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The multi-document summary # TIME CHUNK: 1660 - The author dedicated the entire day to being at home. - The main focus was on supervising workmen. - The author did not leave the house at any point during the day. # TIME CHUNK: 1661 - Morning spent at the office. - Afternoon dedicated to preparing accounts for an upcoming meeting with my Lord. - After completing the accounts, a clear balance of £350 was discovered. - The £350 is in addition to personal goods in the house and all expenses accounted for. # TIME CHUNK: 1662 - Set up seat on the leads in the morning. - Visited the office and Change but did not meet Uncle Wight. - Returned home for dinner. - Went out after dinner to pay money and review debts at several places. - Walked with wife on the leads after returning home. - Concluded the day with supper before going to bed. - Expressed difficulty in settling to business after a period of leisure and pleasure. # TIME CHUNK: 1664 - Organized Brampton accounts throughout the day with a dinner interruption. - Committed by oath to complete financial accounts and tasks within the month. - Perfected a statement of estate and attached it to the last will and testament. - Successfully completed monthly accounts, achieving a gain of over £50. - Total net worth increased to £858, marking the highest amount ever owned. - Reviewed usual vows with heightened seriousness on Lord's day. - Expressed growing satisfaction in managing business and savings, feeling gratitude for accomplishments. - Concluded the day feeling content despite future business challenges. - Mentioned preparation needed for addressing Exchequer matters related to uncle's role as General-Receiver in 1647. - Recorded notable expenses: £89 on kitchen and clothing for himself and his wife, alongside additional household costs. - Monthly earnings totaled £239, excluding salary. - After expenses, the speaker's balance reached £1,203, expressing gratitude for this financial standing. - Delay in home lunch due to waiting for guests (Kate Joyce, Aunt James, and Mary) who did not visit. - Speaker's wife ventured out to see guests and attended a play with Mary Joyce. - The evening featured the wife collaborating with the speaker in their office before having supper at home. - Reflected on past negligence in business, resulting in increased spending and diminished status. - To amend past financial obligations, vowed to contribute 20 shillings to the poor's box, aiming for improved diligence in the future. # TIME CHUNK: 1665 - Spent a long time in bed due to a late night. - Went to the office to organize accounts and papers regarding last year's financial gains and expenses. - Discovered substantial last year's expenses; detailed expenditures related to clothing and various other categories. - Had a meal of venison pasty and turkey at noon, shared only with a small family. - Enjoyed dinner feeling very merry. - Returned to the office later in the day, working on accounts late into the night. - Found the accounts to be intricate despite careful organization throughout the year. - Returned home around 11 o'clock for supper and then went to bed. - The day's office work revealed a total worth exceeding £4,000. - Increase in worth attributed to: - £500 received from Cocke related to profit from prize goods dealings. - Mr. Gawden gifted an additional £500 after the narrator paid £8,000 for Tangier. - Returned to the office to write letters before going to bed, feeling a sense of ease and satisfaction. # TIME CHUNK: 1668 - **Expenses at Michel's**: - 6d. for a Folly - 1s. for oysters - 1s. for a coach ride to W. Coventry regarding Mrs. Pett - 1s. for a boat ride to Westminster Hall via Commissioners of Treasury - **Meeting Details**: - Met with G. Montagu and Roger Pepys - Discussed issues related to prize business with Birch and Vaughan - **Social Engagements**: - Visited Lord Crew's house, stopped for a low pipe en route - G. M. and G. C. were present - Attended a play with Creed, enjoyed the experience - **Travel**: - Took a coach towards the Park costing 2s. 6d. - Spent a total of 13s. 4d. for the day's journey - **Evening Summary**: - Returned home to find an order from Commissioners of Accounts, which caused annoyance - Had supper costing 19s. 6d., described as poor - Went to bed; speaker's father lent 1 pound and 11 shillings for horse-hire - **Journey Recap**: - Journey taken on a Monday - The narrator's father has servants in the garden who relayed negative stories about his wife - Various travel expenses included: - 14s. for a helper with the horses - 2s. for road menders - Travelled to Bedford, referred to as a pleasant country town, where he drank - Gave 1s. to a boy at the Church in Newport - Next visited Buckingham, described as a good old town with notable Church and school, gave another boy 1s. - Noted a fair bridge with many arches in Buckingham, expressed frustration with companions' delays - **Stay**: - Spent the night in Newport Pagnell, described as pleasant with a large Church, noted for leads and an underground vault - Observed well-watered surrounding countryside - Woke by four o'clock the next day, few people in the town - **Miscellaneous**: - A mishap with the coach occurred but did not significantly impact the schedule