Sunday, June 19 1757

In the morning George Richardson called on us in his road to Dallington. He breakfasted with us, and my wife and him and the 2 boys were at church in the morning. While they were at church, I and Joseph Fuller and Mr Stone went to the funeral of Master Goldsmith (I riding on a horse of Master Fuller’s) where I read the deceased’s will to the relations, by which will he constituted Mr Joseph Fuller and Mr Richard Stone sole executors, and gave to them all that was at his own disposal. I served the said funeral and save the following people gloves:

Women’s 2d chamois:

1	Dame Kitchener	9	Dame Diplock
2	Dame Gladman	10	Thomas Goldsmith’s wife
3	Hannah Danell	11	Thomas Cornwell’s wife
4	Mary Axell	12	Thomas Cornwell’s mother-in-law
5	Sarah Price	13	Dame Inkpin
6	Dame Butler	14	Mrs Starnes
7	Sarah Welsh	15	Richard Goldsmith’s wife
8	Mrs Gurr	16	John Goldsmith’s wife
		17	Richard Goldsmith’s wife

Men’s 2d chamois

1	Master Kitchener	19	Will Starks
2	Master Gladman	20	Thomas Diplock
3	Master Butler	21	Thomas Dallaway
4	Robert Jewhurst	22	Will Eldridge
5	Master Price	23	John Fotter
6	John Goldsmith	24	Edward Starnes
7	Will Goldsmith	25	Barnaby Goldsmith
8	Richard Goldsmith	26	Thomas Goldsmith
9	The Rev Mr Hamlin	27	Will Goldsmith
10	John Goldsmith	28	Thomas Cornwell
11	Will Gurr	29	John Goldsmith
12	Richard Goldsmith	30	John Goldsmith
13	Will Inkpin	31	John Vine Jr
14	John Jenner	32	Will Piper
15	John Watford Sr	33	Joseph Durrant
16	John Watford Jr	34	The Rev Mr Shenton
17	Thomas Tester	35	Thomas Turner
18	John Streeter	36	John Westgate

In all 53 pairs men’s and women’s gloves. About 1:20 we set out from the house; viz., from Master Gladman’s. I rode home and left my horse and walked with the corpse to Waldron where we arrived about 3:10 just as the people were gone to church. We had a funeral sermon preached by the Rev Mr Hamlin from Job 5:7: “Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.” I came home about 6 o’clock in company with Thomas Davy and Thomas Dallaway. George Richardson stayed and dined with my family on a leg of mutton boiled, cauliflower and a currant rice pudding, and went away immediately after dinner. I dined on the remains of the above when I came home.

My whole family at church in the afternoon. Thomas Davy drank tea with us, and to whom I read 5 of Tillotson’s sermons… N.B.: I think this to have been the merriest funeral that ever I served, for I can safely say there was no crying.