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sibly a local phenomenon. 1180, about the 29th Sept., two or three 

 shocks are noted by Simon Scharcl and Lycosthenes. 1185, about 

 April 16th, all England, especially at Lincoln, in which the cathe- 

 dral and many other buildings were overthrown. 1186, after the 

 middle of September, universally throughout Europe, especially in Eng- 

 land, where houses were thrown down, and in Calabria and Sicily, 

 where many towns were ruined, recorded by Matthew of Paris and 

 Matthew of Westminster. 1199, principally in Somersetshire, per- 

 sons thrown off their feet : Ymagin. Hist. Radulfi de Diceto, col. 

 709. 1201, Jan. 4th, York and neighbourhood, accompanied by 

 noise : another shock on the 22ud May, at the sixth hour of the 

 day, in Norfolk. 1202, in different parts of Englaud. In the winter 

 of 1218. 1219. 1221. 1246, June 1st, at the ninth hour, especially 

 in Kent. 1247, on Feb. 13th, different parts, especially London. 

 1248, Dec. 21st, Bath and Wells (also in Piedmont, Savoy, and Syria), 

 the summits of the cathedral of Wells being much shaken, whilst 

 the foundations were not. 1250, at St. Alban's and Hertford, accom- 

 panied by subterranean noise ; pigeons and other birds frightened. 

 1274, Dec. 5th, throughout England, accompanied, according to 

 Matthew of Westminster, by thunder, lightning, a comet, and a 

 fiery dragon ; and, in the Pays-de-Galles, according to Polydore 

 Vergil, by a rain of blood. In the September of the following year 

 (1275), between the first and third hours of the day, Matthew of 

 Westminster says many of the most famous churches in England were 

 thrown down or injured; among others, that of St. Micbel-du-Mont, 

 near Glaston. 1278, in Prance and England. 1284, in England. 

 3298, Jan. 5th, at twilight. 1318, Nov. 14th. 1320. 1385, July 

 16th, at night, followed by another earthquake during the same year. 

 1426, throughout all Great Britain, the shocks, preceded by a dread- 

 ful tempest, lasting for two hours, recorded in Stow's 'Annals.' 

 1551, at Reigate, Croydon, Dorking, in Surrey ; kitchen utensils 

 and other movables, thrown from their places, noted in Strype's 

 Memor. Eccles. In 1574, Peb. 26th, very violent in the central 

 counties, from Bristol to York, occurring between 5 and 6 p.m. ; it 

 is recorded also at Gloucester, Bristol, Hereford, and neighbouring 

 counties ; at Tewkesbury and some other places, plates and books 

 were thrown from their places ; the people who were on their knees 

 in the chapel of Norton were almost all thrown down, and the bell in 

 the Market House of Denbigh sounded two strokes. 1575, Baker, 

 in his ' English Chronicle,' says the Thames ebbed and flowed twice 



