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bed, he caught a severe cold, which caused his death 

 (M. L. E.). 



1627 Wheat, 36*. per qr. (Smith). 



Regulation prices of a turkey cock, 4*. 6d. ; turkey 

 hen, 3^. ; cock pheasant, 6s. ; hen pheasant, 5^. ; par- 

 tridge, is. ; a goose, 2S. ; a capon, 25. 6d. ; pullet, is. 6d. 

 a rabbit, 8 pence ; a dozen of pigeons, 6s. (Hume). 



January 28. A terrible south gale, many houses and 

 trees thrown down (Lowe). 



April 9. At 5 p.m. warm, windy, W.N.W. ; a hideous 

 noise in the air, followed by a strange and fearful thunder, 

 then another, till 20 peals were heard. A stone fell near 

 Hatford and was dug up by Mistress Green. It broke, 

 one piece weighed 19 J Ib. and another 5 Ib. (Lowe). 



1628 Wheat, 285. per qr. (Smith). 

 November 4. A great flood. 



1629 Wheat, 42,$-. per qr. (Smith). 

 February 3. Another flood. 



1630 Wheat, 55*. Sd. per qr. (Smith). 

 Very dry in summer (Lowe) . 



1631 Wheat, 68 j. per qr. (Smith). 

 A famine (Rogers). 



There happened an extraordinary dearth in England, 

 corn bearing an excessive price (Evelyn). 

 Plague still rages (Lowe). 



1632 Wheat, 53*. ql. per qr. (Smith). 



Hot summer. A comet (Penny Magazine). 

 Labourers' wages, 6 pence per day. 



1633 Wheat, 58* per qr. (Smith). 



Flood at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, up wards of 120 persons 

 drowned (Townsend). 



1634 Wheat, 56*. per qr. (Smith). 



Thames frozen over ( Walter Thornbury). 



1635 Wheat, 565. per qr. (Smith). 



A great flood at Salisbury (Easton). 



A severe frost and heavy snow having occurred in 



