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A62956	A full and true relation of the most terrible and dreadful tempest of thunder & lightening, hail and rai[n] that ever yet was seen or heard in England Giving a faithful account of the vast losses, damages, and calamities sustaine[d] thereby in the towns of Hitchin, Offly, Eccleford, ... with several other villag[es] and market-towns in the counties of Harford, Bedfor[d,] Huntington, &c ... To which is added, particular account of the sad and dismal disasters that happen'd at Potton in Bedfordshire, ... As also a particular relation of the great damages sustained by Sq; Harvey and others, in their houses, corn, cattle &c. The whole communicated in a letter out of Hartfordshire, from Mr. I. Tord, to his son-in-law Mr Burchfield near the Blew-Coat at Bishopsgate Barrs. Note, the truth of this relation will be confirm'd by Mr. Nicholas Beaumont, at the sign of the Hand in Hand-Alle[y] ...	Tord, I.; Burchfield, Mr., recipient.	1697 (1697)	Wing T1909A; ESTC R220705	4,380	10

A Full and True RELATION Of the most Terrible and Dreadful Tempest of Thunder Lightening Hail and Rai● That ever yet was seen or heard in England Giving a Faithful Account ●f the vast Losses Damages and Calamities sustain●● theirby in the Towns of Hitching Off●y Eccleford Pott●● Clifton Henl● Bigglesworth with several other Villag●● and Market-Towns in the Counties of Hartford Bedfor● Huntington c Wherein even Men have some by Lightening and others by the Fury of the Hail been miserab●● and suddenly slain particularly one at Offley whose Dea● Body by the force was driven three Miles towards a Tow● called Hitchin● nigh to which place three Horses wer● taken up with Saddles c. On their Backs their Ride●● having miserably perish'd by the Hail To which is added 〈◊〉 particular Account of the sad and dismal Disasters that happen'd at Potton in Bedfordshire where the Lightening wa● so extraordinary scorching as to burn up the very greet Corn as it grew in the Fields with this hightening circ●mstance of Wondert that one Acre should be Burnt to the ●old Clods and the very next not in the least touched A●● also a particular Relation of the great Damages susta●n'd by Sq. Harvey and others in their Houses Corn Cattle c. ●he Whole communicated in a Letter out of Hartfordshier from Mr. 〈◊〉 Tord to his Son-in-law Mr Burchfield near the Blew-Coat at Bishopsgate Barrs 〈…〉 The truth of this Relation will be Confirm'd by 〈…〉 Mr Beaumont at the sign of the Hand in Hand 〈◊〉 〈…〉 True and particular Account of the ●ate terrible and dreadful Storm of Hail c. I Having received the full Particulars of the ensuing dreadful Relation not only from the aforesaid Worthy Gentleman but also from several other … berating Circumstances and being well satisfied with Truth thereof as a subject worthy of our most serous ●●●sideration I have carefully publish'd the same from the ●●●●inal Copy which is as follows 〈◊〉 ●on William 〈◊〉 here send you a very dreadful and strang Relati●● from Hitching Potton and Offly but indeed it 〈◊〉 ●ot more strang then true for so it happen'd that 〈◊〉 the Fourth of this Instant about Three of the Clock ●he Afternoon at Offly about Three Miles from ching in the County of Hartford there arose out 〈◊〉 ●he Southwest a very strang dark Cloud and seve●●● other great dark Clouds arose from the East and ●●●e from the West and some North meeting with 〈◊〉 fury as tho' they design'd to rush in Battel break●●● out into most dreadful cracks of Thunder and … es of great Lightening one against another in an ●●usual and strang manner being so very great in ●●ny places that the very Houses shook and totterd even where I was tho' I was not near the bigg … 〈◊〉 the Tempest by Five or Six Miles About Offley it began to be so very dreadful the People began to be very sorely affrighted n●●●ly with the Lightening and Thunder but also the greatness of the Hail which came down in s … 〈◊〉 prodigious manner that never the like was se●● 〈◊〉 read of in this Kingdom there fell some as b●● 〈◊〉 Hen Eggs some as big as Penny Loves and some ●●●ger Many People do affirm there were as big as 〈◊〉 Crown of a Hat most of them in strang shapes forms much like pieces of thick Ice which held ●●●wring down for about half an Hour in which 〈◊〉 it cover'd the Eearth in several places Five or Six 〈◊〉 in Thickness especially on the Hills and dry ch●●pion Ground notwithstanding the Rain which 〈◊〉 with it It did much harm about Offley one Man being an adjacent Field was either kill'd by the Lightni●● or knock'd on the Head by the Violence of the H●●● and Rain by which his Body was driven away do●● 〈◊〉 Hills and taken up near Hitching after having flo●●ed near three Miles There was also taken up t … 〈◊〉 Saddle-Horses and an Horse with a Pannel on 〈◊〉 Back the Riders whereof 't is fear'd where kill'd 〈◊〉 the Hail tho their Persons perhaps covered w●●● Earth are not yet found for the Ground being ve●● dry and the Storm suddain and violent it was ov● flow'd in some places five or six Foot deep to the Co●sternation of the People of those parts it happeni●● to be on the Market-Day many were in the Mark●● ●assing and repassing on the Road I believe several getting the Rain-bow the Seal of God's Covenant ●●●h Noah expected nothing less than a Universal ●●●uge the Hail was measur'd and when much wast … some were Eight and others Ten Inches round credibly reported that the weight of several were ●●●teen sixteen and some twenty Ounces One Man that was in the Field tho in the very … t s of the Storm told me himself that notwith●●●●ding he crept into a thick Hedge for shelter yet a … stone struck through and hit him such a blow as … ded him for a long time and he verily believed ●●●t the same Hailstone would have beat his Brains 〈◊〉 had he not been shelter'd by the Hedge The Harm done at Hitching is very considerable 〈◊〉 I believe the whole is not as yet known for it 's … r'd there are more slain than are yet found out ●●●w●thstanding we have an account of seven persons suddenly destroyed From Lightening and Tempest ●n Plague Pesilence and Famine from Battle and ●urder and from Sudden Death Good Lord deliver 〈◊〉 In Offley field or near it in the forenoon of the same 〈◊〉 it is affirm'd by several that saw it that where ●●●y had Plowed and laid their Land upon Stich●s 〈◊〉 in the Afternoon the violence of the Hail had ●t all the Earth down again and laid it as plain tho' it had not been Plow'd but rowled with a wheven and plain to the great Astonishment of the ●●●olders Besides the dreadful fright and Amaze●●nt the People were in lest their Houses should be beat down on their Heads for their Tyles and W●●dows were all shatter'd to pieces there was also m●●● Harm done by the Water in several Cellars S … and Ware-houses some particular persons hav● two-Hundred pounds worth of Harm done in than half an Hours time This dreadful and Astonishing Tempest with 〈◊〉 fury passed from Hitching where it left Hail aforesaid Five Foot in Thickness and so rais'd Water in a short time that no person could pass 〈◊〉 went over the Fields and came near to Clifton and … ly in Bedfordshire and so towards Bigglesworth 〈◊〉 so to Potton another Market-Town and from the down into Huntingtonshire where for the prese●● we shall leave traceing it and proceed to an ex●●● Relation of the Loss damage and Harm sustain'd and about the Township of Potton And first On the South-West side of the To●● there was Rye growing a great deal whereof ev●● Green as it was entirely was consum'd and Burnt 〈◊〉 but what scap'd the fiery Lighiening fell by the f … of the Hail and was beat