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…In the afternoon I rode over to Framfield where I stayed some little time, and from thence mv brother and I rode to Little Horsted where we stayed and drank tea at my uncle Hill’s, and spent the evening there and came away about 7:10. I came home about 8, very sober… I never, no never, knew so dull a time for trade in my life, nor money so scarce. Sent Messrs Barlow, Wigginton and Francis…£36.

Paid Mr John Gosling in cash 6/3 for the following goods received by him today:

6 pairs men’s outseamed tan	0.3.0
3 pairs boy’s	0.1.0
horse leather	0.1.0
6 throat hasps	0.1.3

…In the evening down at Jones’s at a public vestry. Spent 1½ d but never drank for it. Came home about 8:20. Joseph Fuller Jr, Charles Diggens and Thomas Durrant smoked a pipe with me.

In the morning myself and two servants at church… I dined on a chick pudding, a few rashers of pork and potatoes. No service at our church in the afternoon, Mr Porter preaching at Waldron. Myself and Mr Long walked to Horsted Church, where we heard a sermon preached by the Rev Mr Philips, curate of that parish and Maresfield, from part of Revelation 5:11: “And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne.”

I came home by Mr Jeremiah French’s in order to do some writing for him and stayed and smoked a pipe or two with him. Mr Long supped with me, to whom I read one of Tillotson’s sermons.

…Paid Tulley the patten maker at Buxted 14/6 in full for 1 dozen pattens and 1 dozen clogs received by him on Monday last… At home all day and but very little to do. A good deal indisposed with a cold. My spirits are now so low that I cannot tell what to do with myself. I am as it were quite lost with […able].

…In the afternoon walked down to Mrs Browne’s, but did not stay. In the evening Mr Long and I walked down to Whyly and smoked a pipe with Mr French; we came home about 9:30. Mr Long supped with me. A remarkable wet time; a close thick air almost continually.

…At home all day; but very little to do. In the evening Joseph Fuller Jr smoked a pipe with me. Oh, how melancholy and dismal an aspect does everything wear… [18 words omitted].

Rec’d of Mr Porter in cash £30 in exchange for that note I delivered to him the 23rd instant. I dined on the remains of yesterday’s dinner. Paid Henry Pocock 16/- in full. At home all day and but very little to do.

In the forenoon Mr Porter and I walked down to Halland where I paid Mr Michell the steward 2.3.4 for his fees for our admission yesterday, and now there remains £21 for us to pay for a fine, which sum we have agreed to pay in three months…

In the afternoon my servant went to pay Molly French a visit. Mrs Piper drank tea with me. At home all day and pretty busy. In the evening my brother came over and stayed an hour or two with me…

Paid John Piper 18d for a bushel oats received by him today. In the forenoon Mr Porter and I walked down to the Sign of the Chequer at Whitesmith, there being a court-baron and leet held there for this manor. We dined there in company with near 20 more on a rump of beef boiled, a brisket of beef and a leg of mutton boiled, 2 geese roasted, a giblet and plum pudding (my family at home dining on the remains of yesterday’s dinner). Mr Porter and I were admitted to the copyhold estate late Mr Will Piper’s, according to the tenor and effect of his last will. The expenses I paid today were as under:

To a heriot compounded for at	5.0.0
To the Beadle’s fee for seizing the heriot	0.6.8
To the Beadle’s fee etc. for admission	0.2.0
Expenses	0.2.0
	5.10.8

I came home very sober about 10:45; I wish I could mention the same of my companion. Pretty busy all the forenoon and in the morning wrote my London letters.

…No service at our church in the morning, Mr Porter preaching at Waldron. My late servant dined with me on a [leg of mutton] boiled, a piece pork, turnips, potatoes and a plain [suet?] pudding. Myself and 2 servants at church in the afternoon… My late servant stayed and drank tea with me and then went home.

In the evening my brother came over and sat with me about an hour. In the evening and the day read 3 of Tillotson’s sermons. My grief, my grief is so heavy I hardly know which way to turn or what to do, so heavy is my anguish of heart.