26 Notes from the Diary of Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, 



to the Marquis of Hartford and lay there this night and t^e 3rd. 4th. 



Went to my own house at Pirton to keep my court there. 6th. Went 



to Malmesbury to return up my money. — 7th. Returned to Salisbury. 



" November 12. The little ship called the Rose, wherein I have a quarter 

 part, which went for Guinea, came to town this term, blessed be God. She has 



been out about a year, and we shall but make our money. 27th. Went 



with my brother John Coventry to Oxsted to see my Lady Coventry, and my 

 sister Packington who was lately delivered of her daughter Margaret. 



"January 21, 1648. My brother John Coventry sealed a deed of all his 

 lands to me, Sir Gerard Napper, Thomas Child, and Edmund Hoskins, Esqs. 

 for the payment of those debts we are engaged for him. 



" This month Mr. Hastings and Mr. Hooper, feofees in trust for my father's 

 estate, conveyed to me the manor of Pawlet, for which I paid formerly to 

 the Court of Wards £2500. 



" February 11. I had my writ of discharge from being Sheriff of Wiltshire 



delivered me by my uncle Tooker, who succeeded me in my office. 14th. 



I fell sick of a tertian ague, whereof I had but five fits, through the mercy 

 of the Lord. 



"March. I went and waited on the Judges at their lodgings, the Judges 



were Judge Godbolt and Sergeant Wilde. 7th. I dined with the Judges, 



but I sat not on the bench all this Assize for fear the cold might have made 



me relapse into an ague. April 4. Mr. S wanton and I kept a privy 



sessions at Salisbury. Mr. Giles Eyre sat with us this day. 



"July. Mem. The bond wherein I was bound to Mr. Giles Eyre with 

 my brother Coventry is paid and cancelled. This bond was for £150 dated 

 April, 1647. 



"August 6th. Dined with Sir G. Napper at More-Critchell, and heard 



Mr. Hussey preach.* 23rd. Went to Salisbury to meet Mr. William 



Hussey, Mr. Norden, Mr. William Eyres. We all met on commission directed 

 to us out of Chancery to hear and certify the cause betwixt Lowe and Sadler 

 about Fisherton Manors. We adjourned there on the commission till the 



26th, and adjourned till the 12th September. 26th. Went to Salisbury 



to the Assizes.— 30th. The Judge Mr. Sergeaut Wilde who came alone 



this circuit, came into Salisbury. 31st. We began the Assize, where were 



present Sir John Evelyn, Colonel Whitehead, myself, who were all three corn- 

 commissioners of oyer and terminer, Mr. William Hussey, Mr. Yorke, Mr. 

 Stephens, counsellors, Mr. Norden, Mr. Joy, Mr. Bennet of Norton, Mr. 

 William Eyres, Mr. Long, Mr. Coles, Mr. William Littleton, Mr. Dove, Mr. 

 Sadler, Mr. Rivett. My uncle Tooker, High Sheriff. 



" September 2. I had a verdict against St. John for my common in 

 Lydeard, myself the plaintiff, and £80 damages given me. The last Summer 

 Assize I had another verdict against him and Webb, myself the plaintiff. 



" November. This term I borrowed of my aunt M rs. Alice Coventry 

 £1100 for which I gave her my bond. In February I mortgaged my manor 

 of Pawlet to my aunt Mrs. Alice Coventry for £1100 1 owed her. 



* Mr. Hussey, afterwards minister of Hinton Martin, had been Sir Anthony's 

 servitor at college. 



