1861

Doodles at the start of the 1861 diary.

Date	Diary Entries	Accounts
	January
1^st January 1861	Frost to Night [sic] At Home on Various matters [Dined at Arthurs]
2^nd January 1861	At home on Various matters
3^rd January 1861	Do. Do.	£6 12s 9d Reced of Mr Voules in part of my debt £11 19s 6d due promised to pay 3^rd July
4^th January 1861	[Frederick Earl came here] Do. Do.	Pd Mr Sidford for Dogs Biscuit £2 11s 6d Pd Mr Samways Bill £8 9s 11d Pd Mr Toleman painting £1 7s 6d Pd John Groves £1 12s 2d Pd Ryalls Bills Shop £18 2 10 ½ d Received Butter £15 13s 5 ½ d Pd Labourers 15s	Martin had dogs throughout his life but this is the only reference to buying dog food. Frederic Earl[e] was the son of his twin sister Elizabeth.
5^th January 1861	[Frederick Earl left] At Home Ld Ilchester rent day at the Acorn [I Gave him some clothing of Edwins]
6^th January 1861	At Home	Gave Frederick Earl £1
7^th January 1861	At Home on Various matters

8^th January 1861	[Arthurs Birth Day] At Home Dined at Arthurs Thrashing my Wheat by Machine [Peach]	Pd Curtis for a Scythe 4s 6d Pd Subscription Sunday School £1	1861 was a year of firsts for Martin. In this case it was the first time that his wheat had been thrashed by mechanical means. Horse powered threshing had been done for over 60 years but this was probably done by steam. Farmer Peach was based in Rampisham.
9^th January 1861	At Home & went to Westwoods [Men about the Straw]
10^th January 1861	At Home on Various matters	£177 12s 0d Received ½ yrs dividend Wilts & Dorset Bank due Xmas 1860 8 per cent on £2220 pd up 4 per cent Bonus making for the year 12 percent Pd Labourer 15s	By this time in his life Martin was in possession of some substantial investments. For details see here.
11^th -12^th January 1861	Do. Do.
13^th January 1861	At Home	Pd Mrs Conway Shirting 3s £7 17s 3d Reced J Cris for Two Pigs 15st 7lb at 10/3d Score
14^th January 1861	At Home on Various matters	£14 9s 1d Reced int on £300 Beaminster Turnpike due 1^st January instant £15.0.0 Propty Tax 10s 11d £14 9s 1d
15^th January 1861	At Home Do. very cold	Pd ½ Yrs Tithe Ransom 9s 11d Pd Thos Cox’s Bill 5s 6d J Edwards 11s 4d Ann Pullman 1s 4d Cooper Chubb 5s 9d Henry Conway £2 1s 0d Thos Frampton 5s 7d 10s Received for a Calf Pd Labourers 16s 4d
16^th January 1861	At Home on Various matters [very cold & frosty]
17^th January 1861	At Home Do.
18^th January 1861	At Home Do.
19^th January 1861	At Home & went to Westwoods about finishing winnowing the Wheat Had Ten Sacks of Good & 3 & half of Tailing		Wheat was sold to the agricultural labourers at a discounted price but as may be guessed it was never the good stuff. Martin refers to it as tailing but it was also known as grist.
20^th January 1861	At Home [A little Rain & Thaw]	Pd Mr Trenchards Bill including £30 for a Horse £44 15s 10 ½d Do. for a Sack of Barley 19s Received of Mr Trenchard for 20 Sheep £40 145 14 10 ½ 40 0 0 £ £5 14 10 ½ [THE SECOND £ SIGN MIGHT BE HIS SIGN FOR ONE HUNDRED OTHERWISE IT DOES NOT ADD UP]
21^st -22^nd January 1861	At Home Do. Do.	£1 1s Reced of Mr Andrews making Affidavit
23^rd January 1861	At Home & went to Ransom	Pd Poor Rates Ransom 1s 8 ¾ d Pd R Chedd for Oats &c £1 5s 8d Pd Poor Rates Evershot £3 0 3d Pd Mr Turner for Beef £1 1s 4d Pd Various Articles & Expenses £2 2s 8d
24^th January 1861	At Home and went to Metford Mills to try and sell Ten sacks of Wheat [nil]	£10 Reced 4 per cent Cerne T pike due Mic 1859 Expenses 6s Pd Labourers 14s	Metford Mill is near Cattistock. Images of the mill can be seen here.
25^th January 1861	Went to Yeovil [Wet Day]

26^th January 1861	Went to Dorchester by Train		Another first this time catching the train to Dorchester.
27^th January 1861	At Home [Fine Day]	P Office order Pd ½ Yrs Evening Mail £1 14s
28^th January 1861	At Home & went to Ransom	Due 20^th December 1860 Pd ¼ income Tax Ransom 1s 9 ¾d Do. Self 10d Pd Miller Hodges Bill £12 1s £11 Received of him for Wheat Gave Pastoral Aid Society Misses Collins 2s Pd Mr Bamwells Bill £5 2s 0d
29^th January 1861	At Home on Various matters
30^th January 1861	At Home & went to Ransom
31^st January 1861	Went Coursing Sydling [Two Hares] came home early to see Mr Snook on Somerton
	February
1^st February 1861	At Home on Various matters	¼ income Tax Profession due 20^th Dec £1 0s 10d Do. Poor Close 5s 6d My House 3s 9d Pd Labourers 18s
2^nd February 1861	At Home and went to Ransom
3^rd February 1861	At Home	Pd ½ Yrs Tithe Cattistock due 1^st October last £1 15s 2 ½ d
4^th February 1861	Went to Ransom & Cattistock respg rent Charge of Mr Digbys Land Westwoods	Pd a Yrs Sherborne Journal 17s 6d £1 10s Reced for Two Calves Paid for a Pig £2 10s
5^th February 1861	At Home & went to Ransom
6^th February 1861	At Home on Various matters	Pd James Roberts Bill £8 17schk Yeovil
7^th February 1861	Do. Do.
8^th February 1861	At Home & went to Ransom	Pd Labourers 14s
9^th February 1861	At Home on Various matters
10^th February 1861	IN PENCIL Que Ewes Lambs At Home
11^th February 1861	Frost At Home went Coursing [Nil] [Dined] at Arthurs
12^th February 1861	Frost At Home on Various matters
13^th February 1861	At Home on Various matters
14^th February 1861	At Home & went to Ransom
15^th February 1861	Do. Do.
16^th February 1861	Do. went coursing with Arthur [Nil]
17^th February 1861		Pd Mr Clapcott for a Box of Pills in Ransom 2s 6d Pd for 6lb of Tea Graves Cheese Gloves & various things £2 10s Pd Mr Guppy for Beans £1 8s Gave my Sister Martha Perry £5
18^th February 1861	At Home on Various matters	£95 Reced of Walton on Acct of rent Somerton due Ly Dy 1861 sent check to Yeovil Check Stuckey
19^th February 1861	Went to Yeovil – in Four wheel	Pd Mrs Jesty her Moiety by Check Yeovil £47 10s 0d sent check to Yeovil Pd Labourers 14s 6d
20^th February 1861	At Home [A Wet Day]
21^st February 1861	Do. Do.
22^nd February 1861	At Home & went to Ransom
23^rd February 1861	At Home a wet day	Pd Mr Clapcott for a Box of Pills in Ransom law [sic] 2s 6d Pd for 6lb of Tea Greaves Cheese Gloves & various things £2 10s Pd Mr Guppy for Beans £1 8s
24^th February 1861	At Home	IN PENCIL Lewis on acct 5/s
25^th February 1861	At Home on Various matters

26^th February 1861	[Had a Fall from the Horse] Went Coursing at Chantmarle with Arthur & Mr Wm Pope Dined at Arthurs
27^th February 1861	At Home rather Unwell	Pd 2 yrs rent of Poor Close due Ly Dy 1860 £12 4s 7d Pd Tax 7s 5d
28^th February 1861	At Home Do.
	March
1^st March 1861	At Home on Various matters	Pd Labourers 14s
2^nd March 1861	Do. Do.
3^rd March 1861	At Home
4^th March 1861	At Home & went to Ransom	£20 Reced of Mr Lovibond on Acct of ½ yrs rent due Michas 1860 20 0 0 [disbursements]Disbts 2 4 2 ½ Missn aid 17 15 9 ½ £ 40 0 0
5^th March 1861	At Home my Dogs went to Hardington I did not go [three Hares caught]	£5 14s 7d Reced of Mr Bengefield Bal of ½ yrs rent to Mic 1860 £10 Reced of Do. on Acct of ½ yrs rent to Ly Dy 1861
6^th March 1861	At Home on Various matters	Pd insurance of my House to Xmas 1861 £4 10s
7^th March 1861	At Home Do. Sow’d two rows of Peas Sangsters No 1
8^th March 1861	At Home Do.	Pd making 9a Hedge & Courtlands £1 16s 6d
9^th March 1861	At Home Do.	Pd Labourers £1
10^th March 1861	At Home
11^th March 1861	[Very Rough Winds] At Home & went to Ransom
12^th March 1861	At Home about Ransom new Particulars of the Manor	Pd for Potatoes 4s
13^th March 1861	At Home Do.
14^th March 1861	At Home Do. Went to Yeovil My Do.gs went to Sydling Mr Wm Pope &c	Pd Expenses Bacon &c £1 12s 6d
15^th March 1861	Went to Yeovil My Do.gs went to Sydling Mr Wm Pope & others caught 3 Hares

16^th March 1861	The Duchess of Kent died aged 75 At Home on Various matters	Pd Labourers 14s	Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Princess of Leiningen and Duchess of Kent and Strathearn was Queen Victoria’s Mother. It would not be the first Royal death in 1861.
17^th March 1861	At Home
18^th March 1861	At Home & went to Rampisham working on New Particulars
19^th March 1861	At Home working on Rampisham Particulars
20^th March 1861	At Home finished the Rampisham New Particulars
21^st March 1861	At Home and went to In-Park sale
22^nd March 1861	At Home on Various matters
23^rd March 1861	At Home & went to Ransom
24^th March 1861	At Home Fine Day	Pastoral Aid Society Collection in Church 1s Collection £2 17s 7 ½ d Paid Mr Nobbs Bill 19s 6d
25^th March 1861	At Home on Various matters	Pd a Yrs insurance Somerton to Ly Dy 1862 £2 14s 0d Mrs Jesty to pay half
26^th March 1861	Went Coursing Cattistock [Blank] Dined at Mr Wm Hennings	£1 7s 0d Received of Mrs Jesty moiety
27^th March 1861	Wet Day At Home on Various matters	Pd Church Rate 14s 6d
28^th March 1861	Sold Henry Miller Hay 2 ton 4 cwt at 43 £6 13s 0d	£6 13s 0d Reced of Henry Miller for Hay
29^th March 1861	At Home Good Friday
30^th March 1861	At Home on Various matters	Pd Labourers 17s
31^st March 1861	At Home
	April
1^st April 1861	At Home sold Miller Hodges Five Sacks of Wheat & sent it Home at one pound a Sack £5	Pd Henry Conway for Arthur } £50
2^nd April 1861	IN PENCIL Do.lly to B Calve 7^th Janry At Home on Various matters	Gave Arthur £150
3^rd April 1861	At Home Do.	Pd Mr Tucker 100 reced £1 15s
4^th April 1861	At Home & went to Ransom	Pd James Groves Bill £2 19s 9d
5^th April 1861	At Home on Various matters	Pd Farmer Peach Machine Thrashing £1 2s 0d Pd Labourers £1 6s 8d
6^th April 1861	At Home Do.
7^th April 1861	At Home
8^th April 1861	At Home & went to Ransom	Pd more seed Pots 9s £11 7s Reced for Two Pigs Pd Chris for ½ Pig £1 11s 6d Pd drilling Peas 5s
9^th April 1861	At Home on Various matters	Pd Mr Samways Bill for Coals &c £5 1s 9d
10^th April 1861	[Kill’d Two Pigs] 22score 14lb At Home attending Westwoods Drilling Peas [Gooch Drill]	Pd for New Saddle for Little Man & Whip self £4 12s 0d	I have not been able to find out what was special about the Gooch drill.
11^th April 1861	At Home on Various matters	Pd a Years Subscription R A Society commencing January 1 1861 £1
12^th April 1861	Went to Yeovil [Drove]	£4 4s 0d Reced of Reynolds on a/ of Cottage Coker Pd Articles at Yeovil 15s
13^th April 1861	At Home attending in Garden	Paid Labourers £1 11s
14^th April 1861	At Home
15^th April 1861	Do. Attending in Garden	Paid for Pale Ale £1 16s 6d
16^th April 1861	IN PENCIL Spotty to B Calve 20^th Jan Do. Planting Pots	Pd the Girl Groves ½ yrs Wages due 21^st February last £3
17^th April 1861	Do. Finished Planting Pots	£17 15s 9d sent C to Yeovil Reced of Mr Lovibond Balance of ½ yrs rent due Mic last 1860 Pd Land Tax 13/6d Cattistock } £3 6 3 ¼ d Pd for Potatoes 12s
18^th April 1861	At Home in Garden &c	Pd Mrs Fountains ½ yrs Wages when she left £2 10s
19^th April 1861	Do. Do.
20^th April 1861	At Home on Various matters
21^st April 1861	At Home
22^nd April 1861	IN PENCIL Duchess to B Calve 27^th Janry At Home on Various matters
23^rd April 1861	At Home – Dined at the Acorn Western Association	Pd Sandiford for Apple Trees 6s 6d Pd a Yrs Subscription to Western Association 10s 6d
24^th April 1861	[Tithe Day Evershot] At Home on Various matters	Pd ½ yrs Tithe Evershot £4 1s 3d
25^th April 1861	Do. Hauling Lime Westwoods	Pd Mr Kellaway £1 4s 2d
26^th April 1961	Do. Do.	Pd Poor rates Ransom 2s 1 ¾d
27^th April 1861	Do. Do.	Paid Labourers £2
28^th April 1861	At Home
29^th April 1861	At Home & went to Ransom	Pd for Two Pigs £4 10s Pd Mr Hodges Spirits £5 10s
30^th April 1861	At Home on Various matters
	May
1^st May 1861	At Home [Farmer Thompson here]	£42 11s 9 ¼ d Reced of Mr Thompson ½ yrs rent due Mic 1860 Disbts 3 5 8 ¾ Cash 42 11 9 ¼ £45 17s 6d
2^nd May 1861	At Home on Various matters	Pd 2 quarters assessed Taxes due 20^th March 1861 £2 19s 0d Do. 1 quarters income tax profession due 20^th March 1861 £1 0 10d Do. my House I qr income Tx due Do. 3s 9d Do. Poor Close 1qr Do. 5s 6d Pd Labourers & making Hedges Westwoods £5 1s 8d
3^rd May 1861	Do. Do.
4^th May 1861	Do. Do.
5^th May 1861	At Home
6^th May 1861	[The Girl White came] Tea to wit At Home on Various matters	Pd the Girl Groves 10s Pd Land Tax Ransom 2^nd ¼ 9d Do. Property Tax 1^st ¼ due 20^th March 1861 2s 7 ¼
7^th May 1861	At Home & went to Ransom
8^th May 1861	At Home on Various matters
9^th – 10^th May 1861	Do.
11^th May 1861	Do. Fine Rain
12^th May 1861	At Home
13^th May 1861 Old May Day	At Home Evershot Fair Mr Beavis Mr Henry Dunning Mr D Rawlins Mr Dunning [of] P Trenthide Mr Pope Kingcombe Mr A Dibble Mr F Gould Arthur & Wife and Son -Dined	Pd Way rates Cattistock 2s 10d Pd Private rate Evershot £1 4s ½ d Pd Poor Rates Evershot £1 18s 6d
14^th May 1861	At Home on Various matters
15^th May 1861	[A Hot Day] At Home – Do. One of my Lambs died	Paid Labourers £1 17s 6d
16^th May 1861	At Home [Washed my Sheep]
17^th May 1861	At Home & went to Ransom
18^th May	At Home on Various matters
19^th May 1861	At Home		“Hot weather” recorded in left hand vertical side page
20^th May 1861	At Home on Various matters [Sent Mr Dauphney a Check £20 2 6]
21^st May 1861	At Home on Various matters
22^nd May 1861	At Home Do.
23^rd May 1861	At Home Sheep shearing 108 Sheep [91 Wethers and Seventeen Ewes]
24^th May 1861	Mrs Martin died at Weymouth aged 86 At Home Marked my Sheep [Wellham Cottage now my own]		Welham cottage was in Shepton Montague. See personae dramatis for how it came to be in the family.

25^th May 1861	At Home Addition to Evershot Church Yard consecrated by the Bishop of Salisbury Mr Hoskins Rector Mr Collins Curate John Martin & Arthur Martin Churchwardens
26^th May 1861	At Home
27^th May 1861	At Home & went to Ransom
28^th May 1861	At Home [Wet Day] Sold 13 lambs to [Chris] at 22 shillings each £14 6s 0d
29^th May 1861	At Home on Various matters [Men setting New Grate in Kitchen]	Pd for 18 Gallons of Ale £1 16s 6d 15s 4d Reced Mrs Jesty Balance of Accts to 25^th May 1861
30^th May 1861	Do.	Pd Servt Girl on Trial 7s Pd Mrs Martin for Cheese 9s 5d Expenses Dorchester &c 9s
31^st May 1861	At Home casting Dung to Westwoods bought of J Christopher
	June
1^st June 1861	Went to Dorchester^ by Train still carting Dung to Westwoods	Pd for Ten Pounds of Swede seed 12s 6d Pd Labourers 16s	Another trip by train.
2^nd June 1861	At Home	Expenses at Club £1 2s Pd Mr Lovelace for 3 Sacks of Oats £2 2s 0d Pd Labourers 18s 4d
3^rd June 1861	IN PENCIL Cowslip to B Calve March 10^th At Home – finished hauling Dung from Chris’s 20 loads £4 1 0d
4^th June 1861	[Evershot Club] Dined at the Acorn
5^th June 1861	At Home on Various matters
6^th June 1861	Do. Arthur & Family went to Weymouth
7^th June 1861	[Rain] At Home on Various matters
8^th June 1861	Do. Sowed a Row of Peas [the last] [Champion of England]
9^th June 1861	At Home	Pd Mr Smith for Hay £1 17s 6d	For the next week he wrote down the edge of the page “Fine Weather”

10^th June 1861	[Rain] At Home & went to Rampisham [My Sister Martha Perry died] at Yarlington
11^th June 1861	At Home on Various matters
13^th June 1861	At Home on Various matters
13^th June 1861	Do. Do.
14^th June 1861	At Home & went to Rampisham [Sowed Swedes at Westwoods]	Pd Labourers £ 1 7s 2d
15^th June 1861	At Home on various matters [Lightning all Night & Rain]
16^th June 1861	At Home

17^th June 1861	Went to Weymouth – Arthur and Family there- Little Mans Birth Day [Ten years old]
18^th June 1861	At Weymouth	£20 pd into W&Dorset Dorchester Reced of Mr Bridle ½ Yrs int of £800 due Ly Dy last	For the next week he wrote down the edge of the page “Hot Weather”
19^th June 1861	Do.
20^th June 1861	Do. and returned Home with Arthur and Family	Expenses £1 10s £14 6s Reced of J Chris for 13 Lambs Pd him for Dung &c £4 16s 7d
21^st June 1861	At Home wrote to Ld Aukland informing him of the Purchase of Mr Williams land at Rampisham for £700
22^nd June 1861	At Home on Various matters	Pd Labourers 17s 8d
23^rd June 1861	At Home		For the next week he wrote down the edge of the page “Stormy Weather”
24^th June 1861	Began mowing Westwoods 2 Men from Chilfrome Stormy Weather	Pd T Cox carriage ——–nothing entered Pd Mr Guppy for Beans £2 16s Pd Mr Caines for Peas &c £3 17s Pd a Yrs Lighting £1 1s 0d
25^th June 1861	Do. At Home -Planting Early Cornish and Broccoli	£7 3s 6d Received for 2 pigs Pd Thos Cox Carrier 3s 3d Pd Labourers £1 10s
26^th June 1861	IN PENCIL Cattistock Tithes £1 15 7 ¼ d At Home and went to Ransom
27^th June 1861	At Home & at Westwoods
28^th June 1861	At Home Do. – Haymaking
29^th June 1861	Do. Do.
30^th June 1861	At Home
	July
1^st July 1861	At Home Rick’d part of Westwoods
2^nd July 1861	Do. Do. Finished Mowing in P Close & M Orchard	Pd the Chilthorne Mower 19 acres at 3s per acre £2 17s
3^rd July 1861	Do. Ricking at Westwoods
4^th July 1861	At Home – [a Wet Day]
5^th July 1861	Do. Do.	Pd Chisletts Bill 2s 6d Pd Labourers £1 15s 2d Reced Cheese 3s
6^th July 1861	At Home -[Stormy]
7^th July 1861	At Home	£50 Reced a Yrs salary at Ransom Pd Shooting Ransom £15
8^th July 1861	Haymaking at Westwoods	Pd Mr Samways Coal & Ploughing £2 17s 10d
9^th July 1861	[Rampisham Rent Day] Attending Rampisham Audit	Pd Evening Mail from 22^nd December to 22^nd June 1861 £1 14s Pd Expenses & things 15s Pd Sandicroft grafting Trees at Coker 9s 6d Pd Labourers £2 3s 10d Reced Cheese 1s 4d
10^th July 1861	Finished Haymaking At Home making up Rampisham receipts
11^th July 1861	At Home on Various matters
12^th July 1861	Went to Yeovil & meet Mr Day respecting Exchange with Mr Digby Pd into W & D £580 10s 0d Ld Aukland
13^th July 1861	At Home went to Rampisham sent £80 check to W&D for Ld Aukland making £660.10 0d with the above £580.10.0d
14^th July 1861	At Home
15^th July 1861	At Home on Various matters	£99 18s Reced ½ yrs dividend Wilts and Dorset due Midsummer 1861 9 per cent on £2220 paid up } Pd Mrs Kellaways Bill £1 4s 8d
16^th July 1861	Do. Do.	Pd Mr Brown Subscription to County Hospital £1 1s
17^th July 1861	At Home Do.	Pd Yrs insurance Shepton to Midsummer 1862 £2 12s 6d Pd for a Pig £3
18^th July 1861	Do. at Westwoods about Swedes	Pd ½ yrs Tithe Ransom 10s 1d Pd Labourers £1 6s 6d
19^th July 1861	At Home & went to Ransom
20^th July 1861	At Home on Various matters
21^st July 1861	At Home
22^nd July 1861	At Home & attending at Westwoods about Swedes
23^rd July 1861	At Home
24^th July 1861	At Home Wet day
25^th July 1861	[Wet Day] At Home – Dined at Mrs William Jennings with Mr Baskett	Pd Mrs Spracklin washing } 8s 9d Pd Mr Symes for Reed £1 7s 6d Pd Mr Belcher a Yrs insurance for Coker Cott 10s 6d
26^th July 1861	At Home & at Westwoods about Swedes

27^th July 1861	[Had the Key of C Shop] went to Dorchester respecting turning out Sol Rendell & John Rendell of their cottages	Pd Labourers Swedes &c £2 12s	John Rendell, 47, and his wife Harriett ,50, lived at Rampisham. Their daughter Lavinia was an agricultural labourer with a 1yr old child. Solomon Rendell, 59, and his wife Frances, 46, a laundress and their children lived on the common at Rampisham. What became of them one wonders?
28^th July 1861	At Home
29^th July 1861	Ordered W&D to pay £660 10s 0d into Drummonds At Home at Westwoods about Swedes	Pd Poor rates Ransom 2s 1 ¾ d Do. Evershot £2 1s 7 ½d
30^th July 1861	At Home Went to Ransom
31^st July 1861	At Home & at Westwoods Began Horse Hoeing Swedes
	August
1^st August 1861	At Home -Dined at Mr Wm Hennings	See 1^st January £ 11 19 6 Reced 5 0 0 Unpaid £ 6 19 6 Check Stuckeys £ Reced of Mr Voules on further Acct of debt Sent to Yeovil
2^nd August 1861	At Home on Various matters	Pd Mr Hodges Bill Wine &c £6 12s Reced Cheese 2s 2d Paid Labourers £2 13s 6d
3^rd August 1861	Do. Taking up my Potatoes
4^th August 1861	At Home	Pd ½ yrs Tithe Cattistock due 1^st April last £1 15s 7d Pd Barrett for work About Swedes 15s 10d
5^th August 1861	At Home & went to Cattistock
6^th August 1861	Do. Do.
7^th August 1861	At Home on Various matters
8^th August 1861	At Home sow’d an Acre of Turnips at Westwoods -####
9^th August 1861	At Home on Various matters

10^th August 1861

Went to Yeovil to see the American Circus Tom Sayers the Champion was there

Pd for Ham Greaves [sic] &c £1 14s

Pd Labourers £1 2s

Tom Sayers was an English Bare knuckle fighter. His fame stemmed from his final fight with American John Camel Heenan. It was regarded as boxing’s first world championship. It resulted in a draw. He died in 1865 aged 39.

Tom Sayers Wikipedia

11^th August 1861	At Home
12^th August 1861	At Home men mowing Oats	Pd Groves Servant when I discharged her £2 17s
13^th August 1861	Mrs Fountain came again Do. Do.	Pd Lord Ilchester a Yrs rent due Ly Dy 1861 £48 1s 0d Reced of Mrs Jesty 9s 11d Butter &c
14^th August 1861	Evershot Audit – Dined at the Acorn
15^th August 1861	At Home on Various matters IN PENCIL Took £5 Check of Mr Hodges & sent it to Bank	Reced of Mr Hodges for Wheat £10 [sic] Pd his Bill £6 11s 10d Pd Labourers 19s
16^th August 1861	At Home Do.
17^th August 1861	At Home & went to Ransom
18^th August 1861	At Home
19^th August 1861	Went to Sherborne Visitation Mr Collins with me Cutting Peas	Pd for things Sherborne and Expenses 14s IN PENCIL Pd McDonald &c 15s 6d Visitation
20^th August 1861	At Home & went to Ransom Rick’d 2 Acres of Oats at Westwoods
21^st August 1861	At Home Began cutting Wheat in Nine Acres
22^nd August 1861	At Home Do.
23^rd August 1861	Do. finished cutting the wheat
24^th August 1861	At Home Tying Wheat	Pd Men cutting Wheat £1 17s 6d Pd Labourers £1 2s 6d Reced Cheese 3s 8d
25^th August 1861	At Home
26^th August 1861	At Home & went to Ransom [Tying Wheat]
27^th August 1861	Do. Do. [Tying Wheat]
28^th August 1861	Attendg Lord Aukland at Ransom [Finished Tying Wheat]	Paid Mrs Arthur for Grate of Dunham of Bridport and Lamp &c £5 15s
29^th August 1861	At Home Began carrying Peas when rain came	Pd men about peas 14s Paid Labourer £2 10s
30^th August 1861	At Home carried Peas &c
31^st August 1861	At Home carrying Wheat raking &c
	September
1^st September 1861	At Home
2^nd September 1861	At Home & went to Ransom
3^rd September 1861	At Home selecting Sheep for Toller Down Fair
4^th September 1861	At Home marking Sheep
5^th September 1861	At Home & went to Ransom
6^th September 1861	At Home on Various matters
7^th September 1861	Attending Toller Down Fair [Did not sell my Sheep]
8^th September 1861	At Home
9^th September 1861	To Chilthorne to get a Sketch of my land from Tithe Map	£8 14s 9d Reced of Mr Bengefield Balance of ½ yrs rent due Lady Day 1861 ought to have been 30/s more as I threw him back 3£ when it ought to have been only 30/s mind this next settlement 26^th Sept reced £8 14s 9d paid him to much back [reced again] £10 4s 9d
10^th September 1861	At Home on Various matters [large ink spill]	Pd ½ yrs rent Ransom £2

11^th September 1861	Mrs Arthur confined with a Daughter At Home & went to Ransom	Pd Labourers £1 4s Reced Cheese
12^th September 1861	At Home on Various matters
13^th – 14^th September 1861	Do. Do.
15^th September 1861	At Home
16^th September 1861	At Home on Various matters	Pd for Early York Plants 2s Do. Laurels 3s
17^th September 1861	Do. and went to Ransom
18^th September 1861	At Home on Various matters	Pd Carriage 2 Sacks Pots 3s
19^th September 1861	At Home took into Barn 4 Windmows of Wheat	Pd Labourers £1 13s 6d Reced 2s 2d Cheese	Windmowing means putting up wet wheat into ‘mows’ or stacks allowing the wind to blow through them causing them to dry out.
20^th September 1861	Weigh’d my Woolcombe 108 Fleeces 500lb at 16 ½ d = £34 7s 6d
21^st September 1861	Sent my Wool in 2 cloths nos 2 & 5 to Martock At Home went Coursing Ransom caught 2 Hares
22^nd September 1861	At Home Wet Day
23^rd September 1861	At Home & went to Ransom	Pd Mrs James for Keep of Old George £2 5s
24^th September 1861	Do. Do.	£20 Reced of Mr Lovibond on Acct of ½ yrs int due Lady Day last 1861 Paid Mr Kellaway £1 0 7 ½ d £3 10s Reced a Yrs int of £70 of Mr Ellis due 23^rd Sept instant
25^th September 1861	At Home on Various matters	Pd Chas Strong 2 dozen of Hurdles 14s Paid Labourers 16s
26^th September 1861	At Home went coursing with Arthur [nil]
27^th September 1861	At Home & went to Ransom	Reced 2s 2d Cheese Pd Labourers 16s
28^th September 1861	At Home a very Wet Day
29^th September 1861	At Home
30^th September 1861	At Home & went to Rampisham [Began reed drawing]
	October
1^st October 1861	At Home & went to Ransom
2^nd October 1861	[Killed a Pig] At Home Went coursing at Sydling caught 1 Hare Dined at Mr Henning	£37 7s Reced of Mr Adams for my Wool 108 Sheeps fleeces at 16 ½ per lb Pd Wayrates Ransom 10 ½ d £7 10s 6d Reced for a Pig Pd for Two Pigs £3 4s
3^rd October 1861	At Home taking in Windmows Wheat Evershot Court I did not attend	Pd my Lords Rent 3s 6d Pd J Groves Mason £2 4s 4d
4^th October 1861	At Home & went to Ransom [Finished taking in Windmows]
5^th October 1861	At Home on Various matters sent 40 Sheep to Dorchester for Sale	Pd sending 40 Sheep to Dorchester by Train 8s Pd Labourers £1 14s 6d Reced cheese 4s 2d	Another first, sending sheep to Dorchester by train.
6^th October 1861	At Home
7^th October 1861	At Home on Various matters
8^th October 1861	At Home Thrashing Wheat with machines
9^th October 1861	Went Coursing Cattistock caught 4 Hares Dined at Mr Hennings with Mr E Lewes & Family &c
10^th October 1861	At Home went to Ransom
11^th October 1861	At Home Winnowing Wheat at Westwoods
12^th October 1861	Do. Do.
13^th October 1861	At Home
14^th October 1861	Went Coursing Sydling caught 2 hares with Mr Jenning

15^th October 1861	[An extraordinary hot day] At Home dined at Arthurs Ellas Seven Years Birthday		This is Martha Eleanor, she lived to a great age. She never married and died in 1942
16^th October 1861	At Home and went to Ransom	Pd Mr Darmen for 6 cwt of Superphosphate £2 0s 6d
17^th October 1861	At Home on Various matters
18^th October 1861	Do. Sow’d ½ an Acre of Vetches
19^th October 1861	At Home & went to Ransom	Pd Labourers £1 5s 4d Cheese 3s 10d
20^th October 1861	At Home	£95 6s 0d Reced for 40 Wethers sold at Dorchester 5^th inst
21^st October 1861	At Home Dined with Mr Elwes’s Chalmington	Paid H[enr]y Conways Bill £12 16s
22^nd October 1861	At Home -Dined with Mrs Wm Jennings with Mr Jennings	Pd Draining Westwoods £2
23^rd October 1861	At Home & went to Ransom	Reced for Ten Ewes £20 IN PENCIL Christopher cash
24^th October 1861	At Home -[a very wet Day]	Pd Labourers 16s Reced cheese 3s
25^th October 1861	At Home & went to Ransom
26^th October 1861	At Home on Various matters
27^th October 1861	At Home	Pd for Hat Tea &c Yeovil £2
28^th October 1861	At Home & went to Ransom Dined at Arthur with Mr E Pope Mr Rendell Mr Henning Mr Wm Pope Mr Jones
29^th October 1861	At Home & went to Yeovil Pd into Wilts & Dorset to be paid into Drummonds the 12^th Nov £60 Ld Aukland	Pd ½ Years Evershot Tithes £4 1s 3d Pd Poor rates Evershot £1 18s 6d
30^th October 1861	Evershot Tithe Day At Home purchased 66 Wethers of Widow Tompkins at 35s per head £115 10s 0d Began Lime burning again
31^st October 1861	At Home marking new Sheep &c
	November
1^st November 1861	At Home 7 went coursing with Arthur caught three Hares	Pd Mr Trenchards Bill £17 11s 0d Pd ½ yrs Assessed Taxes £3 5s Pd drawing ½ Hund Reed £1 8s 2d Reced wheat 5s cheese 10s
2^nd November 1861	At Home & went to Ransom
3^rd November 1861	At Home
4^th November 1861	At Home & went to Ransom	Paid Poor rates and Land tax Cattistock £1 7s 4 ½ d
5^th November 1861	At Home [a Wet Day]	Pd Widow Thompkins for 66 Wethers at 35/s each £115 10s
6^th November 1861	At Home on Various matters	Pd Poor rates Ransom 2s 7d Pd Mr Fink Bill for repairs Shepton £7 12s
7^th November 1861	At Home received Thompson’s rent New Servant Girl came £4 a year	£25 5s 1d Reced Mr Thompson Bal of ½ yrs rent due Lady Day 1861 reset ½ yr to be £46 11s half yr
8^th November 1861	Tea At Home on Various matters	Pd Melbury Girl 16 weeks wages £1 1s Pd drawing of 1 ½ of Reed 9s Pd Labourers 15s
9^th November 1861	At Home Do.
10^th November 1861	At Home a very hard rain this morning	£3 10s 5d Reced of Arthur Wm Cox’s Years rent past of Mowries due Candlemas 1861 Years Rent £9 10s Lords Rent 2 6 1 stamp Ld Tx 3s 1d £2 9s 2d 2 /£7 0 10d Pd Mrs Jesty 10^th Nov 1961	There is a complex set of calculations here from which we can see Mrs Jesty was an equal partner in the land at Somerton.
11^th November 1861	At Home & went to Rampisham & Hook Mr & Mrs Gurney came on a visit to Arthurs	Mr Phillip Hine for Wine no more dealings £12 4s Mr John Galpin for Seed Machine £2 15s Mr W J Ailsbury Tailor Weymouth £4 10s Pd Mr Baskett my Bill 5s £15 12s Reced of T Chris for 4 Wethers and 7 Ewes 27/s & 32/s each Sheep to Dorchester by train 9s Pd Labourers Threshing &c £1 8s 6d reced wheat 5s cheese 5s 8d	Hine was a Wine Merchant at Beaminster. He appears in the 1851 census but is not found there in 861.
12^th November 1861	W&Dorset to pay into Drummonds At Home settled L Aukland Bill with Mr Baskett for Deed of Conveyance & Mr Williams to his Lordship for Lands at Rampisham
13^th November 1861	At Home a very wet Day
14^th November 1861	At Homestead Threshing remainder of Wheat by Machine
15^th November 1861	At Home went coursing with Arthur and Mr Gurney [caught 2 hares]
16^th November 1861	[Frost] At Home sent 35 wethers to Dorchester for Auction – sold for £91 12s 6d 10 at 52/s each 10 at 54/s and 5 at 52/6d

17^th November 1861	At Home The Baby was Christened Florence Mary – Captain Henry Woolcott Mrs Woolcott and Mrs Cozens – Sponsors I dined at Arthurs with a large party	£30 16s 3d sent to Yeovil Reced of T Rawley Ward Esq a yrs int on £641 11s 6d Less income Tax 2yrs 10d Do. 9d £32 1 7 1 5 4 due 29^th Sept last	Florence Mary died in 1881 aged 20 yr’s.
18^th November 1861	At Home & went to Rampisham working on the Rampisham Accounts	£3 4s 6d Reced of John Paull Esq 3 Lister Place Clifton int on £67 Mortgage on Butlers Yard Land Bishopstone due 29^th Sept last £16 12s 4d Reced of Mr Lovibond Bal of ½ years rent due to Lady Dy 1861
19^th November 1861	At Home & went to Ransom	Pd for 18 g[allons] Pale Ale £1 16s 6d £90 9s 6d Reced for 35 Wethers sold at Dorchester last Saturday Paid Labourers 18 s 8d reced wheat 5s cheese 4s
20^th November 1861	At Home on Various matters
21^st November 1861	Holding Rampisham Court
22^nd November 1861	At Home – Dined at Mr Basketts with Mr & Mrs Gurney Arthur & Miss Pope
23^rd November 1861	At Home – on Various matters Mr & Mrs Gurney left Arthurs
24^th November 1861	At Home	Paid Draining in Marsh Orchard 14s
25^th November 1861	At Home and went to Ransom Mr ### had Hay of Mrs Tomkins 8cwt 1 qr
26^th November 1861	At Home went to Rampisham sold 14 sacks of Wheat to Mr Williams 27s a sack	Pd Church Rates Ransom 2 7 ½ d
27^th November 1861	At Home on Various matters
28^th November 1861	Chelbro Timber Auction Acorn At Home purchased a Lot of Poles	Pd for Fir Poles 15s Pd for Bacon 15s Pd Labourers 16s reced 2s 8d cheese
29^th November 1861	At Home on Various matters
30^th November 1861	At Home on Various matters
	December
1^st December 1861	At Home
2^nd December 1861	At Home on Various matters
3^rd December 1861	Do. went Coursing [Blank]
4^th December 1861	At Home sold Hay to Farmer Lovelace attendg Weighing 43H x ¾ The Melbury Girl came
5^th December 1861	Do. Do.	Reced for bad Hay £3 Pd Servant Girl 6s
6^th December 1861	At Home a very wet Day	10s 4d Reced of Mrs Arthur for cheese
7^th December 1861	At Home & went to Ransom	Pd Labourers £1 2s 8d Miles Wheat 5s cheese 2s Pucket [sic] wheat 5s
8^th December 1861	At Home	Pd for a Pair of Sheets and Trousers stuff £2 9s 0d Pocket Book &c 12s 6d Expenses 3s 6d Pd for Hurdles & Poles £1 11s
9^th December 1861	Went to Yeovil
10^th December 1861	At Home [a very wet day]
11^th December 1861	At Home & went to Ransom
12^th December 1861	At Home a wet Day	Half a yrs income Profession £1 17s 6d Do. Occupier Ld Ilchester 9s Do. my House 6s 9d Do. Poor Close 1s 4d Basketts Plot Do. Himself 1s 11d
13^th December 1861	[Rampisham rent day] Attending Rampisham Audit	Pd ½ yrs Rent Ransom £2 Gave John Vincent for his Blind Son £1 Pd Labourers 16s Pucket Wheat 5s Cheese 2

14^th December 1861	Prince Alfred Albert died aged 42 At Home making up Rampisham accounts
15^th December 1861	At Home	Pd Clipping Rick 10s
16^th December 1861	At Home on Various matters	Pd for Greaves &c 7s Pd Property Tax Ransom ½ yr due 20^th Sept } 3s 6 ½ d Pd for 2 qrs of Oats Peach £2 6s
17^th December 1861	Went to Yeovil & Pd into Wilts & Dorset £700 to be paid into Drummonds Ld Auckland 1^st January
18^th December 1861	At Home & went to Rampisham -Agreed with Mr Jenkins for pt of Williams Land at £19 a year and to charge 5 per cent for draining &c
19^th December 1861	At Home on Various matters	£21 Reced for Ten Wethers Hy Bound London Pd Labourers 16s wheat 5s Cheese 1s 10d
20^th December 1861	At Home Went coursing with Arthur Chantmarle caught one Hare
21^st December 1861	At Home on Various matters
22^nd December 1861	At Home
23^rd December 1861	At Home and went to Ransom Captain Gurney & Family came to Arthurs	Gave the Old Women 2s £20 Reced of Mr Bridle ½ yrs int on £800 due Mic 1861 Paid to W&Dorset Dorchester 15s Reced for a Giddy Sheep Pd Mr Foot painting &c £8 10s Pd Annual Singers £1 Pd Labourers 16s wheat 5s cheese 2s 4d	Giddy sheep was probably the disease known as scrapie.
24^th December 1861	At Home on Various matters
25^th December 1861	At Home – Dined at Arthurs [a Very Fine Day & Frosty]
26^th December 1861	At Home Dined at Arthurs with Mr Edward Pope & Miss Pope & Mr Wm Pope Gurney&C
27^th December 1861	At Home on Various matters
28^th December 1861	At Home & went to Ransom
29^th December 1861	Do.	Pd Tailor Chislett 13s 6ds Pd Mr Spongs Bill £5 6s 6d Pd Mr Rodgers Spirits £5 10s over 2 doz Bottles 1 Hp 5 Jars Pd Ringers 2s 6d
30^th December 1861	At Home- carting manure Barrow	Paid Mr Samways for Coal ### Pipes &c £6 1s 11d Pd for Childrens Piano £27 6s Pd Mr Rook ½ yrs Tithe 10s 1d Pd Crew Wightman £1 0s 4d Pd Mr Kingston ½ yrs Tithe due £1 15s 7 ½ d Pd Mr Smith Cattistock for Vetches 10s Paid Cooper Chubbs Bill £3 2s Shoemaker Edwards 16s 2d Thomas Frampton 7s 6d Pd Evening Mail ½ year £1 11s 6d	An unusual purchase and presumably for one of the grandchildren. It was an expensive purchase being worth about £1600 in today’s terms.
31^st December 1861	At Home Do. Dined at Mr Jennings Arthur Mr Gurney & Mr Baskett

January

February

Mr Geake papering and small Side Bd £12 15s

Mr T Mills Shoes £1 6s 0d

Paid Milborne Tailor £2 17s 6d

Paid for 2 Sacks of Potatoes £1 8s 0d

Paid James Roberts Bill £12 12s

Paid Poor & Mole [sic] rate £2 4s 1d

Pd Mr Kellaway Bread &c £1 0s 8d

Pd Messrs Hannand and Gilletts Bill £3 10 0 ½ d

Pd Jas Groves Thatcher £7 16s

Pd Groves Mason 15s 8d

Reced 8s Cheese

John Martin of Evershot

The Life and Times of a 19th Century Land Surveyor.

1861