The volume commences at Lady-day, 1648, with the gifts of his grandmother Cramond, and his uncles Dr. Harvey and Eliab Harvey. Nov. 8. 1648, is a memorandum of receipts of "the full remainder of the three thousand pounds he was to pay me on my marriage." The receipts close March 25. 1652, with "a note of what money I have received for rent, wood, &c.; in effect, what I have to live upon, for four years, 1413_l_. 8_s_." The expenses begin at the same period; and among the earliest is, "given my wife, in gold, 100_l_." Under the date Aug. 4. 1648, we read, "Item: paid Mr. Edward Gibbes, to the use, and by the appointment of my sister Dorothy, it being her portion, 1200_l_." Dorothy was probably Sir Edward's only sister, by the same mother, Sir Edward, the first baronet's second wife. Her sun of life soon set; for Feb. 21. 1650, a whole page is occupied with items of mourning "at the death of my deare and only sister, the Lady Darell." Independently of the frequent notices of relatives, almost serving as a family history, there are entries of high interest to the general historian and the antiquary. The costs of every article of use and virtue are set down in full, and a few of the items (which I find in my Common-place Book) will serve as a specimen of the general contents:-- "1648. July 31. It. for seeing two plaies with my wife, &c., coach hire, &c., 1_l_. 6_s_. -- Sept. 2. It. paid the upholsterer for a counterpayne to the yellow petuana bed 3_l_. 10_s_. -- Sept. 7. Paid Mr. Winne, for a tippet of sables for my wife 14_l_. -- Nov. 23. For a copy of Marg. Dering's office 9_s_. -- Dec. 23. It. paid Mr. Le Neve, in part for my wife's picture 3_l_. -- Mar. 8. It. a velvet saddle furniture for my wife, 13_l_. It. black sattin, for a gown for her, 7_l_. It. two diamond rings 13_l_.