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Men took their horses to go to Westminster Hall, 

 because the water ran over all ( W. Thornbury). 



About the midst of November great thunder and 

 lightning chanced, with a marvellous intemperate season, 

 for the space of fifteen days together (Holinshed). 



This was both a fruitful and a fertile year, so that a 

 quarter of corn fell to the price of two shillings (M. of 

 W.}. 



1246 An unprecedented and destructive storm of thunder 

 and lightning, which lasted an entire day and night, 

 terrified the whole length and breadth of England, and 

 many men and much cattle were killed by the lightning 

 (M. of W.). 



Wheat i6s. per quarter (Smith). 



On St. Margaret's Day (July 20) a marvellous sore 

 tempest of hail, rain, thunder, and lightning, which, being 

 universal through the realm, did much hurt, and continued 

 the space of sixteen hours together without ceasing 

 (Holinshed). 



June i. An earthquake in Kent (Mallet). 



On St. Mark's Day (April 25) was a great frost and 

 snow, which nipped the leaves of trees and herbs in such 

 extreme wise, that for the more part they withered and 

 faded away (Holinshed). 



1247 A famine year (Rogers). 



Wheat 135. $d. per quarter (Smith). 



A great earthquake about London on the Thames side, 

 on St. Valentine's even, by the which many buildings 

 were overthrown. The sea had ceased from ebbing and 

 flowing for three months before near the English shore, 

 and after the earthquake there was scarce a day without 

 rain till 2ist March (Holinshed). 



On St. Valentine's Day great damage by an earthquake 

 in the metropolis, followed by a season of such foul 

 weather that the spring was a second winter (Holinshed). 



On January 13, an earthquake took place in several 



