Archbishop Parker had a staff of workmen in his own house, part of which was fully equipped for their use. His work _De Antiquitate Britannicae Ecclesiae_, of which it is said no two copies are alike, as the Archbishop made some alterations in the proofs every time they were submitted to him, is said to have been printed at the Archbishop's press by John Day. Some of his books are beautifully bound in embroidered velvet, also supposed to have been done in his own house. In one of his letters to Lord Burghley, he says that he has in his house "Paynters, Lymners, Wryters, and Book-Bynders." It is possible that several of the fine bindings made for Queen Elizabeth and for Lord Burghley were really made in the Archbishop's workshop. [Illustration] PEPYS, SAMUEL, SECRETARY TO THE ADMIRALTY _Arms._--Quarterly. 1st and 4th; sa., on a bend or, between 2 nags' heads erased arg., 3 fleurs-de-lys of the field. _Pepys._ 2nd and 3rd; gu., a lion rampant within a bordure engrailed arg. _Gray._ _Crest._--A camel's head erased or, bridled, lined, ringed, and gorged with a ducal coronet or. _Helmet._--That of an Esquire. _Motto._--MENS CUIUSQUE IS EST QUISQUE. [_Several books in the Pepys Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge._] [The Pepys Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge.] [Illustration] _Variety._--A shield lettered "SAM. PEPYS CAR. ET IAC. ANGL. REGIB. A SECRETIS ADMIRALIÆ." Behind the shield are two fouled anchors. _Crest_ and _helmet_ as in the preceding example. [_Books at Magdalene College, Cambridge._] [The Pepys Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge.] Samuel Pepys (born 23rd February 1632, died 26th May 1703) was the son of John Pepys of Cottenham, in Cambridgeshire. He was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge, and became clerk of the Acts of the Navy in 1660. In 1673 Mr. Pepys was Secretary to the Admiralty, and he introduced several admirable reforms in the management of that office, which he retained until 1689. He accompanied Lord Dartmouth to Tangier, and made several expeditions to the Continent and about the coasts of England. In 1690 he published his _Memoirs_ concerning the navy of England, a very important work. In 1684 Mr. Pepys was President of the Royal Society. He left a considerable library to his old College at Cambridge, manuscripts as well as printed books, and also several prints. Pepys kept a curious _Diary_ in cypher from 1659 to 1669. It has been deciphered and published several times, but the best edition is that issued by Mr. H. B. Wheatley in 1893. [Illustration] PERCY, HENRY, NINTH EARL OF NORTHUMBERLAND _Badge._--Within the Garter. A crescent arg., ensigned with an Earl's coronet. [JAMES I. _Triumphs_, etc. London, 1610.]