December 9th. The Wind N. W. blowing very moderate, but cloudy, dark & cold & made some little rain about noon, but was soon over: Pd. Hugh ’ Bwiliam Gabriel 7s. of his Winter's wages. |
10th. ❍2 [this is written vertically below '10th.' sw] The Wind E. & blowing moderate,yet very cold and raw weather cloudy and dark, about 2 în the Evening it begun to Snow,& continued all the rest of the Evening and till 8 at night, by which time the Earth was quite covered, but its raining — soon upon it, - it was all melted before day. |
iith. The Wind N. E. very moderate, but exceeding cold & raw and raining without intermission, but not hard all day & a great part of the night. |
i2th. The Wind E.& by N. blowing something fresh with a mizling rain & a thick, dark sky all day ; Paîd 25 s. for a Stays bought for Ann Wright at Chester & is. [1/- sw] for the Carriage of it, rained excessive hard for most part of it,if not all this night. |
i3th. The Wind S. blowing fresh,dark, cloudy weather with some rain in the morning, the rest of the day was moist, dark & moaky weather: Paid Lewis Wms. my head plowman 27s. which with 2is.paid him before is in full of his last Sumer's [there is a line over the 'm' sw] wages, pd. him likewise 6d. he had given in earnest to Harry Wms. |
i4th. The Wind S.E. blowing moderate,dark cloudy weather, & raining incessantly from 9 in the morning till 6 at night, & for a great part of that time extream hard, in somuch that by 3 a clock the great – est part of the low grounds were under water & the water a foot over the Bridge at the Village: bought of Rhys bentir a quarter of Pork for 3s. 3d. & a quarter of Veal for 1s. |
15th. The Wind S. blowing pretty fresh, & a dark, moist smoky weather all the morning and Evening: My people all this week but to day were at the Same work as the week before .pd. Jane Edward the rest of her wages being i3s. |