Penkethman gives the following particulars of this frost: “18 Henry III. was a great frost at Christmasse, which destroyed the corne in the ground, and the roots and hearbs in the gardens, continuing till Candlemasse without any snow, so that no man could plough the ground, and all the yeare after was unseasonable weather, so that barrenesse of all things ensued, and many poor folks died for the want of victualls, the rich being so bewitched with avarice that they could yield them no reliefe.”
1241
A great frost after a heavy fall of snow.
1250
Very severe frost.
1254
A severe frost from 1st January to 14th March.
1263
On St. Nicholas’s Day a month’s hard frost set in.
1269