No service at our church in the morning on account of the death of Mr Porter’s brother. I dined on a chick roasted, a piece of pork boiled, a batter pudding and turnips. Myself and both servants at church in the afternoon, where we had a sermon preached by the Rev Mr Herring, vicar of Chiddingly, from the last verse of the 28th chapter of the Book of Job: “And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.”
After churchtime Mr French, Joseph Fuller and myself gave away among the poor of this parish the £4 received yesterday of Mr Porter and John Piper, it being the interest money of a hundred pounds left by Mr Sam Atkins to this parish forever, the interest of which is yearly to be distributed among the poor of this parish in such manner and to such persons as the minister and churchwarden for the time being shall think proper. We distributed to the following persons:
| Richard Braizer | 0.2.0 | Widow Trill | 0.2.0 |
| Susan Burrage | 0.2.0 | Sarah Thunder | 0.3.0 |
| Ed Badcock | 0.1.0 | Thomas Tester | 0.6.0 |
| Robert Baker | 0.3.0 | Richard Vinal | 0.3.0 |
| John Durrant | 0.4.0 | Ann Wood | 0.1.0 |
| John Dan | 0.3.0 | Will Eldridge | 0.7.0 |
| James Emery | 0.3.0 | Thomas Ling | 0.4.0 |
| Richard Heath | 0.2.0 | Thomas Roase | 0.3.0 |
| Sam Jenner | 0.3.0 | Will Elphick | 0.5.0 |
| Richard Prall | 0.3.0 | Widow Cain | 0.2.0 |
| John Streeter | 0.2.0 | Widow Cornwell | 0.2.0 |
| Susan Swift | 0.2.0 | Will Sinden | 0.2.0 |
| Will Starks | 0.5.0 | Thomas Dallaway | 0.2.0 |
| Francis Turner | 0.2.0 | ||
| 4.0.0 |
to which people we gave the same, unless the 5/- to William Elphick, the 4/- to John Durrant and the 3/- to James Emery; neither of these being there, I kept the money for them.
Sam Jenner drank tea with me, by whom I sent James Emery’s 3/- and to whom and Joseph Fuller Jr I read one of Tillotson’s sermons. In the day read several discourses on difficult texts of scripture by unknown hands, which I think have very prettily explained them.