In those days, houses in london were made out of wood and were built very close together. Samuel pepys and the great fire of london part 2 bbc teach. The great fire of london is one of the most wellknown disasters in londons history. Inside their homes, people used candles for light and cooked on open fires. The fire started on sunday 2nd september 1666 in thomas farriners bakery on pudding lane. Sep, 2010 samuel pepys witnesses the great london fire of 1666 williewillieharryste. The diary of samuel pepys provides many detailed insights into the daily life of both noblemen and regular citizens of the 17th century in london. It is widely used as a primary source of how life was during several significant events, such as the great plague of london, the second dutch war, and the great fire of london. Yet, as samuel pepys wrote in his diaries, 1666 was one of. Curator kristian martin on samuel pepys and the great fire of london, and how to bury your parmesan cheese. Samuel pepys witnesses the great london fire of 1666 youtube. Samuel pepyss house in seething lane, just half a mile to the. It began on 2 september 1666 and lasted just under five days. So i rose and slipped on my nightgowne, and went to her window, and thought it to be on the backside of markelane at the farthest.
Gawden at the gate of the office i intending to go out, as i used, every now and then today, to see how the fire is to call our men to bishopsgate, where no fire had yet been near, and there is now one broke out which did give great grounds to people, and to me too, to think that there is some kind of plot 1 in this. Samuel pepys and the great fire of london part 1 bbc. Tuesday 9 october 1666 up and to the office, where we sat the first day since the fire, i think. Samuel pepys was baptised at st brides church on march 3. Personal diary of samuel pepys is one of the primary. Great fire of london started on pudding lane at about 1am on 2 september 1666. Samuel pepys recounted the events of the great fire of london. Complete lesson on the great fire of london, 1666 detailed information on slides chance for reading and recording source analysis activity causes a. The fire, which broke out in the house of the kings baker, thomas farynor, early in. Complete lesson on the great fire of london, 1666 detailed information on slides chance for reading and recording source analysis activity causes and effects chance for discussion and class debate samuel pepys diary activity and differentiation sheet exam question hyperlinked videos in relevant places a pdf of a prezi i made on the great fire of london has also been provided.
Samuel pepys, who was a clerk of the privy seal, hurried off to inform king charles ii. Diary of samuel pepys download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. At first, few were concerned fires were such a common occurrence at the time. Dear diary no, his diary is more like a list, how everything happened. Samuel pepys maid told him that more than 300 houses had been destroyed by the fire. Can you summarize pepyss actions on sept 3, 1666, in the. Up, and all the morning at the office, getting the list of all the ships and vessels employed since the war, for the committee of parliament. Heres a virtual movie of the great london diarist samuel pepys 1633 1703 reading from his diary 1666 and early 1667 giving his recollections of the great fire.
The great fire of london 1666 chronology totally timelines. Pdf the great fire of london download full pdf book. Samuel pepys 16331703 is most famous for the diary he kept for almost a decade while living in 17th century london. At noon home to dinner, and then abroad to sir philip warwickes at white hall about tangier one quarter tallys, and there had some serious discourse touching money, and the case of the navy. This was originally part of a 7week unit looking at the great plague of london, the great fire of london, and samuel pepys as a famous person the children had posed their own questions about the fire. Some of our mayds sitting up late last night to get things ready against our feast today, jane called us up about three in the morning, to tell us of a great fire they saw in the city. Samuel pepys the great diarist was awoken on 2 september 1666 by his servant who told him of a great fire she had seen in the city. Find out more about the man behind these recollections which he had tried to keep private. The houses were made of wood and very close together. London bridge was the only physical connection between the city and the south side of the river thames and was itself covered with houses.
The diary of samuel pepys opens with an entry dated january 1, 1660. On september 3, 1666, the author of the diary of samuel pepys found himself engulfed by the chaos created by the great fire of london, which had begun the previous day in a bakery in eastcheap and. The main part i read in 1666s diary is about the great fire in london, how pepys described it all. Soon the flames were visible from seething lane, near the tower of london, where samuel pepys first noted them without concern.
The editors went back to pepys original 300yearold manuscript to reconstruct a complete edition of his diary which deals with some of the most dramatic events in english history. Selected extracts are supported by a complete transcription of his shorthand text. This 50page book contains two extracts from the diary of samuel pepys. Pepys had no maritime experience, but he rose to be the chief secretary to the admiralty under both king charles ii and king james ii through patronage, hard work. According to samuel pepys record of the events, he said that a woman might piss it out. Personal diary of samuel pepys is one of the primary sources. Map of london after the great fire in 1666, showing pepyss home the ruins of the old st pauls cathedral samuel pepys, 23 february 1633 26 may 1703 was an english administrator at the admiralty and member of parliament. Samuel pepys simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The diary of samuel pepys by samuel pepys free ebook. Diary of samuel pepys by samuel pepys august, 1666. It had been noted as a deathtrap in the fire of 1632 and, by dawn on sunday, these houses were burning. Begun in january 1660 and finishing in may 1669, it offers a richly detailed account of some of the most turbulent events of the nations history, including the coronation of king charles ii, the great plague and the great fire of. The great fire of london started on sunday, 2 september 1666 in a bakers shop on pudding lane belonging to thomas farynor farriner.
Pepys was born in london on february 23, 1633, the second son of john pepys 16011680, a tailor, and margaret pepys nee kite d. The great fire of london in 1666 makes such a fascinating subject for a historical enquiry for very young pupils as it can be linked to aspects of great interest, such as fire and fire engines, houses and homes, and how people have lived through the centuries. Use imaginary chronometers to travel back in time to the year 1666 and to the city of london, near the river thames. Samuel pepys was responsible for the administration of the navy for the english government, and was 33 when the fire occurred.
The great fire of london is a hauntingly beautiful visual retelling of one of the most wellknown disasters in the citys history. You can also read the full text online using our ereader. At noon home, and my uncle thomas was there, and dined with my brother and i my father and i were gone abroad, and then to the office again in the afternoon, and there close all day long, and did much business. Sep 04, 20 in early september 1666 the great fire of london swept through the medieval city, destroying more than,000 houses as well as 87 churches and st pauls cathedral. Check their chronometers are set to 1666 at the city of london to travel back in time once again. Samuel pepys witnesses the great london fire of 1666 williewillieharryste. The diary of samuel pepys is one of the most entertaining documents in english history. For instance, one of the many bits of oddball trivia to be gained from reading an annotated version of the diary of samuel pepys concerns a word that most dictionaries agreed was used in its present context for the first time in the entry pepys made on june 10, 1666 regarding the latest mistress of the duke of york. Feb 23, 2018 personal diary of samuel pepys is one of the primary sources of the great fire of london in 1666, destroying 80,000 homes in three days feb 23, 2018 domagoj valjak the great fire of london by an unknown painter, depicting the fire as it would have appeared on the evening of tuesday, 4 september 1666 from a boat in the vicinity of tower wharf. Pepys has paid great attention to the history of his fam. All cuts and edits made because of infringment of music. On september 2, 1666, thomas farrinor, baker to king charles ii of england, failed, in effect, to turn off his oven.
Diary of samuel pepys1666august wikisource, the free. The diary of samuel pepys by samuel pepys, 9780812970715, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. Diary entries from october 1666 the diary of samuel pepys. About two in the morning my wife calls me up and tells me of new cryes of fire, it being come to barkeing church, which is the bottom of our lane. It was an event that changed the face of london forever. Samuel had a successful career with the royal navy and the british government, but is best remembered for his frank and honest diary entries of everyday london life. The diary of samuel pepys is probably the most famous diary in the english language. The king immediately ordered that all the houses in the path of the fire should be. Read in english by nicole lee samuel pepys was the first secretary to the admiralty during the reign of charles ii, instrumental in developing the royal navy and witness to some of the most significant events of the restoration period, including the great fire of london. A fter 1976, and this years heatwave, we might assume that hot summers are a new phenomenon. Sep 02, 2016 it was an event that changed the face of london forever. The great fire of london british documentary youtube.
Librivox recording of the diary of samuel pepys 1660 by samuel pepys. He recorded in his diary that people were falling over themselves trying to escape. Plague, fire, revolution is at the national maritime museum, greenwich, london se10, until 28 march. The author was twentyseven years old and already well on his way to a lucrative career in the service of the english crown. Howard timberlake retraces the footsteps of samuel pepys during the great fire of london through his vivid and detailed diary entries. On the thames towpath with samuel pepys books the guardian. Nuffield primary history ks1 great fire of london resources page 1. May 08, 2018 documentary which examines the great fire of london in 1666.
I to london, and there among other things did look over some pictures at cades for my house, and did carry home a silver drudger the dredger was probably the drageoir of france. The national archives education service the great fire of london. Although he claimed to have extinguished the fire, three hours later at 1am, his house was a blazing inferno. The king told him to go to the lord mayor, and tell him to start pulling houses down pepys took a coach back to old st pauls cathedral, before setting off on foot through the. Seeing that the wind was driving the fire westward, he ordered the boat to go to whitehall, and became the first person to inform the king of the fire. Samuel pepys and john evelyn, the diarists, both gave dramatic, firsthand accounts of the next few days. The book follows the story of samuel pepys, a clerk for the royal. Wednesday 5 september 1666 the diary of samuel pepys.
Samuel pepys was born in 1633 and died in 1703, being most famous for keeping his daily diary for nine years between the years of 1660 to 1669. The great fire of london swept through the central parts of the english city from sunday, 2 september to thursday, 6 september 1666. Retrace samuel pepys steps in the great fire of london. In those days there were no fire engines or firemen to stop a fire from spreading. This was the start of the great fire of london which went onto devastate a large area of london. Its an interesting thing, since his tone for diary is definitely different from our ages. Coventrys chamber, and there dined with him and sir w. Pepys diary is particularly well known for its vivid descriptions of the great plague and the great fire of london.
A second programme exploring the great fire of london through songs and music activities. It had started shortly after midnight on 2 september in thomas faryners pudding lane bakery. Samuel pepys and the great fire of london ks1 historical. To commemorate the 350th anniversary of the fire, powerful and sumptuous drawings from the new east london illustrator, james weston lewis, bring the events of november 1666 to life in this stunning gift book. The diary of samuel pepys samuel pepys download free ebook. Sep 27, 2018 samuel pepys maid told him that more than 300 houses had been destroyed by the fire. In 1666, the buildings in london were made of wood and straw and they were very close together. Pepys also wrote about the great fire of london a year later in 1666. The great fire of london by samuel pepys goodreads. The fire gutted the medieval city of london inside the old roman city wall. On 2nd september 1666, a fire broke out at thomas farrinors bakery on pudding lane. Pepys describes in detail how the fire consumed london, a year after it was ravaged by the plague. How useful is the diary of samuel pepys to a historian.
Other people were throwing their possessions into the river and those with transport made money by transporting the goods of the rich out of the city. Sep 05, 2018 a fter 1976, and this years heatwave, we might assume that hot summers are a new phenomenon. In early september 1666 the great fire of london swept through the medieval city, destroying more than,000 houses as well as 87 churches and st pauls cathedral. Together with the epidemic of bubonic plague that hit the city the previous year, the great fire had an unimaginable impact on london and its people. Pen, and after dinner examined it and find it will do us much right in the number of men rising to near the expense we. Written between 1660 and 1669, as pepys was establishing himself as a key administrator in the navy office, it is an intimate portrait of life in 17thcentury england, covering his professional.
You wouldnt want to be in the great fire of london. Diary entries from september 1666 the diary of samuel pepys. Yet, as samuel pepys wrote in his diaries, 1666 was one of the hottest and driest on record, with 7. It didnt make me want to read the full diary, thats for sure. It threatened but did not reach the city of westminster, charles iis palace of whitehall, or most of the suburban slums. The great fire of london age 5 9 2 the great fire of london page. I up, and finding it so, resolved presently to take her away, and did, and took my. In a diary kept from 1659 to 1669, a naval administrator and member of parliament named. Retrace samuel pepys steps in the great fire of london bbc. The great fire of london and the diary of samuel pepys. Wednesday 5 september 1666 i lay down in the office again upon w. Hewers, quilt, being mighty weary, and sore in my feet with going till i was hardly able to stand. Samuel pepys describes the scene in his diary, which remains one of the most comprehensive eyewitness accounts of the fire.
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