| December14th. The Wind W. blowing fresh & cold, and generally Sun Shiny, but dry all day: My Servants Still at the same work of plowing fresh sand ground at Cae ’r ’Sgubor in Coydan, & plowing the steep b[ank sw] by the Barn across the Ridges; my labourers also at the Same work of Ditching and planting quick &forest Trees at Cae'r Defaid in Bodelwyn. |
| i5th. The Wind W. blowing fresh & cold, cloudy & dark all day, but made no rain: No Sermon to day, tho there was onedue. |
| i6th. The Wind S. very calm & not cold, cloudy and dark all day, & yet it continued dry . |
| i7th. The Wind S. E. very calm & warm, & raining long before day and untill almost night with very little intermission, but was not heavy rain: gave to Hugh Owen Sion Owen’s wife of Cemaes who is the Mother of 6 Children, & her Mother who is very Old & bed rid which she likewise keeps, I gave her I say 3s. 8d. out of the 6s. 8d. ordered by the late Mr. Richard Gwyn of Rhydgroes to be distributed yearly among the poor of Llanbadrick parish. |
| i8th. The Wind S.E. very calm & warm for the time of year,and generally Sun Shiny, but dry all day. |
i9th. The Wind W. blowing fresh, cloudy, dark weather, but [day sw] ^wet & dirty most^ of ^the^ day, gave Elizabeth uch Robert Davydd is. [1/- sw] of Llanbadrick Charity money |
| 20th. The Wind S.E. blowing fresh, but not cold, and dry all day: gave Ann Sion Rolant another shilling of Llanbadrick money: To Day I finished the New hedge in Cae'r Defaid in Bodelwyn & part of Cae Erw'r Trosol; the New Banks alone which have a ditch of a yard broad ^&^ 30 inches deep, are above 600 yards in measure, where in are planted above 4000 quicksets, most of them haw thorn, with crab, Holly, hip, black thorn, Yew ^hazel^ & plumb suckers, there's beside above 200 yards in Erw ’r Trosol planted in a regular order on the from a quarter to an inch Diameter [this insert is squeezed in between two lines, and refers to the previous list of plantings I think sw]verge of the bank with standard plants of haw thorn, black thorn Crab, Plumb, Holly, & Holly, & Yew, besides 125 ^some of which Number are [m sw]ore^ Ash, i8 Elms & 1 Service planted on the verge of the bank at proper distances, besides 2 standard – Laurells of about 5 foot high . |
