Diary of William Bray [3]
for Master Jacky and myself, 1.5d.
Aug. 6th.--Wheat, under 10 pounds.
Sept. 11th, Sunday.--A brief for the repair of the groins at Brighthelmstone; paid 6d.
27th.--Miss Molly Flutter married to Mr. Chandler. {12}
Oct. 6th.--Miss Jeale married to Mr. Maxhill.
Nov. 7th.--Paid earnest of coach, {13} 2s. 6d. Wine at the 'White Hart,' 6d.
10th.--Paid remainder for coach, 2s. 6d., coachman, 6d.; dinner at chop-house, 10d.; breakfast on the road, 9d.; coffee in the afternoon, 4d.
12th.--To Drury Lane Theatre: 'King Lear,' by Garrick. Agreed with the barber for shaving me at 6s. a quarter.
14th.--To the theatre: Garrick as Don Felix, in 'The Wonder.'
23rd.--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.
28th.--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, 7s.; servant, 1s. Admission on stamp, 6 pounds 6s. At 8 with Jenkins and James {14} to the Robin Hood Society. Stayed there till past 9, then went into a room below and stayed till 11.
30th.--Paid 10s. 6d. for entering as a pupil of Mons. Prieur, a French master. {15}
Dec. 1st.--To Covent Garden Theatre. Paid for a fortnight's board and lodging, 1 pound 4s.; for a bushel of coals, 1s. 2d. Tea at Prosser's coffee-house, 4d.; wine after dinner, 3d.; a pound of candles, 7d.
7th.--To chambers (Mr. Adderley's) till near 7, then James came home with me. At whist till 11.
9th.--To chambers. Home to dinner. At 4 to Drury Lane Theatre: 'The Careless Husband'--Lord Chalkstone, Mr. Garrick.
10th.--To Mr. Adderley's till dinner. Thither in the afternoon. At 6 drank tea with Jenkins.
11th.--To chambers; after dinner there again. Home at 7; at 9, Jenkins, James, and Mersing, at whist till 11.
Dec. 12th.--To chambers. Paid for cyder with James, after dinner, 3d.; wine with Mersing at night, 3d.
14th.--At whist with Jenkins, James, and Mersing.
17th.--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.
21st.--With Boughton and James; mobbed it for the first row of the upper gallery at Drury Lane, which we got.
22nd.--To Drury Lane; an old play of Shirley's, 'The Gamesters,' revived.
23rd.--To chambers; after dinner to d0. At 7, home; Jenkins, James, and Boughton, to whist till 11.
25th.--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.
27th.--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.
28th.--To an auction of books {16} at the 'Robin Hood.'
31st.--Between 9 and 10 Mrs. Mouling sent for me, to play at whist with her son and daughter till 11.
1758, Jan. 2nd.--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. 1st, 1758.--In my pocket, 1 pound 5s. 5d.; purse, 17 pounds 9s. 6d.; money laid out for my brother, &c. 2 pounds 7s. 7.5d.; due from my mother at Christmas, 2 pounds 2s.; in my card purse, {17} 12s. 2d.; Bank 3 per cent. Reduced Annuities, 100 pounds.
'Of wife and children, debts and taxes clear, 123 pounds 16s. 8.5d.'
Jan. 29th, Sunday.--Between 2 and 3 to the Speaker's to dinner; sat an hour before dinner; paid the servant, 2s.
Feb. 19th, 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.
21st.--Took a place in the Godalming Machine.
22nd.--To
Aug. 6th.--Wheat, under 10 pounds.
Sept. 11th, Sunday.--A brief for the repair of the groins at Brighthelmstone; paid 6d.
27th.--Miss Molly Flutter married to Mr. Chandler. {12}
Oct. 6th.--Miss Jeale married to Mr. Maxhill.
Nov. 7th.--Paid earnest of coach, {13} 2s. 6d. Wine at the 'White Hart,' 6d.
10th.--Paid remainder for coach, 2s. 6d., coachman, 6d.; dinner at chop-house, 10d.; breakfast on the road, 9d.; coffee in the afternoon, 4d.
12th.--To Drury Lane Theatre: 'King Lear,' by Garrick. Agreed with the barber for shaving me at 6s. a quarter.
14th.--To the theatre: Garrick as Don Felix, in 'The Wonder.'
23rd.--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.
28th.--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, 7s.; servant, 1s. Admission on stamp, 6 pounds 6s. At 8 with Jenkins and James {14} to the Robin Hood Society. Stayed there till past 9, then went into a room below and stayed till 11.
30th.--Paid 10s. 6d. for entering as a pupil of Mons. Prieur, a French master. {15}
Dec. 1st.--To Covent Garden Theatre. Paid for a fortnight's board and lodging, 1 pound 4s.; for a bushel of coals, 1s. 2d. Tea at Prosser's coffee-house, 4d.; wine after dinner, 3d.; a pound of candles, 7d.
7th.--To chambers (Mr. Adderley's) till near 7, then James came home with me. At whist till 11.
9th.--To chambers. Home to dinner. At 4 to Drury Lane Theatre: 'The Careless Husband'--Lord Chalkstone, Mr. Garrick.
10th.--To Mr. Adderley's till dinner. Thither in the afternoon. At 6 drank tea with Jenkins.
11th.--To chambers; after dinner there again. Home at 7; at 9, Jenkins, James, and Mersing, at whist till 11.
Dec. 12th.--To chambers. Paid for cyder with James, after dinner, 3d.; wine with Mersing at night, 3d.
14th.--At whist with Jenkins, James, and Mersing.
17th.--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.
21st.--With Boughton and James; mobbed it for the first row of the upper gallery at Drury Lane, which we got.
22nd.--To Drury Lane; an old play of Shirley's, 'The Gamesters,' revived.
23rd.--To chambers; after dinner to d0. At 7, home; Jenkins, James, and Boughton, to whist till 11.
25th.--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.
27th.--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.
28th.--To an auction of books {16} at the 'Robin Hood.'
31st.--Between 9 and 10 Mrs. Mouling sent for me, to play at whist with her son and daughter till 11.
1758, Jan. 2nd.--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. 1st, 1758.--In my pocket, 1 pound 5s. 5d.; purse, 17 pounds 9s. 6d.; money laid out for my brother, &c. 2 pounds 7s. 7.5d.; due from my mother at Christmas, 2 pounds 2s.; in my card purse, {17} 12s. 2d.; Bank 3 per cent. Reduced Annuities, 100 pounds.
'Of wife and children, debts and taxes clear, 123 pounds 16s. 8.5d.'
Jan. 29th, Sunday.--Between 2 and 3 to the Speaker's to dinner; sat an hour before dinner; paid the servant, 2s.
Feb. 19th, 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.
21st.--Took a place in the Godalming Machine.
22nd.--To