Went to Wokingham--met the Whites & Tuppens& a large party--Drum went out coursing with them--I staid stayed with Mary--wrote a note to Mrs. Hayward & Miss Wheeler--came home at night. Stupid day.
Moses beat Charles Symonds's dog which he ran for the 1819 cup of Champion. Moses a famous dog.
At home--Papa went to Watlington to stand to Mrs. Hayward's little girl--I wrote to Mrs. Hayward & Miss James.
I was to have gone with Papa to Watlington but did not go on account of the day's looking showery & our being disappointed of a horse, 1819 Mem. To look for the Execution of two Koromantyn negroes in Edwards' History of the West Indies Vol 2nd page 57 2nd Edition, mentioned by Miss Edgeworth in her story The Good Aunt
Notes: Story from Moral Tales for Young People
.At home--went to Wokingham--found Mr. Webb better--Eliza not well--Mrs. Hayward's little girl very pretty. Came home to dinner--read Country Neighbours--famous.
At home--heard from Mary & Eliza Webb & Mrs. Hayward (Mrs. H's letter was to Papa) & Mr. Dickinson--dear Drum went to Town--Mrs. Dickinson called with the baby--went violetting--found a new bank in a field by the hill--wrote to Mrs. Voules &Mr. Dickinson.
At home--went cowslipping in the Meadows with dear Granny & the Pets--heard from Mrs. Hayward with a beautiful basket of flower roots--planted them out & wrote Mrs. Hayward--read Bonduca.
At home - rained all day - little Miss Keep gave me a pretty flower to hang up in the arcade - wrote to Mrs. Hayward - read newspapers & Reviews.
Person Name: Mrs. Hayward
Surname: Hayward
Role Name: Mrs.
Notes: Associated with Watlington
Org Name: the Hayward family
Org Name: Haywards
Surname: Hayward
Notes: Likely includes Mr. & Mrs. W. Hayward, a brewing family connected with inns in Watlington.
At home--Papa went to Watlington to stand to Mrs. Hayward's little girl--I wrote to Mrs. Hayward & Miss James.
I was to have gone with Papa to Watlington but did not go on account of the day's looking showery & our being disappointed of a horse, 1819 Mem. To look for the Execution of two Koromantyn negroes in Edwards' History of the West Indies Vol 2nd page 57 2nd Edition, mentioned by Miss Edgeworth in her story The Good Aunt
Notes: Story from Moral Tales for Young People
.At home--lay in the Hay--went Firtopping--Drum came back from Watlington--read Mr. D'Israeli's Calamities of Authors.
Place Name: Watlington
Region: Oxfordshire
Country: England
Location: 51.584 -1.388
Notes: Small market town on the edge of the Chiltern Hills. By the late eighteenth century, it had six inns, all owned by the Hayward brewing family. Watlington Town Hall, built in 1665, is a Grade II listed building.
There is no information about Mr. Hayward whatsoever in this Digital Mitford Journal Document.
There are mentions of a daughter, but there is no information about her except in the entries where Mrs. Hayward is mentioned.
There is a mention of the Hayward family owning many inns in Watlington, but further investigation shows there is no more information regarding the subject in this document.