POCKET ALMANACKS AT RENISHAW. 215 



Rl<! Decemb : the IJ'*", 1704, my two Daughters came to Cozen Gardiners. 

 M"* the 13"' of January next Appointed for A Monthly meeting at Chester- 

 field. 



[In this almanack is a piece of coarse brown blotting paper.] 



1709. 



Bookes Lent as ffolloweih : 



ffeb : the 19"^, 1704 [1705]. Lent to Uncle Will : the Life of Prince Eugin. 



To Mr. Sympson Willoughbyes Ornithology. 



Lent to M' Stevenson StillinfBets . . . icum. 



To ^P Sympson The ' Tryall of the Regicids ' The History of England in 

 two parts & Langaleryes Memoir. 



June the 23d, Lent then to M'^ Chantry of Clowne Watsons ' Clergymans 

 Law.' 



June the ag"', Lent then to S' John Roads by son ffrancis the 5"» Vollum of 

 hackats Roman History. 



July the 26'h, 1709, Lent then to M' Sympson A thick Quarto about the 

 Exchange of money. 



M? in my son Tho : Quarters bill for Lady-day, 1 70S, there is 5 : 3 : 3 

 charged for Income into his new Chamber, w<^'' his Tutor writes me will be 

 allowed him all but A fourth part at his leaving y= Colledg. There is likewise 

 in his Quarters bill for Midsurner, 1708, I : 7 : o p? to the joynr. 



Money p"' by me upon my son Geo : Accompt as followeth : 



Pd to M' Mathewes his M"' 



215 



To Brother ffrancis w<='' he p'' him att his goeing to Jamacha, 50 : o : o 



P<^ him att his goeing to Virginia by Bro : ffrancis, 425 : o : o 



V^ him more by Bro : ffrancis for Ensureing his Goods to 



Virginia, 43 : O : o 



Novemb: the 2^, 1705. I admitted my son Tho : in Grayes Inn, and the 

 e"" of Novemb : I admitted him in Bennett College in Cambridg under 

 M' Walter, with whome I left 10 : o : o caucon money. I bought my son att 

 the same tyme A ffeather bed, bolsters, Curtins, 3 Blankets, A Quilt, w'^'' cost 

 6:5:0. [repeated 171 1]. 



M? to make me 6 Shirts will take 22 yards of Holland yard wide. 

 • M? It appeares that one John Dronfield, a soldir in Captaine Geo : 

 Collins Troope of Dragoons, in the Right H >norable the Earle of Essex 

 Redgiment of Dragoons, has A discharge from the said troope under the hand 

 of M' Tho : Bickerton's hand, cornett in the said Troope, dated ffeb : the 

 17th, 1707, for w"^!" he pd 5=. 



M? March the 28^^, I gave Will Hatt : 57 Ginias & 3 Lewis de Ore, 

 & 8" in Silver, to carry to Derby. 



The Coach goes out of the Kings Arms in Leaden Hall Street on Saturday 

 next about 8 of the Clock morneing : Saturday 30 of Decemb : 1709. 



