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A History of the County of Hampshire
… 20 d. Eccl. Com. Var. bdle. 35, no. 159358. Although the plague had first appeared in Dorset about August 1348, …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… site of an early processional cross, to commemorate the plague which had raged in the city in 1666. It was to this … of the distressed widows and orphans of the victims of the plague. This has continued as the Natives' Society. …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… In 1583 orders were issued to avoid the infection of the plague. Every inhabitant of the city was 'to ridde and make …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… went to Greenwich for Christmas. 202 In September 1537 the plague appeared in the castle; one of the vicars choral fell … 210 During the latter part of this visit an outbreak of plague in London seems to have affected Windsor to some … the queen was at Windsor, 228 there was an outbreak of plague in the capital, and the queen was advised to stay at …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… poor, mentioned above, seems to have been the outbreak of plague. In December 1584 a balance of 11 s. 6 d. was allowed … was co-opted one of the Ten to replace Robert Skortred, a plague victim, as representative of Barton ward. The total … town seems to have escaped the 17th-century outbreaks of plague, and the first attack of cholera (1832), though …
A History of the County of Oxford
… much people', 5 and despite temporary setbacks caused by plague in the 1590s and by occasional downturns in the cloth … the town nevertheless suffered temporary setbacks through plague and poor harvests, reflected, perhaps, in the alleged …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the tenantry died, Witney presumably suffered badly from plague in 1348 and 1361: rent allowances for thirteen vacant … centuries, may have been largely post-medieval. 167 Severe plague mortality during the mid 14th century led to several … towns Witney suffered from occasional outbreaks of plague or other disease, most seriously in the 1590s, and in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in the town were reputed in the 19th century to have been plague retreats of Oxford colleges. 16 The only confirmed … industry, successive harvest failures, and, possibly, plague. 297 In 1596 a Witney weaver reported that there were …