Students at a Peterborough area school have voted to drop Samuel Pepys’s name from one of their houses after recent diary revelations suggest the 17th century figure was a sex offender. Did you know ...

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Pupils at a school once attended by the 17th-century diarist Samuel Pepys have voted to remove his name from one of their houses, following revelations about his "abusive and exploitative" treatment ...

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A 17th century fashion print from the collection of Samuel Pepys (PA) Students at Hinchingbrooke School in Cambridgeshire have voted to remove 17th-century diarist Samuel Pepys' name from one of its ...

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Students at a Cambridgeshire school have voted to remove 17th-century diarist Samuel Pepys' name from one of its houses. That comes after research highlighting his “abusive and exploitative” behaviour ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Samuel Pepys is famed for documenting the Great Plague of 1665 and the Great Fire of London of 1666 in his diary (Getty) Students ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hinchingbrooke School has decided that it will no longer name one of its houses after alumnus Samuel Pepys - Culture Club/Getty ...