242 A FARMER'S YEAR 



' 1742. Richard Faired aged 78. poor but Chearful-Hearted 

 and working to the last, extreme moderate in his desires but 

 gratefull : now admitted we Hope to a Riches and Fulness, not 

 prepared for the supine and lazy, the Ambitious and proud, un- 

 profitable Spenders, or penurious Retainers of Superfluous wealth.' 

 (What splendid but unimpeachable phrases! Have we not all of 

 us at some time been unprofitable Spenders, and are we not all 

 acquainted with penurious Retainers of Superfluous wealth T) 



' 1747. Charles Brown, a quiet, inoffensive, regular, and well 

 disposed man, taken off sudenly, as we hope to peace, from evil 

 which threatened. 



' 1 757- John Lamb a Travailer drowned on The Holmes.' 

 (Query. Does ' travailer ' here mean a worker or a traveller ? And 

 where were The Holmes ?) 



' 1757. Martha Chipperfield, reputed wife of Eras. Jerry. 



'1759. Robert Plummer, Schoolmaster, a Steady Churchman 

 and inoffensive neighbour, Indulgent to his Wife, well-affected 

 towards his Minister; to the poor tender and Compassionate: 

 To youth a painstaking Instructor, buried with regret.' (Note. 

 This shows that a- hundred and fifty years ago even such a small 

 village as Bedingham had its schoolmaster.) 



'1765. William Stone, eldest son of the late William 

 Stone Esq, a hopeful youth. 



'John Gunds for many years churchwarden, A friendly and 

 peaceable Neighbour.' 



The following notes appear at the end of the first register- 

 book : 'There was collected in Beddingham in July 1659 towards 

 the recovery of the Losse at Soulbay in suffering they sustained by 

 fire the summe of three pounds and four shillings which was paid 

 by appointment by James King, churchwarden to Mr. Walters, 

 Chief Constable.' (Soulbay, or Solebay, is an old name for 

 Southwold in Suffolk, a town which gathered importance after 

 Dunwich was destroyed by the sea. It is still famous for its soles. 

 The entry shows incidentally the terrible risks that were run from 

 fire in towns built largely of wood, many of the houses of which 



