The remaining blank space s ha ve been filled with dashe s to prevent anybody adding any extra names or amounts. The clerk has left spaces in the document for Pepys to insert his name and position, the name s of the people to whom he left his land and property, and various sums of money. The opening phrase is clearer and larger as it is the first phrase in the document and because it is a prayer to God. The main text of his final will was written by somebody else, probably a clerk working for Pepys or for his legal advisers. and went to the Sun Tavern and ate it, where I did promise to give her all that I have in the world but my books, in case I should die at sea.’ He tore that will up during an argument with his wife in 1663. In March 1660, he wrote, ‘ So into London by water, and in Fish Street my wife and I bought a bit of salmon for 8 d. Pepys’ final will was written many years after his diary ends, but he first made a will in 1660 and may have written many different versions in the time in between. He made the Navy much more efficient and professional and reported on his work both to the King and to Parliament. Pepys was also an important administrator for the Royal Navy. In it he famously describe d the Great Fire of London and the coronation of Charles II. The diary is very interesting for historians as a source to find out about how people lived in the 17 th century and about some major events in the past. Samuel Pepys wrote his famous diary between 16.
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