Thomas Turner

…Dame Akehurst, a-washing for me all day, dined with me on some boiled salt fish. Paid Dame Akehurst 18d for her two days’ work. In the evening went into Mrs Weller’s, being invited to spend the evening there, which I did in company with Molly, Bett and Richard Fuller, Mr Long and Fanny Hicks. We played at brag in the evening and I won 11d. Came home about 12:40. I supped with the company on a piece of cold roast beef, a cold apple pie and bread and cheese.

…Dame Akehurst, a-washing for me all day, dined with me on the remains of yesterday’s dinner. At home all day and pretty busy. Dame Akehurst lodged with my servant. In the evening wrote my London letters.

Myself at church in the morning… Thomas Durrant dined with me on a piece of beef roasted. After dinner I set out for Little Horsted Church, and meeting with Sam Jenner on the road, we walked together.

We had a very fine sermon preached by the Rev Mr Darnford, rector of Little Horsted, from Matthew 5:6: “Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.” I went to Little Horsted in order to meet my brother and another person whom we had thoughts of putting out our nephew Philip an apprentice to. But he having lately taken a lad, our walk was to no purpose.

After churchtime we walked down to my uncle Hill’s, where we smoked a pipe or two; but I neither ate nor drank. I came home by Master Jenner’s, and Thomas Davy coming almost in at the same instant, we stayed and spent the evening with him and also supped with him. Came home about 11:20, sober.
 

A very severe frost in the night. Paid Mr Ben Shelley in cash 5.6.10 in full for the same sum he paid in London for me this week… I dined on the remains of yesterday’s dinner. At home all day, but very little to do. The wind vastly high and prodigious cold, it being so excessive piercing that people could hardly bear it, and the frost very sharp. Paid a needle-maker from Chichester 9/3 in full for the following needles bought of him today:

12½ hundred Travilors [travellers’?] needles	0.3.9
1 m best do.	0.4.0
100 chapel do.	0.1.0
¼ hundred looping	0.06

Lent Robert Hook in cash 8/-. Thomas Durrant dined with me on a bullock’s cheek stewed. My brother came over in the afternoon. He stayed and drank tea with me. I received of him for a parcel of buttons he bought of me today 1.3.10.

In the evening Thomas Durrant and I walked up to James Fuller’s to pay him a wedding visit. We stayed till near 11 o’clock and came home very near sober. (I forgot to mention we were not asked to eat a mouthful of bread). My brother, Sam Jenner and Joseph Fuller smoked a pipe at my house in my absence. A very severe sharp frost in the evening, the wind very high and prodigious cold.
 

Paid a son of John Jenner the hatter at Hailsham 20/7 in full on account of his father. I dined on the remains of yesterday’s dinner. At home all day, but not busy. Finished posting of my day book.

I dined on half a calf’s head boiled, 2 sausages and some greens. at home all day, but very little to do. Posted part of my day book and wrote out some bills. Extreme fine seasonable weather…

I dined on a piece of salt fish, some parsnips and eggs boiled. Paid John Nutley 7/6 in full for flour and all demands to this day. At home all day, but very little to do. Wrote out some bills in the evening.

I dined on the remains of yesterday’s dinner, or rather ate no dinner, being very busy. Mrs Carman drank tea with me. In the evening Mr Carmen and I balanced accounts… In the evening wrote my London letters. At home all day and thank God very busy.
 

Myself and servant at church in the morning… Immediately after dinner Sam Jenner and I walked over to Framfield. (I went to meet my brother Richard). We dined at my brother’s on a leg of mutton roasted and a currant pond butter pudding in company with his family and my brother Richard (my servant at home dining on the remains of yesterday’s dinner). I stayed and drank tea with my brother and came away about 4:20…

I came home by Halland and stayed and supped at Mr Coates’s. Came home about 9:20. Not at church in the afternoon.