In the forenoon walked down to the Nursery where the body of Will Lidlow was, who was found dead in our parish the 11th instant, the coroner’s inquest being to sit touching the same. Accordingly Mr Attree, one of the coroners of this county, came and swore the jury; viz., myself the foreman of the jury and the other 12 were:
| 1. John Watford Sr | 7. Henry Godley |
| 2. John Watford Jr | 8. James Hutson |
| 3. Francis Turner Sr | 9. William Osborne |
| 4. Francis Turner Jr | 10. James Marchant |
| 5. George Bannister | 11. John Baker |
| 6. Joseph Durrant | 12. John Braizer |
The verdict brought in, as it appeared plain by the examinations of the people who found him, that he was in liquor and laid himself down on the ground and perished through the inclemency of the weather.
I dined on the remains of yesterday’s dinner with the addition of a light pudding. Rec’d of Will Driver 4/-; ditto of Mrs Atkins 26/-, both in full for half a year’s land tax due at St Michael last. Rec’d of the collectors of excise by James Fuller in cash £8 in full for the land tax assessed on the officer of excise’s salary for the year 1763. In the evening Joseph Fuller Jr, Robert Hook and Mr Bannister came into my house, and the weather being extremely bad, we sat down to brag. I won 4/6.