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A History of the County of Oxford
… visitors from infected local towns during an outbreak of plague, ordering them to inform the constables or bailiffs of …
A History of the County of Essex
… forty-two were assessed, apparently all in the town. 30 Plague may account for the high number of deaths in 1603-4. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Mortality was again high in 1644, perhaps because of plague. 25 In September 1644 parliamentary troops from …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the Abbey. In 1666, upwards of 327 inhabitants died of the plague, and were buried, according to tradition, at Bearman's …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… was believed to prevent scurvy and was a constituent of 'Plague water', for example [Recipes (Smith)]. In 1673, Ralph …
A History of the County of Essex
… his London living in 1660, came to Woodford to escape the plague in 1665, when 'many resorted to his house for …
A History of the County of Oxford
… College, Oxford, reserved it as a retreat in time of plague; it was so used in 1571-2 but was usually sublet. 66 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the later Middle Ages. 63 There is no direct evidence of plague in Woodstock but the Black Death ravaged villages in … privileges few individuals were notably wealthy. Fear of plague near Woodstock disrupted royal visits in 1518, 1520, … in 1554-5, returned only four times as queen. 67 Risk of plague during royal visits caused royal officers to warn off …
A History of the County of Oxford
… but in 1625 for a quarter sessions, perhaps because of plague in Oxford; an unidentified 'justice's seat' in or near …