200 POCKET ALMANACKS AT RENISHAW. 



My Son ffiancis & Richard Townrow went to schoole to M' Cooke the i6^^ 

 day of June 1686. 



M? : January the I7<h, 86 [1687] pa them to M' Cooke the sum of 15= & 

 2 : 6 for entering money for ffranck & Richard Townrow, which was due the 

 16"' of Decemb. last past for Schooleing. 

 August the 5«> 87, p"? then to M"' Cooke in full for schooleing 15s. 

 A Receipt for the Murrin. Take A Pint of Sallid Oyle, one quart of Tarr, 

 2 spoonefulls of Vinigar of Sage, Mint, Rue, Bludwert, Bearesfoot, Murrin 

 weed, of each one handfull. Bruise all these together & mix them with the 

 Tarr & Oyle &c : 



A Receipt for the Strang wayes in my Almanack for the year 1686. 

 The first News letter & Gazett that I had from M"^ Gissop was upon the 

 19 day July 1687. 



[On August the 3rd, 1687, M"' Sitwell paid 4 — 5 — o for 45^ roods of 

 ' waleing stone.' Perhaps this was for the new orchard mentioned in 1693]. 

 Ashes set out to sell as foUoweth. [The total — 208.] 

 Old Come in the Come Chambers as followeth : 

 Oats 9:3:0 



Blendcorne 0:9:1 

 Barely 0:2:2 



Wheat o : I : o 



Pease o : O : 2 



My doughter Elizabeth was borne the 11"' day of March, 16S4, being Wed- 

 sonday, about 2 of the clock in the afternooiie. 



My Son George was borne the iS'^ day of May, being Tuseday, in 1686, 

 about halfe an hower past fowre a clock in the morneing. 



My Doughter Alice was borne the 5"^ day of Sept : 1687, betwixt II & 12 

 A Clock in the fforenoone. [These entries repeated in 1704. Entries of the 

 birth of Francis and Henry Sitwell are repeated from the Almanac of 16S2.] 

 Xbr ye lo'h, 1687. 



Rec. then of Geo : Sittwell Esq'' ye sum of one pound, Eight shillings, five 

 pence, in full for Gazetts and newes letters to this day. I say received 



by me Edw : Jessope 

 M? p? more to M' Jessop in full for Gazette & Newes letters had after- 

 wards 0:1:5. 



1690. 



Books lent as followeth : 



M? I owe M"^ Jessope of Chesterfield for News letters & gazetts from the 

 27"^ of March, 1689, all but for 2 Gazetts W^'' he did not send me. 



M^ Lent to my Mother the 2*^ part of the Theory of Earth [repeated 

 1691.] Lent to Brother Will : the Bishop of Hereford's answer to Burnett. 



