Extracts from the Diary of William BrayBray, William
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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
22_nd_.—To the ‘New Inn,’ Western Bridge, soon after 6; waited till 7;
there being eight passengers, they sent a chaise in which I and a
gentleman came; stopped at Cobham; arrived at Guildford {17b} between 3
and 4. Paid coach, 5_s._; breakfast at Cobham, 18. coachman, 1_s._
_April_ 17_th_.—At 6 set out in the coach for London. Dined at Kingston;
in about 5. With James and Jenkins to Mr. Boughton’s; at whist till 11.
Paid coach and man, 5_s._ 6_d._; dinner, 2_s._
18_th_.—To the play: ‘The Provoked Husband,’ Mr. Garrick.
19_th_.—Breakfasted with James at Johnstone’s Coffee House, Charing
Cross. Paid for chocolate and muffin, 2½_d._
23_rd_, _Sunday_.—To St. Dunstan’s Church; walked in Lincoln’s Inn
Gardens; to Mr. Emily’s to dinner; to the chapel in Russell Court; walked
in the Park; at Slaughter’s Coffee House for half-an-hour; at 8 called on
Boughton.
25_th_.—To Don Saltero’s at Chelsea; paid for breakfast there, 13½_d._;
to Marylebone, played at bowls there; at 5, Ford came; he stayed till 7;
then I went to the ‘Crown and Rolls.’ Home about 12.
_May_ 1_st_.—I catched a great cold yesterday; James and I went home with
Jenkins; at cribbage till 11.
8_th_.—Dined in Butcher Row, 9_d._; went to hear Green, the Methodist,
dispute in Fetter Lane—shameful. With Jenkins at cribbage till past 11.
10_th_.—Breakfasted with Mr. Street; at 11 to the Bank, and sold £25
stock; {18} at 4 dined with Mr. Adderley at the ‘White Lion,’ in Wych
Street; drank tea with Clare; between 7 and 8 Gordon and I went to Covent
Garden: ‘Miss in her teens,’ &c. Fribble, Mr. Shuter.
11_th_.—With Jenkins to Marylebone Bowling green, at bowls. Home at 9;
then an hour at the ‘Bell.’
18_th_.—Breakfasted at home; James dined here; he fetched a pigeon pye;
afterwards to Prosser’s, where Pitts came to me; at 6 Emily came; we took
boat at the Temple, landed at Lambeth, and walked to Vauxhall; supped
there. Home about 12; very pleasant evening; paid for supper at
Vauxhall, 2_s._; going in, 1_s._
19_th_.—Breakfasted at New Exchange Coffee House; dined at Betty’s with
Mr. Gordon; then to Drury Lane—‘The Rehearsal,’ Bayes, Mr. Garrick; paid
for breakfast, 6_d._; a letter, 3_d._; dinner and wine, 1_s._ 4_d._
20_th_.—Jenkins, James, and I walked to Marylebone; at bowls till 8; then
we went to the ‘Sugar Loaf’ in Bell Yard; wine at Marylebone, 6_d._;
supper, 4½_d._
22_nd_.—Boughton, James, and I to Islington, to a bowling-green there;
paid for cyder, ham, &c. 7½_d._
26_th_.—Dined with Mr. Adderley at the ‘White Lion,’ there till 6.
27_th_.—To the Bowling-green beyond the Foundling Hospital.
29_th_.—James and I walked to Marylebone, bowls there; between 4 and 5 we
went to see ‘Hamlet,’ by Mr. Garrick.
_June_ 6_th_.—Got up between 4 and 5; Jenkins and James breakfasted with
me at the ‘Angel’; at 6, set out in the coach for Guildford; stopped at
Kingston; dined at Cobham; in about 4; to Miss Stevens’.
7_th_.—To the Bowling-green; to Miss Stevens’. {20a}
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