Thomas Turner

Paid Mr French and Thomas Fuller 13/6 for window tax and land tax. Mr John Warriner called on me and I paid him in cash 1.16.6 in full on account of himself and brother.

We dined on the remains of Sunday’s dinner with the addition of some roasted pigeons. Mrs Fuller, Molly and Betty Fuller and Mrs Ancill drank tea at our house. At home all day, but very little to do in the shop. My side a great deal better, and may the God of all goodness pour into my heart the graces of his Holy Spirit, that I may continually adore and praise him for this, his inestimable blessing to me, a poor sinful creature, through the merits and mediation of my blessed Savior.

Dame Dallaway at work for my wife part of the day and breakfasted with us and also dined with us on the remains of yesterday’s dinner. In the evening walked up to Mr John Vine’s, there being an audit.

I carried my bill for goods delivered for the audit, amounting to 2.6.0, which bill I delivered to Mr Vine with a receipt upon it and he promised to send me down the money tomorrow morning about 11 o’clock. I came home in company with Joseph Fuller, sober.

Mrs Weller drank tea with us… At home all day and very little to do.

At home all day… Rec’d of Joseph Fuller 1 lamb’s head and pluck. Thomas Durrant a-gardening for me 2 or 3 hours; drank tea with us. And really a most melancholy time. Nothing to do.

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.

…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.

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.

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

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.

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.