Septr 29, 1706. £ s. d. Pd for hatt 1 11 00 Other small things 0 10 00 Mantle pr. glass 2 10 00 Wife 2 10 — Charges of journey 6 9 00 Pd Father for house 6 15 00 Pd for Chaires 4 8 00 2 Kills Beere 0 10 00 Wife for house 2 6 00 Self for Pockett 1 00 00 Glasses 12s. 6d., Table 8s. 1 00 06 Chest of Drawers & Do. 3 16 00 Nov. 18th. Wife for house 2 00 00 Linen 5 6 00 Shoes 9s., house 2l. 2 9 00 Knives 30s. 1 10 00 Months Rent, Board, & Servts wages to Michms 9 17 6 Pd wife for house 2 00 00 Linen for Ditto 3 00 6 Buttr, Cheese, & Bacon 1 12 6 W. Clark, Upholster 10 12 6 W. Litchfeilds Bill 5 2 00 House 6 weeks 12 00 00 Pd for Plate & Spoons 12 5 6 Pd Cheesemonger, St Martins 2 0 0 House 2l., Handk. & Muz. 31s. 3 11 00 106 12 00
| Septr 29, 1706. | £ | s. | d. |
| Pd for hatt | 1 | 11 | 00 |
| Other small things | 0 | 10 | 00 |
| Mantle pr. glass | 2 | 10 | 00 |
| Wife | 2 | 10 | — |
| Charges of journey | 6 | 9 | 00 |
| Pd Father for house | 6 | 15 | 00 |
| Pd for Chaires | 4 | 8 | 00 |
| 2 Kills Beere | 0 | 10 | 00 |
| Wife for house | 2 | 6 | 00 |
| Self for Pockett | 1 | 00 | 00 |
| Glasses 12s. 6d., Table 8s. | 1 | 00 | 06 |
| Chest of Drawers & Do. | 3 | 16 | 00 |
| Nov. 18th. | |||
| Wife for house | 2 | 00 | 00 |
| Linen | 5 | 6 | 00 |
| Shoes 9s., house 2l. | 2 | 9 | 00 |
| Knives 30s. | 1 | 10 | 00 |
| Months Rent, Board, & Servts wages to Michms | 9 | 17 | 6 |
| Pd wife for house | 2 | 00 | 00 |
| Linen for Ditto | 3 | 00 | 6 |
| Buttr, Cheese, & Bacon | 1 | 12 | 6 |
| W. Clark, Upholster | 10 | 12 | 6 |
| W. Litchfeilds Bill | 5 | 2 | 00 |
| House 6 weeks | 12 | 00 | 00 |
| Pd for Plate & Spoons | 12 | 5 | 6 |
| Pd Cheesemonger, St Martins | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| House 2l., Handk. & Muz. 31s. | 3 | 11 | 00 |
| 106 | 12 | 00 |
On the next page we have a reference to Sarah's wages, which were £2, 3s., but as no dates are given we are unable to decide whether this represents three or six months' hire.
We now begin to notice that besides 'wife for house,' there is another entry of 'wife for self,' which occurs pretty often, 'wife' receiving from two to three pounds at once, and finally she receives five pounds for her 'occassions,' a mysterious allusion which is perhaps explained by a reference later on to 'Parson and Clark, 13s. 3d.,' and 'Cradle and Baskitt, 11s. 6d.' Turning to the 'Diary,' we have the simple record of the birth, and sad to say the death, of his first child:
My Dear first child was born y^e 23^{rd} of June, 1707, about 10 in ye forenoon.
Christened by ye name of Eliz. ye 25 of ye same month, & dyed ye 19th of July following about 11 at night, & lyes in ye vault in St Voster's, Londn.
With the birth of the child the household expenses increase, and we find in addition to 'House 2l.' further expenses, which are noted down as 'extraordinary,' but soon cease to be looked upon as anything but ordinary.
The household seems to have been kept up on a fairly large scale, for we have mention of a 'Kate' and a 'Betsy' who also receive wages as well as 'Sarah'; but it is evident from the other side of the page that the wife's father lived with the young people and kept his own manservant, paying them for board two sums of £47, 10s. within the twelve months. Items for wine and beer are very common, one brewer's bill for six months being ten pounds! It is difficult to guess what became of the money allowed for 'House,' since the master paid servants' wages, and bills for wine, beer, coals, groceries, house-linen, butcher, butter-man, and taxes! His wife's allowance also was very liberal, and at various times he pays for the following items besides: 'For Wife's Scarf, 2l. 10s. 0d.; Wife's Callico, 1l. 7s.; Wife's Silk, 6l. 10s. 00d.; Wife, for tippet, 4l. 6s. 00d.'; in fact, according to his own showing, he appears to have given his wife ample means of providing both for the house and herself, and then to have paid all her bills as well!
Under date October 1708, we come across evidence of the arrival of another child to replace the one too soon lost. This time 'Parson and Clark' head the list, receiving 13s. 3d.; 'Gossiping money' comes to £1. 2s. 6d.; 'Coates for child, 1l. 1s. 6d.'; 'Midwife and Nurse, 3l. 4s. 6d.,' and the Diary says:
My second child John was born Octr 13th, 1708, & was baptised ye Sabbath Day following by W. Benjn. Ibbatt.
There is still another record of the birth of a daughter, who, like the first, lived but a few days.