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An acre of land was first fixed to be 40 poles in length and 4 in breadth, or 160 square poles, by a statute of 31st of Edward the first, or in the year of 1301. The six ages of the world are as under: 1st from the creation of the world to the deluge, being 1656 years; the 2nd from the deluge to Abraham’s coming into the land of promise in 2082, containing 426 years; the 3rd from Abraham’s entrance into the promised land to the deliverance of the Hebrews out of Egypt in the year of the world 2525, including 430 years; the 4th from the going out of Egypt to the foundation of Solomon’s temple in the year of the world 2992, being 479 years; the 5th from Solomon’s laying the foundation of the Temple to the Babylonish captivity in the year of the world 3416, containing 424 years; the 6th from the Babylonish captivity to the birth of Jesus Christ, which happened in the year of the world 4,000 and includes 584 years.

After dinner was sent for over to Framfield. I found my mother very bad. Came home about 8:10. Paid for bread ½d. Gave Richard Fuller 6d for cleaning their horse.

At home all day. Paid for bread ½d. Nothing more of moment.

…Paid Mr French in goods by his boy Badcock 2/- for a pig which he brought, weighing 8 lbs at 3d. Paid for bread 1d; paid for milk ½d; paid James Fuller 20d for a pint of tent [wine] he bought for me at Lewes, At home all day and busy. Paid Clymson 19/6 in full for gloves received this day…

In the morning my wife and I went over to Framfield and dined there. Rec’d of my mother 20d for the pint of tent James Fuller bought for me yesterday at Lewes. Drew on Messrs Margesson and Collison… £16 on account for my mother. Rec’d of her in part of the above bill £15. The balance remaining due to Mr Pooley from my mother is £20. Came home about 6:15. Gave Philip 1d.

Rec’d of Mr James Hutson 9/5¼ in full for the heirs of Mr Thomas Thompsett… Gave Francis Smith in cash 24.1.0… which he is to pay for me in London. This day sent Mr Joseph Jewson a bill valued 6.3.0 in full to this day… At home all day. Cut out 10 round frocks. Mrs Virgoe supped with us on a roast pig. A very violent tempest of thunder, lightning, hail and rain between 6:30 and 9:45.

Rec’d of Joseph Fuller 1 bullock’s heart weighing almost 3 lbs, value 8d. At home all day; paid for bread 2d. Thomas Davy and I played at cribbage in the evening about 2 hours. I neither lost nor won. My brother Moses came over in the afternoon, but did not stay.

This day balanced account with John Watford Jr and received of him 3.11.0 in full to this day as under:

My bill on him                         3.19.1¾

Rec’d by a pig                         0.2.0

Rec’d by carrying of dung               0.1.6

Rec’d by the surveyor’s tax             0.4.0

ditto by straw                         0.0.6

0.8.0

At home all day. John Hall called on me in the forenoon. Paid Thomas Freeman by his man 17/6 as under in full to this day; to wit:

to 19 prs pattens rec’d today at 9d          0.14.3

to 1 pr rec’d some time since                0.0.9

to 6 prs clogs rec’d today                  0.2.6

Paid for dough ½d. In the evening wrote to Edward Smith.

At home all day. Paid John Harman for 1½ gross pipes 3/-. This day my brother Moses came over after dinner, but did not stay. In the evening read part of Tournefort’s Voyage into the Levant and his description of the extent, laws, religion and custom of the Turkish Empire… Mahomet was born an idolator… he was a man who had a natural fund of good sense. The only article of faith the Mahometans have is that there is but one God and that Mahomet is the messenger of God. As to the commandments, the Turks reduce them to 5: to pray…to fast… to give alms and do works of charity… to go in pilgrimage… to suffer no filth upon their body. There are 4 other points added, but they are not absolutely necessary to salvation: 1st,. to keep Friday a sabbath; 2nd,. to be circumcised; 3rd, to drink no wine; 4th, not to eat swine’s flesh nor things strangled. There (their?) women are very much confined, but I think upon the whole they seem to have an eye to justice; but sure nothing can seem more ignorant than the greatest part of their religion except the belief in God and some few particulars.