Josiah Jackson's diaries 1882-1904: index and snippets

Pounds

Date Snippet
Wed 27 Oct 1886

, B. John Nellie Frome market Mr White paid cheque Cheese, Mr Hames paid , Mr Case paid Mr Treasure's Bank, six Pounds /-.
Bank (1010), Case (53), cheese (1666), cheque (1456), Frome (614), Hames (53), John (2874), Market (159), Nellie (591), paid (1944), paid (1944), paid (1944), Pounds (45), six (14), Treasure (959), White (580)
Thu 25 Nov 1886

Sam Harrows Plough, Chainharrow, Harness, (Chaff Hay coin Horses), Horses Waggon ftc Dunsladc ploughing Buirough Held Wheat Mr Joseph Edwards reed, (six pounds) ? M /c half years rent due Lady .
Buirough (1), chaff (195), Chainharrow (13), coin (1), due (87), Dunsladc (1), Edwards (138), ftc (833), half (161), harness (45), Harrows (9), hay (1122), held (146), horses (243), Horses) (1), Joseph (333), Lady (73), Plough (67), ploughing (510), Pounds (45), Reed (3327), rent (270), Sam (168), six (14), Waggon (230), wheat (475), years (118)
Fri 14 Dec 1888

CK Mr J. Felthwn balance Ten pounds Tom Edwards /c Bills sale amount /*.
amount (28), balance (84), bills (99), Edwards (138), Felthwn (1), Pounds (45), Sale (282), Ten (26), Tom (2187)
Mon 7 Jan 1889

He Bridge Farm Thomas White Bniham Cottage orchard agreed ? ten pounds Rent commence Christmas allow cannot enter house .
agreed (1355), allow (44), Bniham (132), Bridge (115), cannot (9), Christmas (48), commence (19), Cottage (95), enter (14), Farm (548), House (1200), orchard (95), Pounds (45), rent (270), Ten (26), Thomas (223), White (580)
Tue 15 Jan 1889

He AI Lamyalt Mr W. Cannon agreed Miss Phelps Cheese ? cheese If Miss Phelps agreed throw ? five pounds discontinue send milk.
agreed (1355), agreed (1355), Cannon (97), cheese (1666), cheese (1666), discontinue (2), Five (19), Lamyalt (1), Milk (1238), Miss (918), Miss (918), Phelps (62), Phelps (62), Pounds (45), send (792), throw (21)
Fri 21 Feb 1890

twenty five pounds.
Five (19), Pounds (45), twenty (6)
Thu 13 Mar 1890

Jones gave ck ? pounds /c.
Gave (523), Jones (1185), Pounds (45)
Sat 9 May 1891

) hunched pounds Mrs Padfield gave Albert Stuckeys Bank, Bruton .
Albert (378), Bank (1010), Bruton (758), Gave (523), hunched (1), Mrs (1554), Padfield (119), Pounds (45), Stuckeys (10)
Fri 28 Aug 1891

B. John ? five pounds Cash.
cash (150), Five (19), John (2874), Pounds (45)
Mon 2 May 1892

gave ck fifteen pounds promised send Engine bring tomorrow.
bring (79), Engine (99), fifteen (2), Gave (523), Pounds (45), promised (658), send (792), tomorrow (666)
Tue 7 Jun 1892

Saw Mr Ingham agreed conjunction Mr Norton others acres Hyde sum ?, twenty five pounds .
Acres (100), agreed (1355), conjunction (2), Five (19), Hyde (177), Ingham (53), Norton (56), others (707), Pounds (45), Saw (1040), sum (23), twenty (6)
Wed 15 Jun 1892

C. Gulliford Mr T. O. Bennetts Charles agreed ( - - ) hundred thirty pounds rent Cooks Farm, South Bruham Mr Bennetts hands best Sent Bags () Bristol Sk Co.
agreed (1355), bags (256), Bennetts (40), Bennetts (40), Best (77), Bristol (319), Bruham (767), Charles (157), Cooks (43), Farm (548), Gulliford (47), Hands (19), hundred (5), Pounds (45), rent (270), sent (4043), South (357), thirty (3)
Thu 16 Jun 1892

IA opening Bazzar raising Funds pay debt Pitcombe mission Hall sum ? (forty pounds) raised.
Bazzar (3), debt (14), Forty (6), Funds (23), Hall (56), mission (13), opening (20), pay (274), Pitcombe (27), Pounds (45), raised (10), raising (4), sum (23)
Tue 9 Aug 1892

Mr Ingham called Part Hyde acres exceeding agreed Mr Norton Town Cricket Pitch fenced kept order grass perhaps Sheep winter damage ? (thirty pounds) per annum.
Acres (100), agreed (1355), annum (13), Called (1514), Cricket (48), damage (27), Exceeding (7), fenced (34), grass (196), Hyde (177), Ingham (53), Kept (33), Norton (56), order (100), Part (10), Per (696), perhaps (10), Pitch (17), Pounds (45), sheep (339), thirty (3), Town (532), Winter (172)
Fri 30 Sep 1892

promised oats agreed Sks, St Mr Norton St told ? (twenty eight pounds) games club priviJage Playing upon acres Hyde commencing road SL fences.
Acres (100), agreed (1355), Club (48), commencing (6), Eight (20), fences (59), games (2), Hyde (177), Norton (56), oats (360), playing (7), Pounds (45), priviJage (1), promised (658), Road (219), Sks (576), told (1155), twenty (6), upon (64)
Sat 26 Aug 1893

met Mr Norton Hyde agreed agreed Hyde yards yards wide (The ground fenced ), Sep Dec ; King school Boys Football thereon sum Five Pounds (?.
agreed (1355), agreed (1355), boys (105), Dec (78), fenced (34), Five (19), Football (36), Ground (382), Hyde (177), Hyde (177), King (53), met (393), Norton (56), Pounds (45), school (673), Sep (42), sum (23), The (347), thereon (15), wide (7), yards (13), yards (13)
Tue 24 Oct 1893

Mrs Pearce today having stopped Bruton allnight Mr T. O. Bennett agreed bought furniture - Mrs P ? woud rent After milking drove Mrs Pearce bought ? eight pounds worth, least agreed upon Knives forks, spoons, chiffoneer.
After (58), agreed (1355), agreed (1355), allnight (13), Bennett (682), bought (1410), bought (1410), Bruton (758), chiffoneer (1), drove (356), Eight (20), forks (7), furniture (30), having (103), Knives (13), least (17), Milking (76), Mrs (1554), Mrs (1554), Mrs (1554), Pearce (265), Pearce (265), Pounds (45), rent (270), spoons (3), stopped (124), today (1127), upon (64), worth (34), woud (2)
Fri 30 Nov 1894

Mr W. Clarke's St paid Bill Sc promised (?) pounds worth cheese trouble Superintending putting Cart House, dividing old cart House St done , shed Sc house c. called Mr Strouds.
Bill (484), Called (1514), cart (151), cart (151), cheese (1666), Clarke (296), dividing (4), done (281), House (1200), House (1200), House (1200), old (289), paid (1944), Pounds (45), promised (658), putting (152), shed (30), Strouds (216), Superintending (1), trouble (16), worth (34)
Mon 6 Apr 1896

cheese met Edmund Green Tom's (Lottisham) (Tom) Pollie cheque fbr hundred pounds.
cheese (1666), cheque (1456), Edmund (70), fbr (94), Green (576), hundred (5), Lottisham (79), met (393), Pollie (197), Pounds (45), Tom (2187), Tom (2187)
Sat 15 Aug 1896

Allen Green five pounds /c manure Tank.
Allen (25), Five (19), Green (576), manure (256), Pounds (45), tank (67)
Tue 16 Mar 1897

toward Building New Wesleyan Sunday Schools others promised enable committee calculate upon ? pounds.
Building (71), calculate (1), Committee (364), enable (2), New (159), others (707), Pounds (45), promised (658), schools (21), Sunday (117), toward (129), upon (64), Wesleyan (212)
Fri 2 Jul 1897

Mr Porter paid ? - - (forty Pounds) /c milk .
Forty (6), Milk (1238), paid (1944), Porter (28), Pounds (45)
Wed 28 Jul 1897

Went Mr E. J. Jelley's paid Miss T. J. Treasure cheque Sixty-six pounds fourteen shillings Sc eight pence, loan Nov , .
cheque (1456), Eight (20), fourteen (1), Jelley (4), loan (11), Miss (918), Nov (43), paid (1944), pence (6), Pounds (45), shillings (4), Sixty-six (1), Treasure (959), Went (826)
Sat 2 Oct 1897

( pounds) coming Lady-'s half years rent ? - - per annum years.
annum (13), coming (271), half (161), Lady- (11), Per (696), Pounds (45), rent (270), years (118), years (118)
Thu 27 Jan 1898

wrote told pleased five pounds toward asked needed money.
Asked (386), Five (19), money (230), needed (3), pleased (11), Pounds (45), told (1155), toward (129), Wrote (2470)
Thu 24 Feb 1898

sent Victor cheque, pounds, P. C Messrs Gowing son Bran Pollards Flour.
Bran (176), cheque (1456), flour (106), Gowing (199), Messrs (1565), Pollards (225), Pounds (45), sent (4043), son (269), Victor (1058)
Tue 23 Oct 1900

John Steeds pert Hyde Railway told Bruton Town Cricket Club March paying sum Four pounds ten shilling received ?-- ? ? - Christmas.
Bruton (758), Christmas (48), Club (48), Cricket (48), Four (4), Hyde (177), John (2874), March (95), Paying (15), pert (1), Pounds (45), Railway (60), received (139), shilling (3), Steeds (12), sum (23), Ten (26), told (1155), Town (532)
Fri 14 Dec 1900

Saw Mr Golledge told ? (thirty pounds) old cottages gardens North Bniham pay ? - O-Ofor share conveyance.
Bniham (132), conveyance (1), cottages (32), gardens (16), Golledge (95), North (146), old (289), O-Ofor (1), pay (274), Pounds (45), Saw (1040), share (25), thirty (3), told (1155)
Wed 27 Mar 1901

paid Mr Moody Five pounds Fee service shire Entice Horse ( ooming Sir Blundell Maple) Mare.
Blundell (1), Entice (29), fee (35), Five (19), horse (444), Maple (2), mare (385), Moody (145), ooming (3), paid (1944), Pounds (45), Service (131), shire (3), Sir (230)
Wed 17 Apr 1901

promised ?-* ( pounds) toward debt ? - - owing beard Mr W preach.
beard (8), debt (14), owing (27), Pounds (45), preach (203), promised (658), toward (129)
Mon 9 Sep 1901

Sent ( Louie) Ten pounds Janey Treasure, money Annie wished per .
Annie (251), Janey (244), Louie (713), money (230), Per (696), Pounds (45), sent (4043), Ten (26), Treasure (959), wished (56)
Sat 7 Dec 1901

Came Bruton money Mr Stroud gave cheque /- Let Tom's ? ( pounds).
Bruton (758), Came (596), cheque (1456), Gave (523), Let (87), money (230), Pounds (45), Stroud (1409), Tom (2187)
Tue 29 Jul 1902

Reed Stanley saying transferred Liverpool asking pounds sent .
asking (671), Liverpool (8), Pounds (45), Reed (3327), saying (947), sent (4043), Stanley (703), transferred (1)
Tue 2 Sep 1902

wrote told Mr Conant t shooting wood Reed Messrs Dyne Muller Hughes sum Fifteen pounds premium agreed re Mr Allan Jones apprenticeship.
agreed (1355), Allan (10), apprenticeship (1), Conant (2), Dyne (44), fifteen (2), Hughes (89), Jones (1185), Messrs (1565), Muller (76), Pounds (45), Premium (55), Reed (3327), Shooting (88), sum (23), told (1155), wood (415), Wrote (2470)
Sat 28 Feb 1903

Cary Mr Mullins told either Bulls offered sale Birmingham Thursday price resonable, pounds, buy .
Birmingham (15), Bulls (31), buy (91), Cary (351), Either (48), Mullins (72), offered (174), Pounds (45), price (188), resonable (2), Sale (282), Thursday (210), told (1155)
Mon 14 Sep 1903

Reed Mr Foweraker . O. U pounds respect qrs Barley booked May th knowledge / / coming directly.
Barley (522), booked (25), coming (271), directly (1), Foweraker (163), Knowledge (4), May (41), Pounds (45), qrs (252), Reed (3327), respect (35)
Sat 31 Oct 1903

Saw John Mitchell gave cheque Mr Payne ? fifty pounds A/c promised Bullock wanted week.
Bullock (57), cheque (1456), fifty (3), Gave (523), John (2874), Mitchell (33), Payne (369), Pounds (45), promised (658), Saw (1040), wanted (149), week (405)
Sat 2 Jan 1904

w , called Mrs Cannon Mrs Jessie White agreed pay /* per week ( /- tonight) shilling per week ' til paid sum pounds Mrs Cannon whom appoints, promised send Key Door tonight wrote o W C, Mr W. H. Singer St Mr George Martyn.
agreed (1355), appoints (2), Called (1514), Cannon (97), Cannon (97), door (50), George (265), Jessie (7), key (8), Martyn (5), Mrs (1554), Mrs (1554), Mrs (1554), paid (1944), pay (274), Per (696), Per (696), Pounds (45), promised (658), send (792), shilling (3), Singer (46), sum (23), Til (5), tonight (250), tonight (250), week (405), week (405), White (580), whom (22), Wrote (2470)
Tue 19 Jan 1904

Painted headboard job eleven pounds ? - - kx ready st April ; old bed J. Rex T. H filling holes Hyde.
April (40), Bed (62), eleven (6), filling (3), headboard (1), holes (32), Hyde (177), Job (17), old (289), painted (14), Pounds (45), ready (109), Rex (2123)
Tue 22 Mar 1904

Went Farmers meeting Bradford met H. Collard agreed cheese dairy milk sold agreed milk occupied cheese things generally Farm (Mr E. Green ) ? per house cheese turns indeed promised ? (ten pounds).
agreed (1355), agreed (1355), Bradford (1), cheese (1666), cheese (1666), cheese (1666), Collard (15), dairy (225), Farm (548), Farmers (66), generally (3), Green (576), House (1200), indeed (14), meeting (967), met (393), Milk (1238), Milk (1238), occupied (5), Per (696), Pounds (45), promised (658), Sold (374), Ten (26), things (108), turns (5), Went (826)
Tue 10 May 1904

Baker Chainharrowing J. Mitchell brought Cheque ? - - (Fifty pounds) Mr E. C. Payne A/c picked Bullock (Fat) week.
Baker (329), brought (899), Bullock (57), Chainharrowing (174), cheque (1456), fat (530), fifty (3), Mitchell (33), Payne (369), picked (81), Pounds (45), week (405)
Wed 1 Jun 1904

Reed cheque eight pounds heifer killed lightning Mr Hughes.
cheque (1456), Eight (20), heifer (239), Hughes (89), Killed (143), lightning (13), Pounds (45), Reed (3327)
Tue 5 Jul 1904

wrote Hugh Gould offering rents Cottages gardens gardens North Bruham, pay Poor Rales six pounds (? - - ) per yeartrom Lady Day .
Bruham (767), cottages (32), Day (95), gardens (16), gardens (16), Gould (103), Hugh (50), Lady (73), North (146), offering (91), pay (274), Per (696), Poor (191), Pounds (45), Rales (2), rents (13), six (14), Wrote (2470), yeartrom (1)
Wed 13 Jul 1904

Mr C. Hill paid cheque six pounds George Francis' behalf.
behalf (15), cheque (1456), Francis (162), George (265), Hill (955), paid (1944), Pounds (45), six (14)
Wed 3 Aug 1904

Wincanton Board train, called Mr Payne's coming gave cheque A/c fifty pounds Bullock today.
Board (142), Bullock (57), Called (1514), cheque (1456), coming (271), fifty (3), Gave (523), Payne (369), Pounds (45), today (1127), Train (184), Wincanton (642)

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