Got up early in the morning, and posted part of my day book before I opened the shop. This being the day on which the poor in this parish go round the parish to ask for some thing against Christmas, I relieved the following with one penny each and also a draught of beer:
| 1. Will Eldrige | 21. Sarah Thunder |
| 2. Will Sinden | 22. Ben Brinkhurst |
| 3. Will Bristow | 23. Widow German |
| 4. Thomas Lewer, certificate | 24. James Emery |
| 5. Francis Turner | 25. Sam Jenner |
| 6. Widow Trill | 26. John Thomson |
| 7. William Starks | 27. Thomas Tester |
| 8. Widow Vallow, certificate | 28. Widow Day, certificate |
| 9. John Tamkin | 29. Widow Dan |
| 10. William Henly, certificate | 30. John Durrant |
| 11. Peter Adams | 31. Richard Vinal |
| 12. John Jones | 32. Widow Fitness, certificate |
| 13. Susan Swift | 33. Edward Babcock |
| 14. Widow Cain | 34. Ann Wood |
| 15. Thomas Dalloway | 35. Thomas Roase |
| 16. Sarah Prall | 36. Richard Braizer |
| 17. Thomas Ling | 37. Dame Weaver (no inhabiatant) |
| 18. Richard Heath | 38. Dame Hesman, certificate |
| 19. Will Williams (no inhabitant) | 39. John Streeter |
| 20. Richard Heath | 40. Widow Cornell |
I dined on a beef pudding and pea soup… At home all day and pretty busy. In the evening posted part of my day book.