Talbot Pepys was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1625.
Background
Pepys was the youngest son of John Pepys of Cottenham, Cambridgeshire and his wife Edith Talbot. His mother died five months after his birth. He inherited the site of his father"s mansion at Impington when he was just six years old in 1589.
Career
He was baptised at Impington on 2 April 1583. Pepys matriculated from King"s College, Cambridge in 1595 and became a scholar of Trinity Hall, Cambridge in 1601. He was admitted at Middle Temple on 13 May 1605 and was called to the bar in 1613.
In 1624 he was appointed Recorder of Cambridge.
He was Reader of Middle Temple in 1632 and Treasurer in 1640. Pepys died at the age of 82 at Impington and was buried in Impington Church on 5 March 1666.
Pepys married firstly, Beatrice Castell, daughter of John Castell of Raveningham, Norfolk on 3 August 1617. They had five children.
Membership
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In 1625, Pepys was elected Member of Parliament for Cambridge.