| July the ist. The Wind S.W. hot and Sultry & scorching withall, To Day the Parson set his Tythe in the following manner: Caerdegog Parcell set for 31L. to Wm. Bevan of CroesFechan: LLawr y LLan [there is a line half over the 'a' and half over the 'n' sw] Parcell ( exclusive of ye Parson's own Corn & hay which is Cae'r LLan [there is a wavy line half over the 'a' and half over the 'n' sw] & ye field next it adjoyning to my Cae'r Delyn;The Glebe field adjoyning to Rhôs Garrog, and the Glebe quillet on Pen Gorsedd Rŷs wch. are all fresh grounds & have in them excellent Barley, and the Tythe I'm sure is worth above 40s) set for 24L.: Parcell y Mynŷdd (containing a |
| 2d. The Wind S.W. blowing fresh, hot & scorching, looked cloudy in the morning, but made no rain afterwards, the Markett at LLanerchmedd very full,& the price of Corn as high as att any time this year; pd. 4d for a Calf's head. my Servants to day are rakeing hay. |
| 3d. The Wind S. blowing high, with frequent showers of mizling rain in the Morning; the Evening dry & the Wind very high and hott. my Servants carry home the turf to day . it begun to rain about 9 at night & rained a good deal before day —– |
| 4th. The Wind S. blowing very high & sultry with a mizling rain in the morning; the Evening dry, but very windy; my —– servants carry home the Turf these 2 days. |
| 5th. The Wind S. clear, sun-shiny and dry, but the wind high, grew something calmer before night; my people all thisday are rakeing together the hay, which is very thin, no field answering the half, and some fields not the fifth what they did other years. |
| 6th. The Wind S.S.W. blowing fresh, & raining a mizling rain for 3 hours in the morning; the Evening was a dirty stinking fogg The Parson preached on Luke Chap 12th. ye latter part of ye first vers.he dogmatically expatiated on ye hipocricy & other vices of the Pharisees, but took care to conceal from his hearers that those which Christ charges with those vices were generally Priests – |