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.