| Content Description | Reports that 'the Lincolnshire Man' has brought '7 dozn of Ruffs and Reeves', which he has not yet been paid for, and of which 16 have already died; wishes to know whether he may sell 40 of the 100 fat Wethers and buy in the same number of the thin variety; writes that the grass-cutting has been completed and that the mowers have cut the ears of 11 hares.
Mentions that he has given water from the cistern to Mr Jeffreys whose well is dry; adds that his living in Ashwel is a vicarage endowed with one-third of the great Tithes and all of the small; is upset to find that the horses have been damaging the bark of the trees in the Great Avenue; reports the death of one of the white cows; will send butter, pigeons and some things from the garden. |