1797, _Feb._ 25_th_.—Dined at Edward’s, Mr. Godschall, senior, &c.;
Reginald christened; paid Edward Duncumb for a drawing of Combe Bottom,
£2. 2_s._; frame and glass, 10_s._ 6_d._
_March_ 21_st_.—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, 2_s._; tea, 11_d._
_Aug._ 14_th_.—In Southampton long coach to town at 6; breakfasted at
Alton; dined at ‘Catherine Wheel,’ at Egham; drank tea at Hatchett’s.
24_th_.—Rode with Edward to Mr. Jenkins’s, at Putney, dined and drank
tea. Home at 8.
_Oct._ 13_th_.—To Leatherhead to Mr. Cooper’s; to Shere; no dinner.
14_th_.—Dined at the ‘White Hart,’ Guildford; drank tea at Mr. Polhill’s
(Albury).
15_th_, _Sunday_.—To Albury Church; dined at Mr. Malthus’s.
22_nd_.—To Mr. Currie at East Horsley; dined and lay there.
_Nov._ 3_rd_.—To Mr. Austen’s; he died about 9.
11_th_.—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.
12_th_.—Mr. Coussmaher and Mr. Martyr met us at the ‘Green Man’; got to
Shalford by 1.
16_th_.—With Master Austen to Harrow.
_Dec._ 16_th_.—To Guildford; dined at the Club; whist; paid 5_s._; won
3_s._
17_th_.—Dined and lay at Mr. Martyr’s.
20_th_.—With Edward in coach to Lord Grantley’s, in Sloane Street, and
dined; paid coach and turnpike, 4_s._ 2_d._
1798, _Jan._ 19_th_.—To Lord Grenville, the Duke of Portland, {47a} &c.;
dined at Mr. Harrison’s.
23_rd_.—Dined at the ‘Crown and Anchor’ with the Antiquaries’ Club, Dr.
Hamilton, Sir Wm. Musgrave, Dr. Halifax, Topham, Brand, Lysons, Charles
Townshend, &c.
30_th_.—Dined with the Antiquaries’ Club, Weston, Townley, &c.
_Feb._ 18_th_.—Inflammation in the eye; paid for golden ointment, 1_s._
9_d._
_March_ 4_th_, _Sunday_.—To Church; Mr. Bayley {47b} and Mr. Baxendale
called.
1799, _Jan._ 14_th_.—Supped at Mr. Baxendale’s; whist.
15_th_.—Dined at Mr. Ord’s, Brand, Sabine, &c.
16_th_.—Mr. Hogarth and Mr. and Mrs. Harrison dined here.
17_th_.—Dined at General Rainsford’s, Sir George Osborn, Colonel Sloane,
and Mr. Rose Fuller.
_Feb._ 19_th_.—Dined at the ‘Crown and Anchor,’ Sir Joseph Banks, Lysons,
&c.
_July_ 2_nd_.—Mr. Waddilove {47c} and Salter dined here.
3_rd_.—Mr. Peach, Dealtry, {47d} Brand, and Mrs. Davis dined here.
4_th_.—Drank tea at Mrs. Austen’s.
5_th_.—Dined at Mr. Dealtry’s, Mr. James Farrar, Mr. Blake, &c.
6_th_.—To Mr. Ruding’s (at Maldon), and breakfasted; dined at Mr.
Filewood’s; drank tea at Dr. Taylor’s.
12_th_.—Mr. and Mrs. Duncumb and Mr. T. Duncumb dined here.
13_th_.—Breakfasted with Mr. Currie; dined and lay at Sir John
Frederick’s.
14_th_, _Sunday_.—After breakfast, to Peto, {48a} at Stoke D’Abernon, and
to Church there; dined and drank tea at Mr. Cooke’s.
31_st_.—Drank tea at Mr. Malthus’s; walked through his coppices, Miss
Dalton there.
_Sept._ 19_th_.—To Lord Sydney (in Grosvenor Square), and dined; drank
tea at Mr. Andrewes’s. {48b}
_Nov._ 17_th_, _Sunday_.—To Church; Dr. Willis and Serjeant Bayley
called.
19_th_.—Mr. Jebb dined here.
20_th_.—Charity School Meeting.
21_st_.—Major Molyneux, Captain Vincent, Mr. Fanshawe, Mr. Willis, Mr.
Andrewes, and Mr. Ruding dined here.
22_nd_.—Mr. and Mrs. Godschall dined here; paid for lottery tickets, £8.
4_s._
23_rd_.—Dined and supped at Mrs. Davis’s, Sir Nash Grose, &c.; whist.
24_th_.—To Church; Dr. Willis, Mr. Penneck, and Mr. Baxendale called.
_Dec._ 22.—Not well. {49}
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.
His first excursion after his tour in Wales in 1769, was in 1774, into
Leicestershire and the adjoining counties, when he visited the Field of
Bosworth, where it is said that Sir Reginald Bray picked up King
Richard’s crown, and gave it to Lord Stanley, who presented it to the
Duke.
In the same year 1774, he went twice to the Lakes. Number of miles
travelled, 703 and 657.
1775.—The tour of which he published an account.
1776.—Gloucestershire, &c., 506 miles.
1777.—Northamptonshire, Leicestershire.
1778.—Wales, 637 miles.
1779.—Matlock, Buxton.
1780.—Nottinghamshire.
1781.—The Peak.
1782.—Bath, Worcester, Malvern, 406 miles.
1783.—Hastings, Tunbridge Wells, Isle of Wight, 659 miles.
1784.—Brighton, 225 miles.
1785.—Bristol, 302 miles.
1786.—Cambridge, Dover, Ramsgate.
1787.—Essex, 410 miles.
1788.—Luton, Dunstable, 346 miles.
1789.—Glastonbury, Weymouth, Lyme, 520 miles.
1790.—Winchester.
1792.—Oxford.
1793.—Colchester, Lowestoft, 312 miles. Woburn, Eton, Bray, Wales.
1794.—Yorkshire.
1795.—Arundel, Petworth.
1796.—Ross, Ledbury, 392 miles.
1797.—Shrewsbury, Dovedale, 614 miles.
1798.—Norwich, Ipswich, 285 miles.
1799.—Brecon, Llandovery, 441 miles.