Transcription of John Richard Stubbs' diary for 1856

Cloth bound 3 ½ inch x 6 inch notebook “Renshaw’s Diary and Almanac for 1856”

On the first memorandum page is written
“On Saturday the 10th of November I went to stay with Mr Barroby at Dishforth   stayed until the Saturday following”

Monday January 14
Went to Office   Sat with Aunt Hirst as all the rest were at Eagles Clairvoyant Entertainment   Read Blackstone

Tuesday January 15
Went to the Office   Mrs Workman  Mr Robert W  Mr Henlock & Mrs dined with us at 2 o’clock   I left the Office at 2  returned at 4   Went to the Doctors in the Evening   Danced   had supper & enjoyed ourselves extremely   A Family party  Leonard’s birthday
[JRS’ great-uncle George Henlock married Anne Clough and had children Ann, William, John and Margaret; Margaret married Mr Workman.  ‘The Doctors’ is Dr Sedgwick’s house; Leonard was one of the sons.  The 1834 Directory: Roger Sedgwick, surgeon in Borobridge]   

Wednesday January 16
Went to the Office   Cleaned Joe’s Gun   Henry Redmayne & I went to Aldbro on business   In the evening Joe  Henry R & I went & played cards at Henry Carrass’   Joe & I beat the two Henrys had only one rubber   Bessie went to ask Miss Eagle a Clairvoyant Lady at Mrs Morrells about Uncle Henlocks   She said Richard would return in 1857.  No trace of Giles

John Richard Stubbs' diary for 1856

Transcription of John Richard Stubbs' diary for 1855

Small leatherbound notebook “The Universal Pocket Diary & Almanack for 1855”
Much of the diary is empty.

In the flyleaf is written

Feby 8  a  ltre of Mr Grows found by Broadbelt betwn the PO & Ornhams brot here by a ...iler.  Add d to
T & H Ferrabel
Stroud
Gloster

Saturday June 30
Went to Taitlands

Sunday July 1
To Stainforth church  & Giggleswick  went to Catterick Foss

Monday July 2
Went to Skipton Sessions   Co.... prest  6 months   Came home  walk.. from Knaresbro

Sunday July 8
3 times to church

John Richard Stubbs' diary for 1855

Transcription of John Richard Stubbs' diary for 1853

Small leatherbound notebook “Macdonald’s Commercial Pocket Book for 1853”

In the flyleaf is written in pencil, “The heart corrupted by evil arts could not easily forego the gratification of its vicious propensities”.  On the opposite page, in pencil “Ah quoties caneret petere....” Several lines, not easy to read, and with alterations.

He notes on the memorandum page before the diary begins, that he has purchased from Wildman:  Sallust, 6 copybooks, 1 quire paper, etc and the prices.  The Sallust cost 1/6d.

Folded in a pocket at the front of the diary is a piece of paper showing the marks of the boys in his school.  The school was the Free Grammar School, Giggleswick [cf Pigot’s Directory].

8 Sep 2020:  The eBook of A History of Giggleswick School, by Edward Allen Bell is now available and includes a biography of Dr Butterton

“Head Class” seems to consist of Lupton, Bramley, Heaton, Leeming, Greenwood and Doria.  “Second Class” was Walker, Robbins? 1, Rob - 2-, Stubbs, Harrison, Nidsdale, Tomlinson, Holt and Clapham. 
The subjects for Head Class were:  Weekly marks (out of 500); Geography (120); Hist of Jus (180); R Hist (140); G Hist (120); L Ex (?180); G Ex (180); Cicero (180); Horace & Vir (180); [illeg]; G Test (200); Horace Lat?; Antigone??; Homer (160). 
Second Class had:  D.M. (200); Geog (120); Ver. (140); R Hist (120); G Ex (120); ? L Ex (120); ?N. S Hist (160); [illeg]; Sallust (160); G Test (160); G ?Del (200); and ?G ex (160).

From which it may be seen that most of the subjects were classical.

Introduction to the transcriptions of the diaries

I did the work on the diaries quite a few years ago, before broadband and the possibility of looking up censuses online, so my only census resource was the 1851 index for Boroughbridge.

I have looked up the census a few times while preparing the transcriptions for posting here, but my main aim was speed and avoiding eye-strain, so I haven't done it often ...

John Richard Stubbs' diary for 1853

John did not keep his diary every day, so these are photographs of the entries that he did make: