Paid John Piper 18d for a bushel oats received by him today. In the forenoon Mr Porter and I walked down to the Sign of the Chequer at Whitesmith, there being a court-baron and leet held there for this manor. We dined there in company with near 20 more on a rump of beef boiled, a brisket of beef and a leg of mutton boiled, 2 geese roasted, a giblet and plum pudding (my family at home dining on the remains of yesterday’s dinner). Mr Porter and I were admitted to the copyhold estate late Mr Will Piper’s, according to the tenor and effect of his last will. The expenses I paid today were as under:
| To a heriot compounded for at | 5.0.0 |
| To the Beadle’s fee for seizing the heriot | 0.6.8 |
| To the Beadle’s fee etc. for admission | 0.2.0 |
| Expenses | 0.2.0 |
| 5.10.8 |
I came home very sober about 10:45; I wish I could mention the same of my companion. Pretty busy all the forenoon and in the morning wrote my London letters.