A tempest destroyed the seed, and corn rose to a | great price. | 1294 | England. Severe famine; many thousands of the poor died. | 1295 | England. No grain or fruits, “so that the poor died of | hunger.”—Camden. Hail, great concussion of | elements.—Short | 1297 | Scotland. “Calamitous” famine and pestilence. | 1298 | England. 26 Edward I. “A great famine in England, chiefly | want of wine; so that the same could scarcely be had to | minister the communion in the churches.”—Penkethman. | 1302 | England and Scotland. Famine. | 1314 | England. Grains spoiled by the rains. Famine “so dreadful | that the people devoured the flesh of horses, dogs, cats, | and vermin.” Parliament passed a measure limiting the | price of provisions. | 1316 | England. Universal dearth, and such a mortality, | particularly of the poor, followed, that the living could | scarcely bury the dead. Royal proclamation: no more beer | to be made. | 1321 | England. Famine again; this is regarded by some writers as | the last serious famine in this country. | 1335 | England. Famine occasioned by long rains. | 1336 | Scotland. Desolated by a famine. | 1341 | England, Scotland. Great dearth in this and following year. | People ate horses, dogs, cats, &c., to sustain | life.—Holinshed. | 1353 | England. Great famine.—Rapin. | 1355 | England. Great scarcity; grain brought from Ireland | afforded much relief. | 1358 | England. “A great dearth and pestilence happened in | England, which was called the second | pestilence.”—Penkethman. | 1369 | England. Great pestilence among men and larger animals; | followed by inundations and extensive destruction of | grain. Grain very dear. | 1390 | England. Great famine arising from scarcity of money to | buy food. | 1392 | England. Great scarcity for two years; people ate unripe | fruit, and suffered greatly from “Flux.” The Corporation | of London advanced money and corn to the poor at easy | rates.—Stow. | | Short attributes the famine of these three years to the | “hoarding of corn.” | | Penkethman gives further details regarding the | assistance rendered by the Corporation of London, as | follows: “The Mayor and Citizens of London took out of | the Orphans’ chest in their Guildhall, 2,000 marks to buy