| May ist. The Wind W. blowing moderate & for the most part Sun shiny and fair and drying well, but it had made excessive heavy rain this morning about 4: The Priest preached on Luke Chap – 3d. verse i0th. |
| 2d. The Wind W. & by N. blowing moderate, yet cold, Sun Shiny, fair and drying well all this day also; paid Doreas of Coch C[o sw]lŷn 8d. for fish. |
| 3d. The Wind N. blowing very little, Sun shiny, fair & clear all this day & drying well, but a great hoar frost this morning on the ground. |
4th. 2❍ [this is written vertically in the margin between '4th.' and the entry sw] The Wind N. blowing moderate, a little hazy in the morning till 8 but the rest of the day was Sun shiny, fair & clear , and the wind something scorching : pd. John Owen of LLanerchymedd 5s. for cleansing the two clocks . |
| 5th. The Wind E. N. E. blowing moderate yet very cold, sun shiny, fair clear and dry all day, but scorching very much, yet a great dew in the morning. |
| 6th. The Wind N.E. pretty calm, dark cloudy weather & the wind as little as it was, very cold: LLanerchymedd Fair ( being St. Mark's day according to the old Style on which most of the Fairs are still kept ) proved a pretty good one, a great many Cattle bought, but at no high rates: Accounted to day with ☞ [this pointing symbol is in the margin opposite this line sw] Sion ifan my Gardiner and the ballance was iis. 8d. in my favour, & paid 2is. besides of this current year's wages: Pd. Owen Roberts likewise 4s. of his last winter's wages, and Pd. David Jones the Brasier of Carnarvan i2s. 6d. for Brass & Copper vessels bought of him, & received of him 5s. 3d. for old, worn out vessells. |
| 7th. The Wind E. N. E. blowing very moderate, cloudy & dark all the morning the Evening was sun shiny & clear and dry all the day : My people all this week were sowing Barley : Pd. Capten y Bŵch's wife 6d. for fish & 4d. for – Rennet; & pd. Rhŷs Bentir 2s. 6d. for a Carcase & the head of an ordinary Lamb. |
| 8th. The Wind W. in the morning & till 3 in the Evening when it came again to the E. calm, Sun shiny, warm & pleasant all this day. |
| 9th. The Wind E. calm with some sun shine in the morning, but was generally dark & cloudy, but warm & pleasant all day: gave is. to Humphrey Prichard ab Wm. Pugh who has lived in Staffordshire 33 – years & came to the Countrey to see his relations. |
| i0th. The Wind N. E. blowing very moderate and generally Sun shiny, but dry all this day· |
| iith. The Wind Variable all this day, cloudy & dark, but continued dry till about 4 in the Evening when it made a very heavy and long shower of rain for near an hour — |