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Did Pepys have a wife?
Pepys married fourteen-year-old Elisabeth de St Michel
Does Samuel Pepys have any children?
He had no children
What did Samuel Pepys do in his personal life?
He liked wine, plays, and the company of other people
Was Samuel Pepys a business man?
What was Samuel Pepys also?
Pepys was also a widely cultivated man, taking an interest in books, music, the theatre and science
What was Samuel Pepys passionately interested in?
He was passionately interested in music
What instruments did Samuel Pepys play?
He played the lute, viol, violin, flageolet, recorder and spinet to varying degrees of proficiency
Was Samuel Pepys wealthy?
The final time Pepys mentioned his wealth was on 31 May 1667 when he had 6,900l. Today that’s just over £1,000,000 in terms of what it would buy you.
Did Samuel Pepys have any other interest, besides music?
He also taught his wife to sing and paid for dancing lessons for her
Why did Samuel Pepys's dancing lessons for his wife stop?
these stopped when he became jealous of the dancing master
What else is notable about Samuel Pepys's personal life?
He was known to be brutal to his servants

Question: Did he beat them?
Self-contained rewrite: Did Samuel Pepys beat his servants?