Part 5

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 Coffee House for half-an-hour; at 8 called on Boughton.

25th.—To Don Saltero’s at Chelsea; paid for breakfast there, 13½d.; 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 1st.—I catched a great cold yesterday; James and I went home with Jenkins; at cribbage till 11.

8th.—Dined in Butcher Row, 9d.; went to hear Green, the Methodist, dispute in Fetter Lane—shameful. With Jenkins at cribbage till past 11.

10th.—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.

11th.—With Jenkins to Marylebone Bowling green, at bowls. Home at 9; then an hour at the ‘Bell.’

18th.—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, 2s.; going in, 1s.

19th.—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, 6d.; a letter, 3d.; dinner and wine, 1s. 4d.

20th.—Jenkins, James, and I walked to Marylebone; at bowls till 8; then we went to the ‘Sugar Loaf’ in Bell Yard; wine at Marylebone, 6d.; supper, 4½d.

22nd.—Boughton, James, and I to Islington, to a bowling-green there; paid for cyder, ham, &c. 7½d.

26th.—Dined with Mr. Adderley at the ‘White Lion,’ there till 6.

27th.—To the Bowling-green beyond the Foundling Hospital.

29th.—James and I walked to Marylebone, bowls there; between 4 and 5 we went to see ‘Hamlet,’ by Mr. Garrick.

June 6th.—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’.

7th.—To the Bowling-green; to Miss Stevens’. {20a}

9th.—Walked with Miss Stevens up Marrow Lane.

July 10th.—Miss Stevens and I drank tea at Mrs. Greenley’s; sat in her pavilion.

Aug. 24th.—Dined with my uncle, Duncumb, at Shere; at 5 to Sir John Evelyn’s, drank tea there; paid my uncle’s servant, 1s.; Sir John’s, 1s.

28th.—Dined with the Mayor at the ‘White Hart.’ A great many gentlemen from all parts of the country; there till 6; received of Mr. Fawkes, making his will, 3s. 6d.

Sept. 2nd.—Dined at the ‘Tuns,’ paid 9d.; drank tea and supped with Miss Stevens; Mrs. Ford came in, and afterwards Miss Adee {20b} and Miss Patty.

7th.—Walked with Miss Stevens to Mr. Emily’s at Clandon; dined there, cards in the evening.

8th.—To Mr. Engelstoft’s; Mr. Cunningham and Mr. Mellersh there; at whist till 12.

12th.—To Sir John Evelyn’s, to breakfast.

17th.—Between 4 and 5 to the Green; played three games, lost two; between 7 and 8 sat down to whist there with Mr. Englestoft, Mr. Mellersh, and Mr. Hunt. Home before 11.