Extracts from the Diary of William Bray, Esq. 1760 1800
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William Bray >> Extracts from the Diary of William Bray, Esq. 1760 1800
Aug. 6th.--To Wotton Hatch to dinner. Mr. Evelyn, Mr. Bisshop, Mr.
Godschall, Mr. Deane, Mr. Carr, Mr. Spence, Mr. Courtenay, Mr.
Walsh, and Mr. Hull. {35}
9th.--To see the fireworks on the good news: Russians and French
defeated. The Judges came in the evening.
11th.--The assizes finished.
13th.--To Mr. Brewer's; at whist; home by 10; won 7s. 6d.
14th.--My wife brought to bed this morning, about five of a boy.
Paid Mr. Burdett, 10s. 6d.; midwife and nurse, 10s.
20th.--To Wotton Hatch. {36} Mr. Talbot, Mr. Spooner, Mr. Bridges,
Mr. Walsh, and Mr. Spence. Home about 8.
Sept. 3rd.--Being wet, did not go to Wotton Hatch.
10th.--My wife sat up for company.
11th.--Company again.
Oct. 1st.--To Wotton Hatch: Mr. Budgen, {37} Mr. Godschall, Mr.
Tucker, {38} Mr. Talbot, Mr. Dormer, Mr. Steere, Mr. Courtenay, Mr.
Kerr, Mr. Spence, and Mr. Spooner.
22nd.--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.
28th.--Paid for a thing to hang my wig on, 1s. 2d.; a hutch for the
child, 8s.
Nov. 26th.--Went to town; spent the evening at Mr. Adderley's
chambers with him and Miss A.
27th.--Jenkins came, and stayed till 12.
28th.--With Boughton and Jenkins; they stayed till 1.
29th.--Home in the Portsmouth fly. Thanksgiving for taking
Quebeck.
Dec. 1st.--Illumination for Sir Edward Hawke beating Conflans.
13th.--Ford, Mellersh, and Vincent the clergyman sent for me to the
'White Hart' to play at whist.
1760, Jan. 14th.--At 6 to the 'Red Lion': Mr. Cunningham, Mr.
Russell, Mellersh, and Ford.; home at 11.
15th.--Lord Onslow sent for me to dinner; home at 8. Paid Mr.
Wilpley bleeding my wife, 2s. 6d.
Feb. 11th.--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 13th.--Paid a man going beyond Ripley to get some leeches to
bleed the child. A labourer in the garden one day, 1s. 3d.
July 7th.--To the Club at Wotton Hatch; reckoning, 4s. 6d.
28th.--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. 14th.--Between 6 and 7 to the 'White Lion' by invitation from
the Mayor on the King of Prussia's success. Stayed till past 11.
17th.--To London; called on Jenkins, dined with him; drank tea with
Clare, then to the 'Angel.' Jenkins came and stayed till 1.
19th.--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. 15th.--Mr. Robert Austen {39} 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. {40}
June 8th.--Mr. Lane {41} 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 19th, 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.
20th.--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.
27th.--To Wotton Hatch Club. Paid, 5s. 6d.
Sept. 22nd.--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.
28th.--To Wotton Hatch. Home between 7 and 8.
Oct. 2nd.--To London, to talk with Mr. Evelyn {42}; called on
Jenkins.
3rd.--Breakfasted with Mr. Evelyn.
9th.--Bleeded to-day.
27th.--To London, with Mr. Evelyn to the Board of Green Cloth.
There till 3, dined at Clifton's Chop House. Paid for dinner, 1s.
28th.--Breakfasted at Dr. Adee's. The Miss Adee's walked with me
to look for a house. Mr. Jenkins supped with me.
29th.--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, 1s. 6d.; rum, 1s. 2d.;
orange chips, 3d.; cakes, 2d.
1762, Jan. 18th.--Queen's Birth-day. We all dined at St. James's.
At 11 home in a chaise; paid for chaise, 1s. 6d.
March 12th.--The General Fast. My wife brought to bed of a boy.
{43}
April 24th.--Much out of order with a cold.
25th.--Bled this morning.
26th.--Mr. Stephenson and I, with Mr. Selwyn, at 2, to the
Exhibition. Paid for catalogue, 6d.
27th.--At home this morning, taking Jessop's water. In the
afternoon drank tea with Jenkins. Home at 8.
July 29th.--Dined at the 'King's Head,' Dorking, paid for dinner
and wine, 2s.; Lord Midleton's man for venison, 2s. 6d.
Aug. 21st.--To St. James's with Mrs. Norwood, and three Miss Adee's
to drink caudle. {44} Went into Kensington Gardens; gave the boy
who let us in, 2d.
Sept. 1st.--To Mr. Walters, {45} called on Mr. Malthus; {46} dined
at Mr. Evelyn's. Home at 6.
Oct. 2nd.--Dined and lay at Lord Midleton's; at quadrille, from 4
in the afternoon. Paid servants in the house, 5s.
Nov. 5th.--In the Guildford coach to Guildford. Went to the 'Tuns'
to drink the King's health. Home at 12; paid at the 'Tuns,' 1s.;
coach and man, 6s.
13th.--Dined at Mr. Burdett's; at whist won 6 rubbers out of 7; won
15s. Home past 12.
1766, Sept. 6th.--Paid for a horse, bought of a Welchman, 6 pounds
6s. 0d.; saddle, bridle, and cloth, 1 pounds 17s. 6d.
Oct. 4th.--With Mrs. N. and Miss Kerr to Drury Lane; 'Romeo and
Juliet.'
5th.--Sunday to Church. To the Coffee-house for half-an-hour.
Paid for wine, 6d.
6th.--To Mundy's Coffee-house, and supped.
7th.--Drank tea with Jenkins.
10th.--With Mrs. Kerr to Drury Lane: 'Provoked Husband' and 'Devil
to Pay:' Mr. Garrick.
11th.--Drank tea with Adderley. To the Coffee-house for half-an-
hour.
12th.--Drank tea at Dr. Adee's.
13th.--With Jenkins to Mundy's Coffee-house. Paid reckoning, 2s.
6d.
14th.--To the Coffee-house half-an-hour; wine, 6d.
15th.--Drank tea at Mrs. Emily's, at quadrille.
1767, March 18th.--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 9th.--With Mr. Hollingworth to the Downs Guildford Races. Sir
John Evelyn being taken ill, went off the Downs to Wotton.
19th.--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. 22nd.--With Mr. Waddington to Drury Lane: 'Suspicious
Husband,' Mr. Garrick.
23rd.--Mr. Jenkins dined. Coffee-house half-an-hour. Paid for
wine, 6d.
24th.--Coffee-house, wine, 6d.; 25th, do.; 26th, do.
1768, Jan. 30th.--My wife brought to bed of a boy. {47}
Feb. 24th.--Dined at Penneck's, Mr. Astle, Col. Webb, Dr. Solander,
&c.
March 1st.--Mr. Penneck, Dr. Solander and Col. Webb, dined here.
{48}
31st.--To Captain Brodrick's, {49} and dined; Lady Midleton's, and
Sir Francis Vincent there.
1768, Sept. 9th.--To Neville Court, and had the nerve in both ears
cut for the toothache, and received relief in an hour.
1769, Oct. 11th.--To New Inn {50} till dinner; at 4 again till 6.
19th, Sunday.--To Church; to the Buffalo Coffee House for an hour;
paid for wine, 6d.
22nd.--Sir Joseph Ayloffe, Dr. Ducarrell, and Mr. Astle dined here.
March 7th.--To the House of Commons till 3.
10th.--To the House of Commons till 4.
May 15th.--Dined at Lord Onslow's; to the race. {51} I paid his
servants, 4s.
16th.--With Mr. Powell, curate of Abinger, to the race.
July 30th, Sunday.--Mr. Woods came to tell me that Mr. Sturt {52}
died yesterday. To Dorking to Mr. Budgen, Mr. Talbot, and Mr.
Scawen.
Aug. 28th.--Meeting of Mr. Smith's trustees. I was appointed clerk
and treasurer, in the place of Mr. Sturt.
Oct. 16th.--In a chaise with Mr. Jenkins to Reading. {53}
1770, July 27th.--Mr. Jenkins, Mr. Adderley, and Mr. Pacey dined
with me. To the Percy Coffee House for an hour; won 15s. {54}
Aug. 4th.--We set out at 6 with Mr. Jenkins and Mr. Adderley to
Shere; dined at Cobham; saw Claremont and Painshill.
5th, Sunday.--To Church; afterwards by Lonesome {55} to Leith Hill.
6th.--To Lord Aylesford's house and garden (Albury Park).
Sept. 6th.--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. 19th.--To New Inn: to Mundy's Coffee House; {56} reckoning,
3s.
20th.--At 6 with Ford to the Turk's Head Coffee House; whist; home
at 2; reckoning, 6s.; won 10s.
21st.--Mr. and Mrs. Ford drank tea and supped here; Jenkins and
Mersey supped; whist, won 2s. 6d.
23rd.--To the Percy Coffee House; home at 10; reckoning, 1s, 9d.;
won, 15s.
30th.--To the Percy Coffee House; reckoning, 2s. won 18s.
1771, Jan. 1st.--At Shere {57}; drank tea and supped at Mr.
Botham's.
3rd.--Dined at Mr. Godschall's.
6th.--Walked to Sir Frederick Evelyn's, and dined.
April 12th.--To Wood Street to see a horse; rode the horse to
Islington; paid for it, 25 pounds 4s. {58}
Nov. 5th.--Dined at the Percy Coffee House, and stayed till 10;
whist; lost 1 pounds 3s. 6d.
Dec. 2nd.--To the Percy till 10; won 18s.
1772, Jan. 23rd.--Paid admission fee at the Antiquary Society, 5
pounds 5s.
Feb. 28th.--Dined at Mr. Penneck's {59}: 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 6th.--With Jerkins to the meeting of the Laudable Society;
dined there; dinner, 5s.
Aug. 24th.--Set out with Mr. Jenkins in a postchaise for Wales.
27th.--Being the races at Hereford, could get no chaise, but got
horses, and rode to Monmouth.
31st.--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 12s.
1773, July 24th.--Rode to the Downs; saw part of a great cricket
match.
26th.--Dined at Mr. Godschall's: General and Mrs. Evelyn and
Colonel Molyneux there; drank tea with Mr. Berwick.
Oct. 31st, Sunday.--To Church; to Mr. Talbot (of Chart Park), and
dined; drank tea at Mr. Tucker's {60}; lay at Mr. Kerr's.
Nov. 13th.--With Jenkins to Covent Garden: Macklin played Macbeth.
1774, June 7th.--Rode with Mr. Jenkins by Highgate, &c.
9th.--Rode with Mr. Jenkins by Stamford Hill, &c.
10th.--Rode with Dr. Osborn to Dr. Price, {61} Newington Green.
24th.--Rode with Mr. Penneck and Mr. Austen to Mr. Walpole's,
Strawberry Hill; saw that; {62} dined at the 'Toy,' Hampton.
Dec. 7th.--Dr. Solander and Omiah, the native of Otaheite, Mr.
Pennock, and Mr. Planta {63} dined and drank tea here.
8th.--To Drury Lane: 'The Country Girl.'
1775, Sept. 28th.--To the 'King's Head' at Derby, {64} and lay.
1776, April 3rd.--Paid subscription to the Laudable Society, 2
pounds 12s. 6d. {65}
May 3rd.--Paid for a grey horse, five years old, 15 guineas.
27th.--Paid labourers planting firs in the Hurtwood, 1 pound 12s.
3d.; stakes, &c., for fencing, 2 pounds 17s. 3d. {66}
Aug. 23rd.--To Loughborough, with Mr. Jenkins.
1777, Oct. 30th.--To Loseley to breakfast; to East Horsley, and
dined at Mr. Fox's; supped at Mr. Duncumb's.
31st.--General Evelyn and Mr. Lomax dined.
Nov. 19th.--Paid Mr. Chaubert, for monument in Shere Church, 6
guineas. {67}
Dec. 21st.--Paid Mr. Lomax, for half an acre of land, 7 pounds {68}
1778, Jan. 16th.--To Leicester; dined with Mr. Parr, {69} and
supped; whist; lost 3s.
Feb. 26th..--To the play with Miss Catherine Adee and Kitty:
'School for Scandal' and 'The Quaker.'
March 19th.--Antiquary Society; supped at the 'White Hart,' with
Mr. Gough, Mr. Lort, Mr. Grose, and Mr. Topham. {70}
April 25th.--Lord Midleton came; rode with him to Pitland Street;
he and Mr. Lomax dined.
June 8th.--Mr. Jenkins and Mr. J. Martyr {71} dined.
9th.--To Guildford; dined at Mr. Martyr's; Mr. Jenkins and Mr.
Hawes there; to the horse race.
10th.--General Evelyn, Mr. Dyson, and Captain Williams dined; to
the course.
July 19th, Sunday.--To Church; walked in the Museum Gardens with
Mr. Austen.
26th, 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. 16th.--In a chaise to the Speaker at Wonersh, and dined;
to Loseley in the evening.
27th.--Antiquary Society, supped with Mr. Waddilove at Mundy's
Coffee House in Maiden Lane; paid 1s.
Feb. 8th.--To Drury Lane, with Mrs. Gardiner and Polly, 'Plain
Dealer' and 'Fortunatus.'
March 28th.--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 2nd.--Dined at Mr. Lomax's.
15th.--Breakfasted at Mr. Lomax's; rode with him to the Hurtwood.
17th.--To the race.
18th.--Do.
June 6th.--Lord Mansfield's house burnt, up all night.
Nov. 22nd.--Drank tea with Mr. Jenkins. To the Rolls Coffee House,
and supped; quadrille.
Dec. 11th.--Mr. and Mrs. Eyre and Mr. and Mrs. Meux supped here;
quadrille.
1781, Jan. 8th.--Edward went to the Guildford Ball.
11th. -To the first meeting of the Antiquary Society in Somerset
House; supped at Coffee House, with Mr. Gough, Mr. Topham, &c.
March 22nd.--To Kingston Assizes; dined with the Grand Jury; Mr.
Budgen's cause tried.
May 11th.--Supped at Mr. Meux's; whist, won 9s.
June 16th.--To Sir Edward Evelyn in Piccadilly, and with him in his
phaeton to Leatherhead.
July 2nd.--With Dr. Osborne in his coach to Mr. Rice at Tooting,
and dined.
Aug. 3rd.--To Mr. James at Enfield, and lay.
4th.--Rode to Mr. Jenkins, at Hampstead.
16th.--Mr. Manning supped and lay here.
17th.--With Mr. Manning {72} to Ansted Camp; he dined and lay here.
18th.--Dined at Mr. Pollen's; drank tea at Mr. Polhill's (Albury).
23rd.--Mr. and Mrs. Shaw and Mr. Polhill drank tea here.
24th.--To Colonel Clarke at Stanestreet, and breakfasted; dined and
supped at Mr. Duncumb's.
25th.--To Loseley, and breakfasted; dined at the 'White Hart' with
the Club.
Sept. 14th.--To Mr. Page {73} at Cobham to breakfast; to Shere to
dinner.
15th.--General Evelyn, Mr. and Mrs. Lomax, and Mr. Duncumb dined
with us. {74}
16th, Sunday.--Dined at Mr. Godschall's.
17th.--Breakfasted at Wotton; dined at the 'King's Head,' Epsom.
1782, Feb. 10th.--Walked to Hampstead; dined at Mr. Jenkins's;
thence walked home with him. {75}
March 31st.--My brother and I drank tea at Capt. Finch's (Albury
Park).
Sept. 15th.--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 7th.--Set out at 7 for Shere; breakfasted at Epsom;
dined at the 'White Horse,' Dorking {76}; paid for breakfast, 1s.;
barber, 6d.; horses, 10d.; at Dorking, dinner and wine, 3s. 8d.;
horses, 1s.
July 3rd.--To Harrow speeches {77}; breakfasted at the 'King's
Head,' dined with Dr. Heath.
Dec. 30th.--Mrs. Evelyn and Hugh dined here.
1784, March 11th.--To the Antiquary Society; supped at Holylands
Coffee House, with Mr. Gough {78}, Mr. Ord, Mr. Turner, Dr.
Hamilton, Mr. Grose, Dr. Nash, and others.
22nd.--To Bath by coach, set out at 4, arrived at 8.
July 24th.--Rode with Mr. Topham {79} 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. 19th.--Dined at the Club at Dorking; Duke of Norfolk, Sir Wm.
Gray, &c.
Dec. 26th.--At home; physick. {80}
1785, Jan. 3rd.--Mr. and Mrs. Polhill and nephew, Mr. and Mrs.
Duncumb and John Duncumb dined here.
4th.--Edward and I rode to Sir Fredk. Evelyn's; dined at Mr.
Godschall's.
5th.--The tenants dined here.
6th.--Edward and I rode to Mr. Polhill's, and dined.
7th.--Edward and I dined at Captn. Finch's; Lady Aylesford and two
daughters, Captn. Edward Finch, and Mr. Morden there.
Feb. 19th.--To Drury Lane; 'Macbeth' Mrs. Siddons.
June 26th (Sunday).--Edward and I walked to Albury Church; dined at
Mr. Polhill's; with him in his chaise to Shere Church; {81} went to
Captn. Pitt's; {82} drank tea at Sir Frederick's.
July 13th.--Attended the Sessions; dined with the Justices at the
'White Hart;' lay at Loseley.
14th.--Breakfasted with Mr. Mellersh; dined at Loseley; drank tea
at Mr. Shurlock's.
1786, Jan. 7th.--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 6th.--Guildford races. Very unwell; did not go up to the
Downs.
July 14th. -To Tooting, and held a court; dined and drank tea at
Mr. Rice's. {83}
Aug. 2nd.--To Eaton Bray. {84}
31st.--To Canterbury.
Dec. 28th.--Dined and lay at Mrs. Tucker's, Sir Henry and Lady St.
John; {85} whist, won 9s.
1787, Jan. 10th.--To Quarter Sessions in Borough; dined with the
Justices; whist, Sir Joseph Mawbey, {86} Pardon, Lawson, and
others, till 10, won 10s. 6d.
Aug. 28th.--Dined at home. Miss Malthus, and Miss Menzies, Mr. R.
Malthus, {87} and Mr. John Duncumb, drank tea.
29th.--Dined at Mr. Godschall's; Mr. and Mrs. Polhill and Mr.
Wollaston there; whist till 10; won 8s.
30th.--Dined at the Club at Dorking, Sir Fredk. Evelyn, &c.; paid
for dinner, 4s. 6d.
31st.--Set out at 6; breakfasted at Epsom; home at 1; paid for
breakfast, 1s.; bait of horses, 1s.
Oct. 26th.--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 {88}; breakfasted; to
Mr. Sharp {89}, with him to Cranham.
1788, June 9th.--Drank tea at Mr. Ruding's. {90}
10th.--With Miss Adees, Mary and Caroline, to Vauxhall; home at 12.
Aug. 25th. {91}--Mr. and Mrs. Shurlock dined.
26th.--Dined at Mr. Taylor's.
27th.--Mr. Godschall dined with us.
28th.--To Mrs. Haynes, and dined.
29th.--Mr. Prickett, Mr. Woodroffe; and Mr. T. Duncumb dined with
us.
30th.--To Reigate, and lay at the 'White Hart.'
31st.--Dined with Mr. Barnes; to Mr. Fanshawe, {92} and lay.
Oct. 24th.--We all dined and supped at Mrs. Malthus's; whist, won
3s. 6d.
1789, Feb. 10th.--Council at the Society of Antiquaries; {93} to
the House of Commons.
April 28th.--Drank tea at Mr. Malthus's.
29th.--Drank tea at Mr. Shurlock's.
30th.--Dined at Mr. Webb's. {94}
May 1st.--To Mr. Leech, at Witley; lay at Mr. Webb's.
2nd.--After breakfast, to Mr. Manning; dined at Mr. Mellersh's.
3rd.--Dined at Mr. Duncumb's; to Mr. Malthus; drank tea at Mr.
Godschall's.
14th.--Miss Adees, Mr. Robert Malthus, and Mr. Martyr, dined with
us; supped at Lincoln's Inn Coffee House (with his antiquary
friends).
June 18th.--Dined with the Duke of Norfolk; {95} home at 8.
July 3rd.--Called at Mr. Eckersall's; {96} drank tea at Dorking.
Aug. 10th.--To Hazlegrove; lay there (Sir Hy. St John Mildmay's).
Nov. 7th.--To Sir H. Mildmay, at Dogmersfield, and lay.
Dec. 25th.--My dear daughter Caroline died this morning, after a
fever of a few days. {97}
1790, July 24th.--Dined at Sir Fredk. Evelyn's.
25th, Sunday.--Dined at Captn. Finch's; drank tea at Mr. Malthus's.
26th.--Dined at Mr. Duncumb's.
27th.--Mr. R. Malthus and the Misses dined here, with Cath. and Mr.
and Mrs. Polhill, and Mr. S. Godschall.
28th.--Dined at Mr. Shurlock's.
29th.--Dined at Mr. Thompson's.
30th.--Mr. Duncumb and Mr. Thos. and Robt. Duncumb supped here.
31st.--Drank tea at Mr. Malthus's. {98}
Sept. 1st.--To Mr. Jenkins', at Putney, and dined; home at 8.
3rd.--Took up Mr. Clutton, at Walworth, and went with him to Sir
Peter Burrell's, {99} at Beckenham.
1791, June 9th.--Dined at Sir Charles Gould's, with the directors
of the Equitable Society. Supped at the Coffee House, Brand,
Turner, and others.
Sept. 29th.--Dined at Sir Wm. Hillman's, Lord Say and Sele, Mr.
Jenkinson, Mr. Fanshawe, sen.; drank tea at Mrs. Molyneux's.
30th.--Sir William Hillman, Mr. Willis, Mr. Jenkinson, and Mr.
Saml. Dyson, dined here.
Oct. 16th, Sunday.--Dined at Captn. Finch's, Mr. Onslow there.
23rd, Sunday.--Dined at Capt. Finch's.
1792, Jan. 2nd.--Set out ground to widen Sherborne Lane. In the
evening rode to Capt. Onslow's, at Ripley, and lay there.
3rd.--Breakfasted there, and to town in the Godalming coach.
Feb. 8th.--Dined at Edward's, with Mr. Malthus and family; child
christened; whist, won 3s.; paid nurse, &c., 3 pounds 3s.
18th.--To Lord Sydney, and with him to Frognal, and lay there.
19th, Sunday.--Returned at 2.
March 1st.--Mr. Willis dined here; with him to the Antiquary
Society; supped at the Coffee House, Lord Leicester, &c., there.
April 12th.--To Mr. Strode, at Loseley, and dined; to Mr. Webb, at
Milford, and lay.
1796, Dec. 14th.--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.
24th.--Very hard frost. {100}
1797, Feb. 25th.--Dined at Edward's, Mr. Godschall, senior, &c.;
Reginald christened; paid Edward Duncumb for a drawing of Combe
Bottom, 2 pounds 2s.; frame and glass, 10s. 6d.
March 21st.--Dined at the 'Crown and Anchor' (Antiquaries' Club),
Dr. Hamilton, Sir Wm. Musgrave, Mr. Charles Townshend, Mr. Weston,
Seward, Brand, Ord, Lysons; tea at the Coffee House (Holyland's)
paid, for dinner, 2s.; tea, 11d.
Aug. 14th.--In Southampton long coach to town at 6; breakfasted at
Alton; dined at 'Catherine Wheel,' at Egham; drank tea at
Hatchett's.
24th.--Rode with Edward to Mr. Jenkins's, at Putney, dined and
drank tea. Home at 8.
Oct. 13th.--To Leatherhead to Mr. Cooper's; to Shere; no dinner.
14th.--Dined at the 'White Hart,' Guildford; drank tea at Mr.
Polhill's (Albury).
15th, Sunday.--To Albury Church; dined at Mr. Malthus's.
22nd.--To Mr. Currie at East Horsley; dined and lay there.
Nov. 3rd.--To Mr. Austen's; he died about 9.
11th.--With Mr. Halsey and Dr. Benamore at 1; from Mr. Austen's
house with the funeral; dined at Kingston; lay at the 'White Lion,'
Cobham.
12th.--Mr. Coussmaher and Mr. Martyr met us at the 'Green Man'; got
to Shalford by 1.
16th.--With Master Austen to Harrow.
Dec. 16th.--To Guildford; dined at the Club; whist; paid 5s.; won
3s.
17th.--Dined and lay at Mr. Martyr's.
20th.--With Edward in coach to Lord Grantley's, in Sloane Street,
and dined; paid coach and turnpike, 4s. 2d.
1798, Jan. 19th.--To Lord Grenville, the Duke of Portland, {101}
&c.; dined at Mr. Harrison's.
23rd.--Dined at the 'Crown and Anchor' with the Antiquaries' Club,
Dr. Hamilton, Sir Wm. Musgrave, Dr. Halifax, Topham, Brand, Lysons,
Charles Townshend, &c.
30th.--Dined with the Antiquaries' Club, Weston, Townley, &c.
Feb. 18th.--Inflammation in the eye; paid for golden ointment, 1s.
9d.
March 4th, Sunday.--To Church; Mr. Bayley {102} and Mr. Baxendale
called.
1799, Jan. 14th.--Supped at Mr. Baxendale's; whist.
15th.--Dined at Mr. Ord's, Brand, Sabine, &c.
16th.--Mr. Hogarth and Mr. and Mrs. Harrison dined here.
17th.--Dined at General Rainsford's, Sir George Osborn, Colonel
Sloane, and Mr. Rose Fuller.
Feb. 19th.--Dined at the 'Crown and Anchor,' Sir Joseph Banks,
Lysons, &c.
July 2nd.--Mr. Waddilove {103} and Salter dined here.
3rd.--Mr. Peach, Dealtry, {104} Brand, and Mrs. Davis dined here.
4th.--Drank tea at Mrs. Austen's.
5th.--Dined at Mr. Dealtry's, Mr. James Farrar, Mr. Blake, &c.
6th.--To Mr. Ruding's (at Maldon), and breakfasted; dined at Mr.
Filewood's; drank tea at Dr. Taylor's.
12th.--Mr. and Mrs. Duncumb and Mr. T. Duncumb dined here.
13th.--Breakfasted with Mr. Currie; dined and lay at Sir John
Frederick's.
14th, Sunday.--After breakfast, to Peto, {105} at Stoke D'Abernon,
and to Church there; dined and drank tea at Mr. Cooke's.
31st.--Drank tea at Mr. Malthus's; walked through his coppices,
Miss Dalton there.
Sept. 19th.--To Lord Sydney (in Grosvenor Square), and dined; drank
tea at Mr. Andrewes's. {106}
Nov. 17th, Sunday.--To Church; Dr. Willis and Serjeant Bayley
called.
19th.--Mr. Jebb dined here.
20th.--Charity School Meeting.
21st.--Major Molyneux, Captain Vincent, Mr. Fanshawe, Mr. Willis,
Mr. Andrewes, and Mr. Ruding dined here.
22nd.--Mr. and Mrs. Godschall dined here; paid for lottery tickets,
8 pounds 4s.
23rd.--Dined and supped at Mrs. Davis's, Sir Nash Grose, &c.;
whist.
24th.--To Church; Dr. Willis, Mr. Penneck, and Mr. Baxendale
called.
Dec. 22.--Not well. {107}
Mr. Bray left notes of his travels bound together, and making a
large book. Most of the houses he saw are fully described. He was
never on the Continent or in Ireland.