"The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom" (one of the "Proverbs of Hell" in "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell" by William Blake, 1793)

Elizabeth Shackleton (nee-Parker) Diaries

23.6.65

Sent old Cloe on this day to be summerd with Ben Wilson.

1.8.65

Agreed with Richard Bennett to have ?9 this year for wages, and for him to have a frock, waistcoat, pair of breeches, great coat, and a velvet cap.

3.11.66

Will Bragg the apprentice went to little Dickey to learn to read.

12.10.70

The General Post came this day to Coln for the first time. The South Post is taken in at the White Bear and meets the North Lancashire mails at Burnley.

3.7.71

Disagreeable Richard Bulcock the snuffy came ... very impatient, very intruding.

12.7.71

Mrs. Parker sent me a fine ham of venison by the Keeper of Bowland for which I gave him 5/-, this is the first present or taste I have had from Browsholme since I changed my name being six years. /

5.9.71

Mr. Emmott made himself very popular in the Hole in the Wall ... he appeared very loving with own maids ... so much for tip top Education.

22.9.71

Catey Varley boild a plain pudding in a stinking pudden cloth, all mouldy, musty and nasty which made it so bad nobody could eat it.

6.1.72

Mr. Shackleton came home in a bonny pickle.

16.1.72

Received from Mr. John Bulcock, by Mr. West from Coln, Mr. Moore's new invented machine for travelling without horses.

18.1.72

Mr. Shackleton exceeding rude - threw water on me and vulgar to a degree.

23.1.72

Washed my feet.

13.1.72

Tom playing with Molly broke my wash hand basin.

20.3.72

Mr. Wilson saucy, went to bed, left the horses unrubbed, excusable as he is in love.

23.2.72

Just as we was going to bed at ten precisely Mr. Shackleton arrived here piping drunk from Colne.

30.3.72

A three graied sound great tooth came out of my head - good riddance.

8.7.72

Mr. Shackleton went from here yesterday at noon - staid with his friend the doctor till two this morning, drunk, very drunk indeed.

18.7.72

Mr. Shackleton threw a hard piece of crust in my face.

7.8.72

Mr. Shackleton and I quarled at dinner. Porter and beef stakes flew about.

4.9.72

Tom went to Colne Bull Bate - Sally went to the same diversion.

5.9.72

Mr. Shackleton to the Second Bull Bate in Colne. Drunk - Drunk. A great brawling within the back kitchen - Mrs. Sally packed up.

9.9.72

A great towns meeting to build or not to build a Poor House.

15.9.72

The new building at Colne gave way ... Drunken masons.

16.9.72

The cellar gave way at Coln.

18.9.72

The other arch of the cellar at the new house at Colne gave way.

22.9.72

Mr. Shackleton & I disagree very much - he shrieks in bed ...

29.10.72

The behaviour & abuse, the cruel treatment I met with from my son Thomas is too shocking to be repeated.

23.10.72

I drank tea with Mrs. Hargreaves and fell into a gutter.

3.11.72

There happen'd great words - very high indeed betwixt Mr. Shackleton & Tom - terrified was I.

4.11.72

It rains into every room in the house - the roof wants repairing very much.

11.11.72

My good handsome old gander flew away.

14.11.72

Lucy Shaw brought forth a lad - would not father it.

15.11.72

Molly Hargreaves lost her art of cooking - rather out on't young Wainman of Carr Head.

27.11,72

CS has been three days drinking at Colne.

28.11.72

Mr. Shackleton had a most shocking night, took with a loosness - bad in the throat.

1.12.72

Wrote to Charles ... to get me the Ladies Complete pocket book ... the Ladies own memorandum book ..., the Ladies annual journal.

12.12.72

Spaw'd the fiddler ... played us some good old hornpipes.

24.12.72

Washed my feet. (Second time this year)

2.1.73

Mr. Shackleton staid at Coln till 5 this morning, sat up till 6 before he came to bed - then he went a Hunting.

28.1.73

Mr. Shackleton according to his Weds custom staid at Coln till 6 this morning.

29.1.73

Mr. Shackleton ... called me some shocking names and behaves inhumanly - always drink - never at home - hunting and drink.

31.1.73

Mr. Clayton ... is in town to obtain an Act for a cut of the Navigation to go betwist Leeds and Selby.

14.2.73

Mr. Shackleton called me a thousand D...d whores,

21.2.73

CS about 8 went a coursing with Tom ... both as drunk as owles ... they had punch rum in their tea, and many a gallon of ale ... set out ... in all the rain ... and both so drunk they could not walk.

22.2.73

Mr. Shackleton was very sick and spew'd very abundantly ... a very nasty, dirty, stinking creature.

3.3.73

Paid Mr. Shackleton for a years keep ?15.

14.3.73

I went to church - above a year since I was there before.

10.4.73

Mr. Leach of Riddlesden brought coals in one of his new boats upon the new canal to the Metropolis of Skipton in Craven - to the great joy of the poor - and demonstrations of happiness to all sorts of people - wringing bells and bonfires.

17.5.73

Have now left only four teeth the upper side of my mouth. Mr. Shackleton returned from Inglewhite Fair with four young things.

23.5.73

Combed two great lice out of my head.

1.8.73

Snap the greyhound got in ... pulled ... the breakfast cloth and brought down all the tea board of china and broke everything.

2.10.73

Mr. Shackleton swore - I gave him a knock on the face - he threw me out of my chair...

2.1.74

I have two Byles, greatly troublesome - hope they will do me good.

7.1.74

Received two barrels of oysters from London.

10.2.74

I put on my new garters. The Squire arrived... over the Alps of Pendle, all in the storm.

25.2.74

Susan Spencer married to Long Crabtree.

1.3.74

James Smith came to sweep chimneys - a most dirty do.

26.3.74

Myself never so bad - my belly, stomach and up to my throat swelled and two more boyles on my back most violently painful ... Mr. Shackleton much disturbed and very kind to me.

1.4.74

Mr. Shackleton went to Burnley Fair - he came home most exceeding drunk.

10.4.74

Mr. Archer the new schoolmaster for the first time read prayers and preached in Colne Cathedral.

28.4.74

Mr. Shackleton drunk ... set out to buy sheep ... brought home ten ... which all run away soon after they came.

1.5.74

I have been here 21 years.

8.5.74

Lucy Shaw went off in the night with the soldiers.

1.6.74

Mr. Shackleton so kind as to leave my bed ... very rude to me.

3.6.74

L. Shaw before 6 this morning came here, begun to smoke tobacco - almost suffocated me.

4.6.74

Mrs. Peggy the nasrys figure I ever saw in her night cap and dishevield.

5.6.74

Robert Spencer came here in his new breeches.

10.6.74

A great tooth ... dropped out of my head as I woke.

13.6.74

Terry log hole Billy washed sheep.

23.6.74

I rode out over the new road on White Moor. Mr. Shackleton was happy with his pot companion, old Hargreaves of the Laund, who came quite drunk from Colne and made a noise as was abominable - too rude to describe.

22.7.74

Mr. Shackleton made Mr. Turner so horribly drunk he could scarcely get home. Mr. Shackleton fell into the sink.

24.8.74

1 received from London with ... one pound of gun-powder tea ...

30.8.74

Mr. Shackleton went to Barrowford at 4 o'clock afternoon, staid till 4 this morning - got a black eye from Tillotson & very drunk - great brawling with G. Pollard.

14.9.74

A meeting at Colne to fix a place for to build a Piece Hall. Mr. Walton offered the ground.

28.9.74

A great meeting at Colne on the Piece Hall business. Mr. Daniel & Tom went a shooting - a whole house full of dog people.

30.9.74

I called on the old woman at Ing who is in her ninety- third year - gave her three pounds of raisins.

4.10.74

The masons began to lay the foundation of the new intended workhouse at the bottom of Windy Bank.

12.10.74

Mr. Shackleton went to Coln, staid there till 6 on Thursday morning . . got up at noon, went to Coln again, staid till 12 at night and came home hollow crying with all the hounds very drunk. I got up four times to get him to bed.

4.11.74

Mr. Foulds breakfasted here. Mr. Shackleton & he went to attend a meeting to fix upon a plan and an architect for the new Piece Hall. Old bonney Susan went a courting to Coln.

11.11.74

John Riley the architect to be at Coln to give his sentiments about the erecting the new intended Piece Hall.

16.11.74

Cunliffe lent me the first vol of Humphrey Clinker.

18.11.74

I walked from Priestfield to Colne all in the mud & mire.

5.12.74

Cunliffe last Thursday at the White Horse meeting, very rude to Dr. Midgley told his daughter was a W...r &. common to all - very polite behaviour ...

19.12.74

Cunliffe came to supper & to stay all night - he did not.

31.12.74

Mr.Walton met the Committee and set out ground for the new Piece Hall.

28.3.75

Mr.Wilson here all day. Played at backgammon from morn to night.

25.4.75

Mr. Shackleton most sadly hurt in liquor, the horse put his foot in his eye.

27.4.75

The ground work of the Piece Hall laid today. . Mr Walton laid the first stone.

1.7.75

Mr. Shackleton, myself, Nancy. Miss Midgly & a strong set of water men, all went a fishing in Coln water with the quite new great fishing net.

17.7.75

My little favourite Moll brought forth a whelp - she inhumanly cut off three legs & its tail.

4.9.75

Had a good Bull Bate. a race for a hat & Ribon, another race of men in sacks for a good hat.

13.9.75

Henry Smith sold his Estate Priest field to Mr. James Topper of Burnley for the sum of ?1425.

19.9.75

Gathered of the good Pear tree in the Courts 484 pears - a fine crop.

30.9.75

My bonny little dog and companion, beautiful Moll bled for the grease in her.

20.10.75

For wind and extreme rain & a drowned house, nothing like it. Rearing the Coln Piece Hall - damage done from the great severity of the weather.

26.10.75

The New Colne Piece Hall reared on Thursday last ye 25 instant, great joy upon the occasion.

15.11.75

Mr. Shackleton most horridly angry, told me he hated me as much as any one person could hate another.

1.12.75

Wrote Mrs. Walton & told her that Oldham of Manchester was a Methodist & that Cunliffe had let tribe have land to build a new Methodist Chapel in Colne Lane.

II.12.75

In great distress for want of proper woman servants - not one but Nelly now.

28.4.76

Wesley in the afternoon preached at Colne.

19.5.76

Mr. Shackleton not only drunk, but mad, he would freely give a Hundred guineas for a Divorce.

26.5.76

Went to see Gledgeston House & sent him a full and true account how to make and give the mad dog medicine. God grant him good of it, to keep the secret and that it may do well.

27.5.76

Coln Piece Hall ... opened for numbering and marking shares.

29.5.76

The new Piece Hall opened ... for ... Trade & Navigation, proclaimed by Bradshaw the Bellman in his new livery, opened at the hour of nine - shut up the Piece Market being over at the hour of eleven ...

11.6.76

The Poor House for Colne which was begun to be built ... Smith pulled down.

17.6.76

I wrote ... to poor Smith & told her to take care of her best friend, namely her money.

22.6.76

Mr. Turner pulled out the last great tooth I had ...

3.8.76

I began for the first time to wear the new sticking plaister. Our gentlemen went fishing, they got a Hare.

7.8.76

Crowds of people come to Coln for the Oratoria and Market.

9.9.76

My son came home this night from Browsholme. Betty ran away.

15.9.76

We all went to Church to hear the old mutterer.

17.9.76

L.L. Shaw dined here on salmon, venison and partridge pie.

8.11.76

Great rejoicing in Coln, ringing of Bells, gunpower, bonfires, coals & squibs upon our having took New York on the 14th Sept. last.

17.11.76

Mr. Turner bled my nicely for my cough.

23.11.76

Betty Pickard after supper, ran away, with her wardrobe.

29.12.76

George Driver came to tea, he staid all night and slept in the nursery with the maids.

9.1.77

Four stone and a half of Lincolnshire feathers came from Robert Moon in a bag.

16.1.77

Mr. Metcalf the new curate came to breakfast here about eleven upon cold tongue and ale.

4.1.77

Isaac won at cocking, by a cock of his own at Bolton in Bowland.

9.2.77

Heard Mr.& Mrs. Dixon of Sutton were parted - she too fond of the coachman.

18.2.77

John Spencer this morning married to Mary Windle with her two bastards.

20.3.77

Thursday morning about 3, the cellars in the Piece Hall was broke open and robbed of 80 Ibs of combed wool and four camblet stuffs and four camblet stuffs.

24.3.77

One Grime from Colne Hall carried before and examined by Mr. Clayton for breaking into the cellars at the Piece Hall ... was confined in the Coln Dungeon under the Cross ... He is sent to the House of correction in Preston.

8.4.77

Saw a nice pretty hare feed upon the green for some time.

29.4.77

I took rhubarb, am not well ...

29.5.77

Tom whole and sole master of Alkincoats this day.

11.6.77

This day Wednesday, Mr. Wesley came to preach in the new Methodist Meeting House at Coln, the first time used. A gallery gave way, broke down, a number of misfortunes happened and many people much hurt.

25.6.77

A number of insects like caterpillars with a quantity of legs are all about - they devour the land for a great way together, endeavoured to be destroyed but cannot be accomplished they spread.

23.8.77

Tom & John came home at ten o-clock at night from Wycoller. John bathed in Hailing (well).

7.9.77

Myself much terrified and distressed by being without a man all the night in this cottage.

15.9.77

Isaac gone with cart and horses to Clitherow for a cart load of soap ashes.

30.9.77

Making a fish pond upon the Height.

13.12.77

Two men came about alotting for the militia. Tom and the Gentlemen shooters brought in a fine woodcock.

15.12.77

The great, vile, cross, Lucy Smith threw me down and ran away.

28.12.77

I received a most unwelcome letter from Mr. Yarker to tell me his tenants at Carry Bridge must sit in the seat at church with me - or me to relinquish it.

8.5.78

Received a kind letter from Mrs. Ramsden wherein she proposes a match betwixt my son & Miss Bulcock of Borough.

9.8.78

Received a letter from Tom at Blackpool who says he has bathed and intends to continue it.

8.12.78

Had a letter ... from Jack Bulcock, he desires I will look into his old Bible to see how old he is and send him his age to Town.

14.1.79

Mr. Shackleton came home at five this morning, very drunk, and stank of ale most plentefully.

19.1.79

Mr. T. Clay ton & Tom would go to the Haunted House at Wycoller to eat a barrel or two of oysters.

19.2.79

Mr. Shackleton came home with one live trout which he put into his fishpond upon the Height.

19.2.79

Susy did confess she was with child, imagines she is half gone. Isaac packed up his clothes ... truly sorry to part with him.

20.2.79

Susy in sorrow.

21.2.79

Susy going to meet Isaac... Henry Smith's wife came here like a distracted woman, raved, and would have Susy return with her, declared that she would not have Isaac ... she should have her bastard in Barrowford workhouse ... at last the mother and daughter went off together ... Her daughter Lucy was to leave her place at Manchester in a fortnight - her master had made an attempt upon her virtue.

22.2.79

Susy had keys that got to the ale barrel ... Isaac and Susy used to eat and drink then go to bed together - sad work.

25.2.79

Gardener planted strawberries, gooseberries, currants of sorts and rose trees.

5.3.79

Packed up all commisions and the diamonds 194 in all.

9.3.79

This morning was married William Sagar ... to his housekeeper...who would have thought it.

11.3.79

A Press warrant at Colne and all the adjacent villages a few young gentlemen secured by them who require seeing the world.

12.3.79

Amorous entanglement betwixt ... the Methodist tribe ... Mr. Abraham Hargreaves of Heirs House ... & Mrs. Whitaker of Netherheys... and much admired Mr. Whitaker, alis Tom o' th' Comb makers; this most unfortunate love betwixt the religious brother and sister has made Abraham give up attending the meeting, the fair one the same, and poor Tom did no preaching.

24.3.79

Mr. Shackleton for the greatest of wonders came home from Colne to dinner.

30.3.79

Mr. Wilson brought the newspaper from Coln here soon after eight this morning.

3.4.79

I washed my feet - a great performance.

14.4.79

James Birdsworth took in my best stays. Paid him one shilling.

23.4.79

They talk of having finished the dining room at Alkincoats.

25.4.79

Mr. Shackleton went to church - begins his office as churchwarden.

30.4.79

Lawyer Shaw sent me a bit of snuff.

1.5.79

I Left good old Browsholme & came to live at Alkincoats six and twenty years this day ago. Tom washed himself all over and combed his head.

4.5.79

Thomas was married to Miss Parker of Newton. I have now only five teeth in the all of my head. I left off my old stays and put on my best stays for good.

10.5.79

Mr. Shackleton was so kind as to make all his neighbours merry with a whole barrel of ale.

16.5.79

Tom and his wife and Mr. Shackleton are rummaging up all old forlorn things to be sold at Coln Cross. ^

28.5.79

Mr. Shackleton says I stink & wishes he never had me. Two years this day since Mr. Shackleton removed bag & baggage & himself from Alkincoats to come and live at Pasture.

31.5.79

Walked over to Pasture Fold, saw Robert Crawshaw employed in the silk manufactory just brought to Coln - many hands now employed in it - Robert was weaving what is called three quarters wide, he called it a Crape for hat bands,

2.6.79

Tom makes a sale today at Coln Cross of old chairs, tables, boxes, and lumber.Mr. Shackleton's Barrowford tenants came to pay their rents, he made them all very drunk and himself the same.

21.6.79

Betty Spencer run off... left all the cloths to dry and iron - an impudent dirty slut.

24.6.79

Mr. Shackleton got a fine Provence Rose the first out of our garden.

9.7.79

Mr. Parker sick - a good sign.

13.7.79

Mr. Folds & Mr. Rothwell stayed till near five very completely drunk ... Mr. Folds did not know his own horse when he came to go.

21.7.79

Tom dines today with Mr. Turner. To meet Major & Captain Clayton who are to beat up for recruits in Coln. Jack Shaw made sergeant. Harry Robinson came to desire he might comb in our shop for a week. Major Clayion listed 4 men 2 women in Coln today - John Riley one. who is to be a fifer.

9.8.79

Major Clay on this day roasted a sheep whole upon Nugworth to entrap his Corps ... Sir Thomas Egerton ... beat the drum to go to dinner ... Captain Clayton was most rudely attacked by some of the Pendle ruffians, in the boxing way ...

12.10.79

Mr. Shackleton got home about 6 very drunk and most effectingly stinking.

14.11.79

Betty Cooke packing up her cloths - an impudent prateing rude woman.

1.12.79

We had a fire in our room for the first time this winter.

16.12.79

My birthday ... I believe I am this day 54 or 55 years old.

24.12.79

The Marsden colliers came they had drink and 2/-. I put on a piece of new flannel upon my breast.

6.1.80

Mr. Shackleton most horribly cross - says he will send for his father to keep me orderly and to comfort him in his great trouble and to rule such an ungovernable-bitch as myself.

8.1.80

Mr. Shackleton very poorly all over him, he thinks it is the gout ... Myself very weak, feeble and faint & poorly ... Dr. Turner ... said he thought me better - I think he cares and knows as little about.

14.8.80

Peggy Nutter has the scrat - not a few.

28.1.80

Joseph Halstead ... got drunk last night, Agnes his wife put him to bed - then took to heels and run away left him and his barns. Mr. Shackleton walked out got cold - a pain in his neck, great pain in his feet. Myself such a weakness in my thighs I can hardly move - my legs swell, God be with me.

17.2.80

Dr. Midgley came, who said Molly Shaw's right arm was broke - he said the fracture was favourable, he set it and bled her.

20.2.80

This afternoon I had a blister put on my back, I pray God in heaven grant it may take away my present bad cough and many bad complaints.

14.3.80

We heard our barrel of porter is now landed at Coln, so long detained by the Navigation being frozen up.

26.3.80

Mr. Shackleton and I went to church, the first time I have been there for 18 months.

27.3.80

Henry Smith came here, told me that Susy had such a quantity of suck she could not wean her child. Mr. Shackleton went to Colne to give up being a church- warden.

30.3.80

Susy ... said she had such a quantity of suck she did not know what to do with it.

31.3.80

The Bishop of Pendle called - he had some punch.

13.4.80

Mr. Northwaithes ball, the dancing master at Coln, all very elegant and smart upon the occasion.

15.4.80

Mr. Shackleton ... is very harsh and cruel with me - I deserve his bad usage.

17.4.80

A confession was laid that Peggy had seduced Jack ... and every day was solicited by her stratagems wiles and temptations to lay with her which so disgusted him that at length he told ... She and Jack declared she was not with child ... she had had one by her master Mr. Wilkinson of Salterforth before she came here. She was not the least ashamed, confused or penitent for her wickedness here, but went to bed and slept well.

21.4.80

Tipsy Dance and Jollity this day at Emmott Hall - Esquire Richard Emmotts birthday, about 30 or 31. My good daughter is a most exceeding good wife - she ruffled her husbands shin and always is industrious and manages with prudent economy.

25.4.80

The Bile very bad and painful upon Mr. Shackleton's back, he complains of great pain in his great toe, the gout returned there - no wonder as he lives.

27.4.80

My poor old yellow room (at Alkincoats) transmogified into elegance.

29.4.80

A Betty Walton came here to speak to me'by way of a servant - the lass has the scrat - a few - if she can get cured, she is to come here the week after next.

7.5.80

After breakfast Mrs. Parker went into the kitchen where she saw my brothers man Robert, kissing and using great familiarities with the nurse which gave her great concern - well it might.

11.5.80

A small danglement tendre and entanglement suspected between a certain little lady in the Vale - what havock do's this beauty make in city or in barns.

23.5.80

John Riley the piper came and played us some tunes. When my daughter dined here she was so-so - she was not in that way - she said the day before if she was not so, she was nine weeks gone, so now she must be full eleven weeks.

8.7.80

Mr. Walton lent me to read ... "Letters on the utility and policy of employing machines to shorten labour occasioned by the late disturbances in Lancashire to which is added some hints for the further extension & Improvement of our Woolen Trade & manufacturers.

17.7.80

A great brawl about Garrett Chambel Pots - my men have had none since old Lettice went.

13.8.80

Mr. Shackleton gave me a few curses before he went to bed - a happy meeting all night.

1.11.80

Mr. Shackleton very ill, declares he will lead a more regular sober life.

5.11.80

Mr. Shackleton lent schoolmaster 2 vols of the Universal Magazine.

20.11.80

Mrs. Parker lent me four volumes of Shakespeare's Historical Plays.

29.11.80

Mr. Shackleton & Jim drank four great quarts of ale - Jim hollowed, shouted, sang and danced - Mr, Shackleton as drunk and cross as a piper.

3.12.80

Mr. Shackleton & I set out for church, for a wonder together.

2.1.81

At Newton was born my own dear little grand daughter - little Robert being exactly ten months & 21 days old.

7.1.81

Mr. Shackleton came home at 11 , as drunk as ever ... the ale he drunk occasioned him to get up and go into the garden.

10.1.81

The maids fought a stout battle with teeths, fists, hands and feet - Betty all blood.

15.1.81

Jack met me at the gate - told me that Sally Crooke was very ill - been in a fit, Jack laughed - said Dr. Bulcock had been with her.

3.2.81

Dr. Turner ... would not come near me - I told him if I had been any weavers daughters he could not have shown me any less regard.

7.2.81

Dr. Turner so shy he would scarcely speak.

21.2.81

My friend Wm. of Roughlee came to the poor cow who has not cleaned - he pulled it from her.

10.2.81

Mr. Turner pulled Richard Nutter out a great tooth, decayed and was most painful.

12.2.81

Mr. Turner came ... he dressed my foot ... he said it might be fomented he hummed and ha'ad.

21.3.81

1 wore the Ribon of the Order in Honour of this good day.

16.4.81

Mr. Wilson ... our much respected and good old Divine came and spent the afternoon with me, he looks extremely well and wants only four months off seventy years of age.

25.4.81

The Court Day at Colne - Mr. Shackleton cross and drunk, would not go - Tom was appointed Foreman of the Jury.

22.5.81

Dr. Hall (of Manchester) did not apprehend danger in my foot ... my disorder he took to be the scurvy, the gout & the rheumatism mixed ... Mr. Shackleton gave Dr. Hall four guineas for coming over to me - Mr. Shackleton did not think he seemed pleased with the fee.

29.5.81

All near over I think with me.

1.6.81

Manuel made me a crutch.

4.6.81

Mr. Shackleton complains of his breast & to be very ill - he well may after being drunk from Wednesday to Sunday night, five whole days.

12.6.81

I am extremely ill - no sleep last night - the pain exquisite.

25.5.81

I washed my left leg ... it was not been washed since Xmas.

27.6.81

Mr, Shackleton ... gave me a great knock ... he behave cruelly, wickedly, oh, that I could but get from him - I cannot bear his hard treatment, himself, his ways, that of his family are brutal.

15.7.81

Received a letter from John which should have come a fortnight since, but by mistake was sent to Dublin.

25.7.81

Mr. Shackleton ... called me cheat, whore, bit ch, dirty drab ... got out of bed five or six times.

27.7.81

Mr. Walton ... lent the 1st & 2nd volumes of Clarissa.

4.8.81

Mr. Shackleton laid down three times today, drank hard every time ... declared it was owing to me that lie was in this condition.

11.8.81

Mrs. Parker in bed - miscarred this morning at 11 o clock and was ten weeks gone with child.

14.8.81

Ned Holt pulling up the old road in the lane and making it turnpike.

20.8.81

My spirit in my heels.

21.8.81

Mr. Shackleton brought back my spying glass I lent to the rabble rout of the Sagers.

23.8.81

The pain is more than I can bear. Mr. Parker stopped and said to me "Madam, I shall be glad to see you tomorrow, but leave your appurtenance behind" - which affronted Mr. Shackleton no little.

26.8.81

My foot most shocking painful.

The Diarist was buried on 2nd September 1781

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