary and the Years Between
Address by F. E. Cleary Esq., MBE CC
1966: Samuel Pepys and the Navy of 1688
Address by B. McL. Ranft. Professor of History at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich
1967: Pepys and His Seamen
Address by Christopher Lloyd, Late Professor of History, Royal Naval College, Greenwich
1968: Pepys and the Arts
Address by Carola Oman
1969: Samuel Pepys (character study)
Address by Sir Arthur Bryant C.H.
1970: Samuel Pepys as Civil Servant
Address by Sir Martin Flett
1971: Samuel Pepys and the Old Cavaliers
Address by Dame Veronica Wedgwood OM.
1972: Samuel Pepys and his Oxford friends
Address by A. L. Rowes
1972: The Pleasures of Pepys
Article by Cyril Connolly, Sunday Times
1973: Pepys and Cambridge
Address by Robert C. Latham
1974: The Pepys Library
Article by Robert Latham, from The Times Literary Supplement, 26 July
1974: Samuel Pepys
Address by H. R. Trevor-Roper, Professor Modern History, Oxford
?1974: Sir William Coventry: Pepys's Mentor
Bernard Pool
1975: Pepys and the Sea Officers
Address by Richard Ollard MA FRSL at the Commemoration Service
1976: Pepys the Perfect Hypocrite
Review of Latham&Matthews Diary edition, The Times(?) 1976, by Nigel Dennis
1976: The Uncensored Life of Samuel Pepys
J. W. Lambert, from The Sunday Times
1976: The Definitive Record of a Complete English Gentleman
Article by Bernard Levin, reproduced with permission from The Times, 1 June
1976: Pepys and Money
Address by F. E. Cleary Esq MBE CC
1977: Pepys and the Crown
Address by Richard Ollard MA FRSL to celebrate Pepys’s Mastership of the Clothworkers Company
1977: Pepys and the Theatre
Address by Sir Bernard Miles
1977: Samuel Pepys and his stones
Sir Eric Riches MC MS FRCS. From Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons vol 59
1978: Pepys and the Health of the Navy
Address by Professor Christopher Lloyd MA at the Annual Dinner
1978: Pepys and the Common Reader
Talk by Robert C. Latham, broadcast on BBC Radio 3, 4 July
1978: Pepys and the Arts
Address by Sir Oliver Millar, Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures
1978: Samuel Pepys and the Church
Article by The Rt. Revd. F. H. West MA. Reproduced with permission from The Times, 3 April
1979: Pepys and his Royal Masters
Address by Maurice Ashley D.Phil, CBE
1979: A Portrait of Thomas Hollier, Pepys’s Surgeon
Article by G.C. R. Morris MA, DM, MRCP. Reproduced from the Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons, Vol 61
1980: Pepys’s Life beyond the Diary
By Janet Marsh. Reproduced with permission from the Financial Times, 3 May 1980
1980: Samuel Pepys, Music Lover
Address given by Steve Race FRSA FRAM
1980: Samuel Pepys, Clothworker
Address by Mr Tom Girtin MA, FR. Hist Soc, Master of the Worshipful Company of Clothworkers
1980: Nature of Samuel Pepys's 'wind colic'
Charles Newman MD FRCP. From British medical Journal Vol 281
1981: Pepys House Brampton
Paper by Frederick Cleary
1982: Editing Pepys
Address by Mr Robert Latham CBE FBA, Fellow of Magdalene College, at the Annual Dinner
1982: Pepys and Wine
Address by the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor Sir Christopher Leaver GBE Hon.D.Mus
1983: Address by H.R.H The Duke of Gloucester (untitled)
Given at the 100th Dinner of the Club, in the 350th Anniversary of Pepys’s birth
1983: Pepys and the Navy
Address by Captain Sir David Tibbits
1983: Address by The Rt. Revd. F. H. West MA (on religion and spirituality)
On the 350th Anniversary of Pepys’s birth, given at St Bride’s Fleet Street
1984: Pepys and Newton
Address by Professor Rupert Hall at the Club's Annual Dinner
1984: Pepys and the Royal Society
Address by Dr Colin Kolbert, MA at the Club's Annual Dinner
1984: Samuel Pepys, Parishioner
Address by The Rt Rev Ambrose Walter Marcus Weeks, CB, FKC
1985: Pepys and Children
Address by Dr Richard Luckett, Fellow & Pepys Librarian, Magdalene College Cambridge
1986: Pepys and the Plague
Address by Mr Christopher Morris MA, F.R.Hist.Soc
1987: Pepys and the Law
Address by Michael Dias MA LL.B
1987: Samuel Pepys’s Education at St Paul’s
Address by The Revd Canon P. C. Pilkington, High Master of St Paul’s School, at the Annual Dinner
1987: Samuel Pepys in Africa
Address by John Montagu, 11th Earl of Sandwich and President of the Club
1988: 'Moreover, it is required in Stewards that a man be found faithful' (Pepys's career, faith and duty).
Address by The Rt. Hon. J. Enoch Powell MBE at the Commemoration Service
1988: Pepys and the River
Address by Mr C. P. Rawson, C St J, Master of the Clothworkers Company, at the Annual Dinner,
1989: Pepys and St Olave’s
Address by the Reverend L. E. M. Claxton
1989: Pepys and the Inns of Court
Address by The Rt. Hon. Sir John Balcombe, one of the Lords Justices of Appeal, at the Annual Dinner
1990: Pepys and Greenwich
Address by Admiral Sir Brian Brown KCB, at the Annual Dinner
1990: Pepys and Hewer
Address by David Wickham, Archivist of Clothworkers’ Company
1991: Pepys and Trinity House
Address by Captain Malcolm Edge, Deputy Master of Trinity House
1992: Pepys and Magdalene College
Address by Dr Eamon Duffy
? 1992: Pepys and his Editors
Paper by Robert Latham
1993: The Pepys Family Crest
Address by Sir Colin Cole (former Garter King of Arms)
1994: Music in the Later Life of Samuel Pepys
Address by Dr Richard Luckett, Pepys Librarian, Magdalene College, Cambridge
1994: Samuel Pepys and Seventeenth Century Medicine
Address by A. G. Amias, at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
1995: Pepys and the River Thames
Address by Mr Christopher Rawson
1996: Mr Pepys, Clothworker
Address by David Wickham, Archivist of the Clothworkers’ Company
1997: Samuel Pepys and St Paul’s School
Address by The Revd A. Hugh Mead, Chaplain Emeritus, St Paul’s School
1998: The Pepysian Daily Round
Address by Rosemary Weinstein
1999: Pepys and the Prayer Book
Address by The Revd Dr Perry Butler
2000: Pepys and the Book Trade
Address by Robin Myers
2001: Samuel Pepys and William Penn
Address by Catherine E Price
2002: Living with Samuel Pepys
Address by The Revd. John Cowling, Rector of St Olave’s
2003: 'Little Old Jane'
By Claire Tomalin: the Pepys Tercentenary Address
2004: Pepys and the Plague
Address by Dr Robin Gain
2005: Oliver Cromwell and Samuel Pepys
By Alec Samuels
2005: Pepys & the Barber-Surgeons Hall
By Alec Samuels
2005: Pepys and the Theatre
Address by Matt Skipp
2005: Pepys, Magdalene & the Law
By Alec Samuels
2005: Samuel Pepys’s Will
By Alec Samuels
2005: William Hewer’s House at Clapham
Report by Peter Skuse of lecture given to the Clapham Soc. by architect Michael Green)
2006: Pepys, Hooke and the Renaissance Spirit
Address by the Reverend Andrew Walker
2007: Pepys and Money
Talk by historian Ann Sweeney
2007: Pepys’s Musical World
Address given at St Olave's church by Lucie Skeaping
2008: Pepys and Trinity House
Address by Captain Richard Woodman
2009: Pepys and St Paul’s School
Address by Simon May
2010: Pepys and Shorthand (cracking the Diary code)
Address by Guy de la Bédoyère
2011: The Convivial Pepys
Address by The Rt Hon Sir David Latham
2012: Pepys and Faith
Address by Professor Peter McCulloch
2013: Pepys and Death
Address by Professor Julian Littman
2013: Pepys into the Past: the House at Brampton
Article by J. David Davies
2014: Dr Johnson Encounters Sir William Weller Pepys (1740-1825)
Article by Paul Gray, published by the Johnson Society 8.2.14
2015: Pepys, the Past and the importance of London
Address by author/broasdaster Sir Loyd Grossman
2015: The Pepys Library and Historic Collections of Magdalene College, by Dr Jane Hughes
Book review by Alec Samuels
2016: Pepys and Parliament
By Alec Samuels
2017: Samuel Pepys: A Pilgrim’s Progress from Presbyterian Schoolboy to Non-Juror
Lecture by Dr Richard Chartres, Bishop of London, for the Inaugural Annual Lecture, at St Paul’s School
2018: An alternative Pepys with a modern twist
By humourist Kevin Kiernan
2018: Club Curiosity
Margaret Willes on Pepys's friendship with John Evelyn
2018: About diarists, and Diaries of the Intimate kind
By Sophie Pigott
2018: Pepys and Magdalene
Address by Professor Eamon Duffy at the Annual Dinner
2018: Pepys and Food
Address by Dr Kate Loveman
2018: Pepys and the Royal Society
By Alec Samuels
2018: Pepys’s biographers and their rendering of his extra-marital affairs
By Geoffrey Pimm
2018: Samuel Pepys, Mrs Knipp and Barbara Allen
By Lucie Skeaping
2018: Some Writers of Charles II’s Reign
Report (by Daniel Snowman), of the Lecture given by Lord Williams of Oystermouth, Archbishop of Canterbury, then Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge
2018: Samuel Pepys and the Trinity House Connection
By Commodore Ian Gibb
2019: Gresham’s Bequest to Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn
Lecture by Margaret Willes, given at Gresham College
2019: Lawson lies still in the Thames: Vice-Admiral Sir John Lawson through Pepys’s Journals
Lecture by Gill Blanchard
2019: Pepys and the Clothworkers
Address by Melville Haggard, Past Master of the Clothworkers Company
2019: Pepys, Puppets and the Covent Garden Piazza
By Daniel Snowman
2019: Pepys’s May Day
By humourist Kevin Kiernan
2019: Pepys visits Bath Spa
By Lucie Skeaping
2019: Proposed Development at Harwich
By James Rawlins
2019: Monsieur Moi-Même: The Story of a Translation
By François Thouvenot
2020: All things Bright: the controversial fifth edition of the Diary
By Geoffrey Pimm
2020: Diary Transcriptions
By Geoffrey Pimm
2020: The Domestic Pepys: the use of plants & herbs in food, drink, hygiene & home decoration.
By Margaret Willes
2020: Pepys's Final Years in Clapham
By Timothy Walker, author and local historian
2020: Pepys: England’s First Naval Bureaucrat
Pepys Club Annual Lecture given by Admiral Right Hon Lord West of Spithead GCB DSC PC
2020: Pepys and the King’s Speech to Parliament
By Geoffrey Pimm
2020: Messing about in Boats – Pepys & the Royal Yachts
By J. D. Davies
2020: Pepys and the Plague
By Rosemary Weinstein
2020: Pepys’s lost £28k
By Alec Samuels
2020: A Philological examination of the Diary of Samuel Pepys
By Peter Skuse
2020: The Fire Court of 1667
By Alec Samuels
2021: Peeps? Pepor? How to say Pepys
By David Miller
2021: Pepys’ Fancy: or what likely turned 17th century men on and what ladies did to achieve this
By Geoffrey Pimm
2021: Welcome to Nobody? Prince Rupert and the Politics of Pepys and the Restoration
By John Callow
2025: Dr Ruth Scurr book reviews from the TLS:
Reviews of The confessions of Samuel Pepys by Guy de la Bedoyere and The Strange History of Samuel Pepys by Kate Loveman