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5 [May 1706]
I at home all Day fine and Plesant weather tho. not very hott
1 [June]
hops stand well & thers a likelyhood of a good cropp
14 [July]
I at Jon Blastons & at Maj: Gowers in Morn affr noon I wt to P Nichols to allow him a qtrs Rent for his repr ye house & ye sash windos home showry in morning fine plest wether in ye after noon
17 [August]
In ye morning I wt with G Conyers to Mile End & so home & at home al ye affr noon: fine warm weather
24 [August]
I at home all Day except at Change &c Windy and wet ether: Our wether Glass last night was almost at ye lowest at 28 In of stormy wet wether: ye wind high last night
29 [August]
I at home all Day except at Our nabor Locks & at Partridges in Cheapside & at ye barbers a fair & plest Day
2 [September]
Our maid Joyce went a Way being troubled with fits
3 [October]
I at home all Day Tho. brewed mead [i.e. with his own hops and with honey which he seeks out all over the city]
11 [October]
daughter Hannah has whooping cough
6 [November]
I at home afoar n after I wt to ye Qtrly mt at Devonshr house [Quaker Meeting House in the City] it lasted late by reason of a difference betweixt W Gibson &c
20 [Dec]
In ye morning wt to Counselr Martins abt ye house ever ye way & so home all Day…
21 [December]
In ye morning I wt to Counselr Martins abt ye title to ye house &c at noon wt to Ann Smiths: & affr n wt with my wife to ye wtSheaf in Ch[eap] Side & to Etoridges Coffe house & so home
22 [December]
In ye morning wt to ye Sergts Head Inn & called at n at bread St & went to Change to met Metcalfe & after wn to Etoridges Coffe house & to Drapers Gardins to spk with Kiffon & so home this Day very cold & a little snow
19 [January] 1706
…we Dined with TB & wife at ye Spring Gardin…
20 [January]
I at home at Day Tho: made two crowns of Mead fair & dry wether
22 [January]
Aron Atkinson came last nt to lodge at our house & this day his horse wt to ye [Friends'] Workhouse
9 [February 1706]
I wt this Mo with Ge Conyers to ye coffe house at Enfield & to ye Brook there & came back by ye new cut at Newington & met my W & Child by Cambry house
29 March 1707
I at home afoar n after went to Nuington town to see ye bees & with G. Conyers called to se ye hops at ye [Newington] Sp[ring] G[arden] & so home showry in foar n & windy
20 April 1707
aftr n wt to Joes coffe house & to ye [Friends'] mt for sufferings then affr wt to Nuington Green & met my bro at Nuington town & cald with my W & Childn at ye Chry Gardin & at ye Spring Gardin ye hops looked prity well at Sp Garden: & so home
Peter Briggins of Bartholomew Close on the West side of the City was a hop grower and merchant who lived and worked in London. He was married with children who frequently accompanied him on his crop-viewing rounds. Briggins does not describe his dwelling directly and it is not clear whether he lived in a house. As in many diaries, details of the interior are incidental. He is more concerned with his business, though this is practised at home as well as outside it. These unpaginated extracts from the manuscript diary at London Metropolitan Archives show how his business activities shaped all aspects of household life and family leisure time both within the home and beyond it. His concern for his hop plantations in particular probably led him to keep the diary in the first place given the emphasis on recording the weather; he kept a weather glass at home for this purpose. In addition to this business, his faith as a Quaker, and his other income collecting rents on domestic property in the City, created a complex web of connections across the city during the first decade of the eighteenth century.
Labour
Elements
Preston, Rebecca, Geffrye Museum Report 6.i, Diary Transcripts 1600-1800, 2004, pp.27-9
A Record of the Mercies of God, or a thankful remembrance
Wallington, Nehemiah 1619; 1626; 1629; 1636; 1641; ;
Manuscript, RP1111
A Record of the Mercies of God, or a thankful remembrance
Wallington, Nehemiah 1629; 1632; 1641; 1643
Manuscript, RP1112
A Record of the Mercies of God, or a thankful remembrance
Wallington, Nehemiah 1630
Manuscript, RP1113
Briggins, Peter 1706; 1707; 1708
Manuscript, RP1114
The Diary of Dudley Ryder 1715-1716
Rider, Dudley; Matthews, William 1715; 1716; 1939
Book, RP1115
The Diary of Dudley Ryder 1715-1716
Rider, Dudley ; Matthews, William 1715; 1716; 1939
Book, RP1116
The Diary of Dudley Ryder 1715-1716
Rider, Dudley; Matthews, William 1715; 1716; 1939
Book, RP1117
Dr. Swift to a Friend, who asked him which were his favourite Furniture
Monteage, Stephen ; Swift, Jonathan 1731; 1733
Manuscript, RP1118
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