Very little is known about John Hughes Jones of Llyslew. He was born on 11 May 1828, one of six sons and daughters of William Jones (Llyslew) and Eleanor Hughes. He died on 29 December 1886, and as far as is known was unmarried.
Diary and Account Book of John Hughes, Llyslew, 1870, 1871 & 1874
1870
My own goods at cost price & do. Mr. H
Want live female servant as soon as possible
Nov. 29 70
Ed. Williams’s account of swede at Rhos
| 102 rows 32 roods long at 3½d per rood | £2 – 0 – 0 |
| 48 rows 24 roods | 0 – 14 – 6 |
| 2 do. 32 roods | 0 – 10 |
| 2″ 15″ 4 |
Robt. Benwyn’s account 152 rows at 3½d per 20 rood
Potatoes 25s
cae Hen Dy to Robt 8’
Pydew 6
1/2s days 3 – 9
July 7 70
paid for Baron Hill horses
£2 – 2 – 2 – Groom 2/6
Expense at Llangefni 1/6
| Gave to Wm. Jones to pay the boys 10s | 117 54 |
| 171 |
| Got £45 – 0 – 0 from the Bank | 171 152 |
| 323 |
Paid to Wm Jones Erianallt for 48 labms at 14s per head £33 – 10 – 0
To John Jones Cors yr Eira for 10 quarters of oats I had in spring £10 – 0 – 0
Came home round by
8
Have H & Hughes’s Bill signed & posted
July 9 – 1870
Paid at Caernarvon for weighing 9 Beasts 4/6
Paid to the boat 10d
July 9
Give cheque to J. Parry for £32 – 0 – 0 and got £10 in in half sovereigns out of it to pay the boys for cleaning swedes
Owe him 3s/0d
To felin heli & back 1s/2d
to Wm. Black 1s/0d
1 – 0 – 0
1 – 0 – 0
1 – 0 – 0
16 – 0
8 – 0
1 – 11 – 6
1 – 0 – 0
1 – 0 – 0
10 – 0
4 – 0
1 – 1 – 6
8 – 4 – 6
July 11 – 1870
Rise at 5 A.M. to go to Beaumaris went through Baron Hill yard spend for dinner mare & piles ointment 4s/0 came home through Llanddona made statement of account with Thomas Pritchard my manure agent, went to the Prayer meeting to Bryn
July 12 – 1870
Paid to Mary Williams 2d for Clothes Basket, came car leb Paid for cleaning my clothes at Llangefni 4/6
Sold to O. Jones Bridge 46 sheep for £95 – 0 – 0, went through Llanfair gate by going to Society to carry O. Jones home, he
1870 – July 14
Car went to packet ferry to meet R. Wms. Implement Dealer went with him to Llangefni came back by four D Williams Baker was here when I came home. settle all his bill up to this date excep one pound, went to Bryn with D. Williams to chapel to hear Pritchard Rhos Llanuchrugog 1s/0
1870 – July 15
Paid to boys for cleaning swedes 10s
wool of lambs 110 lbs
Kept 12 lbs at home for drawers & stockings & &
met E.J.G. Went to C’von to Robt. Wms’ House with train Expense of the day
5s drawing points for agreement with Robt. Williams
Sadday July 16 – 1870
At Carnvarvon expense 1s, cae by way of Cae mawr home
Sunday July 17 – 1870
Owen Hughes Holyhead Preaching. collected at night for poor children of Sunday School 7s/1d
July 1870 – July 18
Went to Llangefni after dinner to get rent of cae mawr had tea at Boston House T. Hughes Pont y fyrian came with me to Bryn to the prayer meeting had a very useful conversation about the great benefit of being diligent with religion great rumor about the war beginning in Prusia
July 19 – 1870
R ½ past 6 Home all day begin thatching the hay
July 20 – 1870
half past six rise went to waun sarn las and inspected the lower afon of Bodrida got it to be 4 feet lower than felin river. Will Jones & John Pary did not work more than half in proportion to what they worked in my presence Sister of Cath Thomas was here. paid C. Thomas £2 – 0 – 0 went to town to pay Rent of Cae mawr and to speak with the agents of Vaynol estate about new tenant want to go to Feram Bailey to morrow Called at Ty Coch by coing home. Mrs. Lewis Bodrida was there had Tea at David Williams Expense today 1/6 Went to Society son of Robin y go ended the Society
21 July 1870
Paid to Will. Roberts Servant £2 – 0 – 0 went to Llangefni with Will Merchant. being approached to judge green crop with Bodafon in carnarvonshire.
paid over my horse at pen y bont & mending the whip 2/6 & 1s/0 went home pass Feram Bailey arrange with Jones to go to cae mawr on Saturday morning to make a carful estimate on all stock home by 10 p.m. carrying ditch of cae sarn las up to the top of the field 50 load a day.
22 July 1870
Received for potatoes from Morgans Bryngwyn £3–18– went to ty Coch to (?) see about Cae Mawr Bathed under Llanidan William Bach & Robert Wms was with me cau ffos cae mawr dechreu
23 July 1870
Rise at six to go to cae Mawr meet Jones Feram Bailey to give estimate on the stock. Bathed opposite Plas Penrhyn Estimate of Cae mawr stock £950 – 0 – 0. Bone manure £55 – 0 – 0 = and lime) Received of Wm. Davies on account of the Heifer £10 – 0 – 0 went to hear mynydog at cana from there to cefn du
Sunday 24 July 1870
Went from cefn du to cyfarfod ysgol Llangristiolus arranged to have good account from every school later on John Jones Moriah at Holland arms Home by 5 p.m. went to Bryn to lesson Griffiths four crosses collected 10-5d towards small School Boys
25 of July 1870
Owen Rolant, Cae mawr here in the morning, O. Owens Elim was caried as far as Graianfryn, went with O. Rolant to Ty coch from there to Bodrida. T. Griffith offered £100 – 0 – 0 good will for going to cae mawr, went to Cae mawr from Bodrida. Returned home at 11.25 p.m. to bed at 11.45
July 26 – 1870
The cow was ill from costivness J. Hughes butcher gave her 1¼ lb. of Epsom Salts yesterday and ¾ lb. to day and some llith Berth got their Hay in arranged to send the carts to go for 5 tons of Coal to morrow spoke at Cae ffynnon with Will Parry Prior man carrying ditch cae sarn las 27 load per daliad 4 men loading – Paid to O. Roberts £4 – 0 – 0 all that was due till to tonight – Red the alliance news now and then pd 6d for herrings
27 July
rose 6 p.m. weighed the sheep wedi trymhau dim ond tri phwys mewn bob un mewn chew dwrnod ar hugain. O. Rolant cae mawr came here went with him to Carnarvon to see Morton, came to Bryn to Society. T. Jones & Ellis Dwyran was there Expense at Carnarvon 4/6 Cymonfa dissenters was to day three of my servant went there
28 July 1870
Home morning Robt Williams Carnarvon came here to go to Llangefni market. came home after Ed. Griffith signed the B. by way of cefn du Williams Bought chestnut mare there for £28 – 0 – 0 Jones Vetenary Surgeon Llanllyfni was here when I came home, concerning cae mawr, went to bed 12.20 p.m.
29 July 1870
rose ½ 6 p.m. drove Jones as far as gate neula ir mor ir guirt called at Tan Twr Hugh Thomas came with me home to go to Llangefni about Bond David Williams Baker came here stop without go to Bed to talk with Robert till 1-20 p.m.
30 July 1870
Recd. On account of cattle William Davies the sun of £10 – 0 – 0
asked Wms C S to pay £30 – 0 – 0 bill Robt Griffith. been at Beaumaris assizes came through Carnarvon home and called at Cae mawr Expense 5s home by 11
Flour Carts went to Llanfair Station from me to get frost flour and Bran to David Wms 34 Sacks of the former and 20 of the latter
31 July 1870
rose 7
Griffith Wms Llanfachraeth in Chapel morning & evening he came with me home to go to Rhos y golyn monthly meeting. wrote to Hughes BK to say that R. Williams would pay Robt Griffith’s bill
1 August 1870
Seven men begin to cut corn in cae Sgubor expecting the engine reaper to come here to morrow went to prayer meeting to Bryn
2 August 1870
rise at 6½. O. Rolant Cae mawr breakfasted with, and I have sent him to Carnarvon to Morton went to Llanfair Station to meet Howards’s man to set the machine right he came with the 9 A.M. train the machine arrived last night When William Jones was at the Station getin one ton of oil cake
A lot of Friends was here witnessing the reaper working viz. Jones Llwynon & son Hughes Bank Llangefni Roberts Cefn du Wm Tre Evan, Williams Castle Square
3 August 1870
John Hughes L’pool Preaching at 2 p.m. all my servants went from cynull cae flaen drws to Chapel 11 of them went with him to Tydyn Ada to tea.
4 August 1870
cuting oats with machine in cae ffynon cunull cae flaen drws. rain came about three to Break cynull and the men went to cut part of Cae pedair croeslon wetn to cae mawr to meet Morton arrange to meet Evan Owen Auctioneer to morrow to make valuation on all things there went to Society driving Howard’s man to the packet before going to Society.
August 5 friday
Went to Cae mawr but E. Owen Auctioneer & Morton did not come went over to Carnarvon with gwr Feram Bailey, but they did not come. came home by four o clock boat and went to Llangefni with Robin in the gig to much B
Saturday August the 6th
under a bilious attack went to Carnarvon Market Came over to Cae mawr was there till 11-30 p.m. selling the Stock to Morton & Evan Owen for £1070 = to pay Tuesday next
Sunday August 7th
Prayer meeting at Bryn because Rd. Jones Holyhead had been suspended by the Monthly Meeting Wm. Jones Dwyran came at night
August 8th 1870 Monday
Home all day. Merch Tavern Grisia went home 4 6 went off to O. Jones Butcher R. Hughes Bodowyr came here for the reaping machine but we could not agree Hirinh Paying J. Parry for winter £4 – 3 – 6
9th Tuesday
9th Augst 1870
I bought from J. Hughes Esqr of Llyslaw the Sum of 300 quarter of Oats whte & Black in good Condation for the Sum of 22/- per Quarter of 315 & to be delivered in four days from the above Date
Signed John Parry
Do. John Hughes
If any ten days
J.H.
11 August 1870
First day we began to thrash
5 bundles of empty sacks from J. & Hugh Owen corn Merchants Dwyran
1 Bundle contained 19 sacks
2 do. do. 20
3 do. do. 20
4 do. do. 20
5 do. do. 20
99
11th 20 quarters went to packet per J. Parry & J. Jones carter
12th 48 sacks or 30 quarter for Owens’s Dwyran to packet quay per J. Parry, J. Jones & gwas y felin.
this afternoon sent
48 sacks or 30 quarter to Llanfair Station Book for Gardner per J. Parry J. Jones & hogyn y felin sacks from J. Thomas came with carts back from Llanfair
13 August 1870
32 sacks to Owen’s to Llanfair Station this 32 sacks make their lot to be one hundred quarters delivered
13th
16 sack to Gaerwen Station this 32 sacks make their lot to be one hundred quarters delivered
15th August 1870
32 sacks of oats to Gaerwen Station for John Thomas morning
Afternoon of the 15th
32 sacks to John Thomas to Gaerwen Station
7 a.m.
Tuesday morning August 16
to Gaerwen Station to J. Thomas 32 sacks this last thirty two sacks makes J. Thomas’s lot to be 160 sacks or one hundred quarter
Tuesday 16th morning 11 – p.m.
32 sacks or 20 quarter of oats from Llyslew to John Thomas to Caerwen this lot makes the number of quarters he got of white oats to be 120 quarters
Tuesday 16 afternoon
4 p.m. 16 sacks of white oats went to John Thomas which makes the lot of white oats he had up to this date to be 130 qrs
Ditto
this afternoon 16 sacks of Black oats went to Caerwen Station to John Thomas
17th of August 1870 – 7 p.m.
32 sacks of Black oats to John Thomas to Caerwen Station at 3 p.m. 32 sacks of Black oats. this makes up the lot of Black oats John Thomas had to be 50 quarters.
Tuesday 9th of August 1870
Went to Carnarvon to receive money for Stock of Cae mawr the parties could not come forward till Thursday telegraph to Liverpool for the price of my oats, reply marked decidedly worse all round went to Holland after came home sold, and sold to John Thomas 300 quarters of Black & White oats for 22s per quarter
Wednesday August 10th 70
In the morning went with T. M. Griffith Ty Coch to felin heli about Cae mawr agents hinted it was rather in the hand of Smith himself. Griffith stoped here till time of going to Society
Thursday 11th of August 70
Home till after dinner went to Llangefni to Wm. Griffith Bodlew & D. Jones Glybcoed, bills came from Llangefni home about 5 p.m. the boys of Owen Hari and Paddock
Went to Cae mawr to meet Morton & party Got cheque for £770 – 0
Friday 12th 1870
Went to Carnarvon to change Mrs. Lewis’s cheque deposited for her £400 – 0 – 0
Sent home per Owen Rowland £100 – 0 – 0 £95 – 0 – 0 in bills & £5 – 0 – 0 in gold went to Bangor after dinner meet E.J.G. at B. Vue
Saturday 13th August 70
Went to Carnarvon tried to have the bond ready but cant till Monday
14th Sunday
John Williams Tal y Bont was here heavy lazy day
15 Monday
£ s d
Rent & Taxes 110 – 0 – 0
Porter 52 – 0 – 0
Clarke 65 – 0 – 0
Assistans 65 – 0 – 0
54 – 0 – 0
Travelling exp 100 – 0 – 0
Gas & water 10 – 0 – 0
Carriages 50 – 0 – 0
Horse Keep 20 – 0 – 0
£522 – 0 – 0
15 Monday £ s d
522 – 0 – 0
bad debts 28 – 0 – 0
550 – 0 – 0
Round number £600 – 0 – 0
2000 turned 4 times over in a year will come to £8,000
20 per cent upon that will come to £1600 – 0 – 0
Expenses 600 – 0 – 0
1000 – 0 – 0
To be received To be paid
£ s d £
Wool 6 – 0 – 0 Cae mawr 25
Potatoe 4 – 0 – 0 cake 24
Butcher 4 – 0 – 0 corn 20
crosses 70 – 0 – 0 Bradburn 40
a – goed 110 – 0 – 0 Hual 14
sundries 200 – 0 – 0 Owen 28
Sheep 95 – 0 – 0 lime 48
cows 300 – 0 – 0 196
Prysgol 100 – 0 – 0
(5 boys
Bethel 4 – 16 – 0
893 “ 16 “ 0
Wednesday 17th 1870
Llangefni Fair
Recd. Of Thos Pary on acct. of manure his brother had £2 – 2 – 0
Paid to Jones seedsman Rhyl £1 – 6 – 0 for last season seed
Received of Lewis Aber for Capt Platt £14 – 14 – 0
Paid John Jones 15s
do Thos Jones Tai Hirion £1 – 10 – 0 being balance for sheep
Recd. £1 – 0 – 0 on acct. of Rabits which I sold for £12 – 10 – 0
Paid £1 – 0 – 0 to Will Ty coch
(?) ………… Thursday 18th
Mad – d. S. a. good start A for Life
sober sober
Thrashing all day
Home all day the 19th
20th Saturday
At Carnarvon Home by way of Bangor & Llanfair Agreed for Truck at Llanfair
August 21 – 1870
Morning Williams America was in Chapel. Came soon from school to go to Wylnos Hugh Evans. T. J. Hughes was at Bryn at 6 to night
22st
cut oats at Rhos Dan fodlew heavy Rain middle of the day. Cattle went to Mancheter I went after them 4 o’clock
23rd August 1870
In Manchester selling cattle it requires to be the 5 in the morning home by last train to Gaerwen. Cathrine & the little girl came with me to Bangor
24
Home all day Ann & Cathrine came here Car went for Jane. Cath & Ann stopped here for the night. finish cut corn
25th of August 1870
Rise 9 p.m. Got our harvest to day, went to Llangefni with Ann & Cathrine. came home found Robert at Boston House. Call at T. Hirion Home by 11-45 p.m. Entered Receipts and Expense in my Cash Book
26th of August 1870
Men making ropes & thatching went the first Packet to Williams London house formerly at Llanllyfni came to Carnarvon to Williams to sleep, and to go over terms of agreement before the attorney draw it out. Went to Bed at 12 p.m. Expense 2s.
Saturday 27th 1870
Received for Lamb wool £5 – 3 – 0
Deposited at the Bank £135 – 0 – 0
Paid Wm Jones Berth all till to night £2 – 0 – 0 left for the cow
Recd of Wm Griffith Bodlew, £9 – 0 – 0
Of J. & H. Owen for corn Balance £8 – 3 – 0
For Harvest work 36s/0
Recd for pesgwyn 6s/0
Monday August the 29th 1870
to pay for Beasts at the Marsh per Roberts 28s. Paid for harvest work to son in law to Hugh Lewis y Glo 29s/0. Turnpike Bridge & newspaper 10d Ticket for Manchester 8/4 for cows at Prestatyn 2/6 guard 1/6 to driver 2/6 pens in market 2/6 for carring the grey cow from the market 5s/0
Jan 14 – 1874
H. Lewis given
14 – 0 – 0
136 – 0 – 0
42 – 0 – 0
192 – 0 – 0
34 – 0 – 0
148 – 0 – 0
Tuesday 30th of August
in Manchester sold 7 cows and two which was put down at Prestatyn station
Wednesday 31st of August
Home all day Gave £10 – 0 – 0 to David Williams Baker to go to Holyhead to pay his bill
Thursday Sept 1 – 1870
Paid to O. Rowlands back for 13 days work 13s/0 to J. R. y Gr for oil glas 2/6 to Wil Ty coch 12s due to hi last Saturday the 27th of August expce at Llangefni market 2s/0d Paid to Robt Roberts Gwydryn £20 – 0 – 0
Received for Buwch Tydyn Nathaniel £13 – 3 – 0
Stopped at Cefn du by coming home from Llangefni
Friday 2nd of September 1870
Paid rate to Wm Pritchard for 4 houses & farm at 9d in the Pound £8 – 19 – 6Paid in cheque to Bradburn £39 – 2 – 4
ditto to Alfred Hall £11 – 17 – 8
Saturday Sept 3 – 1870
For grass of 5 beasts at 21d per week to Mrs. Williams Holland 36s/
Dic son in law to H. Lewis y Glo 12s Will Ty Coch 6s expense 2s
Went to cefn du after came from town and drove with Wm Roberts to Bodrwyn ready for cyfarfod ysgol at Soar
Sunday the 4th of Sept 1870
Cyfarfod ysgol Soar usiau cofio am yru nifer yr aelodau erbyn dyd Mawrth y 13th or mis hwn
went to Bryn at night R. Williams Gosen came Home with me to sleep.
Great rumour about the surrender of Napoleon
Monday 5th of Sept 1870
Home all day, went to the Prayer meeting at night
Tuesday 6
Home all day. Mr. & Mrs. Jones Feram Bailey & Mrs. Lewis came here in the after-noon
Wednesday the 7 of Sept 70
Home the morning, went to Port madog show in the Evening slept with Griffith Ty Coch at Maddocks Arms Ex 2/6
Sept 8 Thursday 1870
At Tre madog show judging Sheep & pigs home from there about 12 p.m.
Recd. £10 – 0 – 0 from London
Sept 9 Friday 1870
Home all morning. went to Bangor to meet E. J. Home by 9 p.m. Expense 8s/6d
Recd post office orders for £19 – 0 – 0
Sept 10 Saturday
To Wil Jones servant £1 – 0 – 0
To John Jones do 0 – 10 – 0
To Hugh Jones Lony 20 – 11 – 6
To Tomas Pen y Bont 1 – 0 – 0
23 – 1 – 0
Sunday 11 of Sept 1870
John Williams Llanerchymedd cool
School without Gaerwen people in it
Monday 12 Sept 1870
rising 5—50 A.m. went with William Jones Tai Hirion to Bodwrog Bought of him 8 oxes for £15 – 10 – 0 each drove to the monthly Meeting of Gilead, was made there a Treasurer on Collection to Weak neighbourhood E. Morgan & O. Thomas Liverpool were there many there promised money
July 10 – 1870
Cyfarfod gwedi bore ysgol prydnhawn, yr hen Hugh Jones Llanerchymed y nos
Pend.
Fod yn bosibl i dym feistroli treddiadau droy lyd
Monday Sep 12 – 70
the chairman promised £10. H. H. home at half Past Six
Tuesday 13 – 1872 (An error by John Hughes for 1870)
Home all day went to Feram Bailey and gave note of H. for 130 in change of duplicate
520
31
520
1560
16120
4030
335
16 – 17
Sept Wednesday 14th
carrying stones from cae peda r croeslon to make the yard dry. went to tyn drain. arrange 44 went to Society
Sept 15
At Llangefni Fair £ s d
Paid for 24 sheep 40 – 11 – 6
To Roberts’ expense 0 – 2 – 6
gift in 7 oxen to the man that drove them home 2 – 0
Expense at the fair 3 – 0
40 “ 18 “ 0
Recd. For cattle 68 – 5 of mine
of funds money 23 – 10 for manure
91 “ 15 £15 – 0 – 0
the 16th of Sept 1870
Home all day Morgan and thoms here to night collecting towards the Athrofa
Saturday 17th 1870
Under a very severe attack of bile. Paid Wm Pritchard Dwyran for turning the Pastai.
Paid to Boys for hel cerrig 5s/0
Sunday the 18th 1870
lent to pay the preacher 10/s
Monday 19th 1870
Went to Carnarvon had the name of the copetitors for rhug estate prize from Jones deposited at the Bank £130 produce of Mrs Lewis’s
Receipt do. £80 – 0 – 0 notes
proceeds of cattle and manure at Llengefni Fair. paid £1 – 0 – 0 for carriage from Rhyl to Llanfair Station of 1200 of 4 inches Bone draining pipes
Paid 8s/6d out of misol fund to boys for hel cerrig and kept 2s/0 in pocket
Tuesday 20 Sept 1870
Baron Hill Fair bought 5 lester Ewes 5 Gimmers, 20 lambs Moddion diolchgarwch
gave 3s/0 towards lighting the Chapel
Sept 21 Wednesday 1870
Went by 6-50 A.M. train from Menai Bridge to Denbigh show, accident to the train disappointed for 10 short Horn Bullocks, home 6 P.M. train. Mr. Robt O. Jones & Mr Jenkins Bottwnog school came here to night expense at Denbigh 12s
Thursday 22 Sept 1870
Llangefni cattle show Recd. For chickens 12s Stone Masons & Will Morris working at the yard drying it
Paid to Foulks for 5qr of corn £5 – 0 – 0
Paid to J. H. Bodwrog for two beast £27 – 6 – 0
Paid to Wm Jones for 11 sheep £19 – 10 – 6
dinner for Jones, Jenkins and self at the Cattle sho 10s/6d
Nov 1 1870
paid to H. Roberts Sadler £1 – 0 – 0
do Owen Rolant back 9s/
Nov. 2 1870
John & Hugh Jones masons building Engine house. Thomas Hughes joiner making trowst to cwt malu
The crank of the Engine Broke Wil Rberts went with the crank to Carnarvon gave 1s in his pocket
Doctor Treriffri & Edward Bodlew was here wrote to letter for the former to solicit votes of the Guardians to get him a medical officer in Llanidan district
Went to Society, several quoted parts of the sermon of J. F. Jones Machynlleth Thomas Griffith Ty Coch slept here to night to go to the funeral of Uncle Erianallt to morrow
Thomas Davies Berw here
Feb 15
to Robin benwyn 30s/
do Ed. Williams 20
Feb 18 – 1871
Robin Jones Rhos 20s/0
Hugh certmon 10/0
Will Jones Berth two 20/0
To I. Hughes sarn lew 50/0
Received of John Clynog for cow £11 – 0 – 0
Of the Bank per cheque by Owen Rowland £50 – 0 – 0
Paid for the returning of wagon from four crosses 26s/6d
For sending returned waggon with 63 bags of Special from Carnarvon to Llanfair 26s/0
Paid to the Capt of the Miss mitcard on a Cargo of manure per Ellen to felin heli the sun of £53 – 0 – 0
2s to pay Ellen’s expenses
Paid to John Parry mill the following bill
Oct 25 grussioin sack of Indian corn 0 – 1 – 0
Jan 12 1871 40 lbs o flawd ceirch 4 – 0
do sachad o haidd 0 – 16 – 0
Jan 26 60 lbs o flawd ceirch 0 – 8 – 6
Feb 7 sack 1 – 14 – 0
Feb 20 two sacks of barley 1 – 14 – 0
4 “ 18 “ 0
Feb 22 – 1871
Cheque to Owen Rowlands to go to town to pay over a waggon of 7 tons of manure to go to Valley £2 – 0 – 10
23
Cheque to Wm. Jones to go to Llangefni to finish the cheque of D. Jones Glybcoed to meet the £25 – 0 – 0 bill of his at Llangefni Bank
23
to pay over 20 sacks of Indian corn at Llangefni
25th
to ned bach £1 – 0 – 0
Robin Benwyn 0 – 10 – 0
Sarn lew 10 – 0
Wm Morris 1 – 0 – 0
Feb. 27 – 1871
to Owen Rowlands £1 – 0 – 0
Received of Llyfni Bk £20
Pd rate over Oil cake £1 – 3 – 6
To Thomas Roberts the carter for carrying hog manure
Feb. 25th £1 – 10 – 0
Railway carriage on 3 tons of manure fro Carnarvon to Chester “over” on its way to Cynnwyd Station ditto paid carriage on the same from Chester pr Cynnwyd by cheque on the North & South Wales bank £1 – 5 – 0
Feb. 25 – 1871
Carriage of 45 bags of manure from Carnarvon to Corwen £3 – 10 – 9
Carriage of 5 tons of manure from Carnarvon to Llangefni £1 – 5 – 0
March 6 – 1871
to I. Hughes Sarn lew £0 – 10 – 0
Recd. Of E. Hughes Butcher Trawsfynyd first payment on acct. of sheep he had £40; 30 sheep went off to day March 7
Paid E. Williams drainer £2 – 0 – 0
to Wm Owen slater 10s
2 shillings at Tai Hirion
November 24 – 1874
have sent 11 fat pigs to Holland arm to John Jones Newbro weighed as follows
307
375
292
321
281
298
348
334
321
334
352
3563
11(3563
323 – 10 average
G of acceptance on account of them on Llangefni Bk by John Jones Newbro
Nov. 23
lent John Parry mill £3 – 10 – 0 26th he paid
23rd
John Jones Treborth was here sleeping. he gave Sunday in 1876 ordered through him book H & G war
24rd
sowing first Part of Vetches to day at cae canol by Wm Williams along with rye
had the seed from Chester from Dixon in two sacks
24th
Dew Jones & Co was here & Bodrida shooting to day
24th
first day to turn the cattle to Rhos y Bont Tre Evan viz. 7 cows 21 Heifers & 19 calves or dinewid no grass there at all
23rd
Picked for Wm Owen Butcher Bangor 20 sheep out of the 72 Gimers left last spring without Bring any lambs
24th
got half a ton of coal for own use from Gaerwen Station and ½ ton for Issac Sarn lew Price £1 – 3 – 0 per ton per bill
24th
have sent 3 tons of Potatoes to G. Station for Jones Butcher Port Madog in 30 sacks of Jones’s
25
Gave David Williams Baker Bill £35 pounds on Pughs’s Bk. I only owed him this day £25 – 10 – 0 so the bill was £9 – 10 – 0 in advance without mention of Paying for the cart I had of him
Nov 25 – 1874
Paid Ellen Servant all wages due to her this date viz £2 – 10 – 0 gave her present of 2s/6d
25th
begin to cut and clean the 5 acres Swedes I bought at Bodlew this date
25th
Paid all due to J. Humphres cryd viz 10s for diging Potatoes
26th Paid for Paradwys field £29 – 8 – 0. Jones junr Bodfeirig
26th
Received of John Lewis Bodowyr isaf for 16½ cwt of Diss Bone £7 – 0 – 0
gave 2s/6d Back
25th
Received Jones Hendre gadog £14 – 8 – 0 for seed of Taihirion
0 – 12 – 0
15 “ 0 “ 0
Allowed Dis 0 – 10 – 0
Nov 26th
Received of Hugh Lewis on acct of manure £34 – 0 – 0 at Llangefni
Promised to Send cheque to John Lewis Ll llibio for £84 – 0 – 0 next week
before the 8th
26th
left the Horse & car in charge of John Lewis Bodowyr isaf to take it Home from Ll gefni market. Self went by rail to Robt Wms C’von on my way to myny Ednyfed to by his cattle
Nov 28 1874
Paid over Mr. David Williams Baker to Hughes Bank Llangefni £1 – 7 – 10 part of the Bill he has at the Bank with John Hughes carreg dyfallt
29th
Paid Dafyd bach Bombay 22s all due to him to night
29th
John Hughes Gallt car leb 17s all due
29th
Tm one arm Newbro 4s all but 1s he had 7s to pay for leggings and coat which he owes me
Dec 1 – 1874
To Wm Wms to go to Carnarvon 20s the change to be have back again
Dec 1 – 1874
Sent a cheque to John Lewis Llanllibio to pay for land till 13th Nove 1875
amount £80 – 0 – 0 all but £4 – 0 – 0 all that is to be paid till Nov 13th 1875
Dec 3 – 1874
Paid Dic y Go all 30s
Received on acct of 27s/10d
Paid over David Wms Baker at Cefni Bk 7s/10d
Recd. Of Wm Jones Erianallt to Pay him for pipes £14 – 7 – 6 to Robertses
Trefant want to write about them to Roberts Dec 4
Dec.3.
Renewed the bill with Wm Jones Tyn llan at Cefni Bank £140 – 0 – 0 for three months Wm Jones Paid the interest he is going to pay off th C’von Bill 2nd of January
Deposited at Cefni Bk to day Dec. 3. Bank notes, Cheque and Gold £168 – 0 – 0
Balance due to day £52 – 0
Llanllibio cheque did not come to Bk
Dec 3 – 1874
Received of Wm. Pary Mold Cheque for £20 – 0 – 0 on acct of manure of 1874
£ s d
Deposited at Cefni Bk 20 – 0 – 0
Cheque of Tregerin 6 – 10 – 0
Do of W. B. C. Jones 9 – 12 – 0
£32 “ 2 “ 0
Dec 3
called on Roberts Boston House on my way home from Cefni market. He said that the amount of collections came to hand this year for llefyd gweiniard were £48 – 10 – 7
Dec. 3 – 1874
arranged with Griffith Williams Traeth coch to be my agent for the future in the neighbourhood of Traeth coch Wm Jones has give it up for him all take Llangwyllog Manure at the warehouse at Traeth Coch after W. Jones was 14 tons of which Wm Jones is going to take 7 tons and Griffith Wms 7 tons
Dec 3
at Cefni Market Recd of Lewis Morris on acct of manure supplied in 1874 as follows
money he pd at Bangor £51 – 0 – 0
Llanerchymedd 0 – 15 – 0
Ram 3 – 0 – 0
Dec 3rd at Cefni Market Notes 5 – 0 – 0
do 56 – 0 – 0
Cheque – – – – – 14 – 14 – 0
do – – – – – 29 – 5 – 0
£219 “ 14 “ 0
Dec. 3.
Paid of old man for looking after sheep and cattle at Tal y llyn on acct
£1 – 0 – 0
Dec 3
John Jones Newbro bought two Sows for feeding at Cefni to day for me
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Dec. 3 – 1874
Arrangement to reduce my acct at p’s Bk Bgor
Bill of Rees Wms £70 – 0 – 0
Do & cash of W. Jones 70 – 0 – 0
Dec 4 – 1874
Pd Owen Wms Sadler for coblio I drys 10s
Dec 4
Balance paid to R. Owen Tyn y pwll for Blacks got last Spring for sowing in cae garw an part of cae Ty
£2 – 10 – 0
Wanted for Mr Ellis Hughes Flour Dealer Clynnog 24 of the company very large cards put up in public Houses to be sent to Carnarvon
Manure delivered by Barlow in 1874 to Ellis Hughes Clynog 16 Bags of Bone
Griffith Crown Anchor 1874
My 24
9 Bags of Root 9 Bags
11 do of Root 8
13 do do 4
14 do do 6
Arrangement January Bill of £475 – 0 – 0
Potatoes £75
H. Lewis 140
G. Hughes 60
J. Lewis 100
Hors & Sames 100
£475
Dec 4 – 1874
Received of Hugh Thomas fron deg on acc/ account of Manure £5 – 19 – 0
Dec 5
Paid Griffith Tre Beird for calf 15s do Balance of another 2s/6 to much of 6d
Dec 5 paid Hugh Thomas Holo £1 – 0 – 0
Dec 5
to Owen Colwyn for guarding sheep and pulling swedes out of groun £3 – 0 – 0
Do to Dic Ty Gwyn Bach £2 – 0 – 0
Howards’s Bred weight of 3 weathers of Howards 808 short weight
Gyptum the best manure for all sorts of Glover
Tons of manure had in 1870
Ian Roberts 148
E. Marynis 70
C. Williams 152
A. Wyatt 160
2
532
32
564
85
480
Manure (illegible)
Home 30
C’von 30
Daron 5
Valley 19
Gaerwen 2
Berllan 2
B. Ddu 2
Clyog 1
Rhyl 4
95
Thomas 130
Mawr 200
Bridge 200
dudno 20
dona 60
G & G 15
du 40
Abbot 10
gved 112
787
27 480
14 220
41 700
300
400
492
20
512
500 2000
300 1500
800 3500
200 1000
1000 2500
July 8 – 1870
Have Henry Hughes’s bill signed
Want meet Jones Feram Bailey at Cae mawr on Saturday July 9
Want to pay all Ble
Alfred Hale & Bradburn
Treio cael ar gyfrif ysgolion y olad
Ymgyng hori a Herbert ar hyn
Eisio Hogshead yn lle Hoghead Sgubor wen
Paid for paper & Envelopes (illegible)
Speak with Hughes about taking bill of Thos (illegible)
Sending the bill to Ll’fni
Pay Eryri Works’s bill by cheque
Want to make the account of the Butchers each separate
R Abel 189 – 156
R Abel 184 – 186
T Abel 157 – 164
T Abel 187 – 164
July 29 – 1870
Account of Wm. Morris’ calves – 14s
9 week working ending July 30 – 56s
do fortnight 70
16
86
1 – 6
700 87 – 6
500 10 – 0
1200 77 – 6
1870 July 26
Want to cut things under the stacks before harvest
Want to be carefull to give some clover to the lambs regular
Want to make Straw Robes over the Straw Stacks before we thrash it
Want to write to different Merchant about the oats at once
Bgham & cows & corn 1200
Manure old & new 400
Butcher Merchant & mawr 500
2100
J. Hughes Pesgwyn 1870
August 11 – all money received on all of Pesgwyn s – d
6 – 0
do 1 – 0 – 6
20th 0 – 7 – 0
21 – 23 0 – 7 – 0
27 0 – 6 – 0
Sep 3 0 – 6 – 0
12 0 – 6 – 0
Weight of sheep sold to O Jones Butcher Menai Bridge at £2 – 1 – 6 per head
July 27 – 1870
126 126
105 123
98 112
145 123
140 84
103 124
117 108
116 101
112 118
102 121
154 109
111 105
104 114
114 105
126 105
105 121
116 111
80 100
111 107
105 75
101 118
109
119
Losses
Lagunago £100
Humber 1000
Albert 250
M. C. & Ju 2000
queens 500
family & furn 2000
5850
Thursday 18th of August 1870
at 6 A.M. to J. Th
32 Sacks of Black oats
at 10 A.M. 32 sacks
at 4 P.M. 32 do
Friday 19 August 1870
112 sacks of oats this hundred & twelve sacks make the lot John Thomas had from LLyslew to be 310 quarters at 22s per quarter which amounts to £341 – 0 – 0
23rd of August 1870
account of cows sold at Manchester this day
£ s d
hen dyn drwg Carnarvon 15 – 0 – 0
Newbrough 14 – 0 – 0
Llangefni best 14 – 0 – 0
old wina bach of Lyfni 12 – 5 – 0
Merllyn 13 – 10 – 0
old wina dena 11 – 14 – 6
old Pedair 12 – 5 – 0
£92 – 14 – 6
Expenses truck £2 – 7 – 0
Llangefni Sept 15
Paid for sheep as follows
£ s d
Wm Williams 5 sheep 7 – 11 – 0
Mr. Evans 12 do 19 – 13 – 6
Glangors tri sent 7 12 – 3 – 0
foy buying the above 1s a head 1 – 4 – 0
40 “ 11 “ 6
Weight of cows to Owen Jones Menai Bridge Sept 15
1 quarter weighed 137 lb
2 do do 140
3 do do 127
4 do do 143
William Gittins
Cefn du New Bridge
Meifod
Montgomeryshire
Expense of journey to Newtown Fair Sept 26, Corwen
Money in hand £25 – 11 – 0
From Llyslew to Llandudno junc 2s 1d
Chester to Oswestry & car 8s
thence Welshpool 1s
thence to Newtown 1s 6d
From Llandudno to Chester 4s
At Newtown Station for tea 1 0
From Newtown to Llanidloes 2 0
Railway fare from idloes to N 0 10
Shilk with Ruabon
Sept 24th
Dinner for three at Llandinam 4s/0
Fare for self from Ll dinam to
Newtown 1s/6d
Sept 26 1870 at Newtown Sheep Fair 2s/0d
27 to Elephant & Castle
26/0 train from Newtown to Corwen 6/6
to Pierce to pay for carriage of cattle & sheep £13 – 6
Address of man to buy Kerry Sheep
Evan Evans
Bron Llan
Mochdre
Newtown
Mr T. Kinsay
Butcher
Cay Clatter
Carsws
Llanwnog
Montgomershire
a London Salesman
£ s d
Evan Evans 11 @ 26s/6d 14 – 11 – 6
Hughes 42 @ 26s/0 54 – 12 – 0
Pugh @ 40 @ 28/0 56 – 0 – 0
Lewis 25 @ 27/0 33 – 15 – 0
158 “ 18 “ 6
Griffiths 24 @ 22s/ 26 “ 3 “ 0
185 “ 1 “ 6
Address found on Butcher’s Hampers at Newtown going to London
Messers. Bissnel & Jones
194 Piccadily
London
Another’s address
Mr. Phipps
36 Lower Bellgrave Street
Eaton Square
London
£ s d
Ed Evans 1 B @ 24 – 15 – 0
Rgr Harris 8 B at 84 – 0 – 0
Arone Mosley 5B at 55 – 12 – 6
164 – 7 – 6
Discount 0 – 13 – 0
164 – 14 – 6
£ s d
John Lewis 5 @ B 55 – 0 – 0
Sept 27 – 70 Continued
Expenses of Newtown Fair Expenses, Corwen Hotel 1/0 to Pugh’s boy 1/0
Sheep £185 – 1 – 6
Cattle 164 – 0 – 0
Do 55 – 0 – 0
404 – 1 – 6
Pierce 15 – 0 – 0
Ex to Corwen 3 – 10 – 0
in hand 12 – 9 – 0
435 “ 0 “ 0
Robert Hughes
Sheep dealer
Bettws
Corwen
Address of Merchants recomded by Gardiner @ L’pool to get Indian corn from them
Ross J. Smith & Co
John Bingham & Co
Robert Makin & Son
William Blain & Sons
Segar & Tunnicliff
Wm Low & Sons
£ s d
4 at 4½ 18 – 0
4 at 4 0 – 16 – 0
4 at 3½ 0 – 14 – 0
4 at 3 0 – 12 – 0
4 at 2½ 0 – 10 – 0
4 at 2 0 – 8 – 0
4 at 1½ 0 – 6 – 0
4 at 1 0 – 4 – 0
4 “ 8 “ 0
22 – 15
1 – 10
8
8
24 “ 11
2 “ 7
26 “ 18
70 1 – 10
4 – 8 – 0 3 – 0
My 74 “ 8 “ 0 C. Th acc 74 – 8 – 0
acc. 26 – 18 – 0 24 – 11 – 0
47 “ 10 “ 0 49 – 17 – 0
Paid to Cath Thomas
£47 – 0 – 0 in Gold No. 12-1870
doubt between us 47s/0
The Tobaconist who visited me Whittle, Northgate
Account of money received of Wm Owen Prysgol on account of manure supplied to him in the year 1870
Nov. 12 1870 in the house of Robt Griffith Vaults C’von £14 “ 0 – 0 use of them to pay Cathrine Thomas
Nov. 19 – 1870
Paid all to John Jones Mason viz £7 – 0 – 0 which is due to him till to morrow night
Paid to John Roberts Plas newyd for timber £2 – 0 – 0
Paid to H. Hughes joiner Bryn y fellten for two S – carifier & & £2 – 10 – 0
one & six pence due to him again
Paid for Keeping sheep at Berw 10s/0
Paid to Ellen Balance of her wages £2 – 0 – 0
home all day drove my cousin Tavern Grisia home-wards as far as Boldon
Ellen of Llandaniel came to her place to night do. Will old servant of cae mawr
Killed one of our Lambs preventing him dying
Turned the 107 sheep we Brought from Berw to the Cae pedair croeslon in day time from 10 a.m. till 4 p.m.
Received of Humph Owen Prysgol for manure on the street close to old shop of (?) Bangor £16 – 0 – 0. Recd. Per Robt Griffith Vaults of Wm Owen Regan Ddu on acct of manure supplied in 1869 the sum of £10 – 0 – 0 paid to Wm Griffith gwr cadi 15s-4d
paid to the carter £4 – 0 – 0
Nov. 21 – 1870
Paid to Robert y Porthwr £3 – 0 – 0
Thos Griffith wen to meet Wm Herbert
Jany 21 – 1871
Owen Roberts £2 – 0 – 0
to Wm Morris £1 – 0 – 0
7s due to night
Paid to Edmunds for Barley at Carnarvon £3 – 10 – 0
towards Corns, Test-timonial 5s
To Ellis Jones to go to Holt School 7s
Settet and Paid with John Williams Gardner £1 – 0 – 0
Jan 24 – 1870
Pwysau defaid brynod
Mr. Owen Treborth
5 – 8 7 – 0 7 – 0 6 – 4
5 – 5 6 – 7 6 – 14 5 – 10
6 – 18 3 – 10 4 – 7 4 – 10
4 – 7 4 – 4 4 – 10 5 – 4
4 – 13 4 – 6 4 – 3 4 – 12
4 – 6 4 – 18 4 – 12 3 – 18
3 – 9 4 – 11 4 – 11 4 – 12
3 – 18 3 – 18 5 – 17 5 – 14
4 – 1 4 – 1 3 – 12 4 – 13
4 – 2 4 – 15 5 – 6 4 – 14
5 – 14 47 – 10 50 – 12 49 – 11
6 – 14
58 – 15
47 – 10
50 – 12
49 – 11 12(18576 75 – 0 – 0
30 (1548 2 – 0 – 6
206 – 8 77 – 8 7 – 6
20 77 – 8 – 0
412 8 134 – 4 – 11
165 12 211 – 12 – 11
20 64
185 76
Sunday Jan 22 – 1871
Rich Owen Pen y Garned
home in the morning went about one to Llangefni with O. Williams, Fron def or Berllam to Llangefni
Expenses 2/0, paid London bill
Paid Robin Cenwyn last Saturday £1 – 0 – 0 and to day £1 – 0 – 0 to Ned bach for the boy through Ellen’s hand
Went to Carnarvon concerning rent of cae mawr, gave t5s twice to Owen Rolant
weighed the sheep at Llanfairk Owen Roland came here from traeth coch
Went to Llangefni to pay sustentation fund and to speak with William Jones, Traeth coch
Paid £2 – 5 – 6 for licenses
To Wm Ws
Expenses to Denbigh and Mold
home to Denbigh 5s
Breakfast & eat Denbigh 3s
rail to Mold & & 2s
in the country with Parry and his boy 3
rail to Chester and tea there 1
rail to Gaerwen 7
21s
Lodging in Mold and two meals 3 – 6
Saturday night _____
24s – 6
January 28 – 1871
February 4 – 1871
To O Rowlands 7s
Feb 6 to Humphrey Owen Prysgol £1 – 0 – 0
To Tom Roberts 1s
From Llyslaw to Carvarvon & & 1s
From Carnarvon to Chester 6s
To Owen Rolant at C’von station money
Work for Feb. 7. 1871
Go to Saltney, speak to Capt. Knox not to give price nor distribute prices cards to effect my district
arrange to have Bags marked Bone to put all Bone turnip wich is at Saltney
Do arrange with Capt Knox to send all Invoices to me so that I may send Invoices to customers
arrange how to re bag it and where to put it all for me, and ask to what different parts he consigns manure for the London manure company
Tell him not to answer any inquiries from my agents
Go to Rhyl per train 12-5 Dine at the same place as I ate before and take my Box with me
Charges intending to be made on purser on acct of the extra expense with the special, viz. Railway rate Carting rebaging
Carriage to Four crosses & Back
of ten tons of special – £4 – 3 – 4
Cartage to Llanfair – 0 – 10 – 0
Crushing and rebaging it 6 – 8
£5 “ 0 “ 0
arrangement for Feb 7 continue
Parry’s Business
Go over the draft
1. wise caution about Davies
2. to take R. Jones Pant Evan as an Index what agents I could have at different Parts
3. Parry could have manure by 6 or 7 days orders
Order pipes from Clafield ask him to exchange pipes for manure say £30 – 0 – 0 worth or £50
Information had at Saltney
Rates for Bagged manure from Chester
to Corwen s5 – 10d
Denbigh s8 – 4d
Rhuabon s4 – 2
Gwydelwern 7 – 6
Whittington s5 – 10
Capt Knox will will write to Purser that all manure must be rebag every bag
No Expense of loading it will be on me he said
special in a hard & moisty condition and loosse about ten tons of it
no danger of Price and cards can be get from there, by agents
Feb. 7 – 1871
called at Chester at the office of Mason head goods manger Door No. 6
Waiting a letter fro there to morrow to say can I have the same rate on packed manure from Saltney as from Chester
Cash friday night Feb. 11 – 71
£19 – 3 – 3
F.11 – Paid at the cattle for super, Bed Breakfast & attendance 4s/9d
William Owen Prysgol, account for 1874
Feb. 5. £120 = 2 – 3
March 4 15 = 7 – 6
5 10 – 16 = 0
Nov. 25 – 1874
Provision for the London manure bill of £475 – 0 – 0 due at Bangor Dec 23 = 74
Portmadog & Mallwyd £ s d
Potatoes 75 – 0 – 0
acceptance by Jones 100 – 0 – 0
oen 100 – 0 – 0
cows and Gimmer 200 – 0 – 0
£475 “ 0 “ 0
William Jones Family Archive 