Thomas Turner

…We dined on the remains of Saturday’s dinner with the addition of some of the broth. At home all day and posted my day book and some London accounts. In the evening read part of Wiseman’s Chyrurgery. A very wet day.

Took physic today… In the afternoon went down to John Watford’s and wrote a note of hand from John Juce to him for £20 with interest at £4 percent per annum, payable to John Watford or order on demand, and witnessed by myself, Mr Tanner (formerly collector of excise here) and another gentleman his companion, together with Charles Diggens, drank tea with us. Paid John Cayley 0.15.6 in full for 31 lbs butter received by him today for Mr Thomas Scrase at Lewes. At home all day. In the evening read part of Hervey’s Theron and Aspasio.

My whole family at church in the morning; that is, my wife, self and servant… We had a brief read for a church in the East Riding of Yorkshire, the repairing of which would amount to £1066 and upwards. I gave one penny. We dined on the remains of yesterday’s dinner minced and warmed up. My wife, self and servant at church in the afternoon… In the evening Thomas Fuller and Mr Elless sat with us a while.

…We dined on the sheep’s head, lights etc. boiled and some turnips… Mrs Gibbs drank tea at our house, as did also my brother Moses. I received of my brother in cash 4.4.0, which is in full of my brother John’s account. At home all day. Read part of Wiseman’s Chyrurgery, and in the evening, part of the 2nd volume of Hervey’s Theron and Aspasio. Thomas Davy sat with us a while in the evening. After I had been to bed about half an hour, I was seized with a violent pang in one of my teeth which lasted about half an hour and then went off with the assistance of some lint steeped in spirits of hartshorn and put in the hollow of the tooth.

…Mary Heath a-washing for us all day… Paid [Mr ???] Cruttenden, gingerbread baker in Lewes, in cash 3.12.0 in full to this day. Paid Mr Sam Beckett 6/6 for 1 empty hogshead. Paid Mary Heath 13½d for 1½ day’s washing. At home all day. In the evening read part of Wiseman’s Chyrurgery.

…Mary Heath a-washing far us half the day, who dined with us on the remains of Tuesday’s dinner. Rec’d of Will Henly by the payment of his wife in cash 1.3.5 in full. Dame Henly drank tea with us. At home all day. Joseph Fuller Jr smoked a pipe or 2 with me in the evening, and after he went away, read part of Wiseman’s Chyrurgery.

Rec’d of Mr Sam Durrant of Waldron in cash 16.16.0 in full for the rags which his nephew sold for me at Maidstone Fair… Paid a man at Mayfield 5/- for 2 fish dossere [baskets] which he left at my house for Edward Martin… About 4:30 I went up to Mr John Vine’s to the audit where I delivered to Mr John Vine two bills; viz.,

One for nails	1.4.7½
One for goods delivered  on account of the audit	1.13.1
	2.17.8½

for which I received of Mr John Vine his note of hand, payable to me or bearer on demand, value 2.17.6. I gave Mr Vine’s daughter according to custom 12d and came home very sober about 6:50. In the evening read part of Hervey’s Theron and Aspasio.

In the forenoon a-completing the rough draft of the lease begun last night. Gave a man 3d who came with a petition from East Peckham in Kent, who had sustained damages by fire. We dined on a leg of mutton boiled and turnips and carrots. In the afternoon my wife went down to Whyly to visit Mrs French, and about 7:30 I went down. We supped at Mr French’s on a piece of cold boiled beef and some rice milk. We came home about 11:30 and I think I may say sober.

Roger Vallow a-gardening for me all day; he dined with us on the remains of yesterday’s dinner with the addition of the root of a neat’s tongue boiled, an apple pudding, turnips and carrots. At home all day. In the evening wrote out part of the rough draft of a lease for a house from Mrs Mary Virgoe to Mr Will Lee.

In the morning myself, wife and servant at church; the text in the latter part of Romans 12:12: “Continuing instant in prayer.” We dined on some boiled tripe. My whole family at church again in the afternoon; the text the same as in the morning, from which words we had two extreme fine sermons. Thomas Davy at our house in the evening, to whom, and in the day, I read 4 of Tillotson’s sermons.