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880 March 1 4. The sun was eclipsed one hour of the day 

 (A. S. C.). October 13. Eclipse of the moon (M. of W.). 



891 About the time of Rogation Sunday a comet appeared 

 (M. of W.). 



892 The vines were killed by frost, and cattle died in their 

 stalls (Chambers], 



About May 29, or earlier, appeared a comet (A. S. C.). 



897 A mortality of cattle and of men (A. S. C.). 



898 Vines killed by frost, and cattle died as in 892 

 ( Chambers). 



904 The moon was eclipsed (A. S. C.). 



905 October 20. A comet (A. S. C.). 



906 A comet appeared and lasted nearly half the year 

 (M. of W.). 



908 Most of the rivers of England frozen for two months 



(Lowe}. 

 923 River Thames at London frozen for thirteen weeks 



(Lowe). 

 926 In this year fiery beams of light appeared in the north 



part of the sky (A. S. C.; M. of W.). 



By the law of Athelstan a sheep was valued at is. ; the 



fleece was -f of the whole sheep. An ox was computed at 



six times the value of a sheep, a cow at four. A horse was 



valued at 305., a mare a third less, a man at ^3. The 



board wages of a child was the first year 8s., together with 



a cow's pasture in summer and an ox's in winter (Hume). 

 944 1,500 houses destroyed in London by a great storm. 



This gale extended over the whole of England (Preston 



Herald). 

 954 A great famine in England, ^VVales, and Scotland, which 



lasted four years (Lowe). 

 962 Great mortality. The great fever was in London 



(A. S. C.). 



966 A palfrey was sold for twelve shillings (Hume). 

 970 About this time, for the space of six months together, 



there appeared no sun by day nor moon by night in any 



