38 THE PEPYS OF SOUTH DORSET. 



Mr. Richards buys the estate, and the vendor, John Williams, 

 and his brother, Winston, wrangle over the purchase money. 

 " Sunday, the 2zd Oct., 1699. Mr. Jno. and his bro r ., Winstone 

 Williams, came hither and dined with me, and in the afternoon 

 had a falling out twixt ymselves abot. the latter's pretensions to 

 have p i of the purchase money of Lewell." Barely two years 

 after this Winston Williams came to a tragic end; he was a 

 Landing- waiter at the Weymouth Custom House. We learn, 

 from another source, that he and Mr. William Freke, brother of 

 Colonel Freke, of Upwey, " dranke punch to a greate hight," 

 and, a quarrel arising, they went to a green plot in Weymouth, 

 at or near where the Royal Terrace now stands, and fought with 

 swords. Williams was wounded in the stomach, and died the 

 next day. 



We get a glimpse of two Sunday gatherings at Warmwell 

 House, one at Midsummer and the other on New Year's Day : 

 ''Sunday, the loth July, 1698. Col. Trenchard, Mr. Henninge, 

 and Captn. Trenchard came in morning to hear Mr. Bound 

 preach. I went to Poxwell" (Poxwell House) "and dined with 

 [them], and thence in the afternoon we came all down hither in 

 ye Collonell's coach." This private carriage, belonging to 

 Colonel Trenchard, is the only one which Mr. Richards 

 mentions. Then on the following New Year's Day he had a 

 small dinner party, consisting of Cousin Idith Long (who, no 

 doubt, was the life of the party), Parson Bound and his son, Mr. 

 John Williams, of Lewel, some of the Balston family, and John 

 Vie, the farmer of Lewel. So we see that it was not thought out 

 of the way for the 'squire of Lewei and the farmer there to dine 

 together in good fellowship on New Year's Day. 



Matters of public interest were recorded in the diary: the 

 following refers to the peace of Ryswick an event of great 

 importance: "Thursday, the 2ist Oct. 1697. This day the 

 proclamation of peace came to Dorchr having been proclaimed 

 in London the iQth instant." Then again : " yth Nov., 1700. 

 This days gazet gave an acct of the King of Spaine's death 

 wch happened ye ist inst new style." 



