36 THE PEPYS OF SOUTH DORSET. 



A pleasant gathering at the Manor House is chronicled 

 in September, 1699, when " Wm. Churchill, of Dorchr., with his 

 sonn, Captn. Joseph Churchill, and my bro., James, were here, 

 and dined with me, and then Captn. Joseph Churchill brot. me 

 a silver caudle-cup, weg. 45 ounces, from his bro., Major Wm. 

 Churchill." * 



Then, again, " iath, Xber, 1697. Tnis da Y J dined at Major 

 Floyer's, at Stratton, w th Mr. Henning, Mr. Richd. Churchill and 

 Mr. Plays." " Sunday, the 3oth July, 1699. This afternoon Mr. 

 Tregonwell Frampton was here and stayed till past 9 at night." 



There is but slight reference in the Diary to Medical Practi- 

 .tioners : in cases of illness, the Diarist resorted to his friend, 

 Parson Read, Rector of Moreton, distant about four miles ; the 

 Rector dabbled in medicine, and sometimes even performed 

 slight surgical operations, f Ague in Mr. Richards' time was 

 far more prevalent than now : his son William having an attack, 

 Mr. Read was sent for and prescribed for him "Jesuites 

 powder," (i.e., Peruvian bark). 



In May, 1698, we find Mr. Richards going to Wimborne and 

 Litchet to visit his friends, Mr. Traherne and Col. Trenchard : 

 "31 May, 1698. I set out with my boy Jack and Pymer" (one 

 of Mr. Richards' men), " for Wimborn, and arrived there by 1 1 of 

 the clock at y e White Horse Inn, being the Post-House, whence 

 we removed to Mr. Philip Traheren's house and lodged there yt 

 night and stayed there Wednesday the ist June and yt night. 

 Thursday morning, the 2d, we rode thence to Pool, accompanied 

 by Mr. P. T., and thence to Litchett and dined with Coll. 

 Trenchard, and thence we came home yt night." 



Mr. Serjeant Bond, of Grange, was esteemed by the Diarist 

 both as a friend and a lawyer; "16 May, 1698. I rode to 



* " Caudle, a confection made of ale or wine, eggs, sugar, and spices, to be 

 drunk hot."- Bailey's Dietry, 1733. 



t A mural monument to his memory stood in the old Church at Moreton : the 

 inscription stated that he was "useful to his neighbours in all capacities, in 

 . . . healing their bodily distempers as well as," &c. 



