Thomas Turner

Dame Mott dined with me on the remains of yesterday’s dinner with the addition of some hog’s meat broiled and onion sauce. Paid Joseph Fuller Jr in cash £46 on account. Rec’d of the Rev Mr Porter in cash 4.10.0 on account of my self and the other executors and devisees in trust of Mr Will Piper deceased. At home all day. In the evening busy a-writing out a bill.

I dined on the remains of yesterday’s dinner with the addition of a hog’s flesh pudding and turnips. At home all day and really a very dull time for trade. In the evening filled up my land tax receipts. A very cold day.

I dined on part of a sparerib roasted and apple sauce. A most melancholy, dull time for trade; nothing, no, hardly anything to do. At home all day. In the evening wrote out a bill. Dame Akehurst, being to scour at my house, lodged with my servant tonight.
 

Paid Joseph Fuller 4/7 for 2 stone 6 lbs of beef bought of him today. Also paid him 11d for a shoulder of mutton bought of him today for Dame Burrage, weighing ½ lbs. Dame Akehurst, a-washing and scouring for me the whole day, dined with me on the remains of yesterday’s dinner. At home all day and pretty busy. In the evening Sam Jenner sat with me a while. Paid Dame Akehurst 9d for her day’s work. A very remarkable fine dry time, though not frosty.

Myself and servant at church in the morning… I dined at Mr Coates’s (who is very ill) on a piece of boiled beef, a plain butter pond pudding, turnips and cabbage. Mr Long dined with my servant on a hog meat pudding and part of a sparerib boiled.

I stayed with Mr Coates the remainder of the afternoon. Came home about 6:20. In the evening read one of Tillotson’s sermons to Mr Wood and Joseph Fuller Jr. Thomas Durrant lodged at my house on account of there being company at his house.

Molly French dined with me on a chick boiled, a piece of bacon, turnips, greens and a butter pudding cake. She stayed and spent the afternoon with me, and her brother, coming to accompany her home, drank tea with me.

In the evening wrote my London letters. My brother came over in the evening in order to stand in my shop tomorrow during my absence, I having promised Mr Coates to assist him in the morning in distributing a gift left by some of the Pelham family for ever and annually given upon St Thomas’s Day; that is, 4d each to every man and woman, and 2d to every child, come from where they will, and a piece of bread and draught of ale to each.

Mr Tipper being ordered to remove in the evening, I went to Master Durrant’s, where I smoked a pipe with him in company with my brother, Sam Jenner and Master Durrant’s family, and after taking my leave of Mr Tipper, I walked down to Halland where I supped and stayed all night. My brother lodged at my house as did Thomas Durrant.

About 3:20 I arose and began to pay the people and finished about 10:20, having paid away £11, and I presume there had been 9 hundred people. I stayed and breakfasted with Mr Coates, received my groat and came home about 11:40. My brother went home immediately. I dined on the remains of yesterday’s dinner. Paid Joseph Fuller Jr 2/- for 2 bullock’s tongues bough’ of him today. Relieved the following persons with one penny each and a draught of ale:

1.	Will Eldridge	16.	John Dan
2.	Thomas Ling	17.	Elizabeth Day
3.	Widow Cain	18.	Thomas Dalloway
4.	Francis Turner	19.	Widow Cornwell
5.	Will Slarks	20.	Susan Swift
6.	Master Hesman	21.	Richard Prall
7.	Richard Brazier	22.	Dame Burrage
8.	Widow Trill	23.	Will Sinden
9.	Ann Wood	24.	John Durrant
10.	Edward Babcock	25.	Thomas Heath
11.	Thomas Roase	26.	James Emery
12.	John Roase	27.	Richard Vinal
13.	Richard Heath	28.	Roger Vallow
14.	Thomas Tester	29.	Robert Baker
15.	Sam Jenner	30.	Widow Fitness

Very busy all the afternoon. In the evening busy a-writing, and alone the whole evening.

I dined on the remains of yesterday’s dinner. At home all day and pretty busy. In the evening Mr Wood and I played a few games of cribbage, and I won 4d of him. This day died Robert Baker in this parish after a few days illness, aged 88 years. He had been parish clerk — years and upwards.

Paid Joseph Fuller 6d for part of a loin of mutton bought of him today for Dame Burrage. I dined on the remains of yesterday’s dinner. Rec’d of Edward Hope in cash 1.8.0 for ½ year’s land tax due St Michael last.

Paid Joseph Fuller Jr in cash £14, which with the £46 paid him the 15th instant makes together the sum of £60, and is in full for the note of hand I gave him the 15th ult. Accordingly I took up my note of hand.

I dined on part of a sparerib boiled and turnips. Paid Mr George Verral at Lewes by his son George 3.8.10 in full. Master Jenner, coming in the evening, stayed all night.