1775, _Sept._ 28_th_.—To the ‘King’s Head’ at Derby, {36b} and lay. 1776, _April_ 3_rd_.—Paid subscription to the Laudable Society, £2. 12_s._ 6_d._ {36c} _May_ 3_rd_.—Paid for a grey horse, five years old, 15 guineas. 27_th_.—Paid labourers planting firs in the Hurtwood, £1. 12_s._ 3_d._; stakes, &c., for fencing, £2. 17_s._ 3_d._ {36d} _Aug._ 23_rd_.—To Loughborough, with Mr. Jenkins. 1777, _Oct._ 30_th_.—To Loseley to breakfast; to East Horsley, and dined at Mr. Fox’s; supped at Mr. Duncumb’s. 31_st_.—General Evelyn and Mr. Lomax dined. _Nov._ 19_th_.—Paid Mr. Chaubert, for monument in Shere Church, 6 guineas. {36e} _Dec._ 21_st_.—Paid Mr. Lomax, for half an acre of land, £7. {36f} 1778, _Jan._ 16_th_.—To Leicester; dined with Mr. Parr, {36g} and supped; whist; lost 3_s._ _Feb._ 26_th_.—To the play with Miss Catherine Adee and Kitty: ‘School for Scandal’ and ‘The Quaker.’ _March_ 19_th_.—Antiquary Society; supped at the ‘White Hart,’ with Mr. Gough, Mr. Lort, Mr. Grose, and Mr. Topham. {37a} _April_ 25_th_.—Lord Midleton came; rode with him to Pitland Street; he and Mr. Lomax dined. _June_ 8_th_.—Mr. Jenkins and Mr. J. Martyr {37b} dined. 9_th_.—To Guildford; dined at Mr. Martyr’s; Mr. Jenkins and Mr. Hawes there; to the horse race. 10_th_.—General Evelyn, Mr. Dyson, and Captain Williams dined; to the course. _July_ 19_th_, _Sunday_.—To Church; walked in the Museum Gardens with Mr. Austen. 26_th_, _Sunday_.—To Church at Shere; dined at Mr. Duncumb’s; drank tea at Mr. Godschall’s. Lord and Lady Onslow and Mr. and Mrs. Onslow there. 1780, _Jan._ 16_th_.—In a chaise to the Speaker at Wonersh, and dined; to Loseley in the evening. 27_th_.—Antiquary Society, supped with Mr. Waddilove at Mundy’s Coffee House in Maiden Lane; paid 1_s._ _Feb._ 8_th_.—To Drury Lane, with Mrs. Gardiner and Polly, ‘Plain Dealer’ and ‘Fortunatus.’ _March_ 28_th_.—To General Evelyn’s, and breakfasted; to Turnpike meeting at Guildford; dined at the ‘White Hart,’ with Mr. Page and Captain Onslow; to Loseley and lay. _April_ 2_nd_.—Dined at Mr. Lomax’s. 15_th_.—Breakfasted at Mr. Lomax’s; rode with him to the Hurtwood. 17_th_.—To the race. 18_th_.—Do. _June_ 6_th_.—Lord Mansfield’s house burnt, up all night. _Nov._ 22_nd_.—Drank tea with Mr. Jenkins. To the Rolls Coffee House, and supped; quadrille. _Dec._ 11_th_.—Mr. and Mrs. Eyre and Mr. and Mrs. Meux supped here; quadrille. 1781, _Jan._ 8_th_.—Edward went to the Guildford Ball. 11_th_.—To the first meeting of the Antiquary Society in Somerset House; supped at Coffee House, with Mr. Gough, Mr. Topham, &c. _March_ 22_nd_.—To Kingston Assizes; dined with the Grand Jury; Mr. Budgen’s cause tried. _May_ 11_th_.—Supped at Mr. Meux’s; whist, won 9_s._ _June_ 16_th_.—To Sir Edward Evelyn in Piccadilly, and with him in his phaeton to Leatherhead. _July_ 2_nd_.—With Dr. Osborne in his coach to Mr. Rice at Tooting, and dined. _Aug._ 3_rd_.—To Mr. James at Enfield, and lay.