Diary of Rev Edward Stevens

At home all day with severe cold.

Still indoors all day with severe cold.

Mrs Dix died this morning in her 78th year.

Saints Simon and Jude. No service in church owing to my having a severe cold.

Mrs Shelswell and Miss Maria Dix called this evening.

Mr Oddie also called. Received estimate for printing and binding “The Teaching of the Prayer Book” Part 1, from Butler and Tanner.

Still confined to the house with a bad cold, the weather being somewhat severe – dull and east windy.

Charles Holder called and agreed to take the Furze Land for £10 a year. Rent due half-yearly at Lady Day and Michaelmas with the customary three months’ grace. Last years straw to be left on land when tenancy expires. He may ask Trustees to allow him something for artificial manure the present year. I made no promise, but said they might perhaps allow him £2 or £3 under the circumstances. The land is left in a very bad state.

Buried Mrs Mary Dix, age 78, widow of the late Joseph Dix uncle to the Misses Dix and brother of Mr George Dix. She was sister to the present Mrs Shelswell’s husband, her father having been the medical man of the parish.

Visited John Coleman, Thomas Cakebread, William Gaydon.

Showery but warm. My cold is somewhat better but by no means gone.

Attended choir practice this evening.