In the morning walked down to Halland, but did not stay. Rec’d of John Vine of Laughton 12d. After breakfast I set out for Mayfield where I went to attend at a club feast, of which I am a member. I got there about 10:30, and after refreshing myself with a glass of wine, we went in procession to church where we had a sermon preached by the Rev Mr Roger Chalice (one of our members), vicar of Mayfield, from Matthew 25:40; “…Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me,” from which words we had a very good sermon, the theological part being sound divinity and treated on in a very pretty manner, and the application to the discourse relating to the society was excellent, being concise and very much to the purpose.
I dined at the Star (where our stewards had provided a dinner suitable to the customs and company of the society) in company with about 48 members more of the society (the whole number being 71) on two buttocks of beef, 2 pieces of roast beef, 2 fillets of veal, pond currant and raisin suet puddings, greens, butter etc. I stayed and spent the afternoon there vastly agreeable and came home about 11:50 in company with Thomas Davy and Robert Hook, thank God very sober. Paid today as under:
| To 1 year’s arrears due from James Awcock at Eastbourne (to John Streeter) | 0.16.0 |
| Do. the feast | 0.1.0 |
| Do. Thomas Prall’s feast expense | 0.1.0 |
| Do. My own | 0.1.0 |
| Do. John Vine’s | 0.1.0 |
| Do. my own club arrears | 0.3.9 |
The money from Awcock and Prall is owing to me, and Vine gave me his to carry in the morning. Spent upon my horse 6d. My brother in my absence today very little to do. In the forenoon a great deal of rain fell.