8th November, 1696. The first frost began fiercely, but lasted not long. More plots talked of. Search for Jacobites so called.
15th-23d November, 1696. Very stormy weather, rain, and inundations.
13th December, 1696. Continuance of extreme frost and snow.
17th January, 1696-7. The severe frost and weather relented, but again froze with snow. Conspiracies continue against King William. Sir John Fenwick was beheaded.
7th February, 1697. Severe frost continued with snow. Soldiers in the armies and garrison towns frozen to death on their posts.
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17th August, 1697. I came to Wotton after three months' absence.
September, 1697. Very bright weather, but with sharp east wind. My son came from London in his melancholy indisposition.
12th September, 1697. Mr. Duncombe, the rector, came and preached after an absence of two years, though only living seven or eight miles off [at Ashted]. Welcome tidings of the Peace.