Diary of Rev Edward Stevens

Cheque to Miss Moore for Rosa’s music £2.12.6.

West’s pony to Sandford.

Rev John Young called.

Christmas day. West’s pony to Sandford. No sermon in afternoon.

Cheque to Abbott and Nicholls, Bristol, for Billiard apparatus to fit new table £8.19.10.

Miss Dunsterville, one of Rosa’s schoolfriends, came on a visit.

Cab to Sandford this evening for Christmas Tree.

Miss Dunsterville returned from Malvern. W Hole came.

Mr De Trafford called with his son Galfred with reference to putting him with me as a pupil.

Miss Dunsterville returned to Ryde.

Mr De Trafford called again with his son and promised to send him to me on the 18th inst. Terms 50 guineas per annum, French and German extra.

Drove to Sandford and Baldon.

Drove Hole to Dorchester with West’s pony.

Went to North Cheam with Rev C Hole.

Hole frove Mrs Hole and myself to London and back, called on Mrs Brown senior and on Mr Brown at his office.

To London. Met J Brown at Vauxhall. He and I went to Service at Westminster Abbey in morning and to Stockwell Church in evening. Put up at Brown’s for the night.

Called on C Eve, Henry Howe and S H Mountain at respective places of business. Returned to Cheam with Hole in evening.

Went to Wallington with Mrs Hole. Returned to North Cheam.

To Mountain’s in morning, Highbury in afternoon, Mountain’s in evening. Returned to North Cheam.

Hole and I went to Croydon, Eynesford, Farmingham, Lullingstone, London, Sutton, Cheam, mostly by rail.

Returned to Oxford.

W G C De Trafford came as pupil.

Encountered heavy storm of rain driving to Sandford this morning. Very unwell in evening, having apparently taken a violent cold.

Cold somewhat better, but still very unwell with pains in loins and back of head with slight cough. Took Turkish bath.

Took another Turkish bath which seemed to do me good. Spent an hour or two at Miss Hooper’s this evening.

Too unwell to go to Sandford.

Still unwell, but able to get up to breakfast and walk down to the Union in the afternoon.

Walked to Sandford and back. Harry and de Trafford accompanied me.

Dined with Mr Lee at New College. Julius Sankey also there.

W Hutton returned.

Rosa returned to Ryde.

W Hutton went up to Matriculation Exam at Queen’s.

Called in Julius Hankey to see Harry who is not well.

Called on Mr Magrath, Senior Tutor of Queen’s. He said he had done so badly they could not admit him. He cannot spell, and makes no sense of his translation. I wrote to Mr Hutton senior and told him.

Heavy fall of snow. Julius Sankey came home with me from Littlemore to see Harry. I took all duty at Sandford this afternoon.

W Hutton, senior, wrote asking me to keep on his son. Harry’s bill at Magdalene College School for half year £9.2.9.

Julius Sankey has visited Harry almost every day this week. He stayed till late this evening.

Drove to Sandford.