Author: Thomas Turner

I dined on a bullock’s heart stuffed and baked in the oven with a batter pudding under it. At home all day and not but little to do. Not at all well in the evening. Mr Tipper and I played few games of cribbage; I lost 2d.

Sam Jenner went to Lewes for me again today… No time to eat any dinner. Mrs Carman drank tea with me. At home all day and very busy. Samuel Jenner, coming home in the evening, lodged at my house. In the evening played a few games of cribbage; neither won or lost.

Sam Jenner and Pat, Mr Coates’s servant, dined with me on a piece of pork and bacon boiled, turnips, potatoes and an apple pudding. At home all day. One of Mr Porter’s servant drank tea with me. In the evening wrote my London letters.

Sam Jenner went to Lewes for me today and, coming home in the evening, lodged at my house. Not very well in the evening, but very little to do all day.
 

Myself and servant both at church in the morning… I dined on the remains of yesterday’s dinner with the addition of some sausages broiled. Myself and servant at church in the afternoon…

Sam Jenner drank tea with me, and he, Mr Tipper and Thomas Durrant spent the evening with me, to whom I read 1 of Torriano’s as also one of Bishop Beveridge’s sermons. Sam Jenner, being to go to Lewes for me tomorrow, lodged with me. A very cold frosty day.

…Received of [John Morris] 18d in full for poor tax assessed on him by a rate made the 9th August last. I dined on a piece of beef boiled, an apple pudding and potatoes. At home all day and pretty busy. A very cold day.

Thomas Durrant, being lame, sat with me in the afternoon and drank tea with me. In the afternoon read part of Butler’s Posthumous Works.

I dined on the remains of yesterday’s dinner with the addition of a broiled sausage made me a present of by Mrs Carman… At home all day and but very little to do the whole day.

Bett Mepham an-ironing for me today dined with me on a piece of beef boiled and potatoes. At home all day and really very little to do. Sam Jenner smoked a pipe with me in the evening.

I dined on the remains of yesterday’s dinner with the addition of a light pudding and potatoes. At home all day and pretty busy. A very cold frosty day

…Dame Akehurst, a-washing for me all day, dined with me on a piece of beef boiled and potatoes. At home all day and pretty busy. A very cold frosty day…

Paid Dame Akehurst 18d for 2 days’ washing. In the evening busy a-writing and read part of Butler’s Posthumous Works. How glad should I be to get off that melancholy gloom which continually hangs on my mind.

Dame Akehurst a-washing for me all day and dined with me on the remains of yesterday’s dinner with the addition of an apple pudding and potatoes…

In the evening wrote my London letters… Rec’d of the widow Prall 12/-; rec’d of Will Wenham 12/-, both of which are in full for the same sum assessed on them by a poor rate made the 9th August last. At home all day and very busy. A most prodigious cold frosty day. Dame Akehurst lodged with my servant. Paid Mr French 13½d for 9 lbs beef bought of him today for Dame. Burrage.