Chapter 2

1759, _Feb._ 21_st_.—To Middle Church. My wife and I walked with Dr. and Mrs. Mitchell in their garden till past 1. At 6 Mr. Ford, Mr. Gorman, and Mr. Mellersh came; at whist till 12.

_March_ 21_st_.—On Stephens’s horse to London; met Mersing and Jenkins; dined at Betty’s. To Covent Garden—‘The Busybody,’ Marplot, Shuter. {24a} At 10 to the ‘Angel,’ where I lay. Mersing and Jenkins came; we drank one bottle. They went a little after 12.

_April_ 9_th_.—Having a cold, with a difficulty of breathing, I was bleeded this morning, and found benefit by night.

10_th_.—At whist till past 11.

_May_ 7_th_.—On Stephens’s horse to London. To Mr. Adderley’s; at 5 with him to the ‘Feathers’ Tavern, and dined. Away at 8; at 9 Jenkins, Mersing, and Boughton came to me at the ‘Angel’ and stayed till past 12; paid for dinner and wine, 2_s._ 6_d._

9_th_.—Walked about; called on Adderley; dined with Jenkins; home by Epsom; paid for breakfast at the ‘Angel,’ 8_d._; two nights’ lodging, 1_s._ 6_d._ maid, 1_s._; horse and hostler, 3_s._ 2_d._; turnpike, 4½_d._ horse hire, 6_s._

_June_ 13_th_.—On Stephens’s horse to Chertsey; breakfasted with Ford, Heath, and wife; to Ascot Races.

22_nd_.—To the green, and thence with Mr. Russell to the ‘Tuns’ to drink the King’s health; paid drinking, 1_s._

27_th_.—To London; called on Adderley. With him to Clement’s Coffee House till 10; then to the ‘Angel.’ Jenkins came at 11, stayed till 1.

_July_ 6_th_.—To Sir John Evelyn, at Wotton. Paid horse hire, 2_s._ {24b}

23_rd_.—To Sir John Evelyn, with him Colonel Evelyn and young Mr. Budgen. {25a} To the ‘Hatch’ to dinner; Mr. Evelyn, Mr. Godschall, {25b} Mr. Bridges, Mr. Steere, Mr. Spence, {25c} Mr. Courtenay, and Mr. Walsh there; left at 7; paid for dinner and wine, 4_s._ 6_d._

_Aug._ 6_th_.—To Wotton Hatch to dinner. Mr. Evelyn, Mr. Bisshop, Mr. Godschall, Mr. Deane, Mr. Carr, Mr. Spence, Mr. Courtenay, Mr. Walsh, and Mr. Hull. {25d}

9_th_.—To see the fireworks on the good news: Russians and French defeated. The Judges came in the evening.

11_th_.—The assizes finished.

13_th_.—To Mr. Brewer’s; at whist; home by 10; won 7_s._ 6_d._

14_th_.—My wife brought to bed this morning, about five of a boy. Paid Mr. Burdett, 10_s._ 6_d._; midwife and nurse, 10_s._

20_th_.—To Wotton Hatch. {25e} Mr. Talbot, Mr. Spooner, Mr. Bridges, Mr. Walsh, and Mr. Spence. Home about 8.

_Sept._ 3_rd_.—Being wet, did not go to Wotton Hatch.

10_th_.—My wife sat up for company.

11_th_.—Company again.

_Oct._ 1_st_.—To Wotton Hatch: Mr. Budgen, {26a} Mr. Godschall, Mr. Tucker, {26b} Mr. Talbot, Mr. Dormer, Mr. Steere, Mr. Courtenay, Mr. Kerr, Mr. Spence, and Mr. Spooner.

22_nd_.—With Sir John Evelyn to Milton Court: held court there. Mr. Evelyn with us. To Wotton at 6; danced till past 10. Colonel Evelyn, Mr. Harcourt, the butler, Miss Mary Evelyn, Miss Clark, Miss Duncumb, and three maids. I danced with Miss C. and Miss D.

28_th_.—Paid for a thing to hang my wig on, 1_s._ 2_d._; a hutch for the child, 8_s._

_Nov._ 26_th_.—Went to town; spent the evening at Mr. Adderley’s chambers with him and Miss A.

27_th_.—Jenkins came, and stayed till 12.

28_th_.—With Boughton and Jenkins; they stayed till 1.

29_th_.—Home in the Portsmouth fly. Thanksgiving for taking Quebeck.

_Dec._ 1_st_.—Illumination for Sir Edward Hawke beating Conflans.

13_th_.—Ford, Mellersh, and Vincent the clergyman sent for me to the ‘White Hart’ to play at whist.

1760, _Jan._ 14_th_.—At 6 to the ‘Red Lion’: Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Russell, Mellersh, and Ford; home at 11.

15_th_.—Lord Onslow sent for me to dinner; home at 8. Paid Mr. Wilpley bleeding my wife, 2_s._ 6_d._

_Feb._ 11_th_.—On Upperton’s mare to London; dined with Adderley at the ‘Feathers.’ At 5 to Covent Garden, ‘Comus,’ singing by Miss Brent. To Clare’s for half-an-hour; then to the ‘Angel’; Jenkins came at 10, stayed till 12.

_April_ 13_th_.—Paid a man going beyond Ripley to get some leeches to bleed the child. A labourer in the garden one day, 1_s._ 3_d._

_July_ 7_th_.—To the Club at Wotton Hatch; reckoning, 4_s._ 6_d._

28_th_.—Mrs. Norwood and my wife drank tea with Mrs. Hole. I went to the Green till past 8. Englestoft came after; played backgammon till near 11.

_Nov._ 14_th_.—Between 6 and 7 to the ‘White Lion’ by invitation from the Mayor on the King of Prussia’s success. Stayed till past 11.

17_th_.—To London; called on Jenkins, dined with him; drank tea with Clare, then to the ‘Angel.’ Jenkins came and stayed till 1.

19_th_.—In a coach to the Speaker’s; dined at Dr. Adee’s; drank tea with Clare, then to the ‘Angel.’ Jenkins came and stayed till 12.

_Dec._ 15_th_.—Mr. Robert Austen {27a} drank tea here, and at 6 went with me to the ‘Red Lion’: Mr. Russell, Mr. Ford, Captain and Mr. C., and Mr. Webb; cards; home at 11. {27b}

_June_ 8_th_.—Mr. Lane {28a} and Mr. Godschall made a cricket match to-day on Albury Heath. Mrs. Skurray and my wife went in a postchaise, and dined with my mother, and then went to see it. I walked. We drank tea in Mr. Godschall’s tent, Mr. Lane, Mr. King, Mr. Vincent, Mr. Dickinson, Lord Ossory, &c.

_July_ 19_th_, _Sunday_.—On Upperton’s horse to London. Dined at Dr. Adee’s. In the afternoon, walked, with Mr. Adderley, Miss Sally Adderley and Miss Williams, to the ‘White Conduit House.’ Jenkins spent the evening with me at the ‘Angel’ till 12.

20_th_.—Breakfasted with Dr. Adee, dined and drank tea with Adderley; with him and Jenkins to Vauxhall; they supped with me at the ‘Angel,’ and did not go till near 2.

27_th_.—To Wotton Hatch Club. Paid, 5_s._ 6_d._

_Sept._ 22_nd_.—The Coronation. To the Green, played four games. At 7 to the ‘Red Lion,’ to drink the King’s health. To the Mayor at the ‘Tuns.’ Home at 12.

28_th_.—To Wotton Hatch. Home between 7 and 8.

_Oct._ 2_nd_.—To London, to talk with Mr. Evelyn {28b}; called on Jenkins.

3_rd_.—Breakfasted with Mr. Evelyn.

9_th_.—Bleeded to-day.

27_th_.—To London, with Mr. Evelyn to the Board of Green Cloth. There till 3, dined at Clifton’s Chop House. Paid for dinner, 1_s._

28_th_.—Breakfasted at Dr. Adee’s. The Miss Adee’s walked with me to look for a house. Mr. Jenkins supped with me.

29_th_.—To the Green Cloth at 11; at 3 to the ‘Angel,’ and dined there. To Covent Garden Theatre, but could not get in. Drank tea at Adderley’s; quadrille. Paid for dinner, 1_s._ 6_d._; rum, 1_s._ 2_d._; orange chips, 3_d._; cakes, 2_d._

1762, _Jan._ 18_th_.—Queen’s Birth-day. We all dined at St. James’s. At 11 home in a chaise; paid for chaise, 1_s._ 6_d._

_March_ 12_th_.—The General Fast. My wife brought to bed of a boy. {29}

_April_ 24_th_.—Much out of order with a cold.

25_th_.—Bled this morning.

26_th_.—Mr. Stephenson and I, with Mr. Selwyn, at 2, to the Exhibition. Paid for catalogue, 6_d._

27_th_.—At home this morning, taking Jessop’s water. In the afternoon drank tea with Jenkins. Home at 8.

_July_ 29_th_.—Dined at the ‘King’s Head,’ Dorking, paid for dinner and wine, 2_s._; Lord Midleton’s man for venison, 2_s._ 6_d._

_Aug._ 21_st_.—To St. James’s with Mrs. Norwood, and three Miss Adee’s to drink caudle. {30a} Went into Kensington Gardens; gave the boy who let us in, 2_d._

_Sept._ 1_st_.—To Mr. Walters, {30b} called on Mr. Malthus; {30c} dined at Mr. Evelyn’s. Home at 6.

_Oct._ 2_nd_.—Dined and lay at Lord Midleton’s; at quadrille, from 4 in the afternoon. Paid servants in the house, 5_s._

_Nov._ 5_th_.—In the Guildford coach to Guildford. Went to the ‘Tuns’ to drink the King’s health. Home at 12; paid at the ‘Tuns,’ 1_s._; coach and man, 6_s._

13_th_.—Dined at Mr. Burdett’s; at whist won 6 rubbers out of 7; won 15_s._ Home past 12.

1766, _Sept._ 6_th_.—Paid for a horse, bought of a Welchman, £6. 6_s._ 0_d._; saddle, bridle, and cloth, £1. 17_s._ 6_d._

_Oct._ 4_th_.—With Mrs. N. and Miss Kerr to Drury Lane; ‘Romeo and Juliet.’

5_th_.—Sunday to Church. To the Coffee-house for half-an-hour. Paid for wine, 6_d._

6_th_.—To Mundy’s Coffee-house, and supped.

7_th_.—Drank tea with Jenkins.

10_th_.—With Mrs. Kerr to Drury Lane: ‘Provoked Husband’ and ‘Devil to Pay:’ Mr. Garrick.

11_th_.—Drank tea with Adderley. To the Coffee-house for half-an-hour.

12_th_.—Drank tea at Dr. Adee’s.

13_th_.—With Jenkins to Mundy’s Coffee-house. Paid reckoning, 2_s._ 6_d._

14_th_.—To the Coffee-house half-an-hour; wine, 6_d._

15_th_.—Drank tea at Mrs. Emily’s, at quadrille.

1767, _March_ 18_th_.—It pleased God to release my William from his sufferings, when half a year old he was seized with convulsions which never left him.

_June_ 9_th_.—With Mr. Hollingworth to the Downs Guildford Races. Sir John Evelyn being taken ill, went off the Downs to Wotton.

19_th_.—Jack was taken with the smallpox, and on the 28th the dear soul died. Polly was taken on the 1st of July, I sent for Mr. Kerr who gave her Sutton’s powders, and she recovered.

_Dec._ 22_nd_.—With Mr. Waddington to Drury Lane: ‘Suspicious Husband,’ Mr. Garrick.

23_rd_.—Mr. Jenkins dined. Coffee-house half-an-hour. Paid for wine, 6_d._

24_th_.—Coffee-house, wine, 6_d._; 25th, do.; 26th, do.

1768, _Jan._ 30_th_.—My wife brought to bed of a boy. {31}

_Feb._ 24_th_.—Dined at Penneck’s, Mr. Astle, Col. Webb, Dr. Solander, &c.

_March_ 1_st_.—Mr. Penneck, Dr. Solander and Col. Webb, dined here. {32a}

31_st_.—To Captain Brodrick’s, {32b} and dined; Lady Midleton’s, and Sir Francis Vincent there.

1768, _Sept._ 9_th_.—To Neville Court, and had the nerve in both ears cut for the toothache, and received relief in an hour.

1769, _Oct._ 11_th_.—To New Inn {32c} till dinner; at 4 again till 6.

19_th_, _Sunday_.—To Church; to the Buffalo Coffee House for an hour; paid for wine, 6_d._

22_nd_.—Sir Joseph Ayloffe, Dr. Ducarrell, and Mr. Astle dined here.

_March_ 7_th_.—To the House of Commons till 3.

10_th_.—To the House of Commons till 4.

_May_ 15_th_.—Dined at Lord Onslow’s; to the race. {32d} I paid his servants, 4_s._

16_th_.—With Mr. Powell, curate of Abinger, to the race.

_July_ 30_th_, _Sunday_.—Mr. Woods came to tell me that Mr. Sturt {32e} died yesterday. To Dorking to Mr. Budgen, Mr. Talbot, and Mr. Scawen.

_Aug._ 28_th_.—Meeting of Mr. Smith’s trustees. I was appointed clerk and treasurer, in the place of Mr. Sturt.

_Oct._ 16_th_.—In a chaise with Mr. Jenkins to Reading. {33a}

1770, _July_ 27_th_.—Mr. Jenkins, Mr. Adderley, and Mr. Pacey dined with me. To the Percy Coffee House for an hour; won 15_s._ {33b}

_Aug._ 4_th_.—We set out at 6 with Mr. Jenkins and Mr. Adderley to Shere; dined at Cobham; saw Claremont and Painshill.

5_th_, _Sunday_.—To Church; afterwards by Lonesome {33c} to Leith Hill.

6_th_.—To Lord Aylesford’s house and garden (Albury Park).

_Sept._ 6_th_.—Lord Talbot, at the request of Mr. Gray and Mr. Sacker, gave me the place of Clerk of the Verge. I was sworn in this day.

_Nov._ 19_th_.—To New Inn: to Mundy’s Coffee House; {33d} reckoning, 3_s._

20_th_.—At 6 with Ford to the Turk’s Head Coffee House; whist; home at 2; reckoning, 6_s._; won 10_s._

21_st_.—Mr. and Mrs. Ford drank tea and supped here; Jenkins and Mersey supped; whist, won 2_s._ 6_d._

23_rd_.—To the Percy Coffee House; home at 10; reckoning, 1s, 9_d._; won, 15_s._

30_th_.—To the Percy Coffee House; reckoning, 2_s._ won 18_s._

1771, _Jan._ 1_st_.—At Shere {34a}; drank tea and supped at Mr. Botham’s.

3_rd_.—Dined at Mr. Godschall’s.

6_th_.—Walked to Sir Frederick Evelyn’s, and dined.

_April_ 12_th_.—To Wood Street to see a horse; rode the horse to Islington; paid for it, £25. 4_s._ {34b}

_Nov._ 5_th_.—Dined at the Percy Coffee House, and stayed till 10; whist; lost £1. 3_s._ 6_d._

_Dec._ 2_nd_.—To the Percy till 10; won 18_s._

1772, _Jan._ 23_rd_.—Paid admission fee at the Antiquary Society, £5. 5_s._

_Feb._ 28_th_.—Dined at Mr. Penneck’s {34c}: Sir Joshua Reynolds, Dr. Stebbing, Mr. Lort, and Mr. Astle. At half-past 5, with Mr. Adderley, to Drury Lane: ‘Much Ado about Nothing,’ Mr. Garrick.

_April_ 6_th_.—With Jerkins to the meeting of the Laudable Society; dined there; dinner, 5_s._

_Aug._ 24_th_.—Set out with Mr. Jenkins in a postchaise for Wales.

27_th_.—Being the races at Hereford, could get no chaise, but got horses, and rode to Monmouth.

31_st_.—To Llandilo, an excellent inn, and dined; and Mr. Pennoyre Watkins telling us the ford at Llandovery was dangerous, lay there. Whist with him; won 12_s._

1773, _July_ 24_th_.—Rode to the Downs; saw part of a great cricket match.

26_th_.—Dined at Mr. Godschall’s: General and Mrs. Evelyn and Colonel Molyneux there; drank tea with Mr. Berwick.

_Oct._ 31_st_, _Sunday_.—To Church; to Mr. Talbot (of Chart Park), and dined; drank tea at Mr. Tucker’s {35a}; lay at Mr. Kerr’s.

_Nov._ 13_th_.—With Jenkins to Covent Garden: Macklin played Macbeth.

1774, _June_ 7_th_.—Rode with Mr. Jenkins by Highgate, &c.

9_th_.—Rode with Mr. Jenkins by Stamford Hill, &c.

10_th_.—Rode with Dr. Osborn to Dr. Price, {35b} Newington Green.

24_th_.—Rode with Mr. Penneck and Mr. Austen to Mr. Walpole’s, Strawberry Hill; saw that; {35c} dined at the ‘Toy,’ Hampton.

_Dec._ 7_th_.—Dr. Solander and Omiah, the native of Otaheite, Mr. Pennock, and Mr. Planta {36a} dined and drank tea here.

8_th_.—To Drury Lane: ‘The Country Girl.’

1775, _Sept._ 28_th_.—To the ‘King’s Head’ at Derby, {36b} and lay.

1776, _April_ 3_rd_.—Paid subscription to the Laudable Society, £2. 12_s._ 6_d._ {36c}

_May_ 3_rd_.—Paid for a grey horse, five years old, 15 guineas.

27_th_.—Paid labourers planting firs in the Hurtwood, £1. 12_s._ 3_d._; stakes, &c., for fencing, £2. 17_s._ 3_d._ {36d}

_Aug._ 23_rd_.—To Loughborough, with Mr. Jenkins.

1777, _Oct._ 30_th_.—To Loseley to breakfast; to East Horsley, and dined at Mr. Fox’s; supped at Mr. Duncumb’s.

31_st_.—General Evelyn and Mr. Lomax dined.

_Nov._ 19_th_.—Paid Mr. Chaubert, for monument in Shere Church, 6 guineas. {36e}

_Dec._ 21_st_.—Paid Mr. Lomax, for half an acre of land, £7. {36f}

1778, _Jan._ 16_th_.—To Leicester; dined with Mr. Parr, {36g} and supped; whist; lost 3_s._

_Feb._ 26_th_.—To the play with Miss Catherine Adee and Kitty: ‘School for Scandal’ and ‘The Quaker.’

_March_ 19_th_.—Antiquary Society; supped at the ‘White Hart,’ with Mr. Gough, Mr. Lort, Mr. Grose, and Mr. Topham. {37a}

_April_ 25_th_.—Lord Midleton came; rode with him to Pitland Street; he and Mr. Lomax dined.

_June_ 8_th_.—Mr. Jenkins and Mr. J. Martyr {37b} dined.

9_th_.—To Guildford; dined at Mr. Martyr’s; Mr. Jenkins and Mr. Hawes there; to the horse race.

10_th_.—General Evelyn, Mr. Dyson, and Captain Williams dined; to the course.

_July_ 19_th_, _Sunday_.—To Church; walked in the Museum Gardens with Mr. Austen.

26_th_, _Sunday_.—To Church at Shere; dined at Mr. Duncumb’s; drank tea at Mr. Godschall’s. Lord and Lady Onslow and Mr. and Mrs. Onslow there.

1780, _Jan._ 16_th_.—In a chaise to the Speaker at Wonersh, and dined; to Loseley in the evening.

27_th_.—Antiquary Society, supped with Mr. Waddilove at Mundy’s Coffee House in Maiden Lane; paid 1_s._

_Feb._ 8_th_.—To Drury Lane, with Mrs. Gardiner and Polly, ‘Plain Dealer’ and ‘Fortunatus.’

_March_ 28_th_.—To General Evelyn’s, and breakfasted; to Turnpike meeting at Guildford; dined at the ‘White Hart,’ with Mr. Page and Captain Onslow; to Loseley and lay.

_April_ 2_nd_.—Dined at Mr. Lomax’s.

15_th_.—Breakfasted at Mr. Lomax’s; rode with him to the Hurtwood.

17_th_.—To the race.

18_th_.—Do.

_June_ 6_th_.—Lord Mansfield’s house burnt, up all night.

_Nov._ 22_nd_.—Drank tea with Mr. Jenkins. To the Rolls Coffee House, and supped; quadrille.

_Dec._ 11_th_.—Mr. and Mrs. Eyre and Mr. and Mrs. Meux supped here; quadrille.

1781, _Jan._ 8_th_.—Edward went to the Guildford Ball.

11_th_.—To the first meeting of the Antiquary Society in Somerset House; supped at Coffee House, with Mr. Gough, Mr. Topham, &c.

_March_ 22_nd_.—To Kingston Assizes; dined with the Grand Jury; Mr. Budgen’s cause tried.

_May_ 11_th_.—Supped at Mr. Meux’s; whist, won 9_s._

_June_ 16_th_.—To Sir Edward Evelyn in Piccadilly, and with him in his phaeton to Leatherhead.

_July_ 2_nd_.—With Dr. Osborne in his coach to Mr. Rice at Tooting, and dined.

_Aug._ 3_rd_.—To Mr. James at Enfield, and lay.

4_th_.—Rode to Mr. Jenkins, at Hampstead.

16_th_.—Mr. Manning supped and lay here.

17_th_.—With Mr. Manning {38} to Ansted Camp; he dined and lay here.

18_th_.—Dined at Mr. Pollen’s; drank tea at Mr. Polhill’s (Albury).

23_rd_.—Mr. and Mrs. Shaw and Mr. Polhill drank tea here.

24_th_.—To Colonel Clarke at Stanestreet, and breakfasted; dined and supped at Mr. Duncumb’s.

25_th_.—To Loseley, and breakfasted; dined at the ‘White Hart’ with the Club.

_Sept._ 14_th_.—To Mr. Page {39a} at Cobham to breakfast; to Shere to dinner.

15_th_.—General Evelyn, Mr. and Mrs. Lomax, and Mr. Duncumb dined with us. {39b}

16_th_, _Sunday_.—Dined at Mr. Godschall’s.

17_th_.—Breakfasted at Wotton; dined at the ‘King’s Head,’ Epsom.

1782, _Feb._ 10_th_.—Walked to Hampstead; dined at Mr. Jenkins’s; thence walked home with him. {39c}

_March_ 31_st_.—My brother and I drank tea at Capt. Finch’s (Albury Park).

_Sept._ 15_th_.—Breakfasted at Lord Grantley’s; dined at Mr. Shurlock’s; drank tea with my brother; to Wotton, and lay at Sir Frederick’s.

1783, _June_ 7_th_.—Set out at 7 for Shere; breakfasted at Epsom; dined at the ‘White Horse,’ Dorking {39d}; paid for breakfast, 1_s._; barber, 6_d._; horses, 10_d._; at Dorking, dinner and wine, 3_s._ 8_d._; horses, 1_s._

_July_ 3_rd_.—To Harrow speeches {39e}; breakfasted at the ‘King’s Head,’ dined with Dr. Heath.

_Dec._ 30_th_.—Mrs. Evelyn and Hugh dined here.

1784, _March_ 11_th_.—To the Antiquary Society; supped at Holylands Coffee House, with Mr. Gough {40a}, Mr. Ord, Mr. Turner, Dr. Hamilton, Mr. Grose, Dr. Nash, and others.

22_nd_.—To Bath by coach, set out at 4, arrived at 8.

_July_ 24_th_.—Rode with Mr. Topham {40b} to Tunbridge Wells; Mr. Gough, Mr. Ord, and Mr. Brooke, in a chaise; we all saw Knowle, and dined at the ‘White Hart,’ Sevenoaks.

_Aug._ 19_th_.—Dined at the Club at Dorking; Duke of Norfolk, Sir Wm. Gray, &c.

_Dec._ 26_th_.—At home; physick. {40c}

1785, _Jan._ 3_rd_.—Mr. and Mrs. Polhill and nephew, Mr. and Mrs. Duncumb and John Duncumb dined here.

4_th_.—Edward and I rode to Sir Fredk. Evelyn’s; dined at Mr. Godschall’s.

5_th_.—The tenants dined here.

6_th_.—Edward and I rode to Mr. Polhill’s, and dined.

7_th_.—Edward and I dined at Captn. Finch’s; Lady Aylesford and two daughters, Captn. Edward Finch, and Mr. Morden there.

_Feb._ 19_th_.—To Drury Lane; ‘Macbeth’ Mrs. Siddons.

_June_ 26_th_ (_Sunday_).—Edward and I walked to Albury Church; dined at Mr. Polhill’s; with him in his chaise to Shere Church; {41a} went to Captn. Pitt’s; {41b} drank tea at Sir Frederick’s.

_July_ 13_th_.—Attended the Sessions; dined with the Justices at the ‘White Hart;’ lay at Loseley.

14_th_.—Breakfasted with Mr. Mellersh; dined at Loseley; drank tea at Mr. Shurlock’s.

1786, _Jan._ 7_th_.—Edward and I rode to Guildford, and then in a chaise to Pepperharrow, and lay there. To Church at Pepperharrow. Chaise came. I dined at Mr. Webb’s; drank tea at Mr. Manning’s, and lay at the ‘White Hart,’ Guildford; Mr. Mellersh supped with me.

_June_ 6_th_.—Guildford races. Very unwell; did not go up to the Downs.

_July_ 14_th_.—To Tooting, and held a court; dined and drank tea at Mr. Rice’s. {41c}

_Aug._ 2_nd_.—To Eaton Bray. {41d}

31_st_.—To Canterbury.

_Dec._ 28_th_.—Dined and lay at Mrs. Tucker’s, Sir Henry and Lady St. John; {41e} whist, won 9_s._

1787, _Jan._ 10_th_.—To Quarter Sessions in Borough; dined with the Justices; whist, Sir Joseph Mawbey, {42a} Pardon, Lawson, and others, till 10, won 10_s._ 6_d._

_Aug._ 28_th_.—Dined at home. Miss Malthus, and Miss Menzies, Mr. R. Malthus, {42b} and Mr. John Duncumb, drank tea.

29_th_.—Dined at Mr. Godschall’s; Mr. and Mrs. Polhill and Mr. Wollaston there; whist till 10; won 8_s._

30_th_.—Dined at the Club at Dorking, Sir Fredk. Evelyn, &c.; paid for dinner, 4_s._ 6_d._

31_st_.—Set out at 6; breakfasted at Epsom; home at 1; paid for breakfast, 1_s._; bait of horses, 1_s._

_Oct._ 26_th_.—Dined at Mr. Godschall’s, between 8 and 9; received by express Mrs. Oglethorpe’s death; sent for a chaise from Dorking; set out at 2, got to Russell Street past 7 {42c}; breakfasted; to Mr. Sharp {42d}, with him to Cranham.

1788, _June_ 9_th_.—Drank tea at Mr. Ruding’s. {42e}

10_th_.—With Miss Adees, Mary and Caroline, to Vauxhall; home at 12.

_Aug._ 25_th_. {42f}—Mr. and Mrs. Shurlock dined.

26_th_.—Dined at Mr. Taylor’s.

27_th_.—Mr. Godschall dined with us.

28_th_.—To Mrs. Haynes, and dined.

29_th_.—Mr. Prickett, Mr. Woodroffe; and Mr. T. Duncumb dined with us.

30_th_.—To Reigate, and lay at the ‘White Hart.’

31_st_.—Dined with Mr. Barnes; to Mr. Fanshawe, {43a} and lay.

_Oct._ 24_th_.—We all dined and supped at Mrs. Malthus’s; whist, won 3_s._ 6_d._

1789, _Feb._ 10_th_.—Council at the Society of Antiquaries; {43b} to the House of Commons.

_April_ 28_th_.—Drank tea at Mr. Malthus’s.

29_th_.—Drank tea at Mr. Shurlock’s.

30_th_.—Dined at Mr. Webb’s. {43c}

_May_ 1_st_.—To Mr. Leech, at Witley; lay at Mr. Webb’s.

2_nd_.—After breakfast, to Mr. Manning; dined at Mr. Mellersh’s.

3_rd_.—Dined at Mr. Duncumb’s; to Mr. Malthus; drank tea at Mr. Godschall’s.

14_th_.—Miss Adees, Mr. Robert Malthus, and Mr. Martyr, dined with us; supped at Lincoln’s Inn Coffee House (with his antiquary friends).

_June_ 18_th_.—Dined with the Duke of Norfolk; {43d} home at 8.

_July_ 3_rd_.—Called at Mr. Eckersall’s; {43e} drank tea at Dorking.

_Aug._ 10_th_.—To Hazlegrove; lay there (Sir Hy. St John Mildmay’s).

_Nov._ 7_th_.—To Sir H. Mildmay, at Dogmersfield, and lay.

_Dec._ 25_th_.—My dear daughter Caroline died this morning, after a fever of a few days. {44a}

1790, _July_ 24_th_.—Dined at Sir Fredk. Evelyn’s.

25_th_, _Sunday_.—Dined at Captn. Finch’s; drank tea at Mr. Malthus’s.

26_th_.—Dined at Mr. Duncumb’s.

27_th_.—Mr. R. Malthus and the Misses dined here, with Cath. and Mr. and Mrs. Polhill, and Mr. S. Godschall.

28_th_.—Dined at Mr. Shurlock’s.

29_th_.—Dined at Mr. Thompson’s.

30_th_.—Mr. Duncumb and Mr. Thos. and Robt. Duncumb supped here.

31_st_.—Drank tea at Mr. Malthus’s. {44b}

_Sept._ 1_st_.—To Mr. Jenkins’, at Putney, and dined; home at 8.

3_rd_.—Took up Mr. Clutton, at Walworth, and went with him to Sir Peter Burrell’s, {44c} at Beckenham.

1791, _June_ 9_th_.—Dined at Sir Charles Gould’s, with the directors of the Equitable Society. Supped at the Coffee House, Brand, Turner, and others.

_Sept._ 29_th_.—Dined at Sir Wm. Hillman’s, Lord Say and Sele, Mr. Jenkinson, Mr. Fanshawe, sen.; drank tea at Mrs. Molyneux’s.

30_th_.—Sir William Hillman, Mr. Willis, Mr. Jenkinson, and Mr. Saml. Dyson, dined here.

_Oct._ 16_th_, _Sunday_.—Dined at Captn. Finch’s, Mr. Onslow there.

23_rd_, _Sunday_.—Dined at Capt. Finch’s.

1792, _Jan._ 2_nd_.—Set out ground to widen Sherborne Lane. In the evening rode to Capt. Onslow’s, at Ripley, and lay there.

3_rd_.—Breakfasted there, and to town in the Godalming coach.

_Feb._ 8_th_.—Dined at Edward’s, with Mr. Malthus and family; child christened; whist, won 3_s._; paid nurse, &c., £3. 3_s._

18_th_.—To Lord Sydney, and with him to Frognal, and lay there.

19_th_, _Sunday_.—Returned at 2.

_March_ 1_st_.—Mr. Willis dined here; with him to the Antiquary Society; supped at the Coffee House, Lord Leicester, &c., there.

_April_ 12_th_.—To Mr. Strode, at Loseley, and dined; to Mr. Webb, at Milford, and lay.

1796, _Dec._ 14_th_.—My wife died about 5 in the afternoon; the most affectionate of wives, tenderest of parents, and most sincere of Christians; to her great prudence and discretion I owe the prosperity with which God has blessed me.

24_th_.—Very hard frost. {45}