We dined on the remains of Sunday, Monday and yesterday’s dinners with the addition of a light pudding and some turnips. This being St Thomas’s day, I relieved the following poor with one penny each and a draught of beer:
| 1 | Richard Braizer | 9 | Will Henly |
| 2 | John Dan | 10 | John Durrant |
| 3 | Will Eldridge | 11 | Sam Jenner |
| 4 | Elizabeth Day | 12 | Thomas Heath |
| 5 | John Streeter | 13 | Richard Heath |
| 6 | Dame Burrage | 14 | Ed Badcock Jr |
| 7 | Richard Trill | 15 | Thomas Tester |
| 8 | Francis Turner | 16 | John Elless |
| 17 | James Emery | 25 | Widow Cain |
| 18 | Roger Vallow | 26 | Thomas Ling |
| 19 | Elizabeth Plumb | 27 | Will Slarkes |
| 20 | Thomas Dallaway | 28 | Ann Wood |
| 21 | Widow Cornwell | 29 | Edward Babcock |
| 22 | Susan Swift | 30 | Richard Vinal |
| 23 | Richard Prall | 31 | Widow Bristow |
| 24 | Robert Baker | 32 | Widow Gower |
At home all day. In the evening posted part of my day book and read part of Horneck’s Law of Consideration. My wife continues very lame. Very busy all day.