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
The total marks of the boys in Second Class were between 1421 and 810. A note against Holt and Clapham says “Not illeg trouble of putting their marks down”. Stubbs had 950, making him fourth of the seven boys. It is possible - and seems very likely from the diary itself - that he is new to the school, because while the others had 58, 58, 56, 10 and 27 marks for Vergil, he had 5.
In the Accounts pages for October, he notes “Marks at Christmas 1853”. The First Class names appear as listed on the sheet, their total possible marks being 2860. Under a line drawn across the page, appear: Jessop, Clay, Marriner, Copperthwaite, Ingram 2, Heelis, Ingram 1, Marriner 2, Stansfield, with a note that the first two are “to go into head”. Their total possible marks being 2400. The names of Stubbs’ class are as above, but the writing being clearer it is apparent that there are two Robinsons in the class, and he lists Holt’s and Clapham’s marks (respectively 543 and 335). Their total possible marks were 1853.
Saturday January 1
Stayed at home in the morning & helped to clip the pony & had a ride in the evening on the pony
Sunday January 2
Went twice to the church at B.D. & once to Aldboro
Monday January 3
Rode the pony to Knaresboro to the Sessions dined at the Royal Oak & rode back at night & went to Uncle Hirst’s to supper
Tuesday January 4
Stayed at home all day & in the evening went to Church to the singing
Wednesday January 5
In the morning walked to Ouseburn in the afternoon went to call on Mr Crosby & stayed tea there & returned to Aunt Picks
Thursday January 6
Had the steam threshing machine at Uncle Picks got wet through with going to see the sheep & we had a party small to tea
Friday January 7
Went to dine with Mrs Crosby of roast illeg & plum pudding stayed tea & stayed all night
Saturday January 8
Went to call on Aunt Henlock went to Dunsforth to move some sheep & walked home in the evening to B.B.
Sunday January 9
Went twice to church at B.B. & 1 to Aldboro
Monday January 10
Stayed at home in the morning in afternoon made a call on Mrs Smith & went to Uncle Hirsts in the evening
Tuesday January 11
Stayed at home all day read & wrote
Wednesday January 12
Stayed at home all day wrote to Uncle Redmayne & went to watch the water rise
Thursday January 13
In the morning took the children to Ouseburn illeg stayed tea there was a meeting in the evening about church rates
Friday January 14
A polling day concerning rates in the evening had a riot & the poll was postponed Pybus waskicked out turned out
Saturday January 15
In the morning it was wet went & sat at Uncle Hirsts in the afternoon rode to Dishforth stayed tea & rode home by moonlight
Sunday January 16
Went 2 to BB Church & 1 to Aldboro
Monday January 17
Went to Ouseburn called at Aunt Picks & then went to illeg in the illeg church rates church illeg by 2 votes
Tuesday January 18
Was out shooting all day shot 3 birds & 1 hare & had Crosbys neices & nephew after tea nephew stayed all night
Wednesday January 19
In morning helpt to illeg pigs had illeg called at Aunt Picks & walked home & went to the lecture at Aldboro
Thursday January 20
Stayed at home all day in the evening we had a few friends as M & S Hirst M & J ?L Sidgwick & Mrs Capes
Friday January 21
In the morning rode with L Sedgwick to Dishforth illeg went a coursing ran 3 hares killed one
Saturday January 22
Rode back from Dishforth with Cousin Mark went to Hirsts John servant for 27 yrs left us today
[Cousin Mark Barroby of Dishforth]
Sunday January 23
Went twice to church at BB & 1 to Aldboro Mr Jno Owen preached I think
Monday January 24
Stayed at home in the morning snowed fast in afternoon went to Ouseburn to fetch Alice and Lizzy
Tuesday January 25
Packed for school & went to Mrs M L Smiths to teadance till half past one came home & went to bed
Wednesday January 26
Set off for school went with Uncle H to Starbeck stayed at Leeds 2 hours & ¼ arrived at Settle at 5
Thursday January 27
Went to school twice & in the evening went to see how Old Aunt was she was a little better
[Old Aunt is Mary Redmayne, his great aunt]
Friday January 28
Went twice to school & went to church at Giggleswick in the afternoon
Saturday January 29
Went to Taitlands Aunt was poorly rode the horses came home with Uncle & went to see Old Aunt she was very poorly brought Aunt Bell in the illeg for something & then took her back
[The Taitlands aunt & uncle are Thomas & Jane Redmayne. Aunt Bell is Isabella Henlock of Boroughbridge]
Sunday January 30
Went to Settle church gas first lit at church had tea with Aunt Bell at Townhead
Monday January 31
Went twice to school & did my lessons in the evening
Tuesday February 1
Went twice to school & did illeg in evening & took Aunt Bell to town illeg
Wednesday February 2
Went to school do & got into the Doctor’s end went to a lecture on metals & had supper for 1st time at school
Thursday February 3
Went to school twice as usual
Friday February 4
Do Went to church in the morning had prayers at school for M of P M
Saturday February 5
Went to Taitlands came down to Settle in the large carriagewith Cousin Jane & went back & then came down again with Cousin Jane
Sunday February 6
Went 1 to Settle church & 1 to Langcliff & stayed at home in the evening
Monday February 7
Went twice to school said our first lesson & then was with Mr Langhorne for rest of day Kelton let off illeg
[John Langhorne, mathematical master at the Free Grammar School, Giggleswick]
Tuesday February 8 (Shrove Tuesday)
Went to school twice had holiday in the PM & went to play football
Wednesday February 9
Went twice to school & went to see Old Aunt Redmayne
Thursday February 10
Do & called at Mrs Roberts there was a fall of snow in the evening
Friday February 11
Went to school went to church in the morning
Saturday February 12
Had a walk there was a deal of snow I had a good slide
Sunday February 13
Went 2 times to Settle & 1 to Giggleswick
Monday February 14
Went to school in the morning had holiday in the afternoon & went to slide below the railway bridge
Tuesday February 15
Twice to school Had a valentine Maria came to see Aunt I was at Town Head
Wednesday February 16
Twice to school had walk before tea went to bed before supper was not quite well
Thursday February 17
Stayed at home all day was rather poorly but was better in the evening
Friday February 18
Twice to school went to church in the morning had a slide on the river
Saturday February 19
Went to Taitlands had a ride & came to settle with Uncle R in the pony carriage
Sunday February 20
Went twice to Settle church had a walk in the afternoon
Monday February 21
Twice to school wrote Uncle Pick at noon
Tuesday February 22
Twice to school went to see Mama at Townhead
[Townhead was the home of his great aunt Mary Redmayne]
Wednesday February 23
Twice to school it snowed very fast in the afternoon
Sunday March 6
cousin M. A. S . B. D.
Wednesday March 23
To tell Uncle Henlock the flower at Aunts is done & Aunt Pick that she wants a ham
Thursday May 19
Had a bath Benbecks weer
[ie bathe]
Friday May 20
Had a bath do
[ie bathe ditto]
Monday May 23
Had a bath do
Tuesday May 24
Old Aunt Redmaynes sale Town Head
[Mary Redmayne died aged nearly 87, on 6 May 1853]
Wednesday May 25
Had a bath, do
Thursday May 26
Had a bath, do
Saturday May 28
Had a bath at the back of Taitlands
Wednesday June 8
Had a bath at Stainforth Foss. D Tomlinson jumped in off the Foss
Friday September 23
School
Saturday September 24
Spent the d at Taitlands Mr & Mrs Giles were there went out shooting pm shot 3 head of game
Sunday September 25
Twice to Settle Church should have gone to Taitlands it it had been fine
Monday September 26
School
Tuesday September 27
School
Wednesday September 28
School
Thursday September 29
School
Friday September 30
School In the evening walked with T Bramley to Taitlands on the sly Mrs Stubbs & Co knew not
[Bramley is listed by him in the Head Class.]
Saturday October 1
Spent the day at Taitlands it was very wet went to Stainforth
Sunday October 2
My birthday went to Taitlands [illeg] Church had an invitation from C Brown to go greyhound coursing next Saturday wrote a note to decline we expected to see Jane on the Saturday - had a letter from Home and 1 from Henry walked up with Postman
Wednesday October 5
Had half Holiday went to Taitlands to dine drove Aunt B Cousin Jane & Miss Nixon to Settle & returned in the evening
Thursday October 6
School
Friday October 14
Went to see Miss Nixon off by 1st train
Saturday October 15
Went to Taitlands Henry was there [illeg] was there
Sunday October 16
Spent the day at Taitlands
Tuesday October 18
Had half Holiday went to Taitlands Jane was there [illeg]
Wednesday October 19
Jane left Taitlands for home
Saturday October 22
Spent the day at Taitlands H & Mr Lee came
Sunday October 23
Stayed at Settle all day
December accounts
Receipts
Miss Nixon
Woodlands
3 Clarence Grove
Everton
Nr Liverpool
Recommended me to read Frank Fairley
“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.From which it may be seen that most of the subjects were classical.
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).
The total marks of the boys in Second Class were between 1421 and 810. A note against Holt and Clapham says “Not illeg trouble of putting their marks down”. Stubbs had 950, making him fourth of the seven boys. It is possible - and seems very likely from the diary itself - that he is new to the school, because while the others had 58, 58, 56, 10 and 27 marks for Vergil, he had 5.
In the Accounts pages for October, he notes “Marks at Christmas 1853”. The First Class names appear as listed on the sheet, their total possible marks being 2860. Under a line drawn across the page, appear: Jessop, Clay, Marriner, Copperthwaite, Ingram 2, Heelis, Ingram 1, Marriner 2, Stansfield, with a note that the first two are “to go into head”. Their total possible marks being 2400. The names of Stubbs’ class are as above, but the writing being clearer it is apparent that there are two Robinsons in the class, and he lists Holt’s and Clapham’s marks (respectively 543 and 335). Their total possible marks were 1853.
Saturday January 1
Stayed at home in the morning & helped to clip the pony & had a ride in the evening on the pony
Sunday January 2
Went twice to the church at B.D. & once to Aldboro
Monday January 3
Rode the pony to Knaresboro to the Sessions dined at the Royal Oak & rode back at night & went to Uncle Hirst’s to supper
Tuesday January 4
Stayed at home all day & in the evening went to Church to the singing
Wednesday January 5
In the morning walked to Ouseburn in the afternoon went to call on Mr Crosby & stayed tea there & returned to Aunt Picks
Thursday January 6
Had the steam threshing machine at Uncle Picks got wet through with going to see the sheep & we had a party small to tea
Friday January 7
Went to dine with Mrs Crosby of roast illeg & plum pudding stayed tea & stayed all night
Saturday January 8
Went to call on Aunt Henlock went to Dunsforth to move some sheep & walked home in the evening to B.B.
Sunday January 9
Went twice to church at B.B. & 1 to Aldboro
Monday January 10
Stayed at home in the morning in afternoon made a call on Mrs Smith & went to Uncle Hirsts in the evening
Tuesday January 11
Stayed at home all day read & wrote
Wednesday January 12
Stayed at home all day wrote to Uncle Redmayne & went to watch the water rise
Thursday January 13
In the morning took the children to Ouseburn illeg stayed tea there was a meeting in the evening about church rates
Friday January 14
A polling day concerning rates in the evening had a riot & the poll was postponed Pybus was
Saturday January 15
In the morning it was wet went & sat at Uncle Hirsts in the afternoon rode to Dishforth stayed tea & rode home by moonlight
Sunday January 16
Went 2 to BB Church & 1 to Aldboro
Monday January 17
Went to Ouseburn called at Aunt Picks & then went to illeg in the illeg church rates church illeg by 2 votes
Tuesday January 18
Was out shooting all day shot 3 birds & 1 hare & had Crosbys neices & nephew after tea nephew stayed all night
Wednesday January 19
In morning helpt to illeg pigs had illeg called at Aunt Picks & walked home & went to the lecture at Aldboro
Thursday January 20
Stayed at home all day in the evening we had a few friends as M & S Hirst M & J ?L Sidgwick & Mrs Capes
Friday January 21
In the morning rode with L Sedgwick to Dishforth illeg went a coursing ran 3 hares killed one
Saturday January 22
Rode back from Dishforth with Cousin Mark went to Hirsts John servant for 27 yrs left us today
[Cousin Mark Barroby of Dishforth]
Sunday January 23
Went twice to church at BB & 1 to Aldboro Mr Jno Owen preached I think
Monday January 24
Stayed at home in the morning snowed fast in afternoon went to Ouseburn to fetch Alice and Lizzy
Tuesday January 25
Packed for school & went to Mrs M L Smiths to teadance till half past one came home & went to bed
Wednesday January 26
Set off for school went with Uncle H to Starbeck stayed at Leeds 2 hours & ¼ arrived at Settle at 5
Thursday January 27
Went to school twice & in the evening went to see how Old Aunt was she was a little better
[Old Aunt is Mary Redmayne, his great aunt]
Friday January 28
Went twice to school & went to church at Giggleswick in the afternoon
Saturday January 29
Went to Taitlands Aunt was poorly rode the horses came home with Uncle & went to see Old Aunt she was very poorly brought Aunt Bell in the illeg for something & then took her back
[The Taitlands aunt & uncle are Thomas & Jane Redmayne. Aunt Bell is Isabella Henlock of Boroughbridge]
Sunday January 30
Went to Settle church gas first lit at church had tea with Aunt Bell at Townhead
Monday January 31
Went twice to school & did my lessons in the evening
Tuesday February 1
Went twice to school & did illeg in evening & took Aunt Bell to town illeg
Wednesday February 2
Went to school do & got into the Doctor’s end went to a lecture on metals & had supper for 1st time at school
Thursday February 3
Went to school twice as usual
Friday February 4
Do Went to church in the morning had prayers at school for M of P M
Saturday February 5
Went to Taitlands came down to Settle in the large carriage
Sunday February 6
Went 1 to Settle church & 1 to Langcliff & stayed at home in the evening
Monday February 7
Went twice to school said our first lesson & then was with Mr Langhorne for rest of day Kelton let off illeg
[John Langhorne, mathematical master at the Free Grammar School, Giggleswick]
Tuesday February 8 (Shrove Tuesday)
Went to school twice had holiday in the PM & went to play football
Wednesday February 9
Went twice to school & went to see Old Aunt Redmayne
Thursday February 10
Do & called at Mrs Roberts there was a fall of snow in the evening
Friday February 11
Went to school went to church in the morning
Saturday February 12
Had a walk there was a deal of snow I had a good slide
Sunday February 13
Went 2 times to Settle & 1 to Giggleswick
Monday February 14
Went to school in the morning had holiday in the afternoon & went to slide below the railway bridge
Tuesday February 15
Twice to school Had a valentine Maria came to see Aunt I was at Town Head
Wednesday February 16
Twice to school had walk before tea went to bed before supper was not quite well
Thursday February 17
Stayed at home all day was rather poorly but was better in the evening
Friday February 18
Twice to school went to church in the morning had a slide on the river
Saturday February 19
Went to Taitlands had a ride & came to settle with Uncle R in the pony carriage
Sunday February 20
Went twice to Settle church had a walk in the afternoon
Monday February 21
Twice to school wrote Uncle Pick at noon
Tuesday February 22
Twice to school went to see Mama at Townhead
[Townhead was the home of his great aunt Mary Redmayne]
Wednesday February 23
Twice to school it snowed very fast in the afternoon
Sunday March 6
cousin M. A. S . B. D.
Wednesday March 23
To tell Uncle Henlock the flower at Aunts is done & Aunt Pick that she wants a ham
Thursday May 19
Had a bath Benbecks weer
[ie bathe]
Friday May 20
Had a bath do
[ie bathe ditto]
Monday May 23
Had a bath do
Tuesday May 24
Old Aunt Redmaynes sale Town Head
[Mary Redmayne died aged nearly 87, on 6 May 1853]
Wednesday May 25
Had a bath, do
Thursday May 26
Had a bath, do
Saturday May 28
Had a bath at the back of Taitlands
Wednesday June 8
Had a bath at Stainforth Foss. D Tomlinson jumped in off the Foss
Friday September 23
School
Saturday September 24
Spent the d at Taitlands Mr & Mrs Giles were there went out shooting pm shot 3 head of game
Sunday September 25
Twice to Settle Church should have gone to Taitlands it it had been fine
Monday September 26
School
Tuesday September 27
School
Wednesday September 28
School
Thursday September 29
School
Friday September 30
School In the evening walked with T Bramley to Taitlands on the sly Mrs Stubbs & Co knew not
[Bramley is listed by him in the Head Class.]
Saturday October 1
Spent the day at Taitlands it was very wet went to Stainforth
Sunday October 2
My birthday went to Taitlands [illeg] Church had an invitation from C Brown to go greyhound coursing next Saturday wrote a note to decline we expected to see Jane on the Saturday - had a letter from Home and 1 from Henry walked up with Postman
Wednesday October 5
Had half Holiday went to Taitlands to dine drove Aunt B Cousin Jane & Miss Nixon to Settle & returned in the evening
Thursday October 6
School
Friday October 14
Went to see Miss Nixon off by 1st train
Saturday October 15
Went to Taitlands Henry was there [illeg] was there
Sunday October 16
Spent the day at Taitlands
Tuesday October 18
Had half Holiday went to Taitlands Jane was there [illeg]
Wednesday October 19
Jane left Taitlands for home
Saturday October 22
Spent the day at Taitlands H & Mr Lee came
Sunday October 23
Stayed at Settle all day
December accounts
Receipts
Miss Nixon
Woodlands
3 Clarence Grove
Everton
Nr Liverpool
Recommended me to read Frank Fairley
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