The tailor in question was John Pepys, Samuel's father, and Samuel was later baptised at neighbouring St Bride's Church. His mother was Margaret Pepys, the daughter of a Whitechapel butcher, and he was the fifth in a line of eleven children, but due to extremely high infant mortality, he soon became the eldest.
Read more about Pepys at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepys
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