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

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.