Extracts from the Diary of William BrayBray, William
History
Extracts from the Diary of William Bray
Bray, William
Bray, William, 1736-1832 -- Biography; Great Britain -- Court and courtiers; Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, 1603-1714
£ _s._ _d._
Licence 1 11 6
Pair of gloves 0 1 0
Mr. Burdett’s fee 1 1 0
The clerk 0 10 6
Mrs. Norwood’s maid 0 7 6
Middle Parish ringers 1 1 0
Dinner at Epsom 0 5 6
Chaise from Epsom to London 0 14 0
Driver and hostler 0 2 0
Two bottles of Lisbon at the ‘White Hart’ 0 3 4
For fifty oysters 0 0 7½
A pound of cheese 0 0 3½
A pound and a half of salmon 0 1 0
Paid Jenkins for the ring 0 6 6
[Jenkins got the ring and sent it to him with
a humourous letter.]
Mr. Shrubb for a tabby nightgown 7 14 0
Ear-rings and necklace 0 14 0
Coffee with Boughton at the Lincoln’s Inn 0 0 5
Coffee House (on the afternoon of his wedding)
{23a} They received friends to tea every evening this week. They lived
in a house with a garden, in which Mr. Bray planted fruit trees and
shrubs, but where it was does not appear in the Diary.
{23b} He went to the Bowling-green to play at whist in the winter, and
at howls in the summer.
{24a} He had been the first performance of Marplot by Garrick.
{24b} When he took the horse as far as Dorking it was 2_s._ 6_d._
{25a} The son of the Member for the County.
{25b} Mr. Godschall, of Weston House, Albury. An accomplished
gentleman, LL.D. of Oxford, cousin of Lady Palmerston, the mother of the
late Lord Palmerston.
{25c} Of Parkhurst, where Rousseau was his guest for some time.
{25d} Who built the Leith Hill Tower, and was buried there.
{25e} It is remarkable that a young attorney of 22 should have been
invited to the social meetings of elderly and middle-aged gentlemen of
the highest position in the neighbourhood. His grandson, the late Mr.
Edward Bray, inherited his companionable qualities, and was welcome in
every house he visited.
{26a} The Member for the County.
{26b} Of Betchworth Castle. The author of ‘The Light of Nature.’
{27a} The father of the late Sir Henry Austen. He had been articled, as
well as Mr. Bray, to Mr. Martyr. He afterwards purchased a Clerkship in
the Six Clerks’ Office in Chancery.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account