1838

The inside of the 1838 diary. Note the printed ‘signature’ which differs from the one on the front page. He used the two types of signature on his map in a variable fashion.

In 1838 John Martin was in the midst of his busiest career period. Tithe commutation work was at it’s peak and he had to employ a number of assistants to help him cope even when times were good. And times were not good ; in April disaster struck.

Date	Diary entries	Accounts
	January 1838
1^st January 1838	Working on the Ransom Poor Rate	From last years book £400 2s 5d
2^nd January 1838	Broad Maine Rate Went to Broad Maine to Value lands		Oddly there is no record of any tithe commutation at Broadmayne [as it now is] despite it being a parish in it’s own right. This concerns the Poor Rate.
3^rd January 1838	Valuing at Broad Maine
4^th January 1838	Valuing at Broad Maine
5^th January 1838	Returned Home I stayed at Broad Maine Mr Balstons	Gave Mr Balstons servants 5s
6^th January 1838	Mr Doddington Journey to Wincanton when the question regarding the water was heard before the Commnr of Sewers -slept at Shepton Montague	Paid Turnpike &c 5s	The Court of Sewers was established by Thomas Cromwell in the reign of Henry VIII. It was responsible for all things ‘drainage’, including water courses, weirs, drainage ditches etc. I have found no reference to this sitting. The Earl of Ilchester had a number of lands in the Somerset levels and it may be to do with this.
7^th January 1838	Returned Home
8^th January 1838	Writing Letters and Doing various matters relating to my accounts	Paid Postage of Stratton Maps and Papers 2s
9^th January 1838	Working on the Ransom Rate
10^th January 1838	Taking Off the Stratton Map Half Size with Pantograph		This was a Commutation map. Landowners would often require copies for their own purposes and this was a quick way of producing a reduced size map.

11^th January 1838	Working on Broad Maine Poors Rate
12^th January 1838	Working on Broad Maine Poors Rate Godmanstone inclosure and part of the day subdividing Allotments on the Map
13^th January 1838	Godmanstone inclosure Subdividing allotments on the Map
14^th January 1838	At Home
15^th January 1838	Lord Ilchesters Rent Day Godmanstone inclosure delineating Fences writing names in allottments and making List of Allotments and Roads
16^th January 1838	Godmanstone inclosure making Draft of Award
17^th January 1838	Godmanstone inclosure Do. Do.
18^th January 1838	Upwey inclosure Doing something to the Award Maps and preparing for Award [Had Xmas party]	Another example of a Christmas Party in or near old twelfth night.

19^th January 1838	Upwey inclosure making list of Allotments & Roads and making draft of award The Hardest Frost tonight for the last 18 years
20^th January 1838	Upwey inclosure making Draft of Award
21^st January 1838	At Home
22^nd January 1838	Upwey inclosure making Draft of Award	Paid Expenses at the Bull Stratton charge £1 10s	Martin stayed at numerous Inn’s during the course of his work many of which, like this one, survived until 2020.
23^rd January 1838	Upwey inclosure making Draft of Award
24^th January 1838	Upwey inclosure making Draft of Award
25^th^–27^th January 1838	Stratton Commutation At Stratton finding out State of Property
28^th January 1838	At home
29^th January 1838	Upwey inclosure making Draft of Award Altering the Melbury Rate and working on the Broad Maine Rate
30^thJanuary 1838	Upwey inclosure making Draft of Award working on the Broad Maine rate when finished the same & writing to Mr Saunders respg Owermoigne Rate
31^st January 1838	Stratton Commutation Upwey inclosure Working on Map making out making Draft of Award Godmanstone Edwin made Sketch of Village for Exchange between Revd Goodenough and Bridge 10s
	February
1^st February 1838	“Stratton Commutation” Working on Rough Maps exmng properties &c and dined at Mr J Jennings ½ pst 3 o/k ½ day
2^nd February 1838	“Stratton Commutation” rather unwell – working on Maps writing Names in Lands &c [a whole day]
3^rd February 1838	Went to Ilminster with Arthur to School		Arthur was now 11 yr’s old and starting school at the grammar school at Ilminster. Why there? Nobody knows.
4^th February 1838	At Home
5^th February 1838	Went to Stratton with Edwin making Lines on Langford Farm Slept at Stratton	Paid Expenses at Stratton £1 2s	One of the few direct references to surveying techniques. Making lines was the laying out of the base lines on which the survey was to be made.
6^th February 1838	Stratton Commutation Finding out State of Property and measuring at Stratton.	Paid for Edwin at Stratton Bull Inn £1 2s 6d
7^th February 1838	Do.
8^th^–10^th February 1838	Stratton Working on Particulars & Rough Map
11^th February 1838	At Home
12 -13^th February 1838	Stratton Working on the Fair Map	Paid Mrs Martin £5 Paid Stroud of Fordington mending my Carriage £1 16s 8d Paid for Books and paper at Mr Patch’s 12s 4 ¼ d Paid at Dorchester for things 10s
14^th February 1838	Upwey & Godmanstone inclosure Journey to Dorchester with Drafts of awards &c giving Mr Bridge on Godmanstone and Mr Stone for Upwey instructions respecting awards 1 day each slept at Burton	Received ½ yrs interest on £375 Wilts& Dorset Bank due Xmas 1837 £9 7s 6d Paid Mr Wm Jennings 2/ 5 ths of above 9.7.6 £3 15s	Banking in the 19^th century was a private business, more in the way of a partnership than anything. Members had to buy shares in the bank and their names were published annually.
15^th February 1838	Returned Home [from Godmanstone] called at Stratton and found out a few Queries in State of Property	Received of Mr Ingram for Eton College Charlton Map £16
16^th February 1838	Working ½ day on Stratton Particulars the other ½ Writing Letters &c Mr Pine of Gittisham was at my House.		John Pyne was born in Upottery in Devon. By the time he came to work for Martin he was already 23 yr’s old and fully qualified as a surveyor. He stayed with Martin for at least three years and in 1844 is found in London doing his own tithe commutations.

17^th February 1838	Making out Particulars and Valuation for Mr Sabine of Cheddington late Bellamys and part of my Bill amended for him to get allowed before the Master in Chancery		Another enigmatic entry.
18^th February 1838	At Home
19^th February 1838	Stratton Commutation Attending at Stratton when the Map was signed by the Proprietors	Paid Expenses 2 s 6d Paid for Pencils 3s
20^th February 1838	Upwey inclosure [charge] Went to Sherborne by order of the Commnr to see the Monkton award respecting the Fence between Upwey and Monkton But found there was no award deposited at the Clerk of the Peace’s Office	Expenses at Sherborne 3s
21^st February 1838	Went to Beaminster to see Mr Peter Cox and received a Years interest on Beaminster Turnpike of Mr Samuel Cox -Treasurer
	£425. 9 11 IN PENCIL – 24 1 5 401 8 6
22^nd February 1838	Working on Maiden Newton Poors Rate	See W&Dorset Bank Book { Paid £4 18s 6d more than was entered in last Years Book 14^th Sept Mr Russell Beaminster Turnpike} £4 18s 6d Paid Postage £1 7s 5d In Wilts& Dorset 330. 5. 10 Williams’s 39. 5. 4 Notes 19. 1. 0 Gold 8. 3. 0 Silver 1.4.0 Yeomanry Book 3.9.4 ————————————- right 401.8.6	This would seem to be Martin totting up his wealth.

23^rd February 1838	Do.
24^th February 1838	Do.	Paid for Box for Maiden Newton Tith [sic] Map to London 3s
25^th February 1838	At Home
26^th February 1838	Went to Loders respg the Survey of that Parish also to Bridport respg Mr Leggs Sword and Pistol
27^th February 1838	Mr Churchill and Mr Sturt [?] Valuing Tithes of Bowine and Almshouses Land with Mr Charmen charge £2 10 0d each slept at D###l
28^th February 1838	Went home by way of Dorchester and attended the board of Guardians respg Copy right of Maps and at the same time fixed with Mr Charmen the Tithes of Bowine at £21. 10 0d and Almshouses Ld at 24£	Paid for Umbrella 6s 6d Paid expenses at D### and Dorchester 7s 6d	Although tithe maps were paid for by the landowners they were not owned by them. Even in those days copy right was vested in the map maker. The Poor Law guardians often wanted copies of the tithe maps for which an additional fee was payable to the surveyor.
	March
1^st March 1838	Went to Chilthorne	Paid Mr Tilly Tailor £4 12s 6d
2^nd March 1838	Messrs Petty and Cowdry Staking out the Lines of Division in Parks 2.2.0	Paid Sandiford setting apple Trees at Chilthorne £3 Paid Mr Edwards on A/ of salary £25 Paid English 4 weeks £1 8s 0d
3^rd March 1838	Went to Batcombe with Mr Edwards respg Measuring Parish
4^th March 1838	At Home
5^th March 1838	Corfe Castle Poor’s Rate Went to Corfe Castle arrived there about Five o’clock	Expenses to Corfe 6s Paid for Books at Dorchester 4s
6^th March 1838	Copying the Town map of Corfe
7^th March 1838	Attending Mr Taylor making Particulars of Town		Robert Taylor was a local magistrate at Corfe.
8^th March 1838	Valuing at Corfe
9^th 10^th March 1838	Valuing at Corfe
11^th March 1838	Dined at Mr Taylors
12^th March 1838	Corfe Castle Rate Valuing at Corfe
13^th -16^th March 1838	Do.
17^th March 1838	Do. went part of the way home Slept at Dorchester	Paid Servants at Corfe 15s 6d Paid expenses home slept at Dorchester and Turnpike13s 6d Gave Edwin 5s
18^th March 1838	Arrived home about 12 o’clock
19^th March 1838	Writing Letters &c and altering Melbury Osmond rate	Paid Rendalls Bill Glazier £7 13s 6d
20^th March 1838	Sent Mr Tooks of Sherborne my Office Copy of Particulars of Bincombe and went to Batcombe in the afternoon £1.1.0	Paid Mr Guy for measuring as per Bill £35.0.0 Paid postage 6s 2d Pd for Canvas for Map 6s 6d
21^st March 1838	Pasting Paper for Maps and went to Batcombe	Pd Mrs Martin to pay for Further a/ £10.0.0
22^nd March 1838	Pasting Frome St Quintin Old Map a fresh	Paid for a New Chain 7s 6d	A new Gunter’s chain.
23^rd March 1838	Corfe Castle Poor’s Rate Went again to Corfe arrived there about Five o’clock [IN PENCIL] Sold Mr Trenchard’s Calf £1 11s 6d	Pd Edwins Bill at Stratton £2 9s 1d Pd Expenses to Corfe 5s
24^th March 1838	Went to Ailwood and Viewing Afflington and Corfe Common
25^th March 1838	At Corfe Let my Land at Chilthorne to Mr Bengefield from this day at £24 a year	Paid my Bill at Corfe and part of Arnots Bill £9 12s 10d Gave servants 7s Expenses at Dorchester & turnpike and Garden seeds &c £1	This was John Bengefield born in 1781.
26^th March 1838	At Corfe examining properties &c	Paid for mending Weather Glass 5s 6d Paid for Coals £2 13s 1d Paid Mr Spinks of Charminster his Bill including moiety of Wrackleford Valuation £11 17s 9d	An interesting reference to the repair of his barometer.
27^th March 1838	Do. Do. and went part of the way home slept at Dorchester
28^th March 1838	Returned home about ½ past nine to breakfast answering letters &c
29^th March 1838	Attending my garden the whole of the day and calculated the Value of Little Maine Tithes for Mr Talbot of B Maine
30^th March 1838	Working upon the Corfe Poor’s rates
31^st March 1838	Do. Do.
	April
1^st April 1838	At home	Paid English £1 8s
2^nd April 1838	Finished Mr Goodenough’s Map	Pd Mr Balster for Spirits £3 0s 0d
3^rd April 1838	Went to Rampisham in the morning and to Melbury House in Afternoon respg Troop Work	Received for 48 Sheep £71 Paid Chain Man at Batcombe £1 12s 6d
4^th April 1838	Doing various jobs and putting in measures into Maiden Newton Map from Mr Brownes Map [Old Inclosures]	Pd Matthew Parker at Chilthorne £3 Pd for Thorn Plants 7s 6d Pd Carpenter at Chilthorne for Gate Parts &c £3 2s 6d Paid Mr Edwards of Yeovil for carpeting £1 14s 0d
5^th April 1838	Went to take keep for Couplers	Pd New Hat £1 Paid Various Errands Yeovil seeds &c 13s Paid Sartain for Hedging 15s 6d
6^th April 1838	Went to Yeovil Market and sold the couplers to Farmer Harwood of Michelny
7^th April 1838	Measuring Land at Cattistock for Mr Fryer charge
8^th April 1838	At Home
9^th April 1838	Working on the Corfe Rate	Paid Farmer Strong to keep a Heifer £1 5s 0d Gave Edwin to go after Arthur 5s Paid for a Hat for Arthur 18s	Fortunately for what was to follow the boys were at home.
10^th April 1838	Do.
11^th April 1838	Do….and went to Melbury House respecting Yeomanry
12^th April 1838	Working on the Corfe Rate and went to Maiden Newton and affixed the Notice to the Church Door to hear objections to Rent Charges £1 1 0	Paid Carriage of M Newton Tithe map from London 3s Charge again Paid for Besoms 2s	All important parish notices were attached to the Church Door.

13^th April 1838	Good Friday – Done a little to the Corfe Rate		The only time in the diaries that Good Friday is mentioned. Despite it’s religious significance it did not stop him working.
14^th April 1838	Working on Corfe Rate
15^th April 1838	At Home
16^th April 1838	Working on Corfe Rate	Paid Alex Wellman for Gardening £1 5s 6d
17^th April 1838	Do. Do.	Boy Measuring 1s Paid Mr Yeatman for Wine & Spirits £4 18s 0d
18^th April 1838	Finished Corfe Rate	Gave Edwin to go back to Ilminster with Arthur 5s
19^th April 1838	Went to Beaminster to see Mr Russell respg the partition Deed between Mr Cowdry and Mr Petty but he was from home- Saw Mr P Cox & informed him of the meeting at M Newton to hear objections to Rent charges- delivered Tender for Corscombe at 1s/ acre and to be found a man.	Paid Half a Years Tithe £1 19s 9 ½ d Paid Mr Thomas Jesty Balance of Bills £2 8s 9d Paid Waygood & Co for Office Grate & Fender &c £2 2s 0d	This is the only reference in the diaries to him tendering for a contract. He did not get the job.

20^th April 1838	Pasting Paper &c	Expenses at Beaminster pens &c 2s 6d Paid Chain Man at Loders £2 0s 0d
21^st April 1838	Went to Dorchester with the Corfe Rate and made declaration for Seven Parishes as Valuer Melbury Osmond Melbury Sampford Stockwood Batcombe Downfrome [Frome Vauchurch] North Poorton charge 1 guinea each	Paid Chain Men Batcombe £2 12s 0d Paid Bill at Maiden Newton measuring Downfrome & Waiter £4 12s 6d Expenses at Dorchester 6s 6d Paid for Paper £1 1s 0d Paid Mrs Haydon Maiden Newton 11s	The purpose of this declaration is not clear although probably to do with the Poor Rate assessments.
22^nd April 1838	At Home
23^rd April 1838	Yeomanry meeting at Toller Down	Pd Mr Pope for Spirits £3 5s 9d Paid Mr Pyne on a/ £5	Despite their short acquaintance Martin felt no qualms about advancing John Pyne his salary.
24^th April 1838	Went to Allington with Mr Pyne for Measuring that Parish	Expenses at Bridport 3s 6d Pd Groves of Ransom for Bran 5s Do. Poor Rates 1s	Note the change of spelling of Mr Pines name.
25^th April 1838	Pasting Paper writing Letters and preparing to meet to Morrow [sic] on Godmanstone [& Piddlehinton Rate] IN PENCIL Red Heifer to Girt Bull	Pd Mrs Martin £5	The first entry where Martin kept a note of which cows he sent to the bull.
26^th April 1838	Godmanstone inclosure Journey to Godmanstone respg Exchange between Mr Goodenough & Mr Bridge Mrs Martin taken very Ill	Paid English £1 8s 0d Paid Boy going after Dr Graves 3s 6d Pd Dr Graves £3 3s 0d	Out of the blue his wife fell acutely ill.

27^th April 1838	Mrs Martin very Ill		Robert Graves was a physician living at Bradpole [in 1841] who was also an attendant at the ‘Madhouse’ at Halstock.
28^th April 1838	Do. Went to Toller with Edwin & Mr Richards viewing boundary’s etc		Her illness did not stop him working.
29^th April 1838	At Home
30^th April 1838	Corfe castle rate Rating the Sundries and Doing something to Stratton Tithe works Mrs Martin Still Very Ill
	May
1^st May 1838 1838	Stratton Commutation -numbering Rough Map Edwin went to Ilminster after Arthur His Dear Mother very ill	Paid Wm Perratt on a/ £5 look Back for another 5£ in last Yrs Book [4^th October] Gave Edwin 5s	Arthur must have gone back after his visit in early April.

2^nd May 1838	Doing Various Jobs and Pasting paper [Mrs Martin is worse today]	Paid more for Chain Men at Batcombe £1 15s Paid Carriage 4s 6d Paid for Canvas for Map 3s 4d
3^rd May 1838	Stratton Commutation Numbering Rough Map and adding 7.5% to present rental of tithes	Paid Dr Graves £3 3s 0d	There is no record of Dr Graves visiting again but he received a second fee.
4^th May 1838	Stratton Commutation Working on the Painted Form Rent Charges &c
5^th May 1838	Do. Do.
6^th May 1838	At Home
7^th May 1838	Stratton Commutation Journey to Stratton getting more signatures to the Map and Valuing the Wracklefords for dividing the Rent Charges between the Farms	Paid Expenses Stratton & Dorchester 12 6d Reced of the Received of the Revd. Geo Gould for Valuing Broadway &c £18 11s	Gould was not the rector of the parish but owned land there.
8^th May 1838	Stratton Commutation Journey to Stratton taking up the Lots in Broad Mead and getting more Signatures to the Map and waited on Mr C Henning at Dorchester respg copy of agreement
9^th May 1838	Mrs Martin much worse and sinking fast Stratton Commutation Working on the Particulars – Fair map &c & Rent Charges	Pd Robt Dunford Ch Man Toller £1 2s 6d Robt Miller himself & Boy £1 3s 0d

10^th May 1838

Stratton Commutation

Working on the Fair Map and &c Rent Charge

11^th May 1838

My Dear Wife expired 10 minutes before 3 this morning -leaving us in the greatest distress Aged 54 years.

Just two weeks after she was taken ill his poor wife Mary died.

12^th May 1838	Altering the Corfe Rate ½ day – ½ day about Stratton Maps &c		Next day he was back to work.
13^th May 1838	At Home
14^th May 1838	Maiden Newton Commutation Attendg Assistant Commnr to hear objections to Rent charges	Reced of Mr Roper for Measuring his Estate at Shipton Gorge £5 Expenses at Stratton 2s 6d
15^th May 1838	Stratton Commutation Attending meeting at Stratton with Maps & Particulars
16^th May 1838	Stratton Commutation Working on the Moduses and Draft Apportionment IN PENCIL Old Cow to B – Thompsons
17^th May 1838	My Dear Wife Buried	Paid Bearers £1 10s

18^th May 1838

Stratton Commutation Working half the day on Rent chargs examining Book of apportionment &c and Doing something to alteration in Maiden Newton in Rent charges

Pd for an every Days Hat for Arthur 8s

Paid ½ Years Taxes £3 13s 5d

Paid Mr Warden for writing out Broadmaine Poor Rate 15s

Pd Charlotte Pullman in full of all demand £1 10s 0d

Paid for Gown making 7s 3d

Charlotte Pullman was the wife of an agricultural labourer and probably ‘laid out’ Mary after death and made her shroud. She was similarly paid after the death of John’s sister in 1845.

19^th May 1838	Stratton Commutation SC Working on the Fair Map &c – & Rent charge
20^th May 1838	At Home
21^st May 1838	Stratton Commutation Journey to Stratton and Wrackleford to see Mr Pattison respg Tithes and at Stratton respg moduses Edwin went to School with Arthur	Gave Edwin 5s Expenses at Stratton 2s 6d Pd more small Bills 15s Received my Bill of Mr Johnson £8 8s 0d
22^nd May 1838	Stratton Commutation Finished apportionment -and Examined Maps	Paid at Stratton 2s Paid Edwins Chain Man & Boy at Toller 13s 8d
23^rd May 1838	Rev A Johnson Receiving Rents at Rampisham 2.2.0
24^th May 1838	Valuing Frome Vauchurch	Paid on a/ at Hoyle 10s
25^th May 1838	Stratton Commutation Attending with Maps & Rent Charges at Stratton	Paid English £1 8s 0d
26^th May 1838	Preparing for Permanent Duty and sent off the Maiden Newton Rent charges to Chas Pym Esq ATC		Charles Pym was an assistant tithe commissioner. He had to approve the draft apportionment before it was sent to the Tithe Commission in London.
27^th May 1838	Went to Shaftesbury in the afternoon
28^th May 1838	On Permanent duty at Shaftesbury	Paid Mr Edwards on further a/ of his salary £25	Mr Edwards was another of John Martin’s assistants.
29^th May 1838	Do. Do. Mr Edwards went to Loders to Measure Land for Mr Templer
30^th May 1838	Do. Do.
31^st May 1838	Do. Do.
	June
1^st June 1838	Do. Do.
2^nd June 1838	Do. – returned Home
3^rd June 1838	At Home
4^th June 1838	Valuing at North Poorton
5^th June 1838	Valuing at Batcombe
6^th June 1838	Valuing at Batcombe Edwin affixed second Notice of Tithe meeting to the Maiden Newton Church Door	Paid for Cheese 6s Received of Mr Frampton Five Years interest on the Cerne Turnpike at £5 2s 0d per cent per Annum due Ly Dy 1838 £25 10s
7^th June 1838	Went to Toller to find out mistakes	Paid Mr Mullins’s Bill £2 8s 10d Paid Bill at the White Lion Measuring Allington £9 10s
8^thJune 1838	Went to Cerne Visitation and working on North Poorton Valuation	Pd Chain Man at Loders Mr Edwards measuring }2s 6d Mr Edwards’ Expenses £1 1s 0d
9^th June 1838	Melbury Osmond Commutation Attending Mr Wm Jennings in my office when the Boundaries of Melbury Court was [sic] finally fixed and making out Particulars for agreements	Pd Chain Boy at Downfrome 10s 6d Pd Chain Man at Allington & Boy £3 8s 0d Paid at Visitation for Parish 15s Paid Edwins Chain Man at Toller £1 1s 8d
10^th June 1838	At Home
11^th June 1838	Writing Letters &c & went to Corfe Castle in the afternoon	Let have for House 10s Paid Mr Olwen on a/ £15 Paid Expenses out & Home £2	Mr Olwen was yet a third of his assistants.
12^th June 1838	At Corfe Castle going through the Rate with Mr Taylor, Mr Willis and Mr Robson and returned part of the way Home slept at Winfrith
13^th June 1838	Arrived at Sherborne about 1 o’clock
14^th June 1838	Sherborne Rate Attending Special Sessions till 8 o/k in the Evening and returned Home	Expenses at Sherborne 10s 6d Paid weeding Garden 3s 6d	Martin’s role in the Poor Rate is not known but it caused considerable controversy locally. See section on Poor Rate for further elaboration.
15^th June 1838	Godmanstone inclosure Attending at Godmanstone with Commnr respg Exchange between Farmer Frampton & others
16^th June 1838	Pasting Paper &c
17^th June 1838	At Home
18^th June 1838	Sherborne Rate Attending Appeal at Sherborne when the appeal was dismissed	Expenses at Sherborne 5s 6d Reced of Mr Colson for Valuing Studland Tithes £12 12s 0d
19^th June 1838	Went to Ilminster after Arthur	Paid Expenses at Ilminster and Turnpikes 9s 6d
20^th June 1838	attending the Corfe Rate further Sent the Draft Apportionment & Stratton map to London”	Paid for Canvas for Maps 10s 6d Paid English 4 weeks
21^st June 1838	Miss Eliz Jennings Married to Mr Wm Holgate Dined at Mr Crew Jennings		William Holgate came from Staines. One wonders how he met a Dorset girl?
22^nd June 1838	Altering the Corfe Rate Final
23^rd June 1838	Reading over Papers relating to Tithes of Tintinhull and working on Batcombe and Frome Vauchurch		There is no explanation as to why he was involved in the affairs of Tintinhull.
24^th June 1838	At Home
25^th June 1838	Went to Allington to proceed to Value Lands &c for Poor Rate
26^th June 1838	Valuing at Allington
27^thJune 1838	Do. and returned Home
28^th June 1838	Queen Victoria Coronation day		Evershot celebrated with a brass band, a merry peal of church bells and a dance in Melbury Park which over 500 people attended. Martin did his bit by spending a guinea towards the fireworks.

29^th June 1838	Working on Allington
30^th June 1838	Walford and Son’s Went to Tintinhull respg Tithe matters
	July
1^st July 1838	At Home
2^nd July 1838	Doing Various Jobs in the Morning and went to Allington in the Afternoon [Began Mowing on Barrow]	Paid Mr Warden } £1 13s Poor Rates 6d Gave Edwin 4s
3rd July 1838	At Allington Valuing	Paid Sergeant Hoskins for 5 days giving information of Property at Allington £1
4^th July 1838	Do.- and returned Home	Pd my Expenses £1 10s
5^th July 1838	Working on the Allington Map	£18 Received for making Poor Rate for Broad Maine Paid Subscriptions to Coronation Fireworks &c £1 10s
6^th July 1838	Maiden Newton Commutation Attending Mr Pym Assistant Commnr when Draft Apportionment was confirmed	Paid Mr Tilly Tailor his Bill £21 16s 6d Paid Chain Boy at Toller 7s
7^th July 1838	Ricked barrow
8^th July 1838	At home
9^th July 1838	Haymaking and Numbering the Allington Map
10^th July 1838	Ricked Courtlands
11^th July 1838	Godmanstone inclosure altering and enlarging the award Maps for the purpose of Exchanges and making Draft of award for Exchanges Mr Edwards altered the Maps £5 5s 0d	Paid Wm Perratt Balance of Bill £35 10s 4d
12^th July 1838	Godmanstone inclosure making Draft of Exchanges for Mr Bridge	Pd on Account 4^th Oct 1837 £5 Do. May 1^st 1838 £5 A Yr & ½ interest of 100£ due March 1838 £6 Balance of Bill £35 10s 4d Total of Bills £51 10s 4 ½ d
13^th July 1838	Messrs Walford & Sons {Mr Benj Jesty died aged 66} Attending on Mr Clarke of Tintinhull at Evershot Examining Parish Books &c respecting Rates £1 1s 0d and haymaking Ricked Pipershay except ½ an acre	£3 3s 1d Reced Interest Wilts & Dorset Bank current account £9 7s 6d Received ½ yrs interest on £375 due Midsummer 1838 Paid Wm Jennings 2/5ths of above £3 15s 0d Expenses Godmanstone 3s	Martin was co-owner with Benjamin Jesty of land at Somerton known as Mowries. Martin continued to manage the land with Ann Jesty [nee Jennings] Benjamin’s widow.
14^th July 1838	Godmanstone inclosure Attending Commnr reading Draft of Award
15^th July 1838	At Home	Pd Mr Harvey for Two New Chains 13s Pd Chain Men at Toller £1 18s 4d
16^thJuly 1838	Poorton Commutation Working on Particulars casting values Mr Edwards worked two days on Particulars casting.
17^thJuly 1838	Poorton Commutation Working out Rent-Charges
18^th July 1838	Journey to Poorton with Abstract Rent charges and examined the same with Mr Symes £2 2 0
19^thJuly 1838	Poorton adjourned meeting. Mr Benjamin Jesty Buried at Bubbdown [Bubbdown] Mr Edwards making out Particulars for agreement 10s	Paid Haymakers 13s 6d Do. 13s 6d Do. 16s 10 ½ d Pd Mowers £1 14s Haymaker 2s Paid for a Cheese now and had one before £1 2s 6d Paid English £1 8s
20^th 21^st July 1838	Working on Allington Particulars
22^nd July 1838	Do.
23^rd^–24^thJuly 1838	Working on Allington
25^th July 1838	Glanvilles Wootton Journey there and Valued Newland Manor as Umpire between Mr Percy & Mr Raymond	Paid Double Gun Smith 5s Bucknell for Tea £1 10s Gave Edwin £1 Paid him Expenses 4s 6d Paid for Canvas for maps 2s 6d Paid Mr Wellmans Bill 4s

26^th July 1838	Glanvilles Wootton Journey there and met Mr Raymond and Mr Percy when the acreage of the Manor of Newland was finally fixed	Paid Man shewing me the Lands at Newland 2s 6d Paid at Glanvilles Wootton 3s 6d Paid John Drakes Bill £2 Paid at Newland 2s 6d Paid for two Pigs £3 10s
27^th^–30^th July 1838	Working on Allington	P Cox for Journeys 5s Reced on a/ of Godmanstone inclosure £150
31^stJuly 1838	Working on Allington in the morning and went to Bere Regis in the Afternoon	Pd Mr Richards to pay chain Men at Toller £1 10s Paid Mr Olver on a/ £5 Paid Edwin £1
	August
1^st August 1838	At Bere Regis Valuing Mr Manuels Tithes		Joseph Manuel actually lived at Bloxworth just outside Bere Regis. The commutation at Bloxworth did not take place until 1845 and was not done by Martin.
2^nd August 1838	Do. Do.
3^rd August 1838	Returned Home and began making out Particulars of Bere Regis Tithes	Expenses at Bere £1 5s Pd Mr Toll of Sherborne for Paper 15s Expenses at Sherborne 2s 6d	Manuel Does not appear to have owned any land in Bere itself.
4^th August 1838	Percy and Raymond Attending at Sherborne as Arbitrator on the Value of Wootton Newland
5^th August 1838	At Home
6^th August 1838	Went to Ilminster with Arthur And returned by way of Allington resp rate slept at Bridport	Paid Arthurs ½ Yrs Schooling £25 13s 10d Paid Expenses at Ilminster and Bridport £1 5s
7^th August 1838	Examining Rate with Mr Tucker and returned home in the evening.
8^th August 1838	Mr Banger Went to Wytherstone and Valued Tithes of Farms and divided the same between Tenants slept at Wytherstone charge 3 Guineas	Paid servants 2s
9^th August 1838	Working upon the same all the morning and returned Home and went to Batcombe in the afternoon Respg rate	£3 12s Received for a Pig
10^th August 1838	Corfe Castle Rate Journey to Wareham to consult with Parishioners respg appeal		This was an appeal against the Poor Rate that Martin had prepared.
11^th August 1838	Corfe Rate charge 4 Guineas Appeared before the Magistrates at Wareham when the Magistrates gave orders for a Revision of the Rate [Returned Home]	Paid Expenses £1	The owners of the Clay workings at Norden argued they were pits not mines – and they won.
12^th August 1838	At Home
13^th August 1838	Putting the Office to rights after papering And adding Canvas to the Toller Map writing letters etc and working on Allington Rate IN PENCIL Victoria to B	Paid Susan for Balance of Wages up to May } 16s 9d Do. ¼ wages to 1^st August £2 12 6d Pd her for money out of Pocket 5s Pd her on acct to pay for trifling things in House 10s	Susan Frampton was just 17 yr’s when she came to work for Martin after his wife’s death. To judge by the censuses she was to remain a servant throughout her life, the last record of her being a “Lodging House Keeper” in Weston Super Mare in the 1881 census.
14^th August 1838	Working on Allington Rate	Pd Mr Percy for Cheese 19s 5 ½ d Pd Carriage of a Hogshead of Beer 4s Paid Haymaker 3s Paid Thos Cox’s Bill £1 11s 7d
15^th August 1838	Do.	Paid for Quills and Ink 1s 2d
16^th August 1838	Finished the Allington Rate and Writing Letters &c
17^th August 1838	Stratton Commutation altering Draft Apportionment the whole day and packed the same with Map for London 2.2.0	Paid Poor Rates £1 1s 0d £100 received of the Earl of Ilchester on a/ for Commutation work
18^th August 1838	Went to Dorchester Sale of Mr Pitts Property slept at Mr Caines	Paid for Canvas for Map
19^th August 1838	At Home	Pd expenses 5s Pd for Parchment &c at Mr Patches £1 5s
20^th August 1838	Working on Allington Rate and sent off the same to Allington and working on Downfrome
21^st August 1838	Working on Downfrome Rate and valued Downfrome land at Chantmarle
22^nd August 1838	Charminster Commutation Attending at Charminster to receive Maps of Landowners When Mr James Henning & Mr Sherrin did not produce theirs
23^rd August 1838	Adding Paper to Toller Map and Valued Downfrome land at Chantmarle
24^th August 1838	Wootton Newland Journey to Wootton Newland to review the Lands
25^th August 1838	Pasting Paper &c
26^th August 1838	At Home
27^th August 1838	Valuing Hillfield Farm £1 1s 0d Evershot and Frome Commutation Edwin attending at the Acorn with Maps for adoption	Paid for Canvas for Map 2s 4d Paid Mr Richards for Toller mending Cross Staff &c 9s	A cross staff was used to ensure off set lines from the base line were at 90 ° to it.
28^th August 1838	Casting Hillfield Farm &c and Went to Frome St Quintin to Value Timber between Messrs Cowdry and Petty
29^th August 1838	Went to Downfrome respg State of Property and pasting Paper
30^th August 1838	Working on Frome Vauchurch Rate of Tithes
31^st August 1838	Working on Batcombe Tithes
	September
1^st September 1838	Completing the Hillfield Valuation	Received of Mr J Russell for Valuing Mr Cozens House &c at Yetminster £1 1s 0d	Neither party has been identified.
2^nd September 1838	At Home
3^rd September 1838	Went to Cheddington with Mr Richards to Measure that Parish	Paid Mr Richards for paying Chain Man £5 Reced of him back £2 5s Paid for Canvas 5s 6d	Another new assistant. The logistics of getting all the tithe commutations done as quickly as possible must have put a strain on all concerned.
4^th September 1838	Working on Batcombe and From Vauchurch Rent charges &c
5^th September 1838	Do. Do.	Paid Mr Cleall for Mr Richards Board &c when measuring at Cheddington £6 16 5d
6^th September 1838	Attending at Batcombe the whole of the day respecting Poors Rate
7^th September 1838	Altering the Batcombe Rate [Poor Rate] and working on Downfrome Rent charges
8^th September 1838	Working on Downfrome and Batcombe Rent Charges	Pd for Baskets 1s 10d Pd more Canvas 6s 6d
9^th September 1838	At Home
10^th September 1838	Working on Batcombe& Downfrome apportionment
11^th September 1838	Working on North Poorton apportionment and Pasting Paper
12^th September 1838	Went to Mosterton with Mr Pine to begin Measuring	Paid Mr Pine to pay Chain Man &c £5 Paid expenses 2s 6d
13^th September 1838	Went to Dorchester Races with Edwin in the Carriage Dined at Mr Caines and paid him for 30 sheep	Paid for a Watch for Edwin £12 Pd Mr Caines for 30 sheep£46 Paid expenses at the Races 5s 6d	This was in fact the last meeting at Dorchester itself. The local Rector, Revd. Henry Moule, was a vociferous campaigner against the racing which he associated with vice. Way too much drinking and gambling for his liking. The event in 1838 extended over two days and the 14^th was the last day of racing there. Instead the racing was reconvened at Waddon Vale near Beaminster where it survived for another 19 years until it too closed in 1857.

14^th September 1838

Working on North Poorton Commutation and assisting taking of Toller Map

Paid Groves Haymaking 7s 6d

Gave Edwin to go after Arthur The Scarlatina being in the School 7s 6d

Pd English £1 8s 0d

Scarlatina [Scarlet Fever] was a bacterial infection. Causing tonsillitis initially complications could affect the skin, the heart or the joints. Today it is treated by penicillin.

15^th September 1838

Mr Easton called at my house respecting Cattistock Map & I agreed with him to make a Rough Map for 6d per acre & 1s for all that required Measuring [and making Sketch of Allington Map Wilts for Mr Wm Jennings to be charged to commutation £3 3s 0d

George Easton was a local land surveyor who undertook the commutation at Cattistock. Martin clearly had a major input to the map used.

This is Allington a tithing in the parish of Allcannings, Wiltshire. Frances Atwood was the valuer at commutation of the tithes. Ld Ilchester owned 200 + acres in the village. Doubtless he made Martin an offer he could not refuse.

16^th September 1838	At Home
17^th September 1838	Went to Downfrome and back to Cattistock correcting Map	£2 2s 0d Reced of Mr Stein my Bill Pd Susan a/ of House 10s Do. 1s 10d
18^th September 1838	Looking over Road at Chalmington which B Cox had been Doing and Valued the same £46 15s 0d and afterwards correcting Cattistock Map	Pd Pitcher Gardening 3s Pd Mrs Guppy of Batcombe for Mr Pines Lodging 8s
19^th September 1838	Working on Cattistock
20^th – 22^nd September 1838	Do.
23^rd September 1838	At Home
24^th September 1838	Working on Cattistock &c	Paid Alex Wellman for measuring at Kingcombe 11s 8d Do. for Gardening &c 7s 9d
25^th September 1838	Went to Loders Valuing	£3 10s Received a Yrs interest of Maria Beater due 23^rd of this Month £75 4s 1 ½ d }	John Beater who we first met in 1827 died in 1835 at the age of 36. Again Martin must have thought well of her to lend her £75 [£5k today].
26^th September 1838	At Loders Valuing
27^th – 28th September 1838	Do.
29^th September 1838	Do. and returned Home	Paid Spade Man &Turnpike Loders }10s Paid for salt fish 4s
30^th September 1838	At Home
	October
1^st October 1838	Went to Ilminster with Arthur and called at Mr Guys on my way back	Purchased things at Ilminster & expenses 15s Paid Mr Edwards what he paid Postage for me 10s	Mr Guy was land surveyor at Hinton St George near Ilminster.
2^nd October 1838	Working on Loder’s
3^rd October 1838	Do.
4^th October 1838	Yeomanry meeting at Sydling Hill
5^th October 1838	Working on Loder &c
6^th October 1838	Valuing at Frome St Quintin
7^th October 1838	At Home
8^th October 1838	Valuing at Frome St Quintin	Paid Mr Olver to pay Chain Man £5
9^th October 1838	Do. and working on Numerical Survey		Numerical surveys were highly detailed valuations of each plot of land in a parish. This could vary enormously For example at Frome pasture land varied in value from 28s to 14s and acre, meadow from 30 to 50 s and arable 14 to 12s an acre.
10^th October 1838	Maiden Newton Poor’s Rate Went to Maiden Newton and Divided Cottages on the Rate
11^th October 1838	Went to Cattistock with Sketches &c for Mr Easton and Mr Bridge to begin valuing &c
12^th October 1838	Wootton Newland Examining the Valuation sent me by Mr Percy
13^th October 1838	Working of Frome St Quintin
14^th October 1838	At home
15^th October 1838	Working on Frome St Quintin Particulars	Gave Edwin 5s
16^th October 1838	Working on Frome St Quintin
17^th October 1838	Doing Various Jobs in the Morning and went part of the way to Corfe in the afternoon Slept at Winfrith	Paid Mr Edwards what he paid for me for Coals £1 1s 0d Paid him further on a/ of his salary £25
18^th October 1838	Corfe Castle Poors Rate Attending Vestry meeting at Corfe	Expenses to and from Corfe Castle respecting Rate £2 10s 0d	In these two days the Poor Rate was revalued. As no more is heard of the matter it was presumably settled equitably.
19^th October 1838	Revisiting and altering Rate and came part of my way Home & Slept at Dorchester	Paid for Paper at Dorchester 12s6d
20^th October 1838	Returned Home in the Evening
21^st October 1838	At Home
22^nd October 1838	Holding Rampisham Court and attendg the Sub-Commissioner Mr Lewis on Evershot and Frome St Quintin 1-1-0	Paid Henry Conway for Coffin £6 6s 0d Paid half a years Tithe £1 17s 9 ½ d
23^rd October 1838	Sold Mr Trenchard 30 Sheep at 37s each Went to Loder, slept at Bridport called on Mr Templer respg allotting parts of Loder Field for Sale but it was defer’d	Reced of Mr Trenchard for Twenty Lambs £24 Pd to Luck 2s 6d	Paid to Luck suggests minor gambling debts.
24^th October 1838	At Loder Valuing &c	£14 6s 10d Reced ½ Years Rent &c of Mr Bengefield for my Chilthorne Land due Michas 1838 Paid him what he paid for Clover Seeds &c as Bill £1 3s 10d Paid Mrs Shorts Balance of Bill £18 2 s 9 ½ d
25^th October 1838	Do. Do.
26^th October 1838	Bradpole Messrs Nicholls Major & others attending at Bradpole with Mr Stubbs to Value a meadow £2 2s 0d received	Gave Edwin to go to Charminster £3
27^th October 1838	At Loder Valuing -and Returned Home
28^th October 1838	At Home	Pd Expenses at Bradpole now & time before & at Bridport £3 Paid for Coals at Bridport £7 15s 8d
29^th October 1838	Potatoe Rent day at the Fox Working on Cattistock Map Mr Easton	Gave Mr Eaton towards Church Missionary Society 5s Paid Mr Olver on Acct £20 Paid Wm Pullmans Bill £4 6s 8d Paid Robert Pullmans Bill £1 13s 11d	Despite the very similar names they are spelt differently in the diaries.
30^th October 1838	Finished the Cattistock Map and Particulars and sent the same by Mail cart
31^st October 1838	Working on Loders Particulars
	November
1^st November 1838	Upwey inclosure Attending at Dorchester reading Draft Award Edwin was with me	Paid Mr Gaulton for a Hogshead of Beer check on William’s £4 1s 0d Paid Public Expenses on Upwey Servants &c 18s
2^nd November 1838	Do. Returned Home Charge Two Days	Paid my Expenses & Edwins £1 Paid for a New Hat ^Upcots£1 2s 0d
3^rd November 1838	Working on Maiden Newton Bill Rate&c	Paid Pencils &c 5s Paid for a Pig £3 0s 0d
4^th November 1838	At Home
5^th November 1838	Examining Penselwood Map and writing out Godmanstone & Upwey inclosure Bills	Pd Mr Maiden Poor Rates £1 10s Paid Mr Bennett of Yeovil in full of all demand £17 5s 0d Paid a Years Rent of Garden Allotment 10s	It is not clear on which land or property the poor rate at Maiden Newton was due.
6^th November 1838	making out Particulars of Melbury Sampford for Lord Ilchester
7^th November 1838	Melbury Sampford & Melbury Osmond Commutation Attending Sub Commissioner Mr Jerwood at the Acorn Inn Evershot on both Parishes	17s Reced of Mr Spinks for Measuring Coppice Paid Mr Spinks Bill for Timber &c for my new office &c £47 13s 1d Pd on a/ for his Timber at Bubbdown £40 10s 0d } £7 3s 1d
8^th November 1838	Mr Nicholetts Journey to Bridport to make affidavit to Value of Field in Allington Dined with the Revd. Mr Fox.	£2 2s 0d Received of Mr Nicholetts £35 18s 8d Reced of Mr Merriman a Years interest on the Bishopstone Inclosure Mortgage due 29^th September last }
9^thNovember 1838	Allington Rate and Tithes Attending Tithe meeting for Mr Fox agreed at £190 Attending Parish officers on Poor Rate charged £2-2-0	£2 2s 0 d Received of the Revd. Mr Fox
10^th November 1838	Returned Home by way of Beaminster – Dined at Mr Peter Cox’s Traced some Sketches for him from the Sydling Maps	Pd expenses at Bridport and things purchased £1 2s Mending Carriage 19s 6d
11^th November 1838	At Home
12^th November 1838	Writing to Mr Madeley for stencil Letters &c and waited on Lord Ilchester with Reference to Melbury Sampford Map
13^th November 1838	Mr Sheridan Journey to Maiden Newton and made Exchange between Mr Sheridan and Crewkerne School £1 10s 9d Sydling St Nicholas Commutation Attending at Sydling to receive Maps £2 2s 0d		Richard Brinsley Sheridan was born in 1751 and died in 1816. He was a famous actor. His son Thomas Sheridan was born in 1775 and in turn he had a son also named Richard Brinsley Sheridan born in 1809. This latter had extensive land holdings in the county but lived at Frampton. In his time he was MP for Shaftesbury, High Sheriff for Dorset and member of the Yeomanry Cavalry. Why Crewkerne school owned 30 acres of land in Maiden Newton is not known.
14^th November 1838	Making Sketches of part of Piddlehinton for Mr Knight and writing to him respg meeting at Bridport to divide an estate between Messrs Gundry and Dennis
15^th November 1838	Working on Frome St Quintin Particulars
16^th November 1838	Attending the Chelborough Tithe Meeting when I was appointed the apportioner and dined at Mr Crew Jennings		If Corscombe was the only entry that indicates he tendered for contracts this is the only one that exists where he was appointed.

17^th November 1838	Working on Penselwood Map
18^th November 1838	At Home
19^th November 1838	Working on the Penselwood Particulars
20^th November 1838	Sent the Pen Map to Mr Guy and Pasting Paper	Pd Mr Pope for Spirits £3 16s 6d
21^st November 1838	Went to Frome St Quintin and saw Mr Petty respg meeting at Beaminster and attendg Mr Smiths sale [under execution]	Paid for Articles at Mrs Smiths Sale £4 15s 0d
22^nd November 1838	Doing Various Jobs and working on the Maiden Newton Rate	Paid Mr Olver on fu a/ £10	Although there is a large family by the name of Olver living in Bridport none were land surveyors.
23^rd November 1838	making Maiden Newton Commutation expenses rate
24^th November 1838	Godmanstone inclosure Journey to Dorchester respg Exchange between Mr Goodenough & Mr Bridges. Edwin went with me and remained at Charminster	Paid for Paper Pocket Book &c & Expenses at the Antelope for Edwin and self £3 Paid Mr Balsters bill £5 4s 0d	Presumably this would have been the next diary in the series; now lost.
25^th November 1838	At Home
26^th November 1838	Doing Various Jobs and went to Loders in the afternoon slept at Bridport	Paid for Canvas 5s Paid Mr Cleall for Mr Richards Board &c when measuring at Chedington } £6 16s 5d Paid for cleaning Boots 3s 7d
27^th November 1838	At Loders at Mr Henry Sewards examining Property Slept at Bridport
28^th November 1838	Returned home working on Loders Rate	Paid Expenses at Bridport £1 5s
29^th November 1838	Mess Petty & Cowdry Journey to Beaminster at the Final settlement of Exchange at Frome St Quintin	Paid Expenses 2s 6d
30^th November 1838	Working on the Loders rate	Paid ½ yrs Land Tax for the land mic 1838 9d
	December
1^st December 1838	Do.
2^nd December 1838	At Home
3^rd December 1838	Receiving Rents at Ransom	Received of Mr Johnson up to this time £4 4s 0d Paid my Tithe 4s Pd Messenger with Loder rate 5s Paid ½ yrs aforesaid Taxes £3 10s 10d ½ Years Land tax 2s 7d
4^th December 1838	Sent the Loder Abstract Rate sent Mr Ingram Map of P Hinton and Pasting Maps and working on Evershot Rent Charges.
5^th December 1838	Pasting Paper and working on Evershot Rent Charges
6^th December 1838	Went to Sydling Fair and Examining the Stratton Apportionment	Lent Thos Cox £2
7^th December 1838	making out Mr Jestys Accounts and went to Woolcombe – and pasting the Stratton Maps on Canvas	Paid Expenses for Flower Glasses 10s 6d
8^th December 1838	Stratton Commutation Journey to Stratton with Draft Apportionment and deposited the same at Mr Chapmans Charge £2 2s 0d	Paid English £1 8s 0d £50 Received of Mr Wm Jennings yrs payment
9^th December 1838	At Home
10^th December 1838	Messrs Gundry and Dennis Journey to Bridport to meet Mr Knighton the partition Valuation- worked in the afternoon at Loders	Paid Susan what she paid for me 4s 10d Pd her on a/ of House 10s Pd Expenses at Bridport and Loder £1 14s 0d	This is the last entry about Susan Frampton although she was still living in as a servant to him in the 1841 census.
11^th December 1838	Valuing at Loders
12^th December 1838	Returned Home – attended the Loder Vestry on my way home Charge 3 days for Loder
13^th December 1838	Working on the Loder Partition
14^th December 1838	Do. – ½ day & Pasting Paper &c
15^th December 1838	Went to Batcombe with Notice for meeting to produce map	Pd Alex Wellman on a/ of Measuring at Chantmarle &c £1
16^th December 1838	At Home
17^th December 1838	Pasting Paper and Doing various jobs and looking over the Batcombe Rent Charge
18^th December 1838	Went to Ilminster after Arthur	Pd J Lake Digging Potatoes 3s Expenses going to Ilminster 6s
19^th December 1838	Went to Charminster slept at Mr Caines
20^th December 1838	Valuing Monkton Tithes slept at Dorchester	Received of Dorchester Union making Frome Vauchurch Rate £10 17s 6d
21^st December 1838	Taking State of Property Charminster Village
22^nd December 1838	Correcting Charminster inclosure map	Pd Man at Charminster and Expenses at Dorchester 15s Pd mending Carriage £1
23^rd December 1838	At Home
24^th December 1838	Batcombe Attending a Vestry to have the Map adopted	Pd Scott for work 3s 6d Pd Mrs Coxwell for Charity to woman 5s Pd Xmas gifts 10s
25^th December 1838	Christmas Day
26^th December 1838	Attending Frome Vauchurch with Map for adoption of Landowners	Pd Mr Wills for Chain Man &c at Downfrome £2 19s 6d £30 Received of Mr Neale making M Newton rate
27^th December 1838	Pasting Paper and Dined at Mr William Jenning’s
28^th December 1838	Putting in Two Sketches in Margins of Deeds for Mr Templer of Bridport charge 10s each
29^th December 1838	“Working on Charminster Village Terrier”	Pd Mr Edwards of Yeovil for what he paid for me at C Thorne £9 11s 3d
30^th December 1838	At Home
31^st December 1838	Working on Charminster	Pd Rendall Glazier £1 6s 11d Pd C Man at Stoke & Holway £1 18s 4d Pd Susan what she paid for me 5s 2d Pd her on acct of House 10s Pd for paper at Dorchester and Expenses £3 Pd Bill at the Three Compasses Charminster £7 12s 0d Paid Mr Olver in full for Measuring £94 0 0d Paid John Drakes Bill £1 18s 6d Pd James Groves Bill £2 8s 8d Pd for Sawing 10s 6d Paid James Roberts his Bill £4 10s 9d Pd Mr Edwards in full £30 Paid English 4 wks £1 8s 0d Paid Mrs Shorts Bill £5 12s 8d Paid Knell Shoemaker £4 4s 4d Paid Mrs Pouncys Bill £2 14s 11 ½ d Paid Mrs Mullins Bill £2 9s 3 ½ d	The end of the year once again contains numerous payments. The first batch are included in the accounts section for the 31^st December whilst the second are included in the monthly abstracts pages at the end of the book. Clearly he just ran out of space as he did in 1832 and put the payments where he had the room for them in the book.
	January	February	March
	Paid Cooper Chubb 15s 3d	Paid for Drawing Paper Cartridge Do &c £1 7s	Paid Nut Shoemakers of Dorchester £1 6s
	Paid Edwards Shoemaker 18s 3d	£2 15s 8d Reced interest Wilts and Dorset Bank Current a/	Pd County Chronicle Bill £1 2s
	Paid John Groves 4s 6 ½d	£9 7s 6d Reced ½ yr’s interest on 375£ Wilts & Dorset due Xmas 1838 Paid Mr Wm Jennings 2/5 of the above £3 15s	£40 12 0d Reced ½ Yrs dividend from Williams Bank due July 1838
	Pd John Cox 1/3 rd Sherbourne Journal 6s 8d		£40 12 0d Do Do due 5^th January 1839
	Paid Mr Percy’s Bill £5 6s 8d
	April	May	June
	Paid Barrett Shoemaker which ought to have been entered 30^th August when Pd £7 0 11d	Paid Postage &c £5 10s	£58 15s 6d Reced of Mr Trenchard for 37 Sheep and two calves
	Paid 2 Years insurance £5 5s	Paid for Apple trees for Chilthorne per Mr Pyne 28 at 4/3d each £5 19s	Pd Mr Swaffields Bill for Flour &c £27 17 10d
	10s Reced Share of surplus from insurance office	Paid Mr Trenchards Bill including two Hogsheads of Cider £44 5s	Pd for 63 Hundred & ¾ of coals at 15 ½ d per Hundred £4 2 4 ½ d
	July	August	September
	Pd Arthurs ½ years Schooling £26 17 7d	Pd two years Rent of Poor Close due at Lady Day 1839 £12 12s	Pd Lord Ilchester a Yrs Rent of Land £28 4 10d
	Pd Susan ½ yr’s wages £5 5s	Pd Mr Bollen for Spirits £1 2s	Paid Galpin Chain Man at Toller £4 15s
	Pd Lodge of Sherborne Shoemaker 19s	Pd Mr Upcotts Bill £11 19s 6d	Pd Mrs Galpin for Lodgings for Young Men when measuring Toller £10
	Pd Mr Tilly of Yeovil £1 10 5d	Pd Dr Wallis for Medicine 7s 6d	This was probably Dr John Wallis of Dorchester.
	October
	Paid Mr Selwoods Bill £8 1s Paid for Canvas 4s	Brought Forward Received £1196 19s 5d Paid £1141. 1s 7d 55 17s 10d Carried to next years book.

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