180 HISTORY OF HARTING. 



1738 (Whitsuntide Club Feast). "Now I must tell 

 you of a most provoking thing in Mary Jones. You 

 must know that on Sunday last, when the boyes were 

 playing at ball on Harting Hill" (Hemner Down), 

 " she came out in one of her ill humours, and I 

 supose they plagued her as usuall, upon which she 

 took a tyle and threw it at one to break his 

 head ; he was carried to Lardner's" (the village apothe- 

 cary at Harting, whose assistant was Nick. Turner, 

 surgeon), " and he said the sckul was broke, or at least 

 fractured ; he dyde (died) away severall times that 

 day : she thinking (I believe) that she had kil'd him, 

 came running up here to complain to me how they 

 had abus'd her ; but instead of pitying her both I 

 and all the house chid her : upon which she said I 

 upheld them, and went to Major Battin for a warent 

 (warrant) against seven of the boyes, among whom 

 are Dick and Paul Kelly (sons of Caryll's bailiff) ; 

 and yesterday while I was at Ned's (i.e., a dinner party 

 at the Edward Carylls, at Compton, Littlegreen), 

 the constable came up and serv'd the werent against 

 them, and was to have carried them away (i.e., from 

 Lady Holt), but out of civility and good-nature left 

 them till to-day. The constable said he was very 

 sorry to doe it, for he thought a warrent against her 

 was more proper, for the wounded boy was more 

 likely to dye last night then live. However, I think 

 the Major has acted a very unhandsome part to 

 grant a warrent against the children of my old 

 servent, and two people that are actually working 

 in your house, which I shall take care to let everbody 

 know ; and the more that his man saw what happened 

 at Harting, and said he believ'd the boy kill'd : 

 but Major Battin has a grudge at old Paul, and I 

 sopose .(suppose) was glad of this occasion. I have 

 this morning sent t Hew (Hugh, a servant) down to 

 Mary to threaten her, and try if we can make her 

 return the warrent, if not, I think she shou'd be 



