Paid Richard Fuller 21d for a shoulder of mutton bought of him today weighing 6 lbs at 3½d. Mr Tipper and myself not at church in the morning. Rec’d of Mr Tipper 23/6 in full to this day. Mr Tipper and Sam Jenner dined with me on a shoulder of mutton rousted.
After dinner I and Mr Tipper set out for Lewes, he on his journey home and I partly to accompany him and partly on business. We parted on horseback without once drinking together. I did my business and came home about 7:10…
I left with my brother Richard in cash £8 for him to pay Messrs Comber and Richards in part on my account. Sam Jenner, going to Framfield for me in the afternoon, sat with me some time in the evening, but neither ate nor drank with me.
Not at church all day, which I must own I think wrong, and I may almost with Shakespeare say it is my necessity and not my will consents to my being absent from church. And I think my present irregular way of living gives me a great deal of uneasiness.