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In the evening Mr Long and I walked to Crockstead to look upon Mr Chatfield’s wool, which I did, but as the prices of wool are not yet settled we agreed that I should give him a market price for it, which I have assured him I would do. We came home about 8:20. Paid the widow Virgoe 5/- which I received yesterday of Matthew Lewer. Very little to do all day.

Our late servant Mary Martin came to see us in the forenoon and dined with us on the remains of yesterday’s dinner with the addition of a veal pudding and green salad.

In the afternoon I walked up to the common to see a game of cricket played between our parish and that of Chiddingly, which was won with great ease by the latter. Chiddingly the let innings got 66 runs, and our parish 66; Chiddingly 2nd innings got 117, and our parish 50, so that our parish was beat 67 runs. In the evening wrote my London letters…

Myself and servant at church in the morning… I stayed the communion and gave 6d. We dined on a knuckle of veal, a piece of bacon, and a gooseberry pudding boiled and spinach. No service at our church in the afternoon, Mr Porter preaching at Laughton. Thomas Davy and I walked to Chiddingly, where we had a sermon preached by the Rev Mr Herring, vicar of Chiddingly, from Proverbs 4:23: “Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.” Mr Long drank tea with us. In the evening read one of Tillotson’s sermons.

Breakfasted at Mrs Weller’s. Paid Joseph Fuller 13½d for a knuckle of veal received by him today, weighing 6¾ lbs at 2d per lb. Paid Mr Francis Weller in cash 3.16.0 and by a receipt for half a year’s land tax due at Lady Day last 4/-, which together makes £4 and is in full for half a year’s rent due the 5th of April last…

My wife came home in the evening, Thomas Durrant having gone for her in the morning. Pretty busy all day.

We dined on the remains of yesterday’s dinner, with the addition of a piece of bacon and some spinach… At home all day and but very little to do.

Balanced accounts with Thomas Fuller and paid him 5.4.1½ in full to this day; viz.,

Thomas Fuller Dr.
To a bill of goods	1.14.4¾
in cash today	5.4.1¼
	6.18.6
Per contra Cr.
Rec’d by a bill of candles and soap	6.18.6

Paid Mr George Verral by his apprentice Robert Turley 1.6.0 in full to the 1st instant. We dined on the remains of Sunday’s dinner, with the addition of a bread pudding and green salad. About 12:30 we had some fine claps of thunder and flashes of lightning, and a small shower of rain which continued for near 30 minutes. About 7:50 the tempest came up again, and continued till about 10, during which time we had several loud claps of thunder and the lightning was very severe, but we had an extreme agreeable shower which lasted I presume 2 hours.

Joseph Fuller, Thomas Durrant, Mr Long and James Marchant smoked a pipe or 2 with me in the evening. At home all day, and thank God pretty busy.

Posted my day book… At home all day, and but little to do. An extreme hot day.

In the morning Thomas Durrant carried my wife to Hartfield. Very busy at work in my garden all the forenoon. We dined on the remains of Sunday’s dinner, with the addition of a green salad. An extreme hot day.

…After dinner I rode to Bayley’s Lane to buy some earthenware, but was disappointed, the man having no quantity made. Came home about 5:20. Rec’d of Mr Will Piper in cash 1.8.11 in full as under:

To the balance of our account	0.9.11
To cash paid Thomas Ling	0.10.0
To do. Richard Braizer	0.6.0
To do. widow Trill	0.3.0

But little to do all day. My brother came over in the evening, but did not stay.

Mr Long and I took a walk in the morning and he came back and breakfasted with me. No service at our church in the morning, Mr Porter being ill. Mr Long and I walked to Chiddingly, where we had a sermon preached by the Rev Mr Herring, vicar of Chiddingly, from Proverbs 15:3: “The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.”

We dined on a dried hog’s cheek and a lamb’s head and pluck boiled, a gooseberry pudding and spinach… My wife, self and servant at church in the afternoon, when we had a sermon preached by the Rev Mr Jones, curate of Waldron, from part of I Corinthians 2:9:… “Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.” We had a brief read for the parish church of Roxtler in the county of Salop, to which I gave 2d. James Trill and Lucy Mott were out asked.