At home all day. Not at church all day. Read part of Boyle’s Lectures and Smart’s poem on eternity and immensity. This day I turned my horse out to keeping at Mr French’s. Paid for 1 lb cherries 2d.
Tag: horse
Thursday, July 17 1755
At home all day. Paid for butter and bread 9½d. Paid for a loin of lamb, 2 lbs 10 oz, 9d. Lent my horse to Robert Hook for the use of Thomas Mepham, which is to be in full for Thomas Mepham’s going to Lewes for me, which he valued at 12d. Paid for milk ld.
Monday, July 14 1755
About 3:45 I set out for Lewes; got there 4:50. Called Mr Stephen Fletcher, servant to Mr Samuel Ridings, and balanced accounts with him and paid him £16.14.0 by bill on Messrs Margesson and Collison, 30 days’ date, which with goods I have agreed to return, value £6.11.6, is in full to this day. I bought some goods of him and came home about 8:20. Spent 6d.
After dinner Mr Slater and Nanny set out for Lewes. Paid John Jones 2d for Mr Slater’s horse. At home all the day after the morning. This day was played in the Broyle a cricket match, Mayfield against Ringmer, Framfield and St John’s [in Lewes], which was won by Mayfield with ease. This day received of Rippington’s boys 6d in full for a week’s schooling, ended Saturday last.