23 August 1660 – 29 August 1660

Came Duke Hamilton, Lord Lothian, and several Scottish Lords, to see my garden.

Colonel Spencer, colonel of a regiment of horse in our county of Kent, sent to me, and intreated that I would take a commission for a troop of horse, and that I would nominate my lieutenant and ensigns; I thanked him for the honor intended me; but would by no means undertake the trouble.