Diary and Account Book for 1847 (edited transcript)

Jan. 1847

1
Friday, the first day of the year 1847. Fair. I have been in Llanerchymedd fair. Sold 13qr:0:3:2 of oats for Mr. Hughes, Madyn for 30/ per qr.

2
Saturday. Fair, cold. Plowing in bonc ynys felan all day.

3
Sunday. Frost. Been to hear Seth Roberts in Sardis (chapel) this morning. Home in afternoon.

4
Monday. Frost. Carting manure in cae Newydd this morning. Winnowing oats in the afternoon 13:0:3.

5
Tuesday. Rain. Send the oats to the Port, and plowing in the afternoon.

6
Wednesday. Mild. Begin plowing cae Newydd – 2 plows.

7
Thursday. Fair. I was with Tom, smith, this morning. In the afternoon cut gorse. Sclater is here. (Note: sclater – slater.)

8
Friday. Ditto. Plowing all day in cae Newydd tundir. (Note: tundir – Welsh for grassland.)

9
Saturday. Mild, warm. Plowing all day.

10
Sunday. Frost. Home all day.

11
Monday. Ditto. Plowing all day.

12
Tuesday. Frost. Ditto this morning. In afternoon been in the sale with David in Amlwch Port.

13
Wednesday. Frost. Plowing all (day).

14
Thursday. Melt. Been coursing with Mr. Jones, Ty mawr in Trewyn all day. Get Mr. Hill’s dogs.

15
Friday. Fair. Plowing all day.

16
Saturday. Wet. Ditto. Ditto. One of our sheep died.

17
Sunday. Dry. Home till night. Been in John’s house.

18
Monday. Dry. Plowing. Done cae newydd tundir. In the afternoon thresh. (Note: tundir – Welsh for grassland.)

19
Tuesday. Ditto. Plowing in crincae. Cross-plow the potato ridges. In the afternoon ditto.

20
Wednesday. Snowing. Home all day.

21
Thursday. Heavy rain all day. Been in Amlwch all afternoon.

22
Friday. Fair. Carting oats to the barn. In the afternoon with Tom, smith.

23
Saturday. Fair. Plowing. In the afternoon go to Amlwch.

24
Sunday. Heavy rain. Cathrine Williams and Mary Evans are here now from Castell. I was home all day. The cattle are all in just all day.

25
Monday. Showers. Been with Mr. Pitter at Penysarn. (Note: Mr. Pitter – ? Mr William Petters, tanner, of Amlwch Port.)

26
Tuesday. Fine. Home all day.

27
Wednesday. Ditto. Fetch 2 loads of manure from John Hughes, hedger. In the afternoon plowing. At night meet David from the packet from Liverpool.

28
Thursday. Wet. Thresh 1qr of barley.

29
Friday. Rain. Plowing this morning. In the afternoon carry corn from the big stack. Begin it.

30
Saturday. Showers. Plowing all day in ynys felan bach.

31
Sunday. Fair. Home till night. Been in Sardis chapel. Hear John Hughes, ‘one eye’.

This month was very wet all through. The market is very high – wheat £4:10; barley 50/ to 52; oats 33/ to 34; no potatoes in the country.

Feb. 1847 (wrongly recorded by William Jones as 1846).

1
Monday. Snowing all day.

2
Tuesday. Fine day. Plowing this morning. In the afternoon been in Penysarn in the sermon. At night been with Mr. Owens, Parson.

3
Wednesday. Frost. Been with Mr. Owens hunting and dined with him and John Thomas, Glan y gors. Stop late.

4
Thursday. Rain. Home all day. The cart went to Holyhead with David and Cathrine and the gig.

5
Friday. Wet. Home all day.

6
Saturday. Rain. Winnowing oats 23 sacks. In the afternoon go to Amlwch. Come home with Robert Evans, Castell and Edward Williams, Lleneuddog. Get 2 calves, one from Tor wen and 1 from Balog.

7
Sunday. Frost. Home till night. Been in Sardis. Hear Richard Hughes, Llanerchymedd – very good sermon.

8
Monday. Snow. Plowing this morning. Snowing in the afternoon. Home.

9
Tuesday. Snow all day.

10
Wednesday. Ditto. Been in Glasgrig bach, from there to Llanerchymedd market.

11
Thursday. Snow. Send 13:0:3:2 to Cornelius at 32/0 per qr and some for John Griffith at 3½ per lb.

12
Friday. Snow, knee-deep in some parts. Home just all day. Been to Bodafon with Boos’s daughter for advice. There is some swelling on her hind leg. An inquest was held upon Neli, Pen y braich’s children in Penrhos church. (Note: Penrhoslligwy church, O.S. Grid Reference 481859.)

13
Saturday. The snow melts. Home all day.

14
Sunday. Wet. Home till night. Been to Sardis (chapel), hear H. Pritchard.

15
Monday. Rain. Been in Llwydiarth sale. (Note: Llwydiarth – a farm near Llanerchymedd.)

16
Tuesday. Rain. Been in Amlwch. Buy horse from Dr. Griffith for £10 only.

17
Wednesday. Ditto. Been in Llwydiarth sale. Stop late in Llanerchymedd.

18
Thursday. Rain. Been plowing in cae llwyd. In afternoon fetch Dr.’s horse.

19
Friday. Fair. Been plowing this morning. In afternoon with Tom, smith.

20
Saturday. Plowing this morning. Been in Amlwch.

21
Sunday. Rain. Home all day. Get new trousers and waistcoat from John Williams.

22
Monday. Ditto. Home all day. In the afternoon carting corn to the barn – last part of the stack.

23
Tuesday. Dry. Plowing in Chwyllan all day.

24
Wednesday. Dry from the east. Plowing in cae cefn.

25
Thursday. Ditto, ditto, ditto.

26
Friday. Frost. Plowing this morning. In the afternoon been with Dr. Griffith to look for horse. Leave the loan of the red pony there for him for a few days.

27
Saturday. Frost. Plowing. Done the west part of cae cefn this morning. In the afternoon in cae llwyd.

28
Sunday. Find day. Home this morning. In the afternoon been in Sardis (Sunday)-school. At night hear Seth Roberts.

This month was tolerably wet till the 22^nd. The other week was very fine. The price of grain is rather lower than it was – wheat £4 to £4:8; barley 48/ ; oats 30/ to 32/0.

March 1847

1
Monday. Dry from the east. I was with Tom, smith, this morning. In the afternoon plowing in cae llwyd.

2
Tuesday. Ditto. Plowing. Done cae llwyd. Nebo monthly meeting. 3 strangers are here. (Note: Nebo – a small village, O.S. Grid Reference 488904. There was a chapel there.)

3
Wednesday. Ditto. Plowing in cae pigsofl. Done.

4
Thursday. Ditto. Done plowing for oats. In the afternoon carting muck for sweeds to cae cefn.

5
Friday. Ditto. Carting muck this morning. In the afternoon send 9:2:0:0 qr oats for Cornelius for 30/0 per qr.

6
Saturday. Dry from the north. Plowing in crincae for barley. In the afternoon been in funeral of the wife of R. Thomas, Glan yr afor in Llaneilian church. From there to Amlwch. Been with Dr. Griffith. Get tea. Stop late with him.

7
Sunday. Ditto. Home till night. Been in Sardis chapel. Hear Hugh Pritchard.

8
Sunday. Ditto. Plowing in crincae for barley.

9
Tuesday. Showers. With Tom, gof, all day. Make the harrows ready. Been in Amlwch with Dr. Griffith.

10
Wednesday. Fall of snow. In the afternoon been in Llanerchymedd fair. Jane arrived home from the Isle of Man. (Note: Jane – William Jones’ sister.)

11
Thursday. The snow melts. Home with H. Griffith, saer and Tom, smith ½ day. (Note: saer – Welsh for carpenter.)

12
Friday. Fine day. Plowing this morning. In the afternoon been in Amlwch.

13
Saturday. Ditto. Plowing all day.

14
Sunday. Ditto. Home till night. Been in Sardis chapel. Hear H. Pritchard.

15
Monday. Blowing hard from the south. Been in Llangefni fair with Dr. Griffiths. Try to buy horses. Follow him to Amlwch. Buy the grey horse from Mr. Jones, Dinorben Hotel.

16
Tuesday. Ditto. Been with Dr. Griffiths. Try the new horse in the phaeton as far as Cemaes. In the afternoon plowing for barley where the sweedes were. (Note: phaeton – an open 4-wheeled carriage; Cemaes Bay O.S. Grid Reference 372934.)

17
Wednesday. Rain. Plowing. Dry in the afternoon, carting corn to the barn.

18
Thursday. Fair. 3 harrows harrowing in bonc ynys felan rhag.

19
Friday. Dry. Carting muck for beans, and sow them.

20
Saturday. Ditto. Till in bonc ynys felan. In the afternoon been in Amlwch.

21
Sunday. Fine. Been in Penrhos(lligwy) church as godfather for Daniel, the third son of Thomas Jones, smith.

22
Monday. Little rain. Till bonc ynys felan for oats.

23
Tuesday. Commenced sowing oats – only one sack. Rain stops us. In the afternoon plowing in ponc ynys felan.

24
Wednesday. Find day. Been in chapel all day. I have been in church. Get tea in Plas uchaf.

25
Thursday. Ditto. Sow 4 sacks of oats in cae Newydd. Winnowing 19 qrs of oats. Mule very sick.

26
Friday. Cross-harrow cae Newydd. In the afternoon rain stops us.

27
Saturday. Till in bonc ynys felan this morning. In the afternoon done (i.e. finished) sowing cae Newydd. Rain.

28
Sunday. Rain hard. Home till night. Been to hear H. Pritchard in Sardis (chapel).

29
Monday. Fair. Till in bonc ynys felan. At night been in Persondy. (Note: Persondy: Welsh for parsonage.)

30
Tuesday. Ditto. Till in bonc this morning. In the afternoon with Thomas, smith, and sow 2 sacks of oats in cae person.

31
Wednesday. Ditto. Done cae person. Sow 2 sacks in ynys felan bach.

This month was midling dry. We commenced sowing on 23^rd. The market is rather lower than it was – wheat £4 to 4:5; barley 50/ to 54/ ; oats 28/ to 30/ . Horses exceedingly.

Due to me in bets from Edward.

April 1847

1
Thursday. Snow. Till this morning in ponc ynys. In the afternoon carting coal for Llaneuddog.

2
Friday. Ditto. Sow 3 sacks of oats in ynys felan bach and go to funeral of John Williams, Rhosmynach.

Come home. Sow 1.

3
Saturday. Fine day. Done ynys felan bach. Begin cae pigsofl. Sow 3 sacks. Home all day.

4
Sunday. Fine morning. Been in Sardis chapel. Hear stranger preaching. In the afternoon see John Parry. He is very ill. In the evening been in Sardis (chapel). Listen to Seth Roberts.

5
Monday. Fine. Sow 2 oats. Done (i.e. finished) sowing cae pigsofl and go to Llanerchymedd. Swap Bees with Mr Jones’ Eagles. Home at 7.

6
Tuesday. Rain. Begin to harrow cae llwyd 1 sack of oats. Tea party at Sardis (chapel). John Robinson delivered a good sermon. Sleep here this night.

7
Wednesday. Fair. Sow 5 sacks of oats in ditto. Been in Persondy late. (Note: Persondy – Welsh for Parsonage.)

8
Thursday. Rain. Done (i.e. finished) sowing cae llwyd. Sow 6 bushels of barley in crincae.

9
Friday. Fine. Sow barley in crincae. Carting manure for it.

10
Saturday. Ditto. Done sowing barley in crincae 2½ qr.

11
Sunday. Rain all day. Home till 6 in the evening. Been to see John Parry. He is very ill.

12
Monday. Fair. Too wet to sow oats. Been in Amlwch.

13
Tuesday. Fair. Sow oats in cae cefn, the west part of it. Sow clover seed and hayseed in crincae.

14
Wednesday. Fine. Till in bonc ynys felan. Try the chesnut mare in the gig. Met Jane and Betsey at Glanrafon. Came from Tyn y gongl. (Note: Jane and Betsey – his sisters.)

15
Thursday. Dry. At it in bonc ynys felan.

16
Friday. Dry. Sow 6 bushels of barley in bonc ynys felan, 1 sack of oats.

17
Saturday. Rain all day. Been in Llangefni fair. Sold the mare that I swapped with Mr. Jones, Eagles for £16. Get very wet all day. Home 7 o’clock.

18
Sunday. Fair. At home all day till 6. Been in Chwillan. Hear E. Williams, Panur preaching.

19
Monday. Ditto. Plowing in ponc ynys felan.

20
Tuesday. Fine. Ditto.

21
Wednesday. Ditto. Jane left home for the Isle of Man. Sow oats in ditto. (Note: Jane, his sister.)

22
Thursday. Dry. Done sowing oats.

23
Friday. Ditto. Sow clover and hayseed in bonc.

24
Saturday. Dry. Been in Holyhead. Ride the chestnut mare.

25
Sunday. Ditto. Come home from Holyhead this evening.

26
Monday. Rain. Carting manure in cae cefn.

27
Tuesday. Ditto. Plowing ditto for barley.

28
Wednesday. Dry. Home all day.

29
Thursday. Rain. Ditto. Ditto.

30
Friday. Rain. Talmigmo and son is here, Thomas, smith, William Jones, tailor makes new waistcoat for me.

This month was excellent weather for sowing. The market is very high still.

May 1847

1
Saturday. Rain. In the afternoon sow barley in cae cefn and everything.

2
Sunday. Fair. Home till night. Been in Penysarn Baptist chapel. Hear Hugh Pritchard.

3
Monday. Ditto. Home all day.

4
Tuesday. Fair, cold. Plowing for sweeds.

5
Wednesday. Ditto, ditto, ditto.

6
Thursday. Showers. Been in Llanerchymedd. Sold 1 ox for £8:10/ .

7
Friday. Ditto. William Roberts, Ty hen came here from the fair. Been in Llysdulas with him.

8
Saturday. Rain. Been in Amlwch. Mr. Jones left Ty mawr.

9
Sunday. Rain. Home till night. Been in Sardis (chapel). Listen to Seth Roberts.

10
Monday. Fine. Home all day. David Williams, Tyn y gongl came here with his two sisters. Been in Sardis (chapel). Hear Robert, Rhos.

11
Tuesday. Showers. Sow sweeds in cae cefn. Been with my two cousins. Have drive as far as Amlwch. Been in Sardis monthly meeting.

12
Wednesday. Fair. Send 9 qr of oats. Been with Mr. Treweek in Llanerchymedd. Take field in Llwydiarth. (Note: Llwydiarth – a farm near Llanerchymedd.)

13
Thursday. Ditto. Been in Llanfechell fair. (Note: Llanfechell – a village, O.S. Grid Reference 369913.)

14
Friday. Fair. Home till evening. Go to Llyslew. Been in Tom, smith’s. (Note: Llyslew, Llanidan, the home of his uncle, William Jones.)

15
Saturday. Rain. Been in Carnarvon fair.

16
Sunday. Wet. In Llyslew all day.

17
Monday. Dry. Ditto. Ditto.

18
Tuesday. Rain. Came home from Llyslew.

19
Wednesday. Ditto. Home all day.

20
Thursday (calendar correction). Wet. Ditto. Killed pig.

21
Friday (calendar correction). Dry. Salt the pig.

22
Saturday (calendar correction). Fine. Go to Ireland.

23
Sunday (calendar correction). Fine day. In Ireland with my brother Owen in Dublin all day. (Note: Owen, who subsequently settled at Lanesvill, Mass., U.S.A.)

24
Monday (calendar correction). Rough. Come over from Ireland. Very sick passage. At Glybcoed by 10 o’clock.

25
Tuesday (calendar correction). Ditto. Home this morning. Rather ill. In the evening been in Amlwch with O. Thomas, Brindasi in the gig at Amlwch with the chestnut mare.

26
Wednesday (calendar correction). Blowing hard. Home all day. Clear the quarry near Frwd fadog to get drain stuff.

27
Thursday (calendar correction). Fine, hot. Home all day. Shear the sheep.

28
Friday (calendar correction). Ditto. With Thomas, smith. Shear in the afternoon.

29
Saturday (calendar correction). Home. Carting soil in waun bach. Been in Amlwch. Brother David came home from Holyhead.

30
Sunday (calendar correction). Fine. Home all day with Brothers John and David.

31
Monday (calendar correction). Hot. Carting soil in waun fawr all day. Uncle Thomas, Ynys ferw came here. (Note: Thomas Jones of Ynys ferw in the parish of Llanfihangel was William Jones’ uncle, being a brother of his father David Jones. Thomas Jones was the son of John and Catharine Jones of Tyn y coed, Llanddaniel. He was baptized at Llanddaniel church on 9 Oct. 1786.)

The first part of this month was rather wet. The market was very high – wheat £5:5; barley £3; oats 30/ to 38; no potatoes.

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June 1847

1
Tuesday. Hot. Home this morning. In the afternoon been in Amlwch. Miss Jones, Ty mawr and another party came here.

2
Wednesday. Ditto. Home this morning. In the afternoon, been in Isle of Dulas. (Note: Isle of Dulas –Ynys Dulas – a small island off the coast of that part of Anglesey, O.S. Grid Reference 502902. I visited the Island in 1939.)

3
Thursday. Ditto, ditto, ditto. Been to the funeral of John Parry of Penysarn.

4
Friday. Dry. Home all day. Shut drain in cae rhwyn.

5
Saturday. Dry. Cut turf all day. Been with John Owens, sadler. Want my chesnut mare which is sick.

6
Sunday. Dry from the north. Home till evening. Been in Sardis chapel for prayers.

7
Monday. Ditto. Carting soil from old barn hill to cae person. Been in Amlwch for few minutes.

8
Tuesday. Dry today for the land. Carting muck for turnips to cae cefn. Winnowing 6 qrs of barley. Been with Mr. Owen, parson.

9
Wednesday. Showers. Carting muck for turnips this morning. In the afternoon carting rubble for drains for cae rhwyn.              

10
Thursday. Fine. Been in Llangefni fair. Cattle sold £2 cheaper and very little business doing there and horses very short.

11
Friday. Ditto. Shut drains in cae rhwyn. John Owens, sadler here. Mend the gears.

12
Saturday. Rain. Home all day.

13
Sunday. Ditto. Home till 6. Been in Sardis (chapel). Listen to Thomas Davies.

14
Monday (calendar correction). Ditto. Home all day.

15
Tuesday (calendar correction). Fine. Been in Amlwch with Dr. Griffith. See the horse.

16
Wednesday (calendar correction). Rain. Been in Llanerchymedd. Send 9 whethers to Samuel Owens Boswran for 22/0 per head. (Note: Boswran – ?Bodsuran, a farm in the parish of Llechcynfarwydd, O.S. Grid Reference 375809.)

17
Thursday (calendar correction). Fair. Been in Amlwch. Try my horses in the coach to Llanerchymedd. Sleep in Ty mawr.          

18
Friday (calendar correction). Rain. Been in Llanerchymedd this morning with the coach. Come home. Go in the afternoon in the gig with Gewil and with Cathrine and Betsey. Methodist sasiwn. (Note: Gewil, a horse; Cathrine and Betsey, his sisters; sasiwn – a meeting.)

19
Saturday. Fine. Been in Amlwch with Jane and Catherine, Llyslew. (Note: Jane and Catherine Jones of Llyslew, Llanidan were William Jones’ cousins, and daughters of William and Elinor Jones. Jane was born on 9 Sept. 1823 and died on 4 Nov. 1881, being buried in Llanidan churchyard. She was the mother of Sir Ellis Jones Ellis-Griffith. Catherine died at Treifan, Brynsiencyn on 16 July 1898 aged 70 and was buried in Llanidan churchyard. She was a corn-merchant in Manchester and married John Smith Black. Their only child, William Jones Black was born on 23 Feb. 1858, qualified in Medicine and died at the age of 30 on 22 Dec. 1888. He too was buried at Llanidan. In her second marriage, Catherine married William Thomas Parry of Manchester. Their daughter Eleanor Catherine Parry who was born on 2 June 1864 and died on 28 Jan. 1925 married William Jones’ son, William Humphreys Jones.)

20
Sunday. Rain. Home till night. H. Hughes, Plas uchaf is here. Daughter of Llyslew.

21
Monday. Fine. Been in Amlwch with cousin in the gig and chestnut mare. She ran away.

22
Tuesday. Fine. Home.

23
Wednesday. Ditto. Ditto.

24
Thursday. Ditto. Ditto.

25
Friday. Fine. Go to Liverpool (sold the mare an go to Isle of Man.

Boos was horsed last Saturday of June.

Gewil was horsed 17 June by Bron Boby.

July 1847

1
Thursday the first of July 1847.

Fine. Come over from Isle of Man.

2
Friday. Ditto. Come home from Liverpool.

3
Saturday. Fine. Done (i.e. finished) cutting hay. Raking cae mawr.

4
Sunday. Fine. Home.

5
Monday. Ditto. Raking cae adlod.

6
Tuesday. Ditto. Carting hay.

7
Wednesday. Rain. Home.

8
Thursday. Ditto. Ditto.   

9
Friday. Ditto. Ditto.

10
Saturday. Fair. Been in Amlwch in the evening.                  

11
Sunday. Rain. Home till evening. Been in Sardis (chapel) in the prayer meeting. The man was here with the stallion.

13
Tuesday (calendar correction). Verry rotten with the hay. Been in Plas uchaf at night.

14
Wednesday. Fine. Done (i.e. finished) making the hay. Been in Llanerchymedd.

15
Thursday. Hot. Been in Llangefni market. From there to Llyslew.

16
Friday. Fine. From Llyslew to Bangor with O. Williams and home. (Note: Owen Williams of Llyslew, Llanidan was William Jones’ cousin. Owen Williams, as he was later called, was born on 30 Oct. 1819 and subsequently emigrated to Australia.

17
Saturday. Ditto. Make the haystack right all day.

18
Sunday. Ditto. Been in Sardis (chapel). Hear John Rowland. Brother David is home. In the evening at Penysarn with John Rowland. He sleeps here.

19
Monday. Hot. Been in Amlwch with David.

20
Tuesday. Ditto. Home this morning. Been in Amlwch with O. Williams, Llyslew.

The following part of this month was very dry. Very good hay harvest. Good crops of hay and corn. We were very heavy. Shut drains in cae rhwyn and waun fawr and bach. The price of grain is lower now – wheat 3:10 to 3:15; barley 48/0; oats 25/ to 27/0; hay 1/8 to 1/10.

Cattle prices have come down.

August 1847

1
Sunday. Dry. Been with Mr. Jones, Ty mawr in Amlwch. Dined with Mr. Richard Parry. Been in Bull Bay and in Amlwch church. (Note: Bull Bay, O.S. Grid Reference 426943.)

2
Monday. Ditto. Been in Amlwch. From Amlwch to Trewyn.

3
Tuesday. Ditto. Been in the highway with two carts. Carry from the wharf to Rhos fadog road.

4
Wednesday. Rain. Ditto. Ditto. Home all day.

5
Thursday. Ditto. With Tom, smith, till evening. Go to Holyhead. Start at 5 o’clock.

6
Friday. Fine day. Been in South Stack with Mr. Jones, Hughes Lewis and Brother David. (Note: South Stack, O.S. Grid Reference 202824, site of the lighthouse.)

7
Saturday. Rain. Been with Mr. Davies sporting in the mountain and in Amlwch. Stop rather late. Come home with H. Parry.

8
Sunday. Fair. I was in Sardis (chapel) by 2. Hear Hugh Roberts, Brynsiencyn. In the evening see H. Hughes, Plas uchaf. He was very ill. The mare fell under him.

9
Monday. Fair. I was plowing all day in cae person for wheat. At night been in Trewyn. Uncle Llyslew came here from Capel y Park. (Note: Trewyn – a farm; Uncle Llyslew – William Jones of Llyslew, Llanidan was a great Methodist.)

10
Tuesday. Rain. Home all day. Dick Ellis ran away. (Note: in the 1851 Census Return for Glybcoed, Llanwenllwyfo, Richard Ellis, aged 21, is listed as a farm labourer.)

11
Wednesday. Fine. Fetch 2 loads of lime from the Port.

12
Thursday. Rain all day. Home all day.

13
Friday. Fine. Home. Cut some barley in crincae and bonc ynys felan.

14
Saturday. Hot. Been in Llanerchymedd fair.

15
Sunday. Fine. Been in Sardis (chapel). Hear prayers. Ditto at night Hugh Williams Pettus (? Betws).

16
Monday. Fine. Home all (day).

17
Tuesday. Fair. We did cynull 32 stooks of barley. (Note: cynull – Welsh for gather at harvest.)

18
Wednesday. Hot. Home all day.

19
Thursday. Ditto. Cut corn all day with Owen Thomas.

20
Friday. Hot. Cut oats. Done cae person, ynys felan bach and cae pigsofl 7 ser. (? servants).

21
Saturday. Fair. Done (i.e. finished) cutting crincae barley. Been in Amlwch.

22
Sunday. Fair. Home. Richard Williams, Glasgrig is here.

23
Monday. Rain a little. Cut oats in cae llwyd. Cynull cae person, 60 stooks – 50 in ynys felan bach.

24
Tuesday. Hot. Done (i.e. finished) cutting cae llwyd. Cynull 46 stooks of barley in bonc ynyc felan, ditto cae pigsofl 72 stooks and ynys felan bach 94 stooks.

25
Wednesday. Rain. Cut all day.

26
Thursday. Fair. Cynull in crincae 140 stooks of barley.

27
Friday. Ditto. Carry 186 stooks of barley.

28
Saturday. Fair. Done (i.e. finished) cutting oats.

29
Sunday. Fine. Been in Sardis (chapel). Hear stranger. In the afternoon home. Henry Parry and William Williams, Chwyllan are here. Non Henry is talking about wonder all the time we have started for barley.

30
Monday. Ditto. Cut wheat in cae Newydd. In the afternoon rain. Been in Amlwch with David.

31
Tuesday. Fine. Done (i.e. finished) cynull cae llwyd 111 stooks.

This month was very dry. The harvest is very nearly over. The market has come down – wheat 50 to 60; barley 30 to 32; oats 20 to 21:6.

Sept 1847

1
Wednesday. Shower. Cynull in the afternoon.

2
Thursday. Blowing hard from the north. Carry corn all day – 4 carts.

3
Friday. Rain all day. I was beginning to thatch the barley stack.

4
Saturday. Showers. Do little with the corn in the afternoon.

5
Sunday. Fair. Been in Sardis (chapel). Listen to Richards, Carnarvon. Home after that.

6
Monday. Rain this morning. In the afternoon carry stack of oats.

7
Tuesday. Cynull and carry corn. 6 men from Mr. J. H. (Treweek) are here. Rain at 3 o’clock stopped us.

8
Wednesday. Fine. Have the harvest all in.

9
Thursday. Ditto. Begin to thatch.

10
Friday. Small rain. Ditto.

11
Saturday (calendar correction). Thatch. I went to Amlwch in the evening.

12
Sunday (calendar correction). Fine day. Been in Sardis chapel twice. Hear John Jones, Llanberis.

13
Monday (calendar correction). Ditto. Carting muck to cae person, 3 carts all day. I went in the evening to Mr. Owens, Llaneilian. (Note: Mr. Owens, the parson.)

14
Tuesday (calendar correction). Fine. We were mixing manure in cae person.

15
Wednesday. Fair. Been in Llangefni fair. Sold 3 one-year old heifers for £14 and 4 oxes for £9 a head. Rained very heavily. I was obliged to stop at Llangefni.

16
Thursday. Very windy. Winnowing 5½ qr oats. Sold for 17/0. I went from Llangefni to Bangor fair. Purchase horse for £20.

17
Friday. Showers. Home till evening. Been with Owen Roberts. Try the new horse as far as Pen y cin.

18
Saturday. Windy. Home till evening. Been in Amlwch for a short time.

19
Sunday. Rain. Home till evening. Been in Sardis (chapel). Listen to Seth Roberts.

20
Monday. Fine day. Been with Mr. Jones, Ty mawr and Petters coursing. Catch one hare. (Note: William Petters of Amlwch Port was a tanner.)

21
Tuesday. Rain. Thatch all (day).

22
Wednesday. Fair. Carting cows’ dung to cae person.

23
Thursday. Ditto. Home all day.

24
Friday. Fine weather. Ditto. Ditto.

25
Saturday. Ditto. I went to Holyhead. Stop till Sunday evening.

27
Monday. Ditto. Been in Amlwch. Meet Mr. Edwards, Penrhos.

28
Tuesday. Ditto. Cart cows’ dung to cae person all day.

29
Wednesday. Dry from the east. I was on the inquest of Rowland Williams, Ty newyd. John Jones, George Inn, Holyhead is here. Buy fat cow, 3 sheep for £15. Go to Amlwch to register the voters for Amlwch Boroughs.

30
Thursday. Ditto. Been in Amlwch all day, ditto.

This month was fine. Cattle are lower than they were.

Oct 1847

1
Friday, the first day of Oct. 1847.

Fine. I have been in Amlwch. Valued the voters’ houses. D. Jones, Ty mawr came home.

2
Saturday. Fine day. Been in Llanerchymedd fair.

3
Sunday. Ditto. Home all day.

4
Monday. Fine day. Home all day.

5
Tuesday. Ditto. Carting mixture for wheat in cae person. I have been in Sardis chapel. Hear good sermon and go to Cemaes (Bay) with O. Williams, Llyslew. Came home through Amlwch and quarrel together. (Note: Owen Williams of Llyslew, Llanidan was William Jones’ cousin.)

6
Wednesday. Heavy rain. I have been in Bodewrnyd. (Note: Bodewryd, O.S. Grid Reference 399908.)

7
Thursday. Dry. Been in Amlwch all day. Register the voters.

8
Friday. Rain. Home all day.

9
Saturday. Rain. Carting mixture in cae person for wheat. Been in Vidrol. See the steam threshing-machine.

10
Sunday. Rain. Home this morning. Been in Sardis (chapel). Listen to Edward Williams, Panwr.

11
Monday. Fair. Carting manure in cae person.

12
Tuesday. Ditto. Ditto. Been this evening in Llaneilian church.

13
Wednesday. Ditto. Fine. I have been in Amlwch with Dr. Griffith and Mr. Hills.

14
Thursday. Ditto. Been with Mr. Hills in Glan yr afon, sporting. Kill 8 pheasants, 5 partrich.

15
Friday. Fine day from the east. Home all day. Till cae rhwyn.

16
Saturday. Ditto. Finish draining cae rhwyn with Will Owen.

17
Sunday. Fine day. Home till night. Been in Sardis (chapel). Hear R. Owen, Traeth coch. (Note: Traeth coch – Welsh for Red Wharf Bay.)

18
Monday. Dry. Been with Mr. Owens hunting all day with Mr. Hills and Hugh, Madyn.

19
Tuesday. Rain. Home all day.

20
Wednesday. Ditto. Ditto.

21
Thursday. Fair.

22
Friday. Ditto. Brother Thomas came home.

23
Saturday. Rain. I have been in Llangefni fair. Received £35 for four oxes from Mr. E. Jones.

24
Sunday. Fair. Home with brothers John, Thomas and David. Been in Sardis (chapel). Hear stranger from Llangefni.

25
Monday. Fine. I have been in Amlwch with Thomas and David. Get tea in Dinorben Hotel.

26
Tuesday. Ditto. Been in Penysarn hunt.

27
Wednesday. Rain. I have been in Menai Bridge. Send Brother Thomas.

28
Thursday. Ton of coal from Berw. (Note: Berw – Holland Arms or Pentre Berw, O.S. Grid Reference 470725, where coal was mined.)

29
Friday. Ditto, ditto, ditto.

30
Saturday. Wet. Home all day.

31
Sunday. Rain. Home all day.

This month was dry. The price of cattle is £2 a head lower than last August. The price of grain: wheat 52/ to 55/ ; barley 32/ ; oats 18/ to 20/ .

November 1847

1
Monday. Fair. Home all day.

2
Tuesday. Ditto, ditto, ditto.

3
Wednesday. Ditto, ditto, ditto.

4
Thursday. Ditto. Plowing for wheat.

5
Friday. Ditto. Sow 1 qr of wheat in cae person.

6
Saturday. Rain. Till cae talgian. In the afternoon with Tom, smith. In the evening been in Amlwch. (Note: talgian – ? talcen – Welsh for gable-end.)

7
Sunday. Blowing hard. Been in Sardis. Hear R. Owen, Amlwch.

8
Monday. Very windy and rain. Home all day. Put the calves in.

This month was rather wet. The price of cattle is lower than this time last year (by) £2 a head. The (price of) grain is: wheat from 55/ to 56 per qr; barley 32/ ; oats 19/ .

Dec. 1847

1
Wednesday. Fair. Been in Llanerchymedd. Sold 4 bullocks to Mr. Owens Trewyn for £7 a head.

2
Thursday. Rain. Been with Dr. Griffith. Buy horse in Glasgrig for £16:10.

3
Friday. Ditto. Home all day.

4
Saturday. Very heavy rain and wind. Fetch load of timber from Llyslew.

5
Sunday (calendar correction). Dry. Home all day.

6
Monday (calendar correction). Rain. Home all day.

7
Tuesday (calendar correction). Ditto. Brother David came home.

8
Wednesday (calendar correction). Fine. Been in Llanerchymedd and Amlwch with D(avid).

Richard Rowland

Hire for the harvest

Aug 14                 1 day

        17                 1/3
        18                 1/2
        20                 1/2
        21                 1
        22                 1
        24                 1
        25                 1
        27                 1
        28                 1
        29                 1            

                                                            Pay Side

                                                                                                                        £        s             d

Jan         2/45                      J. Jones, blacksmith                                                      5             0

               4                            W. Fraser, school for Joseph                                      15           10

               6                            2 Assessment                                                  2             0             0

               7                            Wm. Williams, Pendu                                                   2             6

               24                          Richard Williams, Glasgrig                           6             0             0

               29                          for coal in Llaneuddog                                                 7             0

                                             Wm. Williams, Pendu                                                   10           0

Feb         8                            Income tax                                                      1             6             3

               24                          Assessment                                                      1             0             0

                                             Pendu                                                                               5             0

               25                          Edward Williams, Llaneuddog                                    4             6

               27                          For baking bread                                                           4             0

March                                 In Jones for hook                                                          1             0

               4                            Assessment ½                                                                10           0

               15                          O. Rowlands, machine for timber                             14           6

               22                          Thos. Williams, Talmigno                                            5             6

April       8                            Edward Williams, tax                                    2             0             0            

May       3                            Pendu is clear                                                 0             7             0

                                             Thos. Jones ditto                                                           10           6

                                                            By Cash

                                                                                                                        £             s             d

Jan         1/45                      Cornelius Williams                                         3             0             0

               2                            Samuel, butcher for 3 sheep                       2             14           0

                                             Corneli(us)           –   –   –                                   6             0             0

Feb         8                            Mr. Petters for cow skin                               14           0

               18                          Mr. Cornelius Williams                                 7             0             0

24                          for oats from H. Griffith                               9             12           6

March   8                            H. Hills, Esqr.                                                   1             15           6

                                             H. Jones, Felin, bach                                      1             11           0

                                             Sam

                                                            William Jones, Glybcoed

                                                            William Jones

(Note: Assessment – Land Tax Assessment)

9
Thursday (calendar correction). Rain. Home all day and going home.

10
Friday (calendar correction). Very wet. Ditto. Ditto.

11
Saturday (calendar correction). Ditto. Been shooting with Mr. H. Hughes, Madyn.

12
Sunday (calendar correction). Rain. Home.

13
Monday (calendar correction). Fine. Been hunting with Mr. Owens, Petters and H. (Hughes), Madyn.

14
Tuesday (calendar correction). Dry. Home all day.

15
Wednesday (calendar correction). Rain. Home all day. Dick carting coal for Llaneuddog. 1 cart in the highway. Mother is in Holyhead since Monday, want her home.

16
Thursday (calendar correction). Rain and windy. Fetch 15 cwt. of coal from E. Williams, Llaneuddog. The cart is drawing coal for him.

17
Friday (calendar correction). Rain. Very wet. Home all day. Father and Mother are at Holyhead. Very rough.

18
Saturday (calendar correction). Very wet. I have been in Trewyn and in Amlwch. Father and Mother return from Holyhead.

19
Sunday. Fair. Home all day.         

20
Monday. Ditto. I have been in Trewyn. Received £39:4:6.

21
Tuesday. Fine. I have been to pay the rent.

22
Wednesday. Frost. Home all day.

23
Thursday. Ditto. Been with Mr. Hills.

24
Friday. Ditto. Been with Mr. Hills, shot.

Friday. Fine. Fetch seaweed – 4 loads.

(25)
(Saturday). Christmas day. Fine. Home all day.

(26)
Sunday. Fine. Been in Sant hall with Hugh Williams, Chwyllan and in Sardis.

(27)
Monday. Ditto. Carting seaweed. I start for Holyhead at 4 o’clock.

(28)
Tuesday. Ditto. In Holyhead.

(29)
Wednesday. Rain. Ditto.

(30)
Thursday. Fair. Return from Holyhead.

(31)
Friday. Ditto. Home till night. Been in Amlwch.

The commencement of this month was very wet. The price of wheat 58/ to 60 ; barley 32/ ; oats 18/6; cattle are not very high – £2 lower than this time last year.