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January, the thaw produced a great flood, and February 

 5th water was a foot deep in Salisbury Cathedral (Hatcher], 



Watering meadows began in Wiltshire about this time 

 (Aubrey). 



February 17. At Rutherfield, Sussex, between 8 and 

 9 a.m. there were two mock suns, and an inverted rainbow 

 near the zenith in S.E., which lasted an hour (Lowe). 



1636 Wheat, 56 j. &d. per qr. (Smith). 

 This year extremely dry (Evelyn). 

 A very forward spring (Lowe). 

 Plague very violent (Lowe). 



1637 Wheat, 53*. per qr. (Smith). 

 A very great flood (Eastori). 



1638 Wheat, 57^. $d. per qr. (Smith). 

 Wheat at is. $d. the bushel (Easton). 

 A sickly and feverish autumn (Aubrey). 



An earthquake at Chichester which did great damage 

 at end of the year. There was a smell like pitch and 

 sulphur (Mallet). 



October 21. A stone from the sky fell at Wydecombe. 

 near Dartmoor, with great noise (Lowe). 



1639 Wheat, 445. lod. per qr. (Smith). 



Mr. Bishop, of Merton, first brought into the South of 

 Wiltshire from Flanders the practice of burnbaking land 

 (Aubrey). 



1640 Wheat, 44*. &d. per qr. (Smith). 



Springs did not break till near Christmas (Aubrey). 

 On Whitsunday a terrible thunderstorm at Anthony, in 

 Cornwall (Hone). 



1641 Wheat, 48*. per qr. (Smith). 

 Wheat, 57-r. id. per qr. (Tovey). 



In April, the Welland flowed halfway up to St. Mary's 

 Church (Stamford Paper). 



1642 Wheat, 6os. 2d. per qr. (Tovey). 

 August 27. Gale at Nottingham (Lowe). 



August 4. Between Woodbridge and Albons, Suffolk, 



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