Thomas Turner

Sent Mr Will Margesson enclosed in a letter by Benjamin Shelley delivered to himself by my servant the bill value 21.9.6 which I received of Mr Stone the 1st instant. Having something happening in after the carrier was gone, my brother went after him in the forenoon as far as Uckfield to carry another order for him. We dined on hot giblet pie. In the evening went down to Mr Porter’s and balanced accounts with him as follows:

The Rev Mr Porter Dr.
To sundry shop goods from the 29th Dec., 1763 to the 24th Dec., 1764, both days inclusive	62.3.0¼
To ½ 1b tobacco omitted in the account	0.0.8
To nails, oil, pitch and ground white lead used at Belmont [a private house]	10.6.5½
To Master Michael Baker’s bill ending Jan. 3, 1765	2.13.7¼
	75.3.9
Per Contra Cr.
By buttons received	0.0.6½
By nails charged to Mr Coates’s account	0.2.1½
By 66½ lbs wool at 8d	2.4.4
By cash received this evening	72.16.9
	74.3.9

I stayed and supped with Mr Porter on some bread and cheese and also spent the evening there till near 12 o’clock. At home all day except being at Mr Porter’s. Busy a-writing; the greater part of the day. A very wet evening.

Paid Sarah Prall in cash 0.7.8 in full for post letters to this day. I dined on the remains of yesterday’s dinner. At home all day and very busy. In the evening wrote my London letters. Joseph Fuller Jr and Thomas Durrant sat with me some time in the evening, and after writing my London letters, my brother and I played a few games of cribbage; I lost 5d. A very wet day for the greatest part of it.

Myself and brother at church in the morning… I dined on some boiled tripe, a goose roasted and applesauce. Myself, brother, late and present servants at church in the afternoon… My late servant and Joseph Fuller drank tea me, and the former went away home immediately after. Sam Jenner, Joseph Fuller Jr and Thomas Durrant sat with me in the evening, till near 8 o’clock, to whom and my brother I read several things. At home all day except being at church. A warm day, but very close air.

Immediately after breakfast I walked up to Mrs Piper’s, where I and Arthur Knight against Sam Durrant and John Piper measured for John Piper 79 oak trees, containing 9 loads, 23 feet. I dined at Mrs Piper’s in company with Mr Carman, Richard and John Russell, John Woodgate, Sam Durrant and their own family on a piece of beef boiled, a shoulder of mutton roasted, a plain butter pond pudding and turnips. My family at home dined on the remains of yesterday’s dinner with the addition of some boiled tripe.

After dinner we stayed and smoked a pipe or two and drank a glass of punch. Came home about 4:20, very sober. Borrowed of John Piper in cash 7.7.0, for which I gave him my note of hand payable to him or order on demand. Gave John Russell cash for the following bill received of him today:

Sir 24.17.10   Frant, 2nd January, 1765.
 
Twenty-five days after date pay to Mr John Russell or order twenty-four pounds, seventeen shillings and tenpence value received in plank etc. as by advice from
 
To Mr John Corke         Yr humble sert,
 
Timber merchant          Ed Budgen
 
at Will’s Coffee House, Cornhill, London.
 
Endorsed: John Russell.

For exchanging this he gave me half a crown. My brother today in my absence received of Ben Shelley in cash 1.0.2 in full for the same sum he received of Mr Ben Treacher for a parcel of rabbit skins sent him the 10th ult.

In the evening Mr Bannister, Thomas Durrant, Sam Jenner, my brother and self played a few games of brag; I lost 19½d. My brother was very busy in the shop today during my absence. My late servant stayed all day. The timber we measured today Mr Piper had sold to John Russell, 29 pieces of it at 55/- per load and the remainder at 10d per foot, and paid him in cash 12.1.6 as half the amount of the whole.

Mrs French sent me today a present of a fine fat goose.

Rec’d of Thomas Prall 16/- in full for half a year’s land tax due at Lady Day last. After breakfast I, in company with Mr William Jenner at Chiddingly, set out for Maresfield to meet the general receiver of the land tax for this county in order to pay in the two first quarterly payments of the land tax. We called at my brother’s as we went, but did not stay.

I paid Mr Thomas Gerry, the deputy Receiver-General in cash £76 in full for half a year’s land tax due to his Majesty at St Michael last; the cash as follows:

66 guineas	69.6.0
9 half do.	4.14.6
1 thirty-six shilling piece	1.16.0
3 shillings	0.3.0
1 sixpence	0.0.6
	76.0.0
Salary for Collecting	0.19.0
	76.19.0

I came back to my brother’s and dined there on some biscuit, my family at home dining on the remains of yesterday’s dinner and some fried kidneys and liver and boiled mutton. Came home about 4:20 very sober. Spent today on myself, horse and ostler 3½d. My brother today in my absence received of John Morris in cash 4.15.0 in full. After I came home I went down to Mrs Atkins’s, where I received of her in cash 6.9.0 in full as under:

To the funeral bill of Mrs Brook	3.5.6
To her own bill	1.17.9
To half’s a year’s land tax due at St Michael	1.6.0
	6.9.3d

I came home about 7:20. Paid Edward Martin 8d for 4 lbs of tripe bought of him today.

…I dined on the remains of yesterday’s dinner with a piece of mutton boiled. My brother took a walk for me in the forenoon and received of Will Wenham 16/-, and also of Edward Hope 1.8.0, both of which are in full for half a year’s land tax due at St Michael last. Rec’d of the persons following the sums as under in full for half a year’s land tax due at St Michael last:

Paid, James Hutson Jr	0.10.0
Do. Mr Joseph Burgess	0.12.0
Do. Thomas Davy	0.4.0
Do. Joseph Durrant	0.14.0
Do. John Nutley	1.0.0
Do. Thomas Carman	1.6.0
Do. Thomas Reeve by the payment of his daughter	2.16.0
Do. of Francis Turner per son	0.12.0

 
Removed from the land tax book the tax of 1.8.0 charged to James Fuller to his account to that of my own account. Also removed the sum of 2.8.0 from the same to the account of the executor of Mr Will Piper; that is, crossed it out in the land tax book and made it paid in their account and accordingly took the cash from their account.

At home all day and very busy. My late servant and Master Baker drank tea with me. Paid Mr Will Jenner in cash 3.10.0 in full for half a year’s rent due from Will Eldridge at Lady Day last. Paid this on the parish account.
 

Rec’d of Joseph Fuller 2 bullock’s kidneys, 3d. I dined on the remains of yesterday’s dinner with the addition of a light pudding and greens. Paid Mr Sam Gibbs in cash 1.7.0 in full on account of Mr John Vine. At home all day and very busy. Mrs Vine Jr and her daughter and Henry Bray drank tea with me. Rec’d of the following people the sums as under, which are in full for half a year’s land tax due sat st Michael last:

Richard Bristed	5.2.0
John Cayley	1.6.0
Widow French (per brother)	2.0.0
Richard Hope	1.12.0

 
Borrowed of John French in cash £14, for which I gave him my note of hand, payable to him or order on demand. A very wet afternoon.

My late servant dined with me on the remains of yesterday’s dinner with the addition of some onion sauce. Gave Mr Richard Stone, apothecary and surgeon, cash for [a draft for 21.9.6]… after dinner my brother and I walked to Mr French’s to collect in some land tax, but did not succeed. From thence went to Halland where we stayed some time, and I received of Mr Thomas Walls in cash 1 guinea in full to this day. Rec’d of Mr Porter in cash 4.8.0. Ditto of the widow Page by her son in cash 2.16.0. Ditto of John Vine Jr in cash 10/-, all of which is in full for half a year’s land tax due at St Michael last.

In the evening went over to Thomas Davy’s, where I, Sam Jenner, John Piper and Mr Bannister spent the evening and played at brag; I lost ½d. We stayed till 3:30 and then came home very sober. A very mild gentle thaw. Master Baker drank tea with me. Very busy all day in the shop.

In the morning my late servant Mary Martin came to see me and breakfasted with me and also dined with me on a piece of beef boiled, a plain suet pudding and turnips. In the afternoon my present and late servants went to pay a visit to Mrs Carman. At home all day and very busy. In the evening wrote my London letters. Joseph Fuller, Sam Jenner and my brother spent the evening together at my house. My late servant stayed all night. A very cold frosty day.

Paid Joseph Fuller Jr in cash 0.6.0 in full for the 5 stone of beef received of him the 19th instant, and also all demands on his father’s account.

Myself, brother and servant at church in the morning… After we came out of church, my brother and I walked over to Framfield where we dined at my brother Moses’s on a sparerib roasted and applesauce (my servant at home dining at Joseph Durrant’s).

Sam Jenner came there to us in the afternoon, and we all stayed and drank tea with my brother and came home about 6:50. Sam Jenner sat with me some time after we came home, to whom I read one of Tillotson’s sermons. A very cold frosty day.