Odiham

On þison geare wæs se cyng Henri to Natiuiteð æt sc̃e Albane. and þær lét ꝥ mynster halgian. and to Eastron on Wudiham. And wes eac þyses geares swiðe hefig tyme winter and strang and lang. wið orf and wið ealle þing. [...] Ðis wæs swiðe g'swincfull gear and byrstfull on eorð wæstman. þurh þa ormæte reinas þe coman sona onforan August. and swiðe gedrehton and geswencton þe gyt þe cō Candel mæssan. Eac þis gear wæs swa gæsne on mæstene. swa ꝥ on eallon þison lande ne eac on Wealon ne g'hyrde me of nanan segcean. Ðis land and þas leodon wurdon eac þyses geares oftrædlice sare geswencte. þurh þa gyld þe se cyng nā. ægðer ge binnan burgan and butan. On þisū ylcan geare bærnde eall ꝥ mynstre of Burh. and eallæ þa husas butan se Captel hus and se Slæpperne. and þær to eac bærnde eall þa mæste dæl of þa tuna. Eall þis belap̃ on an Frig dæg. ꝥ wæs ii no Aug't.

In this year King Henry was at St. Albans for Christmas, and there he had the minster consecrated. At Easter he was at Odiham. This year, too, there was a very hard winter, harsh and long, for cattle and for everything. This was a very hard year, and a disastrous one for crops, because of the enormous rains that came just before August. They brought great trouble and hardship until Candlemas came. This year, too, the mast failed so completely that no one heard of any, in all this land or in Wales either. This land and its people were also hard pressed again and again this year by the taxes the king took, both in the towns and outside them. In this same year the whole minster at Peterborough burned down, with all the buildings except the chapter house and the dormitory. Most of the town burned as well. All this happened on a Friday, August 4.