THE DIARV OF EDWARD BAGSHAW. 83 



Sept. i$th. "I received from Mrs. Crosland two ounces of Green Tea." 

 Sept. l8t/t. " Mr. Waterhouse sent me a letter w th a present of a wig to my- 

 self and a handsome suit of clothes for my eldest son." 

 Oct. 22nd. "This day being the Court-leet I dined at Isaac Hall's with Mr. 



William Bagshaw's Steward." 

 Oct. "jth. ''Mr. Wormald sent my wife a present of a pot of butter." 

 Oct. \2th. "Mr. Bradley came to Castleton to teach writing and casting 



accounts." 

 Oct. 27th. " It began to snow and hail in a violent manner. The Club met 



at Benj : Ash ton's." 

 Nov. 3rd. " My daughter came to Church to return God thanks for her re- 

 covery from a dangerous fit of sickness, w ch she began to have at Burton 



in Leicestershire about six weeks agoe." 

 Nov. 4///. " Mr. Wormald and his Wife and Father drank Tea with us." 



"I sent my Watch to Manchester to have a new Regulator put to it." 

 Nov. 7th. "I and my Wife and 2 daughters drank Tea at John Halls." 

 Nov. 13M. "I went to Hope and dined with Mr. Waterhouse and Mr. 



Wormald at John Greaves at the Cross Daggers : Mr. Waterhouse kept a 



Copyhold Court." 

 Nov. 15th. "We brewed a load of Malt." 

 Nov. igt/i. "I and Mr. Bradley went to Hope to see Mr. Wormald and 



brought a Hare along w th us w 011 he made me a present of. 

 Nov. l&t/i. Mr. Needham brought me an ounce of Jesuits Bark* from 



Sheffield for Peggy to take. 

 Nov. 2$t/i. "I baptized a child at Hope Church for Mr. Wormald and dined 



w th Mrs. Wormald." 

 Dec. \2th. " I sent a Letter by Mr. Waterhouse to Serjeant Skinner lately 



made an English Judge who was my old school-fellow and Student of Xt. 



Church in Oxford." 

 Dec. 2T,rd. "I received a Letter from Mr. Serjeant Skinner in answer to mine." 

 Dec. wth. " Mr. Waterhouse made me a present of ten shillings." 



Dec. 29M. P d for an Electuary from Sheffield 1 



1743. Jan. 6th. " Mr. Needham sent a Turkey for a present." 

 Jan. 8th. "The children went to Michael Halls merry-night." 

 Jan. i$th. " Molly Hall made -us a present of a pound of Butter and some 



milk." 

 Ian. 14th. " This day Mr. Richard Bagshaw, of Wormhiil, sent me a noble 



present of Beef Chine and Hog-puddings." 



* Jesuit's Bark was the bark of the chinchona tree. Its use as an antidote 

 to fever was discovered by a Jesuit in Peru about 1530. It was sold at one 

 time for its weight in silver. It was first introduced into England by Sir Hans 

 Sloane in 1700. Quinine is the modern prepaiation of this bark. 



