February i9th. The Wind E. S. E blowing very fresh and exceeding cold and freezed pretty hard last night, some sun shine, but for the most part it was cloudy and dark. |
20th. The Wind S. by E. blowing fresh & very cold, some sun shine & dry – all day: pd. Rhŷs Bentir is. 6d. for Butcher's meat. |
2ist. The Wind S. & by W. dark cloudy weather & blowing fresh and dry all this day likewise: My people all this week ^were^ fallowing at Bodelwyn |
22d. The Wind S. W. blowing fresh and very cold, yet generally Sun — shiny and dry all day. |
23d. The Wind E. blowing moderate, Sun shiny, fair & serene all this day,but a great hoar frost this morning on the ground. |
24th. The Wind E . blowing moderate, Sun shiny, clear and fair all this also, and a prodigious hoar frost this morning: pd. Rhys Bentir 3is. for 2 calfs I bought of him last September for 25s. & 6s. for a quarter of poor beef bought for my Servants last november; pd. likewise i2s. to my foderer in part of his winter's wages. |
25th. The Wind N.W. calm, hazy thick, dark weather & misty all the – morning till i0 when it cleared up a little,but grew misty & dark again and continued so all the rest of the day: Pd. Wm. Bevan 5s. more for labouring work Pd. Owen Roberts 1s. 6d. the remainder of his last Sumer's [there is a line over the 'm' sw] wages,& pd him 6[s sw]. in part of this winter's wages |
26th. The Wind E. blowing fresh, dark cloudy weather & exceeding cold – all day, but continued without raining. |
27th. The Wind S.E. in the morning; came by noon to S. cloudy & dark & blowing very cold and chilly all day: pd. Rhŷs Bentir for a quarter of veal. 8d. |
28th. The Wind S. blowing fresh and very cold, cloudy & dark and raining a small driveing rain from i in the Evening till 3 ; the rest of the day was cold moaky weather: my people all this week were plowing. |
29th. The Wind S. blowing moderate, cloudy & dark all day with some rain; pd. Mrs. Wms. of Cemlyn i6s. for half Pegget of wheat. |
2 ● [this is written vertically in the margin opposite this entry sw] March ist. The Wind S. in the morning, moderately calm, came about noon to E. was cloudy dark weather all day, yet made no rain: Paid Ginnis the Scotch Pedl[a sw]r is. [1/- sw] for an Ounce of sewing thread . |
2d. The Wind S. blowing moderate, cloudy dark weather for most part, but dry all day; yet it made some rain in the night: Pd. 6d. for fish. |
3d. The Wind S. W. blowing moderate some Sun shine, but dry all day; Paid ☞ [this pointing symbol is in the margin opposite this line sw] to day Eleven pounds four shillings (including the GuineaI had paid before) fortwo Millstones & their carriage to Melin y nant· |