Extracts from the Diary of William Bray

by William Bray

[40c] He was subject all his life to inflammatory disorder, and frequently took physic.

[41a] He went to Church every Sunday, but he did not think it wrong to use his carriage and horses, or to travel on that day. Mr. Polhill, the Rector of Albury, used to go to church in his carriage.

[41b] Abinger Hall. Afterwards Lady Donegal’s.

[41c] Mr. Rice was lord of the Manor of Tooting.

[41d] The Eaten Bray estate was inherited by Mr. Bray’s ancestor, Sir Edward Bray, as heir male of Lord Bray, and sold by him.

[41e] They became clients, and the family have remained among the best clients of Mr. Bray’s firm.

[42a] Sir Joseph Mawbey was member for Surrey;made a fortune by a distillery. Mr. Briscoe derived the manor of Epsom from his daughter.

[42b] Mr. Malthus had left the Rookery, and was living at Albury, in the house afterwards Colonel Clive’s.

[42c] An instance of Mr. Bray’s activity.

[42d] Granville Sharp. General Oglethorpe lived for some years at Westbrook, Godalming.