Dame Akehurst a-brewing for me today… Dame Akehurst and Sam Jenner dined with me on the remains of yesterday’s dinner with a breast of mutton boiled and broiled and a light pudding and greens. Paid Mrs Elizabeth Browne by servant Henry Godley in cash 35/- in full for 1 year’s rent due from Will Starks at Lady Day last on the parish account. Paid Mr Ben Shelley in cash 3.10.0, which is in full for the same sum he paid Mrs Elizabeth Middleton & Son in full on my account the 11th instant, and upon examining the account I find him to have paid 23/- more than I owe Mrs Elizabeth Middleton & Son. Therefore by their mistake they are now debtors the said sum of 23/-, which I have written them to repay Mr Shelley the next return.
At home all day and thank God very busy. In the afternoon Sam Jenner went over to Framfield with a parcel to Charles Diggens. Paid Dame Akehurst 9d for a day’s work.