married this morning.

18th.—Mr. and Mrs. Ford dined here.

24th.—Dined at Mr. Ford’s with all the Flutters.

27th.—To Middle Church.  Mrs. Ford made her appearance.

28th.—To the Artillery Ground, to see the Hessians [14a] exercise, and one of them run the gauntlet.

May 7th.—Some people got together at Petworth and thereabouts, and seized some corn belonging to engrossers.

11th.—Wheat £20. 15s. a load.

June 21st.—Paid for half-a-pint of strawberries for Master Jacky and myself, 1½d.

Aug. 6th.—Wheat, under £10.

Sept. 11th, Sunday.—A brief for the repair of the groins at Brighthelmstone; paid 6d.

27th.—Miss Molly Flutter married to Mr. Chandler. [14b]

Oct. 6th.—Miss Jeale married to Mr. Maxhill.

Nov. 7th.—Paid earnest of coach, [14c] 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. 6s.  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.

30th.—Paid 10s. 6d. for entering as a pupil of Mons. Prieur, a French master. [15b]

Dec. 1st.—To Covent Garden Theatre.  Paid for a fortnight’s board and lodging, £1. 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 d^o.  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. 5s. 5d.; purse, £17. 9s. 6d.; money laid out for my brother, &c. £2. 7s. 7½d.; due from my mother at Christmas, £2. 2s.; in my card purse, [17a] 12s. 2d.; Bank 3 per cent.  Reduced Annuities, £100.

‘Of wife and children, debts and taxes clear, £123. 16s. 8½d.’

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 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, 5s.; breakfast at Cobham, 18. coachman, 1s.

April 17th.—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, 5s. 6d.; dinner, 2s.

18th.—To the play: ‘The Provoked Husband,’ Mr. Garrick.

19th.—Breakfasted with James at Johnstone’s Coffee House, Charing Cross.  Paid for chocolate and muffin, 2½d.

23rd, 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