Myself and servant at church in the morning… I dined on the remains of yesterday’s dinner. Myself and servant both at church in the afternoon… Rec’d of the Rev Mr Porter £4 in full for the interest of £100 due from him to this parish the 20th Nov. last for the same sum left to this parish by the will of Samuel Atkins Esq deceased, which interest is yearly to be distributed among the poor of this parish according to the will and liking of the minister and officers of the parish.
We accordingly disposed of the said interest money as follows:
| Richard Brazier | 0.2.0 | Susan Burrage | 0.1.0 |
| Edward Babcock | 0.1.0 | John Durrant | 0.4.0 |
| Widow Dan | 0.2.0 | Thomas Tester | 0.6.0 |
| James Emery | 0.3.0 | Richard Vinal | 0.3.0 |
| Peter Adams | 0.2.0 | ||
| Richard Heath | 0.3.0 | Ann Woods | 0.1.0 |
| Sam Jenner | 0.3.0 | Will Eldridge | 0.8.0 |
| Richard Prall | 0.3.0 | Thomas Ling | 0.3.0 |
| John Streeter | 0.2.0 | Thomas Roase | 0.5.0 |
| Susan Swift | 0.2.0 | Widow Cain | 0.2.0 |
| Will Starks [Slarks] | 0.5.0 | Widow Cornwell | 0.2.0 |
| Francis Turner | 0.3.0 | Will Sinden | 0.3.0 |
| Widow Trill | 0.2.0 | Thomas Dalloway | 0.2.0 |
| Sarah Thunder | 0.3 | William Elphick | 0.5.0 |
| 4.3.0 |
As the sum given away did exceed the interest money, Mr Porter made it up out of the money given at the sacrament. As there were several people in the list who were not at church, I kept the money for them and they were as under:
| James Emery | 0.3.0 |
| Will Elphick | 0.5.0 |
| Richard Heath | 0.3.0 |
| Peter Adams | 0.2.0 |
| 013.0 |
which money I stand debtor to them for.
After church I and Joseph Fuller went into Mr Porter’s, where we stayed and smoked several pipes of tobacco. Came home about 6:50. Paid Mr Porter 1/- for the burying of John Dan who was buried today. In the evening we had a great deal of snow fall, but no frost. Indeed it snowed at times all day. In the evening read one of Tillotson’s sermons.