I dined on a plain suet pudding boiled and some cabbage. Rec’d of Mr Sam Stace in cash £5 in full for grass now growing on lands late in the occupancy of John Vine, which I received for the use of myself and the other assigns of Mr Vine.
Spent at Mr Burgess’s, at the taking the money, 12d out of it. This day myself as churchwarden and Mr Thomas Carman as overseer granted a certificate to the parish of Maresfield for Richard Braizer and Catherine his daughter, and also John his son and Judith his wife and Sarah and Susan their children. The certificate was attested by Robert Hook and Edward Foord.
In the evening balanced accounts with Joseph Fuller Jr on account with his father, and paid him 0.5.6½ in full on account of his father… Joseph Fuller Jr smoked a pipe with me in the evening. At home all day; posted part of my day book; and thank God very busy.
Oh, how unpleasant is the present situation & my affairs, for what it was in my dear Peggy’s lifetime; I have now not one friend in the world to whom I can trust the management of my affairs to, even my servant which bears the character of an excellent one is defective in a proper care, and what is beyond all that, seriousness of temper and pious behavior is not so easy attainable as then.