Author: Thomas Turner

…In the afternoon my wife sent down to Joseph Fuller’s, and about 7:20 I sent to accompany my wife home. We stayed and played at brag in company with Master Fuller’s family and Mr French. My wife and I won 2/2 and came home about 10:20. but sure of all the women I ever saw, Mrs Fuller bears the bell for oddness of temper. For some time past she and many of the family have been almost incessantly inviting my wife to come and see them, but I imagine my wife went the wrong day, for I think without express words Mrs Fuller could not more plainly have told my wife she wanted us to be absent then she did by her indifferency and by her finding fault that we drank too much liquor, and many more such-like oddities.

Mrs Scrase of Lewes sent me by the post as a present 10 fine whiting. Thomas Davy supped with us.

After breakfast walked over to Framfield where I dined with my mother on some roast beef broiled… I came home about 3:30. Joseph Fuller Jr smoked a pipe or 2 with me in the evening… Oh, most melancholy time–very little to do.

…In the forenoon Mr Elless and I walked over to Waldron where we met Mr Mason, and there we surveyed till about 4:20 and then came home… In the evening read part of Wiseman’s Chyrurgery.

At home all day… Molly and Bett Fuller drank tea with my wife and stayed and played at brag in the evening in company with Mary Martin; my wife and myself won 2d. Molly and Bett Fuller went away about 8:20. Thomas Davy at our house in the evening, who stayed with us till near 11:30. In the afternoon sent our servant to Chiddingly.

In the morning Mr Madgwick’s servant George Richardson came to see us and breakfasted with us. And he, myself and Mary Martin at church in the morning… They both dined with us on a hare roasted, a leg of mutton boiled, a currant pond butter pudding, turnips and potatoes only Mary Martin and our servant at church in the afternoon… George Richardson drank with us and went away about 5:10. Thomas Davy at our house in the evening, to whom I read three of Tillotson’s sermons. Mary Martin lodged at our house.

…Mr Mason and our late servant dined with us on the remains of Wednesday’s dinner and also drank tea with us, Mr Mason being at our house all day a-plotting some land which we have measured. At home all day. In the evening Thomas Davy at our house…

After breakfast Mr Mason called on me, and we walked over to Waldron where we surveyed several pieces of land and came home about 3:40. In my absence our late servant Mary Martin came to see us; she dined with my wife on the remains of Wednesday’s dinner… Our late servant lodged at our house all night.

In the forenoon walked up to Mr John Vine’s… Paid Mr Thomas Herman… 1.15.6 in full for a horse-load of pipes he brought me today; viz.,

10 gross pipes	0.15.0
9 gross do.	0.10.6
5 gross do.	0.10.0

In the evening Mr Elless and I wrote out a copy of two letters of attorney for Elizabeth Mepham, and then I carried them down to Mr Porter’s for his approbation, where I stayed and supped. Came home about 9:40.

At home all day… Just as we had dined, Mr Richard Warriner came in, who also dined with us on the remains of meat we left. I gave him an order. In the evening read part of Wiseman’s Chyrurgery.

After breakfast I walked over to Mr Bonwick’s at Waldron in order to meet Mr Mason, but he not being there I came home immediately… Mrs Coates drank tea at our house… Mr French made me a present of a hare. In the evening read part of Wiseman’s Chyrurgery.