1845

The inside of the 1845 diaries.

Date	Diary Entries	Accounts	Notes.
	January 1845
1^st January 1845	Duke of Cleveland Went to Poorstock and Copied the Railroad	Paid at the Acorn Ratling [sic] for Turkeys Arthur & self 9s	This has to do with the Bridport Branch Line. [See text].
2^nd January 1845	Duke of Cleveland Went to Poorstock and finished Copying the Railroad Plan and Reference Book	Paid Clerk of the Parish 2s Do. Expenses 2s 6d
3^rd January 1845	Duke of Cleveland Working on the Railroad Plans and References
4^th January 1845	Duke of Cleveland Working on the Rail Road Plans &c My Sister Mrs Perratt died
5^th January 1845	At Home
6^th January 1845	Mr Stein Went to Cattistock and Copied Railroad Plan and Reference Book	Reced of Mr Wightman Mr Ropers Commn Expenses for Sturtle Farm Shipton Gorge £5 9s 0d	This diary contains many such entries. They relate to the landowners paying him their expenses of the appropriate tithe commutation.
7^th January 1845	Working on Poorstock and Cattistock Railroads for Duke of Cleveland & Mr Stein	Paid for Stamps 9s	The penny black was introduced in 1840 but since there are no diaries between 1838 and 1845 as a consequence this is the first time that they are mentioned specifically [as opposed to ‘postage’.].
8^th – 9^th January 1845	Do.
10^th January 1845	Edwin went to Redlynch to Live Working on Cattistock Rail Road Plan for Mr Stein	Gave Edwin £20	Edwin was in fact moving to Shepton Montague near Redlynch to take up place as Steward to the Earl of Ilchester who had a large estate there. Edwin took over from Frederick Martin who had died and who was son of John Martin of Shepton Montague. How they were all related is discussed in the text.
11^th January 1845	Attending the Funeral of my Sister Mrs Perratt	Paid Mrs Jesty what she paid for Coffin for Mrs Perratt £3 11s5d Gave Charlotte Pullman 7s
12^th January 1845	At Home		Charlotte Pullman probably laid Mrs Perratt out as she had one for John Martin’s wife.
13^th January 1845	Dined at the Acorn Lord Ilchesters Rent Day	£200 Reced of Mr David Caines on further Acct of Corfe Castle Rate	This was for the Poor Law assessment at Corfe. A nice little earlier equivalent to £12,000 in today’s money.
14^th January 1845	Attending to Work People and paying Bill Mr Bengefield from Chilthorne was here and pd Rent on a/ [see last years book]
15^th January 1845	Paying Bills &c and working on Mr Steins Plan respg Rail Road
16^th January 1845	Working on Mr Steins Plan
17^th January 1845	Went to Chalmington with Mr Steins Plans and working on Child Okeford Net Mead	Paid for Beagles ½ Mr C Jennings paid the other ½ £5 7s 6d
18^th January 1845	Working on Mr Hennings Grove Buildings Particulars	Pd Washerwoman 5s	The main road leading north from Dorchester sweeps down hill on the left were the Grove buildings a collection of houses some of which were three storeys high. Most have been swept away.
19^th January 1845	At Home
20^th January 1845	Child Okeford Working on Net Mead went to Tea at Mr Wm Jennings Arthur and self	Pd Mr Fone for Gloves £1 Paid John Davis for Edwins Butter to Oxford £1 7s 8 ½ d
21^st January 1845	Do. and Grove Building plan	Paid John Tompkins for Work 6s For Graves 1s 6d	This reads in the diary as if it was for his sisters grave.
22^nd January 1845	Do. and weighing Coals and wrote to Mr Lane respecting his Batcombe Expenses	Paid for 46 cwt Coals 17d £3 5s 2d Pd Mr Critchells Ransom Poor Rates Two collections 2s 6d
23^rd January 1845	Took Medicine & Looking over Bills	£ 3 3 0d Reced of Mr John Henning for making Plan of Grove Buildings
24^th January 1845	Packing Bottles &c and working on the Chilthorne Poor Rate	Gave Arthur £1 Pd Spracklin Washing 1s 10d £10 6s 6d Received of Revd Samuel Lane Batcombe Com Rate
25^th January 1845	Working on Chilfrome Rate
26^th January 1845	At Home
27^th January 1845	Allotting Child Okeford Net Mead	Pd Ground dressing &c 4s
28^th January 1845	Went out with the Beagles	Reced of Mr Wm Jennings 2^nd Yrs Rent of Mowries at Somerton due Lady Day 1844 £98 1s 4d
29^th January 1845	Working Child Okeford Net Mead	Pd for Envelopes &c 7s 6d
30^th January 1845	Do.
31^st January 1845	Do.
	February
1^st February 1845	Went to Dorchester Mr Wm Jennings 98.1.4 ½ yr interest W&D 30.7.6 Mr Lane 10.6.6 Beaminster 11.14.4 Martyn 1.9.0 Mr C Jennings 5.7.6 Mr John Henning 3.3.0 See BJ Book £160.9.2d	Pd Harriett Wang als [sic] Pullman in full £3 2s
2^nd February 1845	At Home
3^rd February 1845	Making Sketch of Net Mead & went out with the Beagles	Paid for Barreners &c £34
4^th February 1845	Went to Maiden Newton & purchased Three Barreners & two Cows in Calf & working on Sketch of Net Mead	Paid for Letter Stamps 3s Pd Mr Yearsley for H Ben £4 Pd for articles & Expenses 7s 6d
5^th February 1845	Went out with Beagles and went to a Cow Sale at Leigh Reced from Dr & Mrs Daw a Gold Seal as a Memento		The only Cow Sale in Leigh [according to the newspapers] was on the 10^th. Who Dr & Mrs Daw were is not known nor why Martin should have been given a Gold Seal.
6^th February 1845	Mr White of Tintinhull here respecting Ploughing up some Pasture Land He Dined here
7^th February 1845	Sent Plans of Child Okeford Net Mead to Mr Peach Mr Baldwin & Mr Smith writing Letters
8^th February 1845	Went to Dorchester
9^th February 1845	At Home
10^th February 1845 The Queen’s Marriage	Writing various Letters and Dined at Mr Crew Jennings with M Melmoth Mr James & others		John Christopher was a 35 yr’s old butcher living in Evershot. Mansell’s Tea in Cheapside. Varying in price between 2s 8d and 3s 8d per pound. Six pound and upwards free carriage to any part of England!
11^th February 1845	Went out with the Beagles Mr Melmoth and Mr James with self – Arthur & self went to Mr C Jennings to Tea
12^th February 1845	Attending to Farming works & writing various Letters IN PENCIL Hymen to L I B	Pd Mr Hammond’s Bill of Yeovil £1 6s 8d Paid John Criss Killing pigs 7s Pd Mansell & Co for Tea chk £2 8s 0d
13^th February 1845	Looking over Rates &c and Net Mead if the Allotting could be altered
14^th February 1845	Fresh Allotting Net Mead
15^th February 1845	Making Sketches of Net Mead for Mr Peach and Mr Baldwin
16^th February 1845	At Home
17^th February 1845	Went to Batcombe respg Poor Rate Expenses and with Beagles in the afternoon	Pd ½ yrs Land tax Do. P Tax } Ransom 9d 1s 9d Pd Mr G Bucknell for a Horse for Edwin £24
18^th February 1845	At Home on Various Matters Geo Bucknell dined at my House with Edwin [Had a Tea party]	£1 5s 0d Received of Mr Cowdry my Bill £1 16s 6d Reced Mr Benj Popes Hook Com Expenses
19^th February 1845	Mr J Baldwin here respecting Net Mead	£50 10s Received of Mr Henning for Valuing with Mr Knight Frome Farm Pd at Dorchester Errands &c and Dewlish 15s Pd Bob Sartain 5s Do. 20s
20^th February 1845	Went to Dewlish respg Commutation matters slept at Waterson
21^st February 1845	At Dewlish [slept at Waterson]
22^nd February 1845	Went to Dorchester[from Waterson] and Home
23^rd February 1845	At Home
24^th February 1845	Went to Netherbury and Valued Lands for Mr Hill 2.2.0 paid	£5 5s 0d Reced of Mr Phelps for making the Monkton Poor Rate ½ yrs ## Schedule B for Ld I Lands due Mic 1844 3s 11d Do. 2^nd Poor Do. 10d Do. my own Schedule A 5s 10 ½ d Do. second Schedule D £5 16s 8d Lord Ilchester. ½ yrs P Tax schedule A for lands at Evershot occupied by me 8s 10½ d Second Poor ½ yrs P Tax due Mic 1844 1s 11d
25^th February 1845	Writing Various Letters and Arthur went to Abbotsbury and deposited Tithe Apportionment £2 2 0
26^th February 1845	Working on Dewlish Apportionment
27^th February 1845	Went out with Beagles went to Chas Jesty’s in the Evening	Pd Sally White washing 3s 4d
28^th February 1845	Doing Various Jobs -Farming works &c Red Cow calved
	March
1^st March 1845	Working on Farming Business & Dewlish Appt	Paid Mr Gameaway for Pork 5s 11d
2^nd March 1845	At Home
3^rd March 1845	Went to Leigh with the Beagles	Pd Expenses at Leigh 4s 6d
4^th March 1845	Attending to Labourers on Barrow and Doing Something to Dewlish Apportionment
5^th March 1845	Writing Various Letters and working on Dewlish Apportionment
6^th March 1845	Attending to Labourers
7^th March 1845	Do.
8^th March 1845	Went out with the Beagles	Paid for Letter Stamps 3s 6d
9^th March 1845	At Home
10^th March 1845	Altering the Penzelwood Rate of Expenses and sent the same to Mr Messiter Mr Baldwin slept at my House		This is probably George Messiter, “Solicitor and Banker” of Wincanton.
11^th March 1845	Unwell at Home Mr Baldwin Dined at my House
12^th March 1845	Went out with the Beagles
13^th March 1845	Doing Something to the Dewlish Map
14^th March 1845	Went out with Beagles in the afternoon
15^th March 1845	Working on the Dewlish Map
16^th March 1845	At Home
17^th March 1845	Working on Abbotsbury Skeleton Map and went to Abbotsbury in the Afternoon	Expenses at Abbotsbury 15s Paid for New Pony Harness Horse Cloth &c £6 4s 6d	Was this a replacement for the one that was bought in 1832.
18^th March 1845	Working on Abbotsbury Skeleton Map and Went to Abbotsbury in the Afternoon	Paid for New Tea Pot 13s
19^th March 1845	Abbotsbury Tithe Commutation Attending Commissioner at Abbotsbury hearing objections to Apportionment and returning Home £4 4s 0d	Gave Arthur £1
20^th March 1845	Attending to Farming works &c Arthur went to Redlynch	£12 Received of Mr James my share of Bill for Commutation of Tithes of Merriott Pd him his charge on Hardington Commutation £2 2s 0d Received Check of him £9 18s 0d
21^st March 1845	Working on the Dewlish Commtn Maps
22^nd March 1845	Do. Do.	£5 2s 0d Reced of Mr Frampton a Yrs interest on Cerne Turnpike due 6^th April 1844
23^rd March 1845	At Home
24^th March 1845	Working on Abbotsbury Skeleton Tithe Map	Pd Mr Apps for re Engrossing 17 Skins of the Long Sutton Apportionment £2 2s 6d	Once a draft document had been improved it had to be turned into the final definitive version. The draft was usually written on paper and the definitive document had to be hand written or ‘engrossed’ onto parchment. Since parchment was made from cow skin a considerable number of cattle were needed.
25^th March 1845	Writing Notices to Toller Porcorum Landowners for Payment of Rate	Pd Robert Way serving Toller Notices to pay Commutation Rate 2s 6d Paid for Canvas &c 2s
26^th March 1845	Working on the Abbotsbury Sketch of Skeleton Commtn Map	Pd Sweeping Chimneys 3s 6d
27^th March 1845	Do. Do.	Pd Man Valuing Fordington
28^th March 1845	Do. Do.	Pd Mr Froud of Dorchester what Edwin owed him 5s 6d
29^th March 1845	Went to Dorchester and sent the Dewlish Apportionment to London	Paid for Various Articles and Expenses £1 1s 0d
30^th March 1845	At Home
31^st March 1845	Finished the Abbotsbury Sketch Map and sent the same to London and attending a Timber Sale at the Acorn Mr Mayo’s	Pd Ann Andrews on a/ of a years wages £2 Paid for a Lot of Pollard Ash at Westwoods £1 9s 0d	Not known.
	April
1^st April 1845	Went to Lower Melbury taking levels of an alteration in the Road for Lord Ilchester But obliged to leave off the Screws of the level now out of order	£61 19s 0d Reced of Mr Phillips my Bill on the Kingsclere inclosure
2^nd April 1845	At Lower Melbury taking Levels
3^rd April 1845	Making a Section &c of the above	Pd Sally White washing 3s 4d Pd Mr Pearce of Yeovil for Cherry Trees &c 8s 2d Pd at Yeovil for Sugar &c 16s 3d
4^th April 1845	Gardening &c Sold Two Calves to Mr Trenchard at £3 10s 6d	Pd Mr Edwards what Edwin owed him & 1s myself owed £1 6s 9d
5^th April 1845	Went to Yeovil & Purchased a Copper Hogshead Furnace of Mr Hannam 94lb at 10d per pound second hand.	Pd Mr Custard of Yeovil for a 3 foot Office Rule 11s 6d Pd Tom Frampton 15 wks up to this time £2 5s Curiously Martin’s maths was not up to this latter calculation as in the margin he had 15 3 45 Martin paid him 3s a week and 45 s equate to £2 5s.	Mr Custard was a stationer in Yeovil. The most likely candidate is Thomas Frampton of Evershot [there are several others in different parishes]. In the 1841 census he is described as a farmer rather than an agricultural labourer.
6^th April 1845	At Home
7^th April 1845	Toller Porcorum Tithe Commutation Attending at the Old Swan Inn at Toller receiving Commutation Expenses	Pd J Squibb cutting Pollard’s at Westwoods 7s Pd Expenses at Toller 3s £20 7s 6d Received part of Toller Rate £37 6s 8d Reced ½ yrs dividend Williams Bank due Jan 15^th April 5^th 1845
8^th April 1845	Went out with Beagles & went to Tea at Mr Charles Jesty’s	Pd Mr Bowring of Maiden Newton in full of all demands 7s 6d
9^th April 1845	Looking to Labourers &c and Doing Various Jobs in the Office	Received Mr John Popes Toller Commutation Expenses £10 13s Mr J Wallbridges £1 5s Mr J Tuckers £1 12s 6d } £13 10s 0d 6d short all of Mr P
10^th April 1845	Valuing an Estate at Marsh belonging to Beaminster Charity	Paid for Steel Pens 5s £17 10s 0d Reced Mr Binghams Toller C Rate of Expenses
11^th April 1845	Preparing Paper for Sketch Maps of Abbotsbury Com of Tithes.	£27 12s Reced Mr Ezekiel Popes Toller Rate
12^th April 1845	Went to Leigh with Beagles	Pd Expenses 6s
13^th April 1845	At Home
14^th April 1845	Making Valuation of Tuckers Charity Beaminster and sent same to Mr P Cox Filling up Muster Roll for Mr Frith	Pd Mr Perry’s Bill owed him by Edwin £8 19s 11d Paid John Tompkins & Bob Sartain in full £2 6s 8d Pd for 17cwt of Coals at 1s 6d £1 2s 8d	“FRANCES TUCKER, spinster, by will, dated 8 Dec. 1682, gave that par t of her farm called North Mapperton Farm, in Mapperton and Beaminster, for ever, as follows, viz.– for the maintenance of a schoolmaster, successively to be chosen by her executors, or the major part of them, £20 annum for ever; which schoolmaster was to have twenty of the poorest boys of Beaminster committed to his charge: Also, of 30 a-year for ever, to be employed for the binding out poor apprentices to some honest calling, three or four of the said boys yearly, as far as the money would reach, one whereof at least, if not two, to be sent to sea…1”
15^th April 1845	Looking after Work People and went to Melbury House
16^th April 1845	Looking after work People Gardening &c	Paid William Beater for a Quarter of Oats £1 6s 0d
17^th April 1845	Working on the Hon Mr Ashleys Valuation of Fordington Estates and sent the Dewlish apportionment a second time.	Paid for Letter Stamps 3s
18^th April 1845	Sent Mr Ashleys Valuation of Fordington Went to Holywell to see Chas Jesty who met with an Accident from his Horse and Doing Various Jobs in the Office	Paid Ground dressing 5s 4d
19^th April 1845	Pruning Apple Trees &c in Garden and looking after Work People	Received Mr Lewis Rate of Expenses Toller £4 1s 0d
20^th April 1845	At Home
21^st April 1845	Child Okeford inclosure Completing the Net Mead Allotments	Paid Groom to Commnr 5s Paid Mr Balster for wine &c £27 16s
22^nd April 1845	Child Okeford inclosure Went to Child Okeford in the Afternoon
23^rd April 1845	Child Okeford Staking Net Mead	Pd Expenses at Child Okeford £1 5s 0d
24^th April 1845	Child Okeford Viewing the Commons &c and returned Home about 8 o’clock	Pd Mr Paul for a Load of Reed for Litter £2 12s 6d
25^th April 1845	Writing Letters &c and looking to Farming Works & Brewing &c	Paid ½ yrs Tithe due Ldy Day 1845 £1 14s 3 ½ d
26^th April 1845	Writing Various Letters and looking to Farming works	Paid Labourers 18s 9d
27^th April 1845	At Home
28^th April 1845	Looking to Farming works sowing Grass seeds &c
29^th April 1845	Went to Toller Down with Beagles
30^th April 1845	Sending out Yeomanry Notices and sent of two Sketch Maps to the Tithe Office
	May
1^st May 1845	Looking after work People &c & gardening	£58 8s 6d Reced of Mr Wm Jennings Penselwood Commtn Bill my own Share Pd Mr Mullens Bill for Bread &c £5 11s 10½ d
2^nd May 1845	Putting the Office to rights sent Mr Phelps of Monkton Valuation of Hillfield Farm and Mr Peach Exchange at Child Okeford between himself and Lord Rivers	Pd Geo Mullens Bill 19s 7d
3^rd May 1845	Doing Various Jobs in Garden and attending putting away Board &c [Edwin here]	Paid Jack Squibb Sawing £1 19s 6d Pd Sartain Drawing Rick 5s
4^th May 1845	At Home
5^th May 1845	Went to Warmwell Measuring slept at the Red Lion Winfrith
6^th May 1845	Measuring at Warmwell Stormy Weather Took up my Quarters at Warmwell at Mr Saunders
7^th May 1845	Do.
8^th May 1845	Do.
9^th May 1845	Finished Measuring at Warmwell	Pd Expenses at Warmwell Chain Man &c £1 15s
10^th May 1845	Cerne Visitation Returned by way of Cerne affixed at Holywell on my Road Home	Paid for a Rump of Beef at Dorchester 16s
11^th May 1845	At Home
12^th May 1845	Evershot Fair	12s Reced Mr Allens Popes Toller Commutation Expenses
13^th May 1845	Took Medicine writing various Letters – Turned my Cows to Grass	£4 8s 6d Reced Jacob Andrews Batcombe Poor Rate Expenses Farmer Bird Do. £2 19s 6d Farmer Critchell Do. £6 1s 3d
14^th May 1845	Writing Various Letters and Plotting Warmwell Field	Farmer Downton Do. £2 11s 5d Mr Dunning Do. 9s 3d Do. Commutation expenses 2s 6d Jacob Andrews Commtn 1s ½ d Farmer Crocker for Poor Rate £4 13s 11d
15^th May 1845	Plotting Warmwell and preparing for Yeomanry meeting	Paid Mr Dunnings Bill Straw £4 10s 0d Pd Chas Stainer for Hurdles 14s Pd Jacob Andrews of Batcombe for Edwins Board when measuring at Hillfield £3 1s 9d
16^th May 1845	Yeomanry Meeting at Melbury	£2 6s Reced of Mr Dunning for Measuring &c at Sydling Pd Pullmans Bill B Smith £2 2s 3 ½ d
17^th May 1845	Plotting Warmwell &c	£3 10s Reced my Bill for Valuing for Harnham Turnpike Pd Washing and Brewing 4s 4d
18^th May 1845	At Home
19^th May 1845	Toller Down Fair Sold three Barreners	Pd John Tompkins up to last Saturday 8s 3d £19 15s 0d Reced for Three Barreners
20^th May 1845	Mr Cozens Valuing Timber at Hillfield £2 2 0d	Pd Mr Warden ½ yrs land tax due Ldy Dy 1845 2s 7d Do. ½ yrs Assessed Taxes £4 16s 2d £2 2s 0d Received Mr Hitt for Valuing Gave Arthur £1 £1 Reced of Mr Dunning for altering Maiden Newton Rate
21^st May 1845	Permanent Duty at Dorchester
22^nd -25^th May 1845	Do.	Paid Tom at Dorchester £1
26^th May 1845	Permanent Duty at Dorchester
27^th May 1845	Do.- Review Day	Reced Pay £4 3s 4d
28^th May 1845	Returned Home	Received Profit on Oats £3 Pd Mr Russell for Two Quarters of Oats £2 16s 0d
29^th May 1845	Rook Shooting at Woolcombe	Pd for Lodgings & expenses £6 10s 0d
30^th May 1845	Working on the Woodsford & Woolcombe Plans for Lord Ilchester [on Railroads]	£20 4s 6d Reced of Mr John Henning the l[a]t[e] Mr Geo Hennings Fordington Commtn Rate
31^st May 1845	Making up Accounts &c Looking into Valuation of Col Michels Lands at Allington and working on Warmwell 1^st Class Map.	£20 6s 6d Reced of Mr Bengefield Arrears to Ldy Dy 1844 and on a/ to Ly Dy 1845 Arrear 13.10.1 ½ on a/ 6.16.4 ½ 20 6 6 Pd Mr Russell [Acorn] for a Gallon of Gin 12s
	June
1^st June 1845	At Home	Paid Sartain drawing Rick and woman Ground dressing 9s 3d
2^nd June 1845	Went to Bridport – Col Michels Sale of Lands at Allington	£1 4s 0d Reced of Mr J Pitfield his Hook Commn Expenses £2 5 3d Reced of Mr Hodder what reced of Allington Commn Expenses £1 5 9d 2 0d Reced Mr Tucker £1 1 0 £2 8s 9d 3 6d Gave Hoskins £2 5 3d
3^rd June 1845	Evershot Club	Pd for Handkerchief &c £1 Pd Expenses Bridport 10s Pd John Tompkins in full 19s 6d Pd Mr Dermotts Bill £7 Pd Mr Geo Bucknell for Man bringing up Horse from Chinnock 2s 6d and returned 1s over charged oats	Evershot Club was the local “Friendly Society” which for a modest fee would support the poor in times of illness. These clubs were often supported by wealthy ‘honorary members’ who could not draw on the club but subscribed to it. Clubs could be national – like the Oddfellows- or local branches of a County society or confined to the parish. In most cases the parish branches enjoyed an annual meeting accompanied by much merriment.
4^th June 1845	Working on the Warmwell 1^st Class Map	Pd at Club Dinner for Self & Edwin & Arthur £1 14s
5^th June 1845	Attending to Work People and Went to Kingscombe respg Commtn Expenses
6^th June 1845	Writing Circulars to the Toller and Burton Defaulters	Pd for Stamps 3s Pd Ann Andrews’s wages up to this time when discharged 16s
7^th June 1845	Made Hillfield Comtn Rate and sent Copies to Mr Sparks and Mr Garland	Pd Tom Frampton nine weeks up to this time £1 7s Pd John Tompkins 6s
8^th June 1845	At Home
9^th June 1845	Looking after work People and Doing something to the Warmwell 1^st Class Map	Paid Mr Pearce for Chilthorne Commtn Expenses £3 3s 1d
10^th June 1845	Attending Hauling Dung and Work People about the Milk House	Pd the Late Tailor Shitlers Bill £2 5s
11^th June 1845	Working on the Warmwell 1^st Class Map	£3 6s 6d Received of Mr Parminter his Commtn Expenses for Great Toller
12^th June 1845	Do.	Pd Mr Trenchard Bal of a/ up to this day £6 13s 6d
13^th June 1845	Do. and looking to work people
14^th June 1845	Examining the Somerton Map with Arthur Respg Woods and Orchards
15^th June 1845	At Home
16^th June 1845	Toller Eleven ok Attending again at Toller collecting Rate	Toller Reced Thos Crofts Rate 0.17.0 Do. Jos Pitfields £3 18s 0d Do. Jo Yeates £1 14 6 } £6 9s 6d Pd Mrs Crofts her Son drawing Chain at Toller 5s
17^th June 1845	Attending to Workpeople in Garden &c Susan the Girl Servant came	Lent Richard Roberts £2
18^th June 1845	Took Medicine
19^th June 1845	Went to Burton Bradstock to receive more of the Rate slept at Bridport	Pd Expenses Burton & Bridport £1 Pd for articles at Bridport £1 5s
20^th June 1845	Receiving arrears at Allington and returned Home	£12 7s 2d Reced more of Burton Rate £1 10s 9d Do. Allington 13s Do. Of Walditch 4s Do of Symondsbury Mr S Gundry
21^st June 1845	Making up Accounts &c and Scaling Warmwell Field Map	£8 16s 0d Reced of Mr Willis Lord Eldon’s Bill for making Map of Norden Farm Paid Barrett a weeks work 9s £6 1s 0d Pd Reced of Mr J Russell Mrs Bangers Toller Rate
22^nd June 1845	At Home
23^rd June 1845	Looking over Bill &c and making out a/ how to make up my return for the income Tax from1845-1846 [Began Mowing Poor Close]	Pd mowers on a/ £2 Reced of Mr Wm Symes his Toller Rate £2 1s 6d
24^th June 1845	Scaling Warmwell Field
25^th June 1845	Do. Do.
26^th June 1845	Writing Various Letters and Haymaking Misses Banger 6.6.0 on Gundrys Mrs Daniel 5.2.1 Do. J Russell 2.2.0 on Williams’s Mr Willis 9.16.0 Do. —————– 22.1.1 sent to Wilts and Dorset this day	£2 2s 0d Received of Mr J Russell my charge for Valuing Lands at Stoke £5 2s 1d Received of Mrs Daniell her rate for Burton Commtn Paid Mansell & Co for Ten Pounds of Tea Wilts and Dorset £2
27^th June 1845	Working on Warmwell 1^st Class Map of the Warmwell Field	Pd Sally White washing 3s 6d £3 17s Reced Miss Bangers Toller Rate
28^th June 1845	Attending Men Making New Garden Walk	Paid T How in full of all demand £8 5 s 3d
29^th June 1845	At Home
30^th June 1845	Haymaking in Poor Close and the Land sent the Warmwell Map & Apportionment with the 1^st Class Map of Warmwell Field to London	Pd Newberry of Ransom for Bricks 1500 18s 9d
	July
1^st July 1845	Making out Return of the 1^st Troop to the Surveyor of Taxes and	Pd J Bishop for 8 Loads of Screened Gravel for Garden Walk £1	Oddly the entry finishes ‘and’
2^nd July 1845	Haymaking and altering the Toller Poor Rate as tested by the Tithe Commnrs Arthur Assisted principally	Pd John Christopher for Dung 14s £10 9s 0d Reced ½ yrs int C: a/ Wilts & D
3^rd July 1845	Gardening &c and altering the Toller Rate Book	Pd M^cPerrott in Full £1 18s 0d Pd Mowers & Haymakers 10s Pd Expenses Fordington 7s 6d
4^th July 1845	Went to Fordington by desire of the Overseers & attended a Vestry Meeting But all there was done at this meeting was the appointment of a committee to examine the Rate – Therefore I shall charge 2.2.0 and expenses	Pd Mr Gamaways Bill £11 9s 0d Pd Sartain Mason 6s IN PENCIL Ld Egremont
5^th July 1845	IN PENCIL The Cow Neale to my Lds B Haymaking	Pd Mowers & Haymakers 10s Pd Expenses Fordington 7s 6d
6^th July 1845	At Home
7^th July 1845	Went to Dorchester and Met Mr David Caines respecting the Corfe Castle Commutation Rate of Expenses	£90 Reced of Mr Caines on further a/ of Corfe Rate Pd Expenses and articles purchased 12s
8^th July 1845	Haymaking in Pipershay &c and writing Letters
9^th July 1845	Haymaking in Pipershay	Pd Miller for Pork 5s
10^th July 1845	Competing the Chilfrome 2^nd Rate	£1012.10s 0d Pd up £30 7s 6d Reced ½ Yrs dividend Wilts and Dorset due mid 1845 Pd Mr Wm Jennings for his 35 shares £7 17s 6d
11^th July 1845	Went to Redlynch in the Afternoon	135 Shares in the whole 35 of which belong to Mr W Jennings
12^th July 1845	Went to Penselwood with Edwin and Thos Gregory to see Mrs Bigins’s Coppice
13^th July 1845	At Redlynch- went to the Chapel
14^th July 1845	Met Mr Davis at Wincanton and went on to Pen to Value Lands to be paid for by Lord Ilchester and returned Home charge £4 4s 0d & Expenses £1 2s 0d
15^th July 1845	Attending to Pipershay Rick &c and Gravel Walks
16^th July 1845	Working on Child Okeford preparatory to making Draft of Award
17^th July 1845	Attending Haymaking &c and working a little on Child Okeford
18^th July 1845	Working on Child Okeford
19^th July 1845	Do. and Haymaking
20^th July 1845	At Home
21^st July 1845	Arthur deposited the Dewlish Appt & Map Making Dft of Child Okeford Award Journey to Dewlish 1 day ½ £3 3s 0d	Gave Arthur when went to Dewlish 9s £1 5s 6d Reced of Mr Daniell his Rate Burton Pd Mr Bollen for Wine £6 14s Pd John Tompkins in full 6s
22^nd July 1845	Working on Child Okeford Award and Ricking part of Courtlands
23^rd July 1845	Working on Child Okeford Award
24^th July 1845	IN PENCIL Fordington Ten o/k Attending the Committee at Fordington on the Poor Rate
25^th July 1845	Do. Do. and returned Home	Pd Expenses at Dorchester £1 10s Paid Haymakers £2 12s 0d
26^th July 1845	Completing the Fordington Rate
27^th July 1845	At Home
28^th July 1845	Ruling New Book for the Fordington Rate and Working on Child Okeford Award all day	Paid Butcher Miller for Reeds 3s £8 8s 0d Reced of Mr Harvey Senr my Bill on Lord Rivers £4 Reced of Miller for Fat Pig Pd him for Pork 13s 9d Pd Arthur what he pd for me £1 10s 0d Pd Dr Martyns Bill £1 3s 0d Pd for Edwins Horse chk Williams’s £28
29^th July 1845	Working on the Child Okeford Draft of Award	£100 Reced of Mr R Harvey on a/ of Commutation Rates
30^th July 1845	Examining Fordington Rate and Okeford Award
31^st July 1845	Went to Chinnock Arthur with me after a Horse Edwin Bought of Wm Templeman
	August
1^st August 1845	Examining the Warmwell Engrossments &c	£4 7s Reced of John Patten Mr Phelp’s West Chinnock Commutation Exp £5 10s 3d Reced of Mr Richd Rendall by J Patten his Chiselbro Com Expenses Pd Expenses Chinnock Pattern 5s — 8s
2^nd August 1845	Taking off or rather reducing the Child Okeford inclosure Maps on Vellum	£4 8s Reced of Miller for a Pig Pd him for Pork —– [nothing] Pd Sally White 3s 4d Pd Horse for Pony £2 2s 0d £3 8s Reced Mr Austins Com Rate Symondsbury Keeper Green 2s 6d
3^rd August 1845	At Home
4^th August 1845	Working on the Child Okeford Award & Map
5^th August 1845	Mr Russ called respg; the Ditcheat inclosure. Writing many Letters on Commtn Rates and working on Child Okeford Award Map	£12 Reced of Mr Jon Neale his Toller Commn Expenses all but 17/6 } Pd for Corks and Bungs 5s	The inclosure at Ditcheat had been started by John Martin of Shepton Montague. On his death John Martin of Evershot took over.
6^th August 1845	Went to Dorchester Fair Arthur with me. Pd Mr Upcott for McDermotts Bill for Wellmans Forage Cap &c £1 16s 6d	Pd W McDermott in full of all demand IN PENCIL Wellmans bill is part of this £2 12s 4d Mr Rossiter check 3. 8.0 Jon Neale 12.0.0 Mr Harvey 8.8.0 Pd into B 23.16.0
7^th August 1845	Answering Various letters and looking into the Cheselbourne Com Rate respg the Rectors Rate.Mr Wm Jennings, Mrs B Jesty & Misses M dined with me on Venison.	£1 7s Reced Mr Boyers Holy Trinity Comm Rate £1 8s 0d Reced of Mr Chapman Mitchells Toller Commn Rate Pd for Articles and Expenses Arthur and self £2 0s 0d
8^th August 1845	Working on Child Okeford Award Map
9^th August 1845	Do. Do.
10^th August 1845	At Home
11^th August 1845	Dewlish Tithe Meeting Ten 0’clock Attendg Commnr at Dorchester hearing Objections to Rent Charges Mr Knight Also [£2 2s 0d]	Paid Expenses &c 12s Pd Pounceys Bill at Antelope5s 9d £3 12s 0d Reced of Mr Woods& Mr Coombs his Apportionment Expenses for the Holy Trinity Pd into W&D last Wednesday £11 17s 6d Reced of Mr Farwell Duke of Cleveland’s Toller Rate Pd Check Devon & Cornwell Banking Company
12^th August 1845	Working on Child Okeford award Map &c	Pd for a Pig £1 10s Pd Mr Hawn for Spts £3 12s 0d £4 17s Reced of Mr Sparks his Fordington Commnr Rate £18 8s 0d Reced of Peter Erle Esq the Late Revd N Templemans Commn Expenses at Belchalwell and Child Okeford Belchalwell 13.8.0 Okeford 5.0.0 18.8.0
13^th August 1845	Working on Do. &c	£34 14sReced of Mr Bartlett Mr Trenchard’s Child Okeford Rate Pd for Shammys & Sponge 2s 6d
14^th – 16^th August 1845	Do. Do.	£19 1s 0d Reced of Mr John Pope his Toller Rate Pd Spacklin washing 3s 1d
17^th August 1845	At Home
18^th August 1845	Working on Child Okeford Award Map &c	Pd Mrs Ward making Edwins Shirts Check on Williams £2 5s 0d Paid Mr Wardens 3^rd qtr Poor Rates up to Mic 1845 £4 12s 6d Reced of Mr Warden on a/ of Debt owed me as per Church Book £5 10s 11.01.01see Mr Wardens paper 5.10.0 still due 5.11.1	John Warden is another mystery man. He was clearly of some importance as these entries indicate. The census from 1841 shows he was then aged 40 ; no occupation is given but he employed three female servants all from the same family. His involvement with the church suggests he was parish clerk.
19^th August 1845	Attending to Workmen and working on the C Okeford Map	To be allowed Pd Mr Warden ½ yrs P tax for lands belonging to Lord Ilchester Ly Dy 1845 Schedule A 8s 10 ½d Do. Do. ½ yrs P tax for 2^nd Poor Ground Do. Schedule A 1s 11d ½ yrs P tax for my House due Ly Dy 1845 schedule A 5s 10 ½d Do. Schedule B Ld Ilchester 3s 11d My own Do. 2^nd Poor 10d Do. Schedule D income £5 16s 8d Reced of Mr Dashwood on further a/ of Manston Rate £29 4s 9d
20^th August 1845	Examined the Warmwell Engrossments &c and sent Checks to W&D	Pd John Groves of Fox for Pork 10s 9d Pd Wm Childs 10s 4d
21^st August 1845	Examined Warmwell Engrossments Writing Various letters & sent Checks to W & D Bank – Had Tea Party Fordington Farwell 11.17.6 Dashwood 29.04.9 Sparks 4.17.0 Erles 18.8.0 Bartlett 34.14.4 Ewens 15.0.0 Champion 10.2.6 £124.4.1
22^nd August 1845	Making my self acquainted with my new Theodolite but could not make it out to my satisfaction.
23^rd August 1845	Working the Theodolite and attending to Gardening	Pd John Chubb for Beer when Mr Wardens Chimney was on Fire 3s 4d
24^th August 1845	At Home
25^th August 1845	Cleaning up the Office and Doing Various Jobs in the Garden & Farming works	£6 6 3d Reced of Mr Cocks on further a/ of Plaitford Rate James Bowles £5 10s 0d Mr Hood of London 7s 3d The Overseers 9s £6 6s 3d
26^th August 1845	Practicing [sic] the Theodolite with Arthur in Funts Close	Pd James Roberts Bill £2 0s 5d Pd John Pounceys Bill £2 4s 4d Pd Pullman Blacksmith in full of all demand £2 5s 3d Pd Stuckey & Bagehots for Slates and Coal £2 15s 0d Let Arthur have to pay for Paper Sherborne £1 Pd Pullman for Box to send Telescope to London 1s Pd John Groves for Pork 4s 6d 11s 4d Reced of Mr Crew Jennings for Beer pd for my me when Mr Wardens Chimney was on Fire Pd for Stamps 6s	The problem with the theodolite may have been because it was faulty. It appears to have been sent back to London for repairs. This must have caused Martin some concern for almost certainly the cottages were thatched and Mr Warden lived next door to John Martin. It is not reported in the newspapers.
27^th August 1845	Plotting and Proving Work Done with the New Theodolite
28^th August 1845	Doing Various Jobs in the Office & wrote to Mr Whitaker respg taking part of the Survey of the Exeter Yeovil & Dorchester Railway
29^th August 1845	Working on the Child Okeford Award Maps
30^th August 1845	Do. Do. IN PENCIL Take Note Paper and Drawing Paper
31^st August 1845	At Home
	September
1^st September 1845	Working on Child Okeford Awd Maps	Gave towards Fordington New Church 10s Paid for Fowls 2s
2^nd September 1845	Went out with Arthur Shooting
3^rd September 1845	Finished the Okeford Award Maps
4^th September 1845	Went to Weymouth Races
5^th September 1845	At Weymouth Races
6^th September 1845	Returned Home	Pd Expenses & Articles purchased Paper &c £5 Paid Carriage2s 4d
7^th September 1845	At Home	£2 5s 0d Reced of Messrs Alford & Chandler Revd. Birchs Cheselbourne Rate Paid for New Harness £6 15s 0d
8^th September 1845	Went to North Perrott on Railroad works	Reced of Mr Saunders his Poor Rate Expenses Batcombe £2 15s 9d IN PENCIL Warmwell 27 Sheets	This may have been the number of parchment skins needed to engross the award.
9^th September 1845	Finishing the Dewlish Maps Arthur and self
10^th September 1845	Sent off the Dewlish and Warmwell Engrossments and Maps to London and Preparing for Railroad works
11^th September 1845	Went to Misterton on Railway work slept at Crewkerne Arthur with me	Pd Expenses at Crewkerne £1
12^th September 1845	At Misterton	Pd Tom Frampton £2 2s 0d
13^th September 1845	Do. and returned home
14^th September 1845	At home
15^th September 1845	Working in Office writing Letters &c Arthur went to Dorchester after the Carriage	Gave Arthur 5s
16^th September 1845	Went to Misterton in the afternoon	£1 13s 1d Reced of Geo Baker Hopkins by Messrs Slade and Vining his Rate Sydling
17^th September 1845	Returned from Misterton did not approve of the Rail Road Surveyors Rules	Pd Man & Expenses £2 Pd Washerwoman 4s 8d
18^th September 1845	In the Office on Various matters
19^th September 1845	Making out Copy of Hillfield Rate for Tithe Commnr and Warmwell Bills	£12 16s 0d Reced of Winchester College Hillfield Rate	The Rector of Hillfield was “The Warden and Scholars of St Mary’s College Winchester.”
20^th September 1845	Upon Farming matters & in the Office	Pd Rendall mending Parlour Glass Door &c 6s 6d £2 19s 0d Reced of Mr Evans Boveridge Almshouses Manston Rate	In 1660 Thomas Hooper endowed and built 3 almshouses in the hamlet of Boveridge just outside of Cranborne “by which three single persons, particularly old servants and tenants of the family have been paid £6 1s 4d a yearly.”². How he came to acquire the land at Manston which in 1660 was known as Over Thatcher’s Lease is not known; the land itself amounted to 30 acres and was apparently sufficient to keep the almshouses going over several centuries.
21^st September 1845	At Home
22^nd September 1845	Went to Dorchester	Pd Mr Selfs Bill and other articles £1 15s 0d Paid J Squibb for Barley £1 15s 0d Do. Fowls 2s 6d
23^rd September 1845	Attending Harvesting Wheat &c	£3 10s 0d Reced of Maria Beater a Yrs interest of £75 4s 1 ½ d due 23^rd instant Pd her for Eggs 5s 6d	Still paying off her loan.
24^th September 1845	Attending Labourers &c Setting Early Yorks &c	Pd for Pork 3s 2d £23 19s 0d Reced of Mr Wm Roberts his Commutation Rate Burton	Early Yorks are cabbages.
25^th September 1845	Looking over the Ditcheat inclosure papers and writing to Mr Russ to fix a meeting at Yeovil on the Rate of Expenses
26^th September 1845	Attending to Farming Works Mr Wm Roberts dined with me and paid his Burton Comn Rate
27^th September 1845	In the Office in the morng and went to Holywell Went to Chilthorne with Arthur who left a Notice at Wm Bengefields for his quitting my property at Chilthorne in the afternoon to see the men Boring on Railway works		The Great Western line was eventually to run through from Yeovil Pen Mill to Weymouth. The summit of the line was at Holywell [the station was to be named Evershot] and to reach this a tunnel had to be bored through the chalk at Melbury Bubb. Although the line still exists, Evershot station with the nearby Strangways Hotel has closed.
28^th September 1845	At Home
29^th September 1845	Went to Chilthorne with Arthur who left a Notice at Wm Bengefields for his quitting my Land at Chilthorne	Pd Expenses at Yeovil 5s
30^th September 1845	Working on Commutation Bills &c
	October
1^st October 1845	Edwin went to Beaminster on Railroad work Getting in Apples &c	Pd Mr Custard of Yeovil for Edwin £2 5s 0d
2^nd October 1845	Attending to Labourers getting up Potatoes etc	Pd for Pork 5s Pd Alex Wellman for Straw 6s Pd for Stamps 10s
3^rd October 1845	Fetched my Two heifers from Batcombe Hill and writing Letters on Commtn Rates	£10 17s 0d Reced of the Revd. Geo Radcliffe his Belchalwell
4^th October 1845	Working on Abbotsbury Enlarged Plan of the Town for Lord Ilchester
5^th October 1845	At Home
6^th October 1845	Working on the Abbotsbury Town Plan for Lord Ilchester sent Mr Wm Roberts Check to Bank £23 0s 0d	Let Arthur have to buy me a Knife £1 Pd Ld Ilchester a Years Lords Rent due Mic 1845 3s 6d Pd Jack Groves at the Fox as he says for Cleaning out Pond 7s 6d	Martin seems to be a little uncertain about the payment to clean out his pond.
7^th October 1845	Went to Abbotsbury correcting the Village and finding out Owners and Occupiers	Pd Expenses at Abbotsbury £1 10s 0d
8^th October 1845	At Abbotsbury
9^th October 1845	Measured 18 a[cres] of Land at Leawell [Lewell] Do. and returned Home	Pd Poor Rates Ransom 2s 9d Do. Church Rates 4d £37 6s 8d Reced ½ Yrs dividend Williams Bank due July 5^th & 10^th Oct 1845	Another trip to Lewell farm.
10^th October 1845	Sending out Yeomanry Notices and working on Abbotsbury &c
11^th October 1845	Working a Little on Abbotsbury and on Farming works &c -some one stole two small Tubs from Marsh Orchard House [in which I fed my Cows with oil cake in] last night.	Pd Tompkins for work 11s 9d	Rural crime was prevalent despite the sometimes draconian sentences imposed on the perpetrator. Nothing appears in the newspapers however about this theft.
12^th October 1845	At Home
13^th October 1845	Preparing Various things to go Measuring on Railroad works on the line from Beaminster towards Milton	IN PENCIL Thompkins owe me 3d
14^th October 1845	Enlarging the Village of Abbotsbury for Lord Ilchester
15^th October 1845	Exeter Yeovil and Dorchester Railway Went to Beaminster on Railroad works slept at Do. Viewing the Lines all day	Pd for Braces &c 5s
16^th October 1845	Taking Perpendiculars slept at Netherbury	Pd Expenses 15s Pd for Spade & Hook 3s 6d
17^th October 1845	Do. and laying out Lines slept at Melpash
18^th October 1845	Do. Do. Walked home Arthur and Self from Half Moon Melpash	Pd Chain Man 8s 6d 11 14s 6d Received of the Duke of Cleveland by Mr Farwell my Bill for work done £
19^th October 1845	At Home
20^th October 1845	Preparing for Yeomanry meeting	£12 0s 7d Reced of Mr Crew Jennings Revd. Mr Strangways Plaitford Rate
21^st October 1845	Yeomanry Meeting at Stratton & met the Dorchester Troop	£193 6s 10d Reced of Mr Wm Jennings Lord Ilchesters Compton Dundon Commn Expenses £186 12s 8d Do. on further a/ of Lord Ilchester Somerton Expenses
22^nd October 1845	Exeter Yeovil and Dorchester Railway At Netherbury Measuring	Sent to Wilts & Dorset Bank Mr Radcliffe dft £10 17s 0d Mr W Jennings £193.6.10 above Do. £186.16s 6d £390 16s 6d £1 6s 0d Reced Messrs Chicks Walditch Rate of Expenses
23^rd – 24^th October 1845	Do.	Pd for Coals £2 11s 0d Pd for Braces &c 10s Pd Thomas How for Hay £4 Paid Chain Men 12s	This was the second pair of Braces that he bought within the same period of time.
25^th October 1845	Do. and returned Home
26^th October 1845	At Home
27^th October 1845	Measuring at Netherbury on the proposed Exeter Yeovil and Dorchester Railway	Pd for Braces 6s £2 2s 0d Reced of W Hardy and Co my Bill Pd ½ a Years Tithe £1 9s 1d £5 8s 6d Reced of Miller for Pig Pd him for Pork & Him 17s 6d	And then a third pair.
28^th^–31^st October 1845	Do.	£34 17s 8d Reced of Merriman & Co a years interest from Wilsons Estate at Bishopstone due 29^th September last }
	November
1^st November 1845	Do. and returned home.	Pd Chain Men 17s Pd Harman & Gilletts Bill of Yeovil by Check £5 0s 4d Turnpike &c 11s
2^nd November 1845	At Home
3^rd November 1845	Measuring at Netherbury on the Exeter Yeovil and Dorchester proposed Railway	Pd the Servant Girl on a/ of Wages £1 Pd Rebecca Jessop for work 5s 6d
4^th^–5^th November 1845	Do.	Pd Carriage & Parcels 5s 6d Pd Chain Men Netherbury 13s
6^th November 1845	Do. Do. and returned Home Arthur and self	Pd Expenses at Half Moon and Lodgings at Mr Browns &c £9 2s 0d
7^th November 1845	Plotting the above work	Pd Sally White washing 3s 4d Check 0.2 11 Cash 0.3.4 Let Edwin have at Beaminster £5 Pd Mrs Spracklin 9s 3 ½ d
8^th November 1845	Do. Do.
9^th November 1845	At Home
10^th November 1845	Plotting Netherbury	Pd ½ Years Land tax 2s 7d Do. Assessed Taxes Check on Williams £4 16s 2d Arthurs Certificate £4 1s 10d	Probably a Game Certificate
11^th – 12^th November 1845	Do.	Paid Carriage of paper from Mr Whitaker 2s
13^th November 1845	Do. ——- Do. when finished the job as also Edwin and sent off the same to Exeter	£6 Reced of Mr Whitaker on a/ of Netherbury and Edwin reced fourteen Gave Arthur £1
14^th November 1845	Do. ——–Do. when finished the job as also Edwin and sent off the same to Exeter	£3 5s 0d Reced Geo Udalls Rate of Expenses S Gorge Pd Carriage of the Warmwell Map from Mr Easton 2s
15^th November 1845	Went to Dorchester with Arthur on his way to Exeter – to go & Mail tomorrow morng	Pd for Bacon &c Dorchester and Expenses Arthur & self £2 Pd Mr Patch for pencils & envelopes 5s
16^th November 1845	At Home	Gave Arthur £10 Pd Hasel of Cerne for seeds 3s 6d
17^th November 1845	Making Particulars of the Line thro Fordington Field Exeter Weymouth and Dorchester Railway Mr R Reeve	Gave Edwin to give my Brother Thos £10
18^th November 1845	Looking to Farming Works &c Edwin went to Redlynch sent my Bill to Thos Whitaker Exq Exeter for Railway wks
19^th November 1845	Working on the Abbotsbury Town Plan and writing Circular for Chilfrome Rate	Paid John Fountain qtrs Poor Rates ordered last September £2 2s 0d	This probably represents the cost of repairs to his theodolite. William Cary [died 1825] was a famous microscope/sextant/telescope/theodolite manufacturer. This must have been his son or possibly one of his brothers.
20^th November 1845	Working on Abbotsbury Plan of the Town writing Chilfrome Circulars &c	Paid Mr Cary’s Bill Mathematical Instrument Maker thro “Wilts & Dorset” £4 8s 2d Do. Do. Mr Patricks Bill £1 17s 6d
21^st November 1845	Do. ———-& other Jobs
22^nd November 1845	Do. Do.	P Mansell & Co for Tea thro the Wilts & Dorset £2
23^rd November 1845	At Home
24^th November 1845	Working on Abbotsbury Town Map and making up Potatoe Rents	Gave Mr Eaton for Missionary Society 5s
25^th – 26^th November 1845	Do. Do.	Pd for Pork 4s 3d
27^th November 1845	Chilfrome 11 o’clock Attending at Chilfrome to collect Commutation Rate	£20 2s 6d Reced pt of Chilfrome Rate Pd Expenses 4s
28^th November 1845	Went to Dorchester and met Mr Taylor of Corfe and received half of my Bill for the Corfe Town Map slept at Dorchester	Pd Reason of Dorchester for Carriage £5 7s 6d £30 Reced of Mr Taylor ½ of my Bill for Corfe Town Map pd it into the Wilts & Dorset Bank }
29^th November 1845	Doing Various matters about Dorchester and returned Home Very Wet day	Pd for ### Bridle 15s Pd Expenses & Various articles Umbrella &c £2 15s 0d
30^th November 1845	At Home
	December
1^st December 1845	Working on the Abbotsbury Town Map	Pd Mr Collins 2 yrs Evershot Poor Clothing Money £1 Do. Do. Coal Club £1	This would appear to be an informal charity for the poor.
2^nd December 1845	Do.	Pd for Fowls 7s 6d
3^rd December 1845	Do. and making out Potatoe Rental	Paid for Stamps &c 9s 6d
4^th December 1845	Do. Do.	£5 Reced of John Stein Esq my Bill on Him £24 Reced of Mr Geo Bucknell by Arthur Dibble for Horse £1 Reced of Mr A Dibble for potatoes Paid him for Cider £4
5^th December 1845	Went out with Beagles and Drank Tea at Moor Fields	£2 16s 0d Received of Mr Henry Brake his Hardington Com Expenses
6^th December 1845	Working on Abbotsbury Town Map and writing Various Letters	Paid Tom Frampton 12 wks £1 16s
7^th December 1845	At Home
8^th December 1845	Working on the Abbotsbury Town Map and writing Various Letters &c
9^th December 1845	Went out with Beagles and writing Letters in the Evening &c
10^th December 1845	Working on the Abbotsbury Town Map and altering the Hillfield Commn Rate
11^th December 1845	Went to Hillfield & Leigh and examined the Leigh Inclosure Award respg Allotments to Bailey Ridge Farm £2 2s 0d	£26 4s Reced Mr E Popes Com R for Chilfrome sent to Bank 12^th Dec £11 3s 0d Reced Mr Stones Commutation expenses Hillfield Do. Mr Slys 13s
12^th December 1845	Working on Abbotsbury Town Map &c	Pd Way Rates Ransom 6d
13^th December 1845	Do.	Pd Maria Beater for Coals £1 Pd Mr Bridge for Oats £1 6s 0d	As well as lending her money he also bought coal from her.
14^th December 1845	At Home
15^th December 1845	Working on Abbotsbury Town Map and settling with Mr Bengefield &c	£36.12.11d Received of Mr Bengefield Bal of Rent due Ly Dy 45 see Book
16^th December 1845	Ditcheat inclosure Went to Castle Cary to arrange with Mr Russ respecting making the Rate of Expenses	Paid Tailor Milborne his Bills Edwin Arthur & self £13 16s 0d Pd for Nails Paint &c 10s Pd Mr Edward’s Bill £14 7s 11d
17^th December 1845	Ditcheat inclosure working in Mr Russ’s Office the whole day and Dined with him at 5 o’clock	Pd Mr Geakes Bill for Kitchen Chairs & Looking Glass £2 4s 0d Pd Expenses out and Home £2 10s 0d
18^th December 1845	Ditcheat inclosure Returned Home 9.9.0	Pd Sally White washing 3s 4d Money 0.0.9 Check 0.2.7 0.3.4
19^th December 1845	Working on Abbotsbury Town Reference
20^th December 1845	Do.
21^st December 1845	At Home
22^nd December 1845	Attending at Bridport when met Mr Pickering on the Halstock T Commutation Bills	Pd Mr Dunning for Meat Safe £1 5s 0d
23^rd December 1845	Returned Home Charge 5 guineas to be pd me by Mr Pickering who charged it in his Bill	Pd for Umbrella 7s 6d Pd Expenses [nothing listed]	Another Umbrella, the second in a month – what was going on?
24^th December 1845	Finding out Valuation of Bishopstone Prebendal land for Mr Webb – Went to Tea at Mrs Jestys My Brother Geo[rge] here	£1 8s 6d Reced Revd. Mr Colmers Allington Rate Elizabeth Frys Do. 9s Robert Cornick Do. 8s 3d Pd Mr Day Collecting 4s 3d Paid My Potatoe Rent 10s
25^th December 1845	Christmas Day – at Home	Paid for a Goose 3s 6d	Turkey or Goose – either was served at Christmas in the Victorian era.
26^th December 1845	Working on the Bishopstone prebendal Valuations &c	Paid Expenses £1 2s 0d £3 8s 6d Reced Sherborne School Symondsbury Rate Com Tithe
27^th December 1845	Do. Do.	Pd Mr Cooper for Lime 5s 5d
28^th December 1845	At Home
29^th December 1845	Making out Bishopstone Prebendal Valuation and Examining the Abbotsbury Town Reference with Mr Wm Jennings	Pd John Tompkins for work 17s 4d 4s 4 ½ d Reced of him for cheese Pd Henry Conways Bill £6 5s 4d Pd Edwins Bill £1 9s 11d
30^th December 1845	Went to Holway with the Beagles	Pd Mr Crew Jennings a years insurance due Xmas 1845 £4 10s 0d Do. a Years Beagles £2 2s 0d
31^st December 1845	Made the Ditcheat inclosure Rate and Dined at Mr C Jennings with my Brother Geo & others IN MARGIN £1012 10s 6d Pd up	£7 7s 0d Reced of Mr Crew Jennings my Bill for Valuing lands at Penselwood between Mrs Biging and Ld Ilchester Pd Mr Swaffields Bill £13 12s 0d Pd H Sandiford for Apple Trees & Planting at Chilthorne £3 9s 6d Pd a Years Rent to Lord Ilchester due Ly Dy 1845 £27 8s 3d £30 7s 6d Reced ½ Yrs dividend Wilts & Dorset Bank due Xmas 1845 Pd Mr Wm Jennings for his 35 shares £7 17s 6d
	January	February	March
	Pd Labourers 2s Pd Stamps 6s Pd a Yrs Comn Rt Charge Ransom for 1845 2s 7d Pd Thos Hows Bill £5 17s 3d Pd Mr Nobbs of Cattistock for farriering [sic] and Shoeing £1 2s 3d Pd Jas Groves bill £1 1s 6d	Pd Robt Pullmans Bill £1 12s ½ d Do. John Cox 15s 10 ½ d Do. John Edwards £1 18s 2d Do. Cooper Jas Chubb £1 6s 4d Do. Thos Frampton £1 1s 4d Do. James Knell £1 14s 2d Do. Richard Roberts £1 13s 8d	Do. Mr Sydenham of Salisbury by Check dated 16^th January 1846 £2 1s 0d Pd Mr Balster Sherborne by Check W&D £7 8s 0d Pd Ld Ilchester for Timber for Milk House £1 18s Pd John Groves Bill £4 8s 1d
	April	May	June
	Pd Farmer Downton for keeping two Beasts on Batcombe Hill £1 16s Pd Pounceys Bill Evershot 14s 6d Pd Tailor Chisletts Bill £1 3s 5 ½ d Pd Gannaways Bill [Shopkeeper £6 14s 9d Pd Mrs Mullens Bill £6 13s 4 ½ d	Pd James Roberts Bill £1 2s 0d Pd Charlotte Pullmans Bills £4 4s 6d 17s 7 ½ d Received of her for Cheese Pd Mr Upcotts Bill £2 7s 8d Pd Mr Haynes Bill for Candles £1 17s 0d Pd Mr Patchs Bill £2 1s 0d Pd Mr Caines Malt Bill £9 16s 9d Pd Mr Enson for Oil Cake £3 7s	£5 0 6d Reced ½ yrs int c/a Wilts and Dorset

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2Boswell E The Civil Division of the County of Dorset 1833.