Tuesday, December 21 1762

About 3:20 I arose and began to pay the people and finished about 10:20, having paid away £11, and I presume there had been 9 hundred people. I stayed and breakfasted with Mr Coates, received my groat and came home about 11:40. My brother went home immediately. I dined on the remains of yesterday’s dinner. Paid Joseph Fuller Jr 2/- for 2 bullock’s tongues bough’ of him today. Relieved the following persons with one penny each and a draught of ale:

1.Will Eldridge16.John Dan
2.Thomas Ling17.Elizabeth Day
3.Widow Cain18.Thomas Dalloway
4.Francis Turner19.Widow Cornwell
5.Will Slarks20.Susan Swift
6.Master Hesman21.Richard Prall
7.Richard Brazier22.Dame Burrage
8.Widow Trill23.Will Sinden
9.Ann Wood24.John Durrant
10.Edward Babcock25.Thomas Heath
11.Thomas Roase26.James Emery
12.John Roase27.Richard Vinal
13.Richard Heath28.Roger Vallow
14.Thomas Tester29.Robert Baker
15.Sam Jenner30.Widow Fitness

Very busy all the afternoon. In the evening busy a-writing, and alone the whole evening.

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