The 12th century (AD 1101 - 1200)[edit]

• 2 August 1133^[3]
  • "King Henry's Eclipse": A total eclipse, recorded in the Peterborough Chronicle (under 1135 due to the vagaries of the dating system in use^[4]): and the next day, as he lay asleep on ship, the day darkened over all lands, and the Sun was all **
• 20 March 1140^[5]
  • A total eclipse, recorded by William of Malmesbury in his Historia Novella. In his opinion this was a sign which foretold the capture of King Stephen in the Battle of Lincoln in 1141. This is the Lenten eclipse also reported in the Peterborough Chronicle as being on the thirteenth day before the kalends of April: 'After this, during Lent, the sun and the day darkened about the noon-tide of the day, when men were eating; and they lighted candles to eat by. That was the thirteenth day before the kalends of April. Men were greatly wonderstricken^[6] Totality was experienced at about 3.00 pm at the centre line of the eclipse (near Derby).

The 15th to 16th centuries (AD 1401 - 1600)[edit]

• 26 June 1424^[7]
  • A total eclipse of almost 2 and a half minutes duration in the extreme north of Scotland, Orkney and Shetland.
• 17 June 1433^[8]