Rec’d of Thomas Prall 16/- in full for half a year’s land tax due at Lady Day last. After breakfast I, in company with Mr William Jenner at Chiddingly, set out for Maresfield to meet the general receiver of the land tax for this county in order to pay in the two first quarterly payments of the land tax. We called at my brother’s as we went, but did not stay.
I paid Mr Thomas Gerry, the deputy Receiver-General in cash £76 in full for half a year’s land tax due to his Majesty at St Michael last; the cash as follows:
| 66 guineas | 69.6.0 |
| 9 half do. | 4.14.6 |
| 1 thirty-six shilling piece | 1.16.0 |
| 3 shillings | 0.3.0 |
| 1 sixpence | 0.0.6 |
| 76.0.0 | |
| Salary for Collecting | 0.19.0 |
| 76.19.0 |
I came back to my brother’s and dined there on some biscuit, my family at home dining on the remains of yesterday’s dinner and some fried kidneys and liver and boiled mutton. Came home about 4:20 very sober. Spent today on myself, horse and ostler 3½d. My brother today in my absence received of John Morris in cash 4.15.0 in full. After I came home I went down to Mrs Atkins’s, where I received of her in cash 6.9.0 in full as under:
| To the funeral bill of Mrs Brook | 3.5.6 |
| To her own bill | 1.17.9 |
| To half’s a year’s land tax due at St Michael | 1.6.0 |
| 6.9.3d |
I came home about 7:20. Paid Edward Martin 8d for 4 lbs of tripe bought of him today.