| May 22d. The Wind S. W. blowing fresh and very cold all day: the morning was Sun shiny & clear, but the Evening was – cloudy and dark yet made no rain this day : Paid Harry the Slater is. [1/- sw] for mending what was beginning to decay in the roof of the house – but this night from half an hour after 8 till near 2 in the morning it rained very hard, yet was not the wind allayed· |
| 23d. The Wind S. blowing high, and attended with frequent showers of small rain especially in the Evening. |
| 24th. The Wind S. blowing fresh, cloudy dark weather accompanyed with frequent small showers of rain almost thorout this day: Paid Mary Wms. iL. 6s. in full of her winter's wages; pd. Margaret Jones Mantua maker 6s. 6d. for work done by her to my Daughter & her Daughter Jane: Pd. Richard Wms. Taylor 6d. for mending my Coat. in all iL. i3s. |
25th. Whitsunday [this is written in the margin below '25th.' sw] The Wind E. blowing pretty fresh and for the most part of the day Sunshiny and fair but the air cold for the time of the year: a pretty large number of people comunicated [there is a curlicue over the 'm' sw] in LLanfechell Church this day ^a hundred & twelve^: I gave is. [1/- sw] as Charity to Richard Roberts of Cerrig mân,a poor blind man· |
| 26th. The Wind N. blowing moderate Sun shiny fair and pretty warm all this day: My distemper was very grieveous and tormenting all this Evening and night. |
| 27th. The Wind N. blowing moderate, Sun shiny and fair all this also - I am all this day also very sick at heart,besides the torment I bear from the Tenesmus [the feeling of constantly needing to evacuate the bowels, with little or nothing passed sw].Pd. Robert Owen ab Wm. John 30s. in full of his last winter's wages , and pd. Owen Roberts iL. i5s. in full of his last winter ’s wages. gave [i sw]s. [maybe 'is.' changed from '2s.', or maybe '2s.' changed from 'is.' sw] to Cousin Jane We[i sw]ch's boy who came to see his Aunt to Cemlyn, & îs.to his Cousin Wm. Wms. of Cemlyn . |
| 28th. The Wind came to S. this morning about 4 & rained exceeding hard from that time till near 7. blew fresh and cold & was sun shiny and dry the rest of ye day. |
29th. ❍91/2 [nine and a half sw] [this is written vertically in the margin below '29th.' sw] The Wind S. blowing moderate and generally Sun shiny till near 3 in the Evening; cloudy & dark the rest of the day & made a small – shower about 4 which was soon over and continued dry the rest of the day to dry the Malt thorowly well: Paid Richard John David the dryer is. for- the drying of it . |
| 30th. The Wind S. blowing moderate & attended with a mizling rain all ye morning; The Evening was dry but it rained very hard in the night from soon after 9 till near 3 in the morning :pd. 3d. for fish & is. 4d.2/1for a quarter of Veal. |
| 3ist. The Wind S. blowing fresh; some Sun shiny, but generally cloudy & dark, yet made no rain this day. |