John Richard Stubbs' diary for 1860

Transcription of John Richard Stubbs' diary for 1859

Written in the same diary as 1858

Saturday January 1
To office.  At night walked with Steele to H.E. Clark’s to tea (the last time as a bachelor) as he is to be married on Wednesday.  Jacob Smith & Thos Lund were there    played cards.  Steele was called away   I got home a little before 12

Sunday January 2
Twice to BB Church   Joe spent the day with us   Sarah was in York.  He & I walked to Kirby Hill Church in the afternoon.  LW Sedgwicks child was christened in the evening

Monday January 3
To office.  A Noon Had a walk with Capes   At Night went with Miss Stott, Steele & EC Clark in Stotts phaeton to Clarks of Minskip to tea   Miss Calder   The Misses Appleton & Miss McCleod were there   Had a good dance   John Clark drove the Sedgwicks & Alice & Lizzy & me home   got home about 12

Tuesday January 4
To office   At Noon rode Joes mare to Sugar Hills near Givendale to see some coursing  Had some pretty fair sport   At Night was about home

Wednesday January 5
To office  At Night went to Capes’s   stayed supper

Thursday January 6
To office   Spent the evening at Joes

Friday January 7
To office   At Night went to supper at Mrs Parkers at Langthorp   played Bagatelle

John Richard Stubbs' diary for 1859

Transcription of John Richard Stubbs' diary for 1858

Cloth bound 3 ½ inch x 6 inch notebook “Renshaw’s Diary and Almanack for 1857”
 
In the flyleaf is written “JRS  Jany 1857    For 1858 & 1859”
 
The entries for 1858 and 1859 are written in the 1857 Diary by using it as a notebook with the printed dates and days deleted and ten plain pages stitched into the back.

Up to Saturday January 9th doing nothing but going to Office   Suffering from Carbuncle

Sunday January 10
Twice to BB Church.  Once to Aldbro

Monday January 11
To Office   Had breakfast at Uncles.  The Workmans left Uncles this morng   At Noon about home   At Night went to see Jane Capes   Went to Leonard Sedgwicks to sup   H.E. Clark   J.Smith  Wm Morley   Smallwood   Steele   Joe & I were there   played Cards   Got home about ½ past one

Tuesday January 12
To Office   At Noon working at the Office.  At Night went to Smallwoods & to Sedgwicks   Arranged to go with Leond & M. Sedgwick in the Cab to Starbeck

Wednesday January 13
Went with Leonard & Mary Sedgwick to Taitlands to Leonards Wedding   he paid my fare   Tom Sedgwick joined us at Leeds   Fanny Stubbs met us at Settle Station   Had a Fly to Taitlands  Had tea there    Tom Sedgwick   Wm Nixon & I went to sleep at Stackhouses    Leonard went to Richardsons
[Fanny Stubbs is Bp Stubbs’ sister Frances 1836-77]

Thursday January 14
Went to Taitlands to 1st breakfast & helped Uncle to arrange.  Went back to Stackhouse’s   got dressed   Took Leond to Church & they got wed.  Tom Sedgwick  I  Wm Stubbs  Wm Nixon & Hy Redmayne were Groomsmen    Miss Nixon   Mary Redmayne  Mary Sedgwick   Fanny Stubbs & Margaret Ingelby were bridesmaids.  Went to Taitlands   Sat down 30 to breakfast at ½ past 12 Bride & Groom started about 2.  We some of us walked to Stainforth Foss & on to the rock in front of Taitlands   went & had a 1st tea at Stackhouses    Went to Taitlands  we were above 50 of us  Had a splendid dance   Got to Stackhouses about ½ past 3   Went to bed about 5  Everything passed off firstrately
[John's friend Leonard is marrying John's friend Jane Redmayne.  He is a few days short of his 29th birthday; if baptised as a baby, she will soon be 24.  Her brother Henry was baptised in Dec 1841; he is possibly 16.  Her sister Mary may be about 14.  Mary Sedgwick is about the same age as John, that is 19, and Fanny Stubbs is 21. Wm Stubbs is the future Bishop, then aged 32]

John Richard Stubbs' diary for 1858

Transcription of John Richard Stubbs' diary for 1857

Home made diary on plain paper, stitched into a plain buff paper cover

“JRS’s Private Diary
Commencing 1st January 1857 -”

Thursday January 1
Went to Office   Returned to Breakfast.  At Noon took a Walk.  At Night was about home

Friday January 2
Went to Office   Returned to Breakfast.  At Noon Joe  Capes & I walked up the River.  At Night went to a party at Owens   met the Wannmans & the Lawsons  played games  had a dance &c got home about twelve  Enjoyed it only pretty fair

Saturday January 3
Went to Office   Returned to Breakfast.  At Noon went to Capes’.  At Night I went to Newsroom Met Leond  Tom & Jim Sedgwick there   Leond & I had a regular split because our Tom called at their house once when he was here & would not go again because he was not asked in  he did not see the Doctor.  Called at Henry Carass’  Read Shakespeare

Sunday January 4
Went twice to BB Church.  Stayed at home in the afternoon  it was a very wet day.  Called at Capes’ at Noon.  Jane was better.

Monday January 5
Went to Office  Retd to Breakfast.  At Noon Joe & Capes & I walked to the Station & then to Kirby Hill & back.  Went & sat at Henry Carass’  it came snowing very hard every now & then during the day   Spent the evening at Capes’  Uncle & Aunt Pick were there

Tuesday January 6
Went to Office   Returned to Breakfast.  At Noon Capes Joe & I went to the house at Langthorp.  Richard Sedgwick of York dined with us.  At Night I stayed at Uncles to tea & supper  Aunt Bell was there to tea & Joe was there to supper  when Aunt Bell & Joe left I went home to get my night dress & went back & stayed all night as Uncle & Aunt had gone to Northallerton

Wednesday January 7
Had breakfast at Uncles  At Noon I took the dogs up Minskip Beck & round on to the Roecliffe Lane. Cousin Bessie Parker of Hutton dined with us.  At night Read law.  Wrote a long letter to Tom

John Richard Stubbs' diary for 1857