_Oct._ 6_th_.—Miss Jeale married to Mr. Maxhill.
_Nov._ 7_th_.—Paid earnest of coach, {14c} 2_s._ 6_d._ Wine at the
‘White Hart,’ 6_d._
10_th_.—Paid remainder for coach, 2_s._ 6_d._, coachman, 6_d._; dinner at
chop-house, 10_d._; breakfast on the road, 9_d._; coffee in the
afternoon, 4_d._
12_th_.—To Drury Lane Theatre: ‘King Lear,’ by Garrick. Agreed with the
barber for shaving me at 6_s._ a quarter.
14_th_.—To the theatre: Garrick as Don Felix, in ‘The Wonder.’
23_rd_.—At 4 to Drury Lane; the King being there to-night, very much
crowded. Miss Gunning and her two sisters and a number of people of
quality. ‘The Tempest,’ and ‘Harlequin Ranger’; both very foolish to
see. Home at 10.
28_th_.—I was sworn in to-day in the King’s Bench as an Attorney of that
Court. Paid Judges’ clerk, when I went to be examined, 7_s._; servant,
1_s._ Admission on stamp, £6. 6_s._ At 8 with Jenkins and James {15a}
to the Robin Hood Society. Stayed there till past 9, then went into a
room below and stayed till 11.
30_th_.—Paid 10_s._ 6_d._ for entering as a pupil of Mons. Prieur, a
French master. {15b}
_Dec._ 1_st_.—To Covent Garden Theatre. Paid for a fortnight’s board and
lodging, £1. 4_s._; for a bushel of coals, 1_s._ 2_d._ Tea at Prosser’s
coffee-house, 4_d._; wine after dinner, 3_d._; a pound of candles, 7_d._
7_th_.—To chambers (Mr. Adderley’s) till near 7, then James came home
with me. At whist till 11.
9_th_.—To chambers. Home to dinner. At 4 to Drury Lane Theatre: ‘The
Careless Husband’—Lord Chalkstone, Mr. Garrick.
10_th_.—To Mr. Adderley’s till dinner. Thither in the afternoon. At 6
drank tea with Jenkins.
11_th_.—To chambers; after dinner there again. Home at 7; at 9, Jenkins,
James, and Mersing, at whist till 11.
_Dec._ 12_th_.—To chambers. Paid for cyder with James, after dinner,
3_d._; wine with Mersing at night, 3_d._
14_th_.—At whist with Jenkins, James, and Mersing.
17_th_.—Jenkins and James came home with me at 7; played at draughts with
Jenkins. Afterwards Boughton came and took us to his lodgings; at whist
till 11.
21_st_.—With Boughton and James; mobbed it for the first row of the upper
gallery at Drury Lane, which we got.
22_nd_.—To Drury Lane; an old play of Shirley’s, ‘The Gamesters,’
revived.
23_rd_.—To chambers; after dinner to do. At 7, home; Jenkins, James, and
Boughton, to whist till 11.
25_th_.—To the Temple Chapel, at the Sacrament. In the afternoon with
James and Boughton to the Romish Chapel in Lincoln’s Inn Fields; then to
Mrs. Emily’s and drank tea. Home at 8.
27_th_.—With Boughton to St. Michael’s Church, Cornhill, and heard part
of a sermon; afterwards to St. Mildred’s, and heard part of the prayers.
At whist with Sibthorpe, Boughton, and Jenkins till near 11.
28_th_.—To an auction of books {16} at the ‘Robin Hood.’
31_st_.—Between 9 and 10 Mrs. Mouling sent for me, to play at whist with
her son and daughter till 11.
1758, _Jan._ 2_nd_.—To chambers at 4 till past 7; then home; Boughton,
Daniel, and Mersing came, and played at whist till 12.
The following is written on a slip of paper:—‘_Jan._ 1_st_, 1758.—In my
pocket, £1. 5_s._ 5_d._; purse, £17. 9_s._ 6_d._; money laid out for my
brother, &c. £2. 7_s._ 7½_d._; due from my mother at Christmas, £2.
2_s._; in my card purse, {17a} 12_s._ 2_d._; Bank 3 per cent. Reduced
Annuities, £100.
‘Of wife and children, debts and taxes clear, £123. 16_s._ 8½_d._’
_Jan._ 29_th_, _Sunday_.—Between 2 and 3 to the Speaker’s to dinner; sat
an hour before dinner; paid the servant, 2_s._
_Feb._ 19_th_, _Sunday_.—To St. Dunstan’s Church. After dinner called on
Mr. Maxwell; then to church at St. Andrew’s, Holborn; called on Mersing;
soon after 4 Sam Ford came in; I stayed with him till past 7; then went
home and got my fire lighted, and at 9 they came and stayed till 12.
21_st_.—Took a place in the Godalming Machine.
22_nd_.—To the ‘New Inn,’ Western Bridge, soon after 6; waited till 7;
there being eight passengers, they sent a chaise in which I and a
gentleman came; stopped at Cobham; arrived at Guildford {17b} between 3
and 4. Paid coach, 5_s._; breakfast at Cobham, 18. coachman, 1_s._
_April_ 17_th_.—At 6 set out in the coach for London. Dined at Kingston;
in about 5. With James and Jenkins to Mr. Boughton’s; at whist till 11.
Paid coach and man, 5_s._ 6_d._; dinner, 2_s._
18_th_.—To the play: ‘The Provoked Husband,’ Mr. Garrick.
19_th_.—Breakfasted with James at Johnstone’s Coffee House, Charing
Cross. Paid for chocolate and muffin, 2½_d._
23_rd_, _Sunday_.—To St. Dunstan’s Church; walked in Lincoln’s Inn
Gardens; to Mr. Emily’s to dinner; to the chapel in Russell Court; walked
in the Park; at Slaughter’s Coffee House for half-an-hour; at 8 called on
Boughton.
25_th_.—To Don Saltero’s at Chelsea; paid for breakfast there, 13½_d._;
to Marylebone, played at bowls there; at 5, Ford came; he stayed till 7;
then I went to the ‘Crown and Rolls.’ Home about 12.
_May_ 1_st_.—I catched a great cold yesterday; James and I went home with
Jenkins; at cribbage till 11.
8_th_.—Dined in Butcher Row, 9_d._; went to hear Green, the Methodist,
dispute in Fetter Lane—shameful. With Jenkins at cribbage till past 11.
10_th_.—Breakfasted with Mr. Street; at 11 to the Bank, and sold £25
stock; {18} at 4 dined with Mr. Adderley at the ‘White Lion,’ in Wych
Street; drank tea with Clare; between 7 and 8 Gordon and I went to Covent
Garden: ‘Miss in her teens,’ &c. Fribble, Mr. Shuter.
11_th_.—With Jenkins to Marylebone Bowling green, at bowls. Home at 9;
then an hour at the ‘Bell.’
18_th_.—Breakfasted at home; James dined here; he fetched a pigeon pye;
afterwards to Prosser’s, where Pitts came to me; at 6 Emily came; we took
boat at the Temple, landed at Lambeth, and walked to Vauxhall; supped
there. Home about 12; very pleasant evening; paid for supper at
Vauxhall, 2_s._; going in, 1_s._
19_th_.—Breakfasted at New Exchange Coffee House; dined at Betty’s with
Mr. Gordon; then to Drury Lane—‘The Rehearsal,’ Bayes, Mr. Garrick; paid
for breakfast, 6_d._; a letter, 3_d._; dinner and wine, 1_s._ 4_d._
20_th_.—Jenkins, James, and I walked to Marylebone; at bowls till 8; then
we went to the ‘Sugar Loaf’ in Bell Yard; wine at Marylebone, 6_d._;
supper, 4½_d._
22_nd_.—Boughton, James, and I to Islington, to a bowling-green there;
paid for cyder, ham, &c. 7½_d._
26_th_.—Dined with Mr. Adderley at the ‘White Lion,’ there till 6.
27_th_.—To the Bowling-green beyond the Foundling Hospital.
29_th_.—James and I walked to Marylebone, bowls there; between 4 and 5 we
went to see ‘Hamlet,’ by Mr. Garrick.
_June_ 6_th_.—Got up between 4 and 5; Jenkins and James breakfasted with
me at the ‘Angel’; at 6, set out in the coach for Guildford; stopped at
Kingston; dined at Cobham; in about 4; to Miss Stevens’.