20 December 1677 – 26 December 1677

Carried to my Lord Treasurer an account of the Earl of Bristol's Library, at Wimbledon, which my Lord thought of purchasing, till I acquainted him that it was a very broken collection, consisting much in books of judicial astrology, romances, and trifles.

I gave my son an office, with instructions how to govern his youth; I pray God give him the grace to make a right use of it!