July ist. The Wind W. very calm, Sultry and warm all day, it rained excessive hard sometime before day, and a great deal of small smoaky rain – afterwards & till 9 a clock, the rest of the day was Sun Shiny, fair & hot. |
2d. The Wind N.E. very calm, Sun shiny clear & very hot & Sultry all day- gave the Priest at Cousin Humphrey Mostyn's Wife's Funerall 1s. & 6d. to the Clark: pd. Mossom 12s. 6d. for 20 pound weight of Lump sugar–i2s. for 2 pound weight of Tea, & 1s. 8d. he had paid for a Letter. |
3d. The Wind S. very calm, cloudy and dark all day, made a sharp shower of rain about noon, except which it was dry all this day: pd. Gabriel Jones 5s. 9d. which he pd. for Garden Seeds for me in Chester: pd. 4s. 2d. for half Dosen knives and forks, & is. 2/1 for a pound Pot of Anchoves: and 10d. 2/1 for a pound Pot of Capers ; Pd. is. 6d. for a quarter of Mutton, & 1s. 10d. for a quarter of Veal . |
4th. The Wind S. W. calm and dry, but generally cloudy & overcast; very bad weather in the hay harvest hitherto, & onely running to it,and from it almost all day. |
5th. The Wind W. blowing very moderate, Sun shiny all the morning – and drying well; the Evening was generally cloudy & dark, but made no rain: The Priest preached on Colloss: [Colossians sw] Chap: 3d. verse 2d. |
6th. The Wind S. S. W. very calm and warm, but dark and cloudy all this day,with some mizling rain in the Evening and night . |
7th. The Wind S. W. very calm, cloudy, close dark weather with a mizling rain all the morning till near i in the Evening when the Wind came to N.W. the rest of the day was dry, but the Air moist & the Sky cloudy and dark. |
8th. The Wind N. W. blowing fresh & drying well; cloudy & dark till ii in the morning, the rest of the day was sunshiny, drying well, & harvesting the hay that was in a very bad condition before. |