Sunday, February 26 1764

In the morning immediately after he arose, Sam Jenner went away. No service at our church in the morning, Mr Porter being at Chailey. In the forenoon my old and I wish I could say worthy acquaintance Mr Tucker of Lewes came to see me and dined with me on a bullock’s mint pudding, part of a bullock’s cheek hashed and some boiled tripe. Myself at church in the afternoon, where we had a sermon preached by the Rev Mr Griffiths, Curate of Ripe, from Ecclesiastes 12:15: “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.”

During churchtime my foolish and drunken visitant went home. I drank tea at Thomas Durrant’s and then we walked up to Joseph Fuller’s, where we spent the evening till about 8:10. Sam Jenner came in the evening and took part of my bed. Last night we had a pretty deal of snow fell, it being shoe-deep in the morning, and a sharp frost.