1832

Date	Diary Entry for the year 1832	Accounts entry	Notes.
	January
1^st January 1832	At home	£301 3s 9d Brought from last Yrs Book
2^nd January 1832	Went to Charmouth when the Tunnel was opened for Public Travelling – dined at the Coach and Horses	Paid Expenses at Charmouth & Bridport £1 1 0 £4 0 0d Received of Mr Broadley for receiving his Tithes	Now closed the tunnel eased the gradient of the road between Charmouth and Axminster. It is tempting to believe he was involved somehow in its construction but we have no evidence.
3^rd January 1832	Returned Home called on Mr Broadley and settled all Accounts with him	Paid Barnett Labourer 4s £30 0 0 Reced of Mr Davis for Rawston Map for Sir J Smith £12 12 0d Reced ½ yrs dividend on 700£ due 5^th January last
4^th January 1832	About various jobs and moving Papers from above Stairs into my office below.		The Tithe map refers to him owning an extensive complex of “Dwellinghouse, Stables, Offices Gardens &c”
5^th January 1832	Mr Cockeram called in the Morning & wished me to go to Fryer Maine next Thursday-writing out Bills etc & had X.Mas [sic] party.		In Western England twelfth night could be celebrated as late as the 17^th January [due to a change in calendars]. The holding of an ‘Xmas’ party on the 5^th or 6^th is consistent with the tradition in the West Country of having a Wassail party in celebration of the cider apple.
6^th January 1832	Writing Letters paying Bills &c
7^th January 1832	Writing Names in Fields in Piddle Hinton Map
8^th January 1832	At Home
9^th January 1832	Piddle Hinton Inclosure Making Particular Survey of Qualities
10^th January 1832	Do. Do. Do.		An over exuberance of ditto’s.
11^th January 1832	Head ach [sic] and done but little – gave away the Second Poor money in the afternoon		He mentions headaches occasionally and they appear to be severe enough to stop him working. An almost unheard of event otherwise. Possibly a form of migraine.
12^th January 1832	Evershot Rent Day
13^th January 1832	Mr Cockeram Journey to Fryer Maine to settle disputes between him and Mr Billett slept at Mr Sherries		This is most likely Thomas Cockeram who lived at UpCerne some distance from Fryer Maine, West Knighton. On the other hand Cockeram’s lands on the Tithe Map were occupied by a tenant so he may have been an absentee landlord.
14^th January 1832	Done a Job for Mr Cockeram on Warmwell Down between him and Mr Billett charge for the whole 3 guineas.
15^th January 1832	At Home
16^th January 1832	Working upon “Piddle Hinton” Particular Survey
17^th January 1832	Do. and Dined at Woolcombe
18^th January 1832	Doing Various Jobs and done a little to Piddle Hinton P Survey
19^th January 1832	Do. and Dined at Oilywell	£50 0 0d Received of Mr Baldwin further on account of Premium for his son	The local name for Holywell just down the road from Evershot. He was probably dining with Charles Jesty one of the local farmers. Could this have been a fee payable for training Baldwin’s son?
20^th January 1832	Went to Ransom and measured Land Planted above the Great Coppice
21^st January 1832	Went to Yeovil and delivered my Annual Accts of Ransom up too Ly Day 1831	Paid Mr Watts on Acct of Measuring at Upwey £20 0 0d
22^nd January 1832	At home
23^rd January 1832	Went to Melbury House with Ball cartridge and there all the Morning assisting Ld Ilchester about them.		This would seem to indicate a change in the firearms the Cavalry was using although what that might have been is not known as there seems to have been no general change in armaments at this time..
24^th January 1832	Making out advertisement of Mr Champions Timber Sale and went to Bubdown [sic]
25^th January 1832	Doing various Jobs and went to Woolcombe in the afternoon
26^th January 1832	Letting Timber at Bubdown	Expenses at Dorchester 7s
27^th January 1832	Working on Piddle Hinton examining Claims &c and writing names in Furlongs	Gave Servants at Mr Hardings 1s 6d
28^th January 1832	Went to Dorchester to speak to Mr Ingram respecting Piddle Hinton claims slept at Waterson at Mr Hardings		Waterson is a small hamlet in the parish of Puddletown. Francis Ingram was a local solicitor and Clerk to the Piddlehinton inclosure.
29^th January 1832	At Waterson the whole day and slept there.		This was Waterson Manor in Puddletown. James Harding was one of the local tenant farmers.
30^th January 1832	Charminster Inclosure Viewing Bank made by Warr round the outward boundary and other matters relating to the inclosure
31^st January 1832	Valuing Bubdown Timber	IN PENCIL owe me Ransom Plantg £4 11s 10d Churchwarden £4 9 2d Mullens ?? 18 7d Potatoe Rent £1 0 10d 11 0 5d Gold 16 1 0 Silver 2 6 Bills 65 0 0 In Bank 283 6 6 £ 375 10 5d
	February
1^st February 1832	Casting Bubdown Timber and Went to Ransom
2^nd February 1832	Piddle Hinton Preparing Collecting Sheets
3^rd February 1832	Piddle Hinton Writing names in Fields and Furlongs
4^th February 1832	Preparing conditions &c for Bubdown Sale and went to Cattistock had my mare shod	Paid Mr Nobbs of Cattistock Shoeing my Mare 9s 4d
5^th February 1832	At Home and dined at Woolcombe
6^th February 1832	Bubdown Sale of Timber making conditions &c in the Morning
7^th February 1832	Went Fox Hunting		One of only three times he went hunting. James Farquharson a Colonel in the cavalry also kept a pack of hounds locally. All of the entries date from 1832 suggesting this was not something he did regularly.
8^th February 1832	Piddle Hinton Went to Piddle to complete State of Property	Pd Mrs Martin on a/c £5
9^th February 1832	At Piddle Hinton Do.	Gave Mr Knights Servants 4s Pd Mr Trenchard for a sack of oats 12s
10^th February 1832	At Piddle Hinton Do. and returned Home
11^th February 1832	Went to Ransom and Measured ten acres of the Hill for Geo Cox
12^th February 1832	At Home	Pd Jos Vine 8 weeks 12s
13^th February 1832	Gardening Setting Pease [sic] and Beans
14^th February 1832	Went to Dorchester Fair	Pd Davis for Hay Knife 5s 6d Expenses 2s	Some entries are sporadic and the Way Rates are one of them even though they were raised annually. Parishes had the responsibility of maintaining their own roads.
15^th February 1832	Working on Piddle Hinton Map completing State of Property and collecting Sheets for Geo Baldwin to begin collecting	Pd one Yrs Way Rates 16s
16^th February 1832	Preparing Collecting Sheets for Piddle Hinton	£5 7s Reced Valuing Mr Champions Timber
17^th February 1832	Scaling Maiden Newton
18^th February 1832	Went to Ransom in the Morning and Scaled a little of Maiden Newton	Pd Mrs Martin £1 Paid Thomas Cox £1 18s Paid Barrett for work 7s Paid Gardening Do. 8s 9d
19^th February 1832	At Home
20^th February 1832	Went to Stoke Common ^ forenoon and marked out width of Road of Map in afternoon and scaled part of Map in Qualities
21^st February 1832	Scaled Remainder of Stoke Common attended Turnpike Meeting at the Acorn &c
22^nd February 1832	Scaling a Little of Maiden Newton in the Morning and went to Stockwood common in the afternoon – and called on Mr Champion respg division
23^rd February 1832	Allotting Stockwood Common and made a Sketch for Mr Champion	IN PENCIL charge 10£ up to this time
24^th February 1832	Scaling Maiden Newton
25^th February 1832	Do. and went to Ransom
26^th February 1832	At Home
27^th February 1832	Hauling Dung to Ransom Land and Dined at Mr John Jennings’s with Messrs Jesty &c
28^th February 1832	Piddle Hinton Inclosure attending Commnr respg Mr Churchills claim and other matters relating to the inclosure slept at the Antelope	£3 3s 0d Received of Mr Harvey for Sketch &c of Winterbourne
29^th February 1832	Piddle Hinton & Charminster returned Home – made a day at Charminster letting Gundry the Gascoigne Road to make slept at Mr Devenish’s	Paid Mr Knights share of Bill 14s Paid my Bill Horse &c £1 8s 0d Paid for Pen Knife 3s	The Gundry family was very extensive and no attempt has been made to establish links between the various branches. The Gascoigne road still exists as Martin laid it out. [More or less].
	March
1^st March 1832	Piddle Hinton inclosure Went to Piddle Hinton respg Public Roads	Expenses at P Hinton 2s Paid Mr Jesty to Balance his bill 9s 8d Paid Labourer 3s 6d
2^nd March 1832	Went to Ransom in the Morning and Doing various Jobs in the afternoon
3^rd March 1832	Attending Mr Johnson and Mr Batten at Ransom		Mr Johnson married the daughter of John Daniell and became the Lord of the Manor of Rampisham, Martin was it’s Steward and Batten its solicitor.
4^th March 1832	At Home
5^th March 1832	Cavalry meeting at Toller Down		As well as Permanent duty once a year there were occasional meetings throughout the year.
6^th March 1832	Cavalry meeting at Sydling Barn [very Wet day-]
7^th March 1832	Scaling Maiden Newton
8^th March 1832	Do.
9^th March 1832	Went to Maiden Newton Fair [sold my Alderney – to Mr Symmonds of Gorwell	£10 Sold Alderney Paid Mr Wightman for a wheelbarrow £1 4s 0d Expenses at the Fair 2s Expenses at Dorchester 5s 6d	Fairs were held in many areas. Not to be confused with markets [which were usually held weekly] fairs were annual events and were the principal venue for sale of livestock.
10^th March 1832	Went to Dorchester to get off from serving on the Jury on Acct of Deafness		It is not clear if this was a temporary hearing loss or something more permanent. He was 52 yr’s old at the time so either option is likely.
11^th March 1832	At Home
12^th March 1832	Went to the Assizes and was discharged from serving on the Jury	Pd Mr Ash for a Hat had some time ago £1 8s 0d Expenses 4s
13^th March 1832	Went to Ransom about Planting &c
14^th March 1832	Scaling Maiden Newton
15^th – 16^th March 1832	Do.
17^th March 1832	Do. and adding up Terrier		Terriers were written lists of property, tenures and so on.
18^th March 1832	At Home
19^th March 1832	Unwell
20^th March 1832	Making Sketch of Maiden Newton Down for valuing	Paid Sartain for Pitching 6s
21^st March 1832	Fast Day – at Home		See text- personae dramatis. This short entry has an interesting story behind it.
22^nd March 1832	P Hinton inclosure Attending at Piddle Hinton respecting Roads
23^rd March 1832	Charminster Inclosure Attending at Charminster with Commnr respecting Roads and other matters	Expenses at Piddle Hinton & Charminster 2s 6d
24^th March 1832	Went Fox Hunting and caught a Violent cold	Paid Isaac Frampton for a Sack of Oats 11s	The second entry concerning fox hunting. James Farquharson was a Colonel in the Yeomanry cavalry and also kept a pack of hounds locally.
25^th March 1832	At Home	£19 4s Reced of Mr Farquharson for making Plan of Demesne Lands at Langton &c	Demesne land was land retained by the lord of the manor for his own use.
26^th March 1832	Very unwell
27^th – 29^th March 1832	Do.
30^th March 1832	Rather Better – made part of Mr Goodenough Map of West Leaze Farm	Pd 60 Poors Rates to make up the Yr £1 6s 3d	It is not clear what ‘Pd 60’ means in this context.
31^st March 1832	About Mr Goodenough’s Map		Later [in May] he is paid by Mr Goodenough for Map of his Estate at Sparkford and North Cadbury. These are adjacent villages but the tithe map of only 5 years later does not show a Mr Goodenough as a landowner or occupier. Nor is there a West Leaze farm in either parish.
	April
1^st April 1832	At Home
2^nd April 1832	Finished Mr Goodenough’s Map
3^rd April 1832	Went to Rampisham – in the morning and to Melbury House in afternoon respg Troop work
4^th April 1832	Doing Various Jobs and putting in measures into Maiden Newton Map from Mr Brownes Map [Old Inclosures]	Paid Carriage of Mr Goodenough’s Map from Mr Criswick 2s 8d
5^th April 1832	Went to Yeovil to take keep [sic] for Couplers	£30 Reced for 20 Couplers Expenses at Yeovil 8s 6d	It is not known what a coupler is. Probably a sheep of some sort.
6^th April 1832	Went to Yeovil Market and sold the Couplers to Farmer Howard of Muchelny
7^th April 1832	Measuring Land at Cattistock for Mr Fryer charge
8^th April 1832	At Home
9^th April 1832	Went to Charminster respecting the Gascoigne Road and went to Dorchester and had Edwin measured for his new clothes	Bought Books for Edwin and Arthur 7s	At 12 years old Edwin was about to go to school, hence the new clothes and books.
10^th April 1832	Maiden Newton Inclosure Examining claims with Map
11^th April 1832	Maiden Newton Inclosure Do. Do.
12^th April 1832	Piddle Hinton Inclosure Putting Qualities on the Map of West Down – and making alterations in castings on acct of the New Road
13^th April 1832	Piddle Hinton Inclosure Taking up the New Road on the East Side of the Parish in order to lay it down on the Map Mr Knight attended
14^th April 1832	Went to Dorchester with Mr Knight Dined at Mr Ingram’s with him and returned Home	Paid at Mr Knights 2s Paid for seeds &c 3s
15^th April 1832	At Home
16^th April 1832	Gardening and laying down the East Road on Piddle Hinton Map
17^th April 1832	Charminster Inclosure Attending at Charminster to settle with Gundry for the Gascoigne Road but it was not completed to my satisfaction when he agreed to cover it with Fine Gravel 1 ½ inch thick	Expenses at Charminster 1s 6d Paid Goldring Gardg 5s 4d Paid Mr Trenchard for Porters Land at Rampisham £80 Paid #### Bill for various shop goods £8 Paid ½ yrs Tithe due Mic 1832 £1 11s 0d Paid Postage on Business 6s Do. my self 2s Charminster inclosure 2s Maiden Newton Do. 1s 6d P Hinton Do. 1s 6d	Mr Trenchard was the local butcher. Many butchers appear to have had large land holdings. Food miles were virtually zero the butcher breeding, finishing and ultimately slaughtering his own animals. Porters Land was a one and a quarter acre meadow in Rampisham.
18^th April 1832	Piddle Hinton inclosure Laying down the New Road on the Map and putting the Parish in Districts preparatory to making General Survey
19^th April 1832	Doing various jobs in Garden
20^th April 1832	Doing Various Jobs in the Morning and went to Melbury House respg Troop in afternoon
21^st April 1832	“Maiden Newton Inclosure” Went to Maiden Newton and marked off the different qualities of land on the Down preparatory to Valuation
22^nd April 1832	At home
23^rd April 1832	Maiden Newton inclosure attendg Cmmnr at Maiden Newton when Public Roads were finally settled by Mr Churchill the Magistrate	Paid Man attending Commnr Valuing arable Lands & Liquor 6s Paid Crew Jennings’s for Deed of Porters Land £8 3s 0d Pd Frampton going after Edwin and returning 12s	This probably refers to Edwin being collected from school in Dorchester.
24^th April 1832	Maiden Newton Inclosure Valuing arable Lands	£100 Reced on Acct of Maiden Newton Inclosure of Mr Peter Cox
25^th April 1832	Maiden Newton inclosure Valuing arable Lands
26^th April 1832	Maiden Newton inclosure Finished Valuing arable Lands
27^th April 1832	Writing to Mr Johnson and went to Rampisham[Gardening &c}
28^th April 1832	Went to Beaminster after Level &c and went to Horn Hill		The Charmouth tunnel was not the only one to be built in 1832. One at Horn Hill outside Beaminster was another such.
29^th April 1832	At home
30^th April 1832	Attending Cerne Turnpike Meeting at Dorchester	Paid Wm Ellis Gardening 7s 4d Expenses at Dorchester 1s 8d
	May
1^st May 1832	Maiden Newton Inclosure Putting in Values on Map and altering the same in Terrier preparatory to casting
2^nd May 1832	Do. charge one day for yesterday and today	Paid Mrs Martin on a/ of House &c £5
3^rd May 1832	Attending the Charminster Road Men and making out a New Troop Roll for Lord Ilchester	Paid Ruben Groves for 5 Peck Barley 5s
4^th May 1832	Doing various Jobs & working on the Rampisham Rough Rental to Ldy Dy 1832	Paid ½ years Taxes £1 2s 7d Do. ½ years Land Tax 2s 7d
5^th May 1832	Went to Woolcombe and Stayed there the greatest part of the day
6^th May 1832	At Home
7^th May 1832	Doing Various Jobs in Garden paying the Charminster Road makers &c
8^th May 1832	Maiden Newton Inclosure Taking Levels of New Line of intended Road
9^th May 1832	Maiden Newton Inclosure making Section of said Road and Estimating Expenses of making the same
10^th May 1832	Making Sketch of Exchange between Ld Holland and Mr Valder preparatory to putting it on the Margin of the Deed	IN PENCIL Sent Colt to Keep	It is tempting to think this relates to Maiden Newton but neither person appears to have owned land in the parish.
11^th May 1832	Piddle Hinton inclosure Attendg Commnr revising Valuation of Lands
12^th May 1832	Do. and returned Home
13^th May 1832	At Home
14^th May 1832	Evershot Fair	Paid Vine on acct 5s
15^th May 1832	Putting in Qualities in Piddle Hinton West Down &c &c
16^th May 1832	Making Particulars calculations of Maiden Newton Road putting in Qualities in P Hinton East Down and went to Woolcombe Rook Shooting	£10 11s 0d Reced of Mr Goodenough for Map of his Estate at Sparkford and North Cadbury Paid Geo Brett having my Colt to Bincham 3s
17^th May 1832	Went to Dorchester and met the Quarter Masters and Col Frampton resp Quarters &c	Paid expenses 7s 6d
18^th May 1832	Went to Toller Down Fair and making out List of Troop for Billetting	£2 Reced for Two Calves Paid for articles purchased at Mr St Quintins sale £1 15s Paid working Garden 2s 6d	Toller Down has been mentioned several times. A theft at the fair was noted by Thomas Hardy in his notebook.
19^th May 1832	Maiden Newton Went to Ransom in the Morning and working upon Maiden Newton Claims in afternoon
20^th May 1832	At Home
21^st May 1832	Making Two Sketches of Exchange Lands between Ld Holland and Mr Nalder in Margin of Parchment Deed £2 2s 0d		Parchment [calf or cow skin] was the preferred means of recording all legal transactions as it appears to be almost indestructible over many centuries.
22^nd May 1832	Maiden Newton Inclosure Went to Maiden Newton and let part of New Road to be excavated at 4 ½ d per yard – and packing up my Troop articles ½ day £1 1s 0d
23^rd May 1832	Permanent Duty at Dorchester	Paid J Frampton for Ploughing Ground 8s Paid Mrs Martin on Acct House £5
24^th – 29^th May 1832	Do.	£5 2s 0d Reced 1 years interest £127 Cerne Turnpike due Lady Day 1832 Paid Handkerchiefs for Edwin 5s Paid Man looking after my Horse 12s	During the Napoleonic wars under threat of invasion ‘Permanent Duty’ could become just what it said. A ‘volunteer’ militia became, de facto, a Do.mestic army. By 1832 the risk of invasion had disappeared and Permanent Duty for the Cavalry at least was reduced to a week.
30^th May 1832	Do. and returned Home

At this point Martin realised that the diary had been printed incorrectly and he had to renumber the days. The 1^st June had to be relabelled 31^st May. Oddly by the 4^th June the dates and days had become correct again.

31^st May 1832	Making up Accounts and went to Melbury House in the afternoon	£2 6s 4d Reced pay on Permanent Duty
	June
1^st June 1832	Maiden Newton Inclosure Went to Maiden Newton in the morning respecting Road and Doing Various Jobs in the afternoon charge 1 guinea	Paid Lodgings & Expenses on Permanent Duty £3 15s £2 Reced Profit on Oats Paid weeding Gardens 2s 6d	Officers and men in the Yeomanry were paid but as can be seen he was still in debt on the week to the extent of £1 8s 8d.
2^nd June 1832	Maiden Newton Went to Melbury in the Morning and examining claims with the Map with Farmer Bishop the afternoon till 8 o’clock charge 1 guinea	Paid Mr Cary’s Bill for Scales &c per Mrs Coleman- £1 4s 6d of which is Mr Baldwins} £1 17s 0d
3^rd June 1832	At Home
4^th June 1832	Rampisham Rent day	Pd John Beater for Coals &c £8 17s 6d
5^th June 1832	Went to Maiden Newton and Measured the Road Work and returned to Mr Wm Jennings to see his Fish Pond drawn.	Pd Mr Selwood for office Stool £4 1s 4d Paid for Two Pigs £1 16s Expenses at Bridport 2s 6d	I suspect this means that the pond was dredged rather than he made a picture of it.
6^th June 1832	Went to Allington to settle Tithes between Mr Hodder and Mr Fox	£1 1s 0d Reced of Mr Fox for Journey to Allington	James Hodder owned 130 acres or so in Allington. Presumably there was a dispute over that years valuation.
7^th June 1832	Maiden Newton Making out advertisement of Meeting to receive requests for exchanges and whether Proprietors choose to pay by Rate or Sale of Land and working upon Ransom in afternoon.
8^th June 1832	Scaling Maiden Newton Down
9^th June 1832	Went to Cerne Visitation and came back with Mr J Jesty to Oyleywell for Bacon & Eggs	Expenses at Cerne 1s Paid Goldring in full for work 2s 6d	Martin was a long standing church warden. A responsible post and periodically the parishes were subject to inspection- Visitation- by the diocesan bishop or deacon. Bacon and eggs were clearly a treat for him.
10^th June 1832	At Home
11^th June 1832	Finished Scaling Maiden Newton Down and went to Ransom in the afternoon	Pd small sums not recollected £1 7s 0d Pd James Curtis for a Sack of Beans £1 4s 0d
12^th June 1832	Went to Dorchester on Business at the Bank called at Mr Fryers Cattistock and received my Bill of him	£11 Received of Mr Fryer for Copy of Valuations of Cattistock Tithes
13^th June 1832	Working about Ransom accts and making up my own &c	Purchased £100 in 3 ½ per cents £93 7s 6d
14^th June 1832	Went to Maiden Newton in the Morning and waiting on Dally in the afternoon respecting Road	Paid Hay & Straw Mr Caines when on Permanent duty 5s Paid Mr Caines for keep of my Horse when measuring at Charminster 10s Pd Spaying my old Cow 3s	Why would an old cow need spaying ?
15^th June 1832	Piddle Hinton Inclosure Taking up Roads on the West Down and part of the Arable Fields ½ a Day charge 1 guinea	£500 [sic] Reced of Mr Wm Jennings on acct of Rents and Interest	This is a huge payment received of Mr Jennings. What it was for is not known but in today’s money it is nearly £34,000.
16^th June 1832	Piddle Hinton Making Rough Scheme for Allotting £2 2s 0d	IN PENCIL Check owe me £6 1s 0d In Bank £234 5s 0d Cash £29 18s 0d Bills £71 0s 0d Check £500 £841 4s 0d owe Mr Dunning Oats £23 all right £818 4s 0d
17^th June 1832	At Home
18^th June 1832	Met Mr Johnson at Ransom and went to Mr Willmotts Sale at Benville purchased a Grinding stone
19^th June 1832	Rode out in the Morning Receiving several Ransom Rents & making out Troop Muster Roll	Paid for Grinding Stone and Rakes 11s
20^th June 1832	Maiden Newton Inclosures Attending Commnr Valuing Downs 2 2 0	Paid Man attending Valuation M Newton 2s Pd Butcher Miller for Meat 6s 6d
21^st June 1832	Making Valuation of Maiden Newton Down and casting the same and preparing Rough Scheme ½ day & went to Ransom drank Tea at Mrs Willmotts	Paid Mr Mullens Balance of Bills 17s 16d £1 1s 0d Reced of Mr J Jennings macking [sic] off a bit of Land at Milplash [sic]	The first reference to drinking tea in the diaries.
22^nd June 1832	Doing various Jobs upon Ransom Accts & completing receipts as far as received	Paid Mr J Jennings for Letters of Administration to my Mothers Effects but it should have been to my Fathers Effects it was done wrong and I am this money out of my own pocket £10 10s	The only mention of his parents in the diaries. He was clearly cross with Jennings for obtaining the wrong letters.
23^rd June 1832	Doing something to Ransom Accts and making out Rough Bill of Charminster inclosure
24^th June 1832	At Home
25^th June 1832	Ower Moigne Inclosure To hear objections to Private Roads I met Commnr today to settle Rate &c	£1 14 11d Received of Geo Perratts Bill upon Mr Johnson which will increase his Bill on me to [£] 18.4.7 Geo owe me [£] 30.0.0 due to me 11.15.5
26^th June 1832	Over Moigne Inclosure Hearing objections to Private roads and making Rate of Expenses	Paid Raffleing [sic] at Dorchester £1 5s Paid Jo Vine 17s Pd Expenses on Ower[moigne] £1 5s
27^th June 1832	Returned Home Charge	35.0.0 Reced of Mr Manfield for Measuring the late Mrs Lisles Property at Upwey Paid for New Hat £1 5s
28^th June 1832	Maiden Newton inclosure receiving requests for Exchanges and paying in Money	£10 Reced a Yrs interest on Beaminster Turnpike £200 up to 6^th May last	He was getting a 5% return on the turnpike.
29^th June 1832	Went to Beaminster to the opening of the Horn Hill Tunnel	Expenses at Tunnel dinner 13s 6d	Unlike at Charmouth we have definite evidence he was involved at Horn Hill.
30^th June 1832	Rather unwell today done but little divided the Purchase money of Upwey for Mr Manfield		Did he have slightly too much to drink at the dinner?
	July
1^st July 1832	At Home
2^nd July 1832	Began mowing Courtlands Haymaking	Brought Forward Received £1147 5 0d Paid £293 18 7d
3^rd 4^th July 1832	Haymaking
5^th July 1832	Ricked Courtlands
6^th July 1832	Haymaking the weather rather wet
7^th July 1832	Haymaking in the morning and went to Maiden Newton in the afternoon respg road
8^th July 1832	At Home
9^th July 1832	Piddle Hinton inclosure Journey to Piddle Hinton Measuring Cox’s Road work	Expenses 1s
10^th July 1832	Haymaking Ricked Marsh Orchard	Pd weeding Garden 3s
11^th July 1832	Working upon Maiden Newton Castings and Haymaking in the afternoon	Pd Mowing Piperhays 12s
12^th July 1832	Went to Maiden Newton in the Morning respecting Road and preparing General Survey Book in afternoon for Allotting
13^th July 1832	Went to Yeovil respg Rampisham returned by 3 o/k made up Ransom Accts &c	Pd Mr Edwards for Green Cloth for Pony Chaise £2 15s 0d Paid for Rhubarb &c 3s	He had the cloth but at this stage as we will see he had no chaise.
14^th July 1832	Maiden Newton Inclosure Making general survey
15^h July 1832	At Home
16^th July 1832	Working on “Maiden Newton” General Survey and Haymaking
17^th July 1832	Ricked Pipers Hays
18^th July 1832	Horn Hill Went to Horn Hill and took Levels towards Toller Down in order to estimate expenses let the work to B Cox	Pd Vine mowing the Land & Haymaking 12s 6d	More work on the extension of the Maiden Newton turnpike through to Beaminster via Evershot.
19^th July 1832	Making Section of the above and Estimate – went to Maiden Newton respg Road in the evening	Paid Mr Eaton for Seeds and ### £2 9s 6d
20^th July 1832	Attending Benj’n Cox Junr The whole of the Morning and let him Road to make at Beaminster at £400 – charge for taking levels making section &c £4 4s 0d Rick’d the Lord in afternoon.	Paid Thos Cox’s Bill £3 9s 0d
21^st July 1832	Went to Chetnole and making Sketch of Mr Bridges Estate there did not finish
22^nd July 1832	At Home
23^rd July 1832	Went to Chetnole and made Sketch complete of Mr Bridges property reduced the same charge 3 guineas	Paid uncle Thomas for a Cheese 12s
24^th July 1832	Making reduced Sketch for Mr Bridge and went to Maiden Newton in the afternoon respecting Road
25^th July 1832	Maiden Newton Inclosure Finished General Survey hard days work
26^th July 1832	Went to Sherborne Fair and had a Pony of Mr Helby on Trial	Expenses at Sherborne 1s	He now had a pony but as yet no chaise.
27^th July 1832	Went to Dorchester with Edwin to School	Pd Edwins ½ Yrs Bill for Schooling £19 8s Pd Other expenses 6s
28^th July 1832	Maiden Newton Preparing Allotting Book and taking up part of New Roads	£14 7s Received ½ yrs dividend on £810 due July 5^th Paid Wm Jerrards Bill for work £2 Pd Martha Haymaking 7s 6d Pd Sally White Hay making 4s 6d Pd Mowing 15s	Of note here is that women were Doing the haymaking.
29^th July 1832	At Home
30^th July 1832	Maiden Newton inclosure At Maiden Newton all the day Measuring Excavations and Flints &c		The next week or so has a number of references to gravel being removed from the waste at Maiden Newton for constructing new roads.
31^st July 1832	Casting Excavations of Maiden Newton Roads &c &c		Here it appears that he was calculating the amount needed to be extracted for the roads.
	August
1^st August 1832	Attending at Piddle Hinton to Stake Sale Allottments
2^nd – 3^th August 1832	Do.
4^th August 1832	Do. and returned Home
5^th August 1832	At Home
6^th August 1832	Piddle Hinton inclosure Went to Dorchester & met Commnr & Settled the advertisement & description of Sale Lots	Expenses at Dorchester 1s
7^th August 1832	Went to Rampisham and Doing Various Jobs in afternoon at Home & making out Cavalry Muster Roll
8^th August 1832	Went to Maiden Newton measuring stones & gravel and measured Dally’s work again Casting Stones in the afternoon and making muster Roll of Troop		More on gravel [stones].
9^th August 1832	Piddle Hinton inclosure Making Maps of Sale Allotments	Paid Haymakers 7s Paid 100 Poors Rates £2 3s 9d Paid Jos Vine 14s
10^th August 1832	Do. – and Completed the same and waiting on Ransom Accts charge £3 3 0d
11^th August 1832	Writing Ransom Accounts and went to Maiden Newton in afternoon to stop Gravel drawers & from there to Ransom to see Mr Johnson		It appears by this time that the correct amount of gravel had been taken and the ‘gravel drawers’ had to stop.
12^th August 1832	At Home Mrs Jesty & Mrs Carter dined &c at my House
13^th August 1832	Writing Ransom Fair Accounts &c	Pd Mr Dunning for Two Loads of Straw £4 4s 0d Pd Mr D##ns quarterly Shop Bill after deductn £2 1s 7d £3 13s 0d
14^th August 1832	Went to Maiden Newton and let Dally the Haulage of the New Gravel went to Oileywell for Tea	Paid Jenny Groves Maid 4s 6d Received ½ yr Salary on Ransom due Lady Day 1832 £10 10s 0d
15^th August 1832	Doing Various Jobs respg Ransom &c
16^th August 1832	Making out the case &c of Frys Estate at Rampisham & Doing something to the Ransom Accounts		Thomas Fry was an agricultural labourer in Rampisham.
17^th August 1832	Doing Various Jobs in the Morning and went to Girt in afternoon to a Pick nick		Girt farm in Evershot was in the possession of John Swaffield and Henry Guppy. Did Mrs Martin go as well?
18^th August 1832	Preparing for the Maiden Newton Meeting and went to Ransom in afternoon
19^th August 1832	At Home
20^th August 1832	Maiden Newton Inclosure Attending Commnr at Maiden Newton receiving requests for the situation of Allotments	Pd Postage on M Newton 2s 6d Do. Piddle Hinton 1s 6d Charminster 1s on Business 2s 6d myself 4s 2d Pd small sums not recollected £1 11s 0d
21^st August 1832	Making up Ransom Accounts my own Accts Potatoe Rents &c &c
22^nd August 1832	Went to Ransom in the Morning and about various jobs in afternoon in Garden
23^rd August 1832	Maiden Newton colouring old inclosures taking up New Roads and entering them in the General Survey		There were few wholly uninclosed parishes in Dorset by this time. Many had been partially inclosed [to varying extents] by a variety of legal or quasi legal non parliamentary means. Old inclosures are thus frequently mentioned in inclosure awards.
24^th August 1832	Went to Maiden Newton in the Morning and taking up more Roads on Map in the afternoon
25^th August 1832	Doing Various Jobs in the Morning and Went to Maiden Newton in the afternoon respecting Road
26^th August 1832	At Home
27^th August 1832	Went to Ransom in the Morning and saw Mr Johnson intended to have went to Dorchester to see Edwin on my way to P Hinton but the Rain prevented me		For a man who lived his life outDo.ors and whose son was at school it must have been pretty heavy rain.
28^th August 1832	Piddle Hinton inclosure Went to Piddle Hinton to finish Staking Sale Allotments	Paid Mrs Martin £5 0s 0d Expenses at P Hinton 3s
29^th August 1832	P Hinton Staking the remainder of Sale Allotments and looking over the Fields regarding situation of Allotments
30^th August 1832	Maiden Newton Inclosure Attending commnr at Maiden Newton valuing old inclosures to be Exchanged		It was not uncommon during inclosures for old inclosures to be swapped. Sometimes an old inclosure might be swapped for a new allotment. In all cases it was not the area of the land that was important but its value. This however was determined by many factors not the least of which was the wish to consolidate lands in one place.
31^st August 1832	Maiden Newton Completing Rough Scheme &c and taking up more Roads &c
	September
1^st September 1832	Maiden Newton Taking up New Road in the west Field on the land and Staking out New Road in Sheep Lands and Rudden Barrow
2^nd September 1832	Dined at Woolcombe on Venison		Presumably a red letter day to have had venison.
3^rd September 1832	Laying down New Roads on the Map and finished Rough Scheme M Newton
4^th September 1832	Allotting Maiden Newton
5^th September 1832	Do. and Settling with Dally his work for Road
6^th September 1832	Do.
7^th September 1832	Went to Toller Down Fair	Paid for 35 Lambs at Toller Down £33 0s 0d IN PENCIL Mr Manfield owe me 1£
8^th September 1832	Do.
9^th September 1832	At Home
10^th September 1832	Maiden Newton Allotting	Paid Mr Cave for Gin £1 8s 0d Paid Mr Joseph for Shoes £1 10s 8d
11^th September 1832	Do.
12^th September 1832	Dorchester Races – went to the Races and returned about 8 o’clock	Expenses at Races 2s 6d
13^th September 1832	Maiden Newton Attending Farmer Bishop in the morning Respg Allotments and Exchanges and Allotting in the afternoon
14^th September 1832	Allotting- Maiden Newton
15^th September 1832	Do. made up Allotments in the Morning & Doing various Jobs in afternoon
16^th September 1832	At Home – Dined at Mr Thos Jestys
17^th September 1832	Went to Rampisham with Mr Trenchard respg letting him the Glebe Allotment on the Hill waiting on Farmer Peach at Burl respg his Rent and went to Ransom again in the Evening		Burl farm was in Evershot.
18^th September 1832	Waited on Mr Johnson at Ransom writing Letters &c and Notices to Quit	Paid for County Chronicle 18s Paid a Years composition to the Highways 16s	Another reference to the Waywarden’s rate.
19^th September 1832	Doing a Little to Maiden Newton Allotting and went to Totnel Corner and bought a Pony cart	Expenses at P Hinton 3s 6d Paid for Pony Chaise £34 9s 0d Paid for Cart &c at Totnel Corner Sale £1 19s 5d	At last he had his pony chaise. Totnel corner is in the parish of Leigh.
20^th September 1832	Went to Piddle Hinton to show Mr Knight the Maiden Newton Allotting but he was from home slept at Mr Hardings Waterson
21^st September 1832	Met Mr Lever of Wimborne with Pony Chaise and returned by way of Dorchester and bought Edwin Home for Two or three days’s		There are very few of us who cannot resist playing with a new toy and John Martin was no exception. It is not mentioned again in the diaries.
22^nd September 1832	Measuring Pond at Chalmington for Mr Stein Charge		John Stein was a major landowner in Cattistock just down the road from Higher Chalmington. Google Earth still shows a large pond there today.
23^rd September 1832	At Home

Another flaw in the diary occurs at this point. The previous page was labelled September and week 38. This page is labelled October week 39. Martin has noted this and crossed out October and written in September.

24^th September 1832	Piddle Hinton Inclosure Sale Attendg at Dorchester [symbol] for two days	Paid Mrs Martin to pay Mr Jesty’s Meat Bill £12 Do. on Acct House £5
25^th September 1832	P Hinton inclosure Returned Home	Expenses P Hinton 3s 6d
26^th September 1832	Maiden Newton inclosure attg at Maiden Newton when allotments were submitted to Proprietors	Expenses Maiden Newton 6s 6d
27^th September 1832	Valuing an Estate at Mangerton belon^gto Lord Barnard and others £2 2s 0d	Received of Mr Farwell for Valuing the said Estate £2 2s 0d
28^th September 1832	Making out the above Valuation and completing the Maiden Newton Allotments for staking out – charge a day	Paid Andrew Groves for Thatching £1 18s 0d Pd Jos Vine 14s
29^th September 1832	Preparing for Cavalry meeting and went to Ransom with Notices to Quit
30^th September 1832	At Home
	October
1^st October 1832	Cavalry meeting at Sydling Barn		Situated in Sydling St Nicholas this is an ancient tithe barn. It’s listing states it was built in the 16^th century.
2^nd October 1832	Do. Toller Down
3^rd October 1832	Beaminster Turnpike Attending at Beaminster Letting Benj Cox more work £2 2 0d	Pd Mr Templeman for Cider £3 5s 0d Expenses 2s
4^th October 1832	Maiden Newton inclosure Staking allottments 2 2 0
5^th October 1832	Making Sketch of Maiden Newton as Allotted for Mr Peter Cox
6^th October 1832	Piddle Hinton inclosure attendg Commnr at Dorchester to receive requests for the situation allotments	Paid Expenses at Dorchester 19s 6d	When consolidating strips of open fields at inclosure the commissioners had to take into account the situation of the existing strips and the lanDowners interests.
7^th October 1832	Returned Home No charge
8^th October 1832	Finished Sketch of Maiden Newton for Mr Peter Cox charge Mr Brown £3 3s 0d
9^th October 1832	Maiden Newton Staking Allotments
10^th October 1832	Completed sketch of Maiden Newton and other jobs
11^th October 1832	Rampisham Court
12^th October 1832	Piddle Hinton inclosure Journey to Piddle Hinton to Measure excavations of Hill &c &c
13^th October 1832	Maiden Newton inclosure Staking Allotments
14^th October 1832	At Home
15^th October 1832	Staking Allotments Maiden Newton	Expenses Horse 2s 3d
16^th October 1832	Journey to Dorchester for Mr Johnson respecting Ransom Votes	Paid Mrs Martin to pay Price & Purdy £7
17^th October 1832	Piddle Hinton inclosures making Fair General Survey for allotting
18^th October 1832	Piddle Hinton inclosure Attending Commnr at Piddle Hinton rough scheming allotments	Expenses at P Hinton 2 s 6d
19^th October 1832	Do. Do.
20^th October 1832	Do. Do. returned Home
21^st October 1832	At home
22^nd October 1832	Piddle Hinton Finally taking up New Roads allotting second Sale Lots and completing General Survey	Reced of the Revd Mr Lane for measuring £4 9s Received of Capt Scott for valuing at Buckland £2 2s 0d Paid ½ yrs Tithe £1 9s 1d
23^rd October 1832	Do. Making Fair Scheme and Preparing allotting Book
24^th October 1832	Do. Allotting	Paid Mrs Martin to pay Mr Jestys Meat Bill &c £12 Do. on Acct House £5
25^th October 1832	Do. Allotting	Expenses P Hinton 3s 6d
26^th October 1832	Do. Allotting	Expenses Maiden Newton 6s 6d
27^th October 1832	Do. Allotting	Received of Mr Farwell for Valuing the said Estate £2 2s 0d
28^th October 1832	At home	Paid Andrew Groves for thatching £1 18s
29^th October 1832	Allotting Piddle Hinton	Maiden newton inclosure Pd Messenger to Mr P Cox 2s Pd #### Bill £5 12s 6d Pd Mr Perratt on a/ for 1000 of Bricks being 2 ½ years composition Tithe for Brick yd & plot due at Michsas 1832 £1 15s 0d
30^th October 1832	Do.
31^st October 1832	Reced Letter from Mr Johnson Respecting Floods distress and Farmer Peachs arrears written in an arbitrary manner which I did not like & I answered it by saying I should decline the affairs of Ransom		This was quite a bust up between Martin and Johnson presumably over Martin’s handling of two minor estate issues. John Flood was a leather dresser born in 1750. The commonest cause of destitution was simply growing old and being unable to work.
	November
1^st November 1832	Piddle Hinton Attending Commnr at Dorchester respg Allotments &c	Pd for things at Dorchester 6s Pd Expenses at Antelope 13s 6d Pd Farmer Peach what I owed him 3s 9d
2^nd November 1832	Working upon Ransom accounts -settled with Farmer Peach &c
3^rd November 1832	Piddle Hinton Allotting
4^th November 1832	At Home
5^th November 1832	Went to Ransom in the Morning and delivered my Accounts to Mr Johnson Working on Piddlehinton Allotting ¾ day		Despite the disagreement Martin continued on as Steward to the Manor at least until 1852 when the surviving Court roll ends. His involvement with the manor probably continued to his death in 1863.
6^th November 1832	Piddle Hinton Allotting
7^th November 1832	Do. Finished
8^th November 1832	Valuing Chetnole for the Overseer 5 5 0
9^th November 1832	Piddle Hinton Showing allottments to Proprietors went by way of Dorchester to show the same to Mr Ingram	Expenses 4s Pd my half yrs Taxes £1 5s 2d Do. Mr Baldwins House 14s 4 ½ d	This is the follow up to the meeting of 6^th October.
10^th November 1832	Do. Mr Knight and self attending Proprietors to show allotments		John Baverstock Knight again.
11^th November 1832	Returned Home to Breakfast
12^th November 1832	Ransom Rent day Receiving Rents at Ransom
13^th November 1832	Making up Ransom Cash &c & went to Piddle Hinton in the afternoon	Pd ½ yrs Tithe my Land 2s
14^th November 1832	Piddle Hinton inclosure Staking Allotments -wet day
15^th November 1832	P Hinton Staking Allotments	Pd for a Pair of Shoes at Piddle Hinton 10s Pd To Pullman for Haymaking &c £1 0s 8d
16^th November 1832	P Hinton Staking Allotments	Paid my Rent of ¼ acre in Nine Acres10s Pd Isaac Frampton hauling Bricks 3s
17^th November 1832	Piddle Hinton Staking Allotments returned Home Received Potatoe Rents	Pd J Squibb for work 1s Pd Barrett for work 5s Pd at the Fox can’t recollect 2s 6d	Another hard night at the Inn?
18^th November 1832	At Home
19^th November 1832	Valuing Thornford or rather revising Valuation made in 1819	Pd James Moore Thornford 4s	We Do. not know what the original valuation was for or why it was being revised.
20^th November 1832	Working upon Thornford Valuation
21^st November 1832	Do. and completed the same three hard days work £10 10s 0d
22^nd November 1832	Piddle Hinton inclosure Staking Allotments	Pd Servants at P Hinton 8s
23^rd November 1832	Do.
24^th November 1832	Do. returned home
25^th November 1832	At home
26^th November 1832	Piddle Hinton Inclosure Staking allotments
27^th November 1832	Do.
28^th November 1832	Do.
29^th November 1832	Do.
30^th November 1832	Maiden Newton inclosure Met Mr Knight at Maiden Newton and Valued old inclosures to be exchanged Mr Bishop & Whittle	Paid Servants at Mr Knights 6s 6d Paid Robert Pope & others Staking Allotments £4 0s 0d
	December
1^st December 1832	Went to Dorchester respecting Hanging Langford inclosure dined at the Antelope with Mr Knight at his Tithe audit slept at Burton	Paid John Beater for Coal 3 6 8 Haymaking &c 17s } £4 3s 8d
2^nd December 1832	At home	Pd Rich Groves Boy Haymaking 10s
3^rd December 1832	Piddlehinton Making Sketch of Allotments for the use of Commissioner delineating to whom the fences belonged	Paid Mr Conways Bill £4 2s 1d Paid Mrs Martin £3 Pd Poors Rates 100 £2 3s 9d	The inclosure maps were drawn so that the fences [ a general term applying to hedges as well ] were shown pointing into the field of the owner with responsibility for them.
4^th December 1832	Do. Do. worked late £5 5 0d	Pd Mr Spinks for two sacks of Beans 2 0 0
5^th December 1832	Maiden Newton inclosure Staking Allotments	Pd Expenses at Dorchester£4 12s
6^th December 1832	Piddle Hinton inclosure Attendg Commnr submitting Allotments to Proprietors	Paid Nail brush 2s 6d
7^th December 1832	Do. Do. describing Public and Private Roads
8^th December 1832	Do. Do.
9^th December 1832	Returned home
10^th December 1832	Went to Maiden Newton to view Tollerford Bridge for the Revd. W Lane 1 1 0	Paid Jos Vine 10 weeks £1	The Revd. William Lane was Rector in Frome Vauchurch where the Tollerford Bridge was situated. Boswell notes that this bridge was maintained by the parish. Hence Lane’s involvement.
11^th December 1832	Maiden Newton inclosure Staking [Down] Allotments -made Sketches of P Hinton Second Sale Lots ## made Two for first Sale	Thos Cox ½ pig 4st 4lb at 8/6 a stone £1 15 8d } paid Mr Pouncey 2st 6lb at 8/6 19s 6d }Paid Mrs Perrat 1^st 16lb at 8/6 15s 4d	An interesting reference as Cox, Pouncey and Perrat seemed to own a pig between them in varying shares. Thus he paid each of them in proportion.
12^th December 1832	Staking Allotments at Maiden Newton	Pd Mr Sydenham Yeovil 2 6d
13^th December 1832	Staking Allotments ½ day M Newton The other half altering Hodges & Warners Allotments charge Childs 1£	Reced of Mr Wm Jennings on further acct of Settlement £600 Pd for Paper 14s	Again another massive payment which almost certainly comes from one of the inclosures he was working on.
14^th December 1832	Went to Yeovil	Pd Mr E Watts for measuring and mapping in Full £28 Expenses at Dorchester 5s Paid J Squibb for fetching home my colt 3s	Evidence that at least some of his work was being subcontracted to other surveyors.
15^th December 1832	Went to Dorchester on my own Business to the bank and had home Edwin
16^th December 1832	At Home
17^th December 1832	Doing Various Jobs sold my old Cow to Mr Jesty for Six Pounds	Pd Mullins Bill Baker £1 17s7d Pd Watkins Tinman £1 3 5d
18^th December 1832	Maiden Newton Measuring Lands to be exchanged between Messrs Brown and Bishop 2 2 0 charge Exchange	Paid Mr Creswick Balance of his Bill for Measuring £19	Another colleague. In this case he appears just the once.
19^th December	Making out part of Ransom half years Accounts -and other Jobs
20^th December 1832	Went to Ilchester to Vote for Sanford and Tynte	Paid Expenses at Ilchester 4s 6d Paid Farmer Dodge for a Hogshead of Cider £2 10s 0d	This was the year of the Great Reform Act and Martin at the age of 52 yr’s could vote for the first time.
21^st December 1832	Went Fox Hunting &c	£35 18s 8d Reced 1 yrs interest on Bishopstone due 29^th September last Purchased £500 in 3 per cent Consols July 31^st last £419 7s 4d	The third and final mention of fox hunting.
22^ndDecember 1832	Piddle Hinton inclosure Second Sale of Lands at Dorchester
23^rd December 1832	At Home
24^th December 1832	Went to Maiden Newton Finished measuring Land to be exchanged and Looking after Glebe Fences &c	Paid Thos Vine on a/ 2s Paid for a Grate 4s 6d Reced from Mr Stein for measuring his pond Mud [sic] £1	Seemingly no job was too small. Stein was a large landowner and Martin’s business sense would have told him not to decline such a small commission.
25^th December 1832	Dined at Woolcombe
26^th December 1832	Numbering and Lotting Timber at Bubbdown
27^th December 1832	Do.
28^th December 1832	Making out Hand Bill of the above & casting the Exchange between Bishop & Brown at Maiden Newton dined at Mr Wm Jennings	Pd Mr Poynter for Spirits £4 5s 0d Pd for making Poor Close Hedge 12s
29^th December 1832	Went to Coursing
30^th December 1832	At Home
31^st December 1832	Waited on F J Browne Esq respg Staking [sic]Plan of Water Meadows at Frampton		Francis J Browne was a local magistrate and land owner at Frampton. It was he who donated Forston House to the county as its first mental asylum.
	After the 31^st December the following were recorded in the Monthly Cash Abstracts. I have entered them under the months they were recorded on the page.	It is doubtful that they refer to the month in which they were incurred.
	January	February	March
	Paid Cooper Chubbs Bill 14s 10d	Pd Mr Pouncys Bill £7 0 8d	Paid Ld Ilchester s rent £20 14s 10d
	Paid Levibank for Coals £1 13 4d	19s 6d Reced of him for Pig Meat	Paid for Keep of Colt £5 10s 6d
	Paid yrs rent for Poor Close £6 6s 0d	Pd Mrs Short £1 7s 6d	Pd Mr Yeatman for Wine £10 16s 0d
	Paid Rendall Glazier £1 2s 2d	Paid Mr Swaffields Bill for Flour &c £21 14s
	Pd Mr Trenchards Meat Bill £20 17s 10d	Paid Mr Templeman for a Pony £10 10s 0d

	April	May	June
	£5 5s 0d Reced of Mr Messiter for Journey to Stourton Rose vs Biging	Paid Jos Vine the 20^th January 1833 19s	Paid Knell Shoemaker 9s 6d
	£50 Reced of Mr Baldwin further on a/ of his Son	Paid for Apple Trees 9s	Paid Pitcher 3s
	Paid Arthurs Schooling £1	Paid Mrs Martin Mr WJ £5	Paid Mrs Martin £5
	Paid Pitcher Gardening 18s	£1 Reced altering ##### allotment at Maiden Newton	Paid a Yrs insurance £1 9s 8d
		Paid Roberts Blacksmith £3	£50 Reced of Mr Wm Jennings a Yrs Salary to Mic 1831
	July	August	September
	Pd Mr Selwoods Bill £2 6s 6d	Paid John Groves Mason £2 1s 5d	Paid Mr Hannan Yeovil 12s 2d
	Paid J Edwards Shoe Bill 17s 4d	£10 10s Reced ½ Yrs salary from Ransom due Michas 1832 when I retired from the concern.	Pd Wm Jerrards Bill 5s
	Paid Decus’s [sic] Shop Bill £4 17s	Reced of Mr Jesty for a cow £6	£21 17s Reced ½ yrs dividend on £1300 in the Funds due Janry 1833
	Paid Barrett Shoemaker £3 8s 1d	Paid Mr Jesty’s Bill for Meat Pigs &c £8 4s 8d	Paid Mr Hardy for Bricks 15s
	Paid for Canvas for Hanging Langford 3s 6d	Paid Edwards & Deane £4 14s 7d	Paid Mr Severn for Carriage of Coals £1 13s 4d
	Paid Edwins Schooling £20 13s
	Paid Mr Waygoods of Beaminster Ironmonger £1 4s 8d
	Years Income over expenditure.
	£1963 6s 2d £1154 6s 0d £ 809 0s 2d carried to next Book

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