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.