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Finance and trade under Edward III
… in 1348 came the terrible devastation wrought by the Great Pestilence 5 The foregoing considerations may serve to … to 1343 Villani, p 956 Villani himself was a victim of the pestilence, see the end of his Chronicle, p 1002 Peruzzi, p …
A Survey of London
… Garter. This house he founded upon this occasion. A great Pestilence entring this Iland, began first in Dorsetshire, …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… of its inhabitants, 900 at least dying of this dreadful pestilence; which, it is said, swept off in London upwards of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… had testimony of 'their devotion in the time of the late pestilence,' when it was inconvenient to carry the dead all …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the middle of the 14th century, perhaps during the Great Pestilence, and that in this unfinished state it remained …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… skins,' retired to Warrington, pursued by Cromwell. 13 A pestilence followed. 14 When, in August 1651, the Earl of …
A Dictionary of London
… procured by John Corey, 1348, in time of great pestilence on condition that it should be called the " …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of years, in consequence of their sufferings from war and pestilence, might be continued in perpetuity; and stating …
A History of the County of York
… Government granted it on grounds of depopulation through pestilence and—a new point—the heavy charges incurred in … great number of ruined and uninhabited houses, the recent pestilence, the good services of York in furnishing troops …