Sonntag, 19. Juli 2009

Quite a Coincidence

Feb 28, 1763

... Went with Dyer, Russell and Master after dinner down to the Castle to see the Prisoners; where we drank two Bottles of Port and for Wine etc., pd 0.1.6. William Cartwright, a young, good-looking Fellow, who is in the Castle for a High Way Robbery, drank with us the last Bottle, and smoaked a Pipe with us, and seemed very sorry for what he had committed. We gave him between us 0.2.0. ...

James Woodeforde, Diary of a Country Parson 1758 - 1802, pg. 14

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