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A History of the County of Oxford
… early 17th century as a retreat from Oxford in times of pestilence. 3 Old Woodstock was reckoned to have a strong …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… revenues being minished and brought low, as well by the pestilence 48 which was rife amongst the people, as by other …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… Almighty God to visite this P'ish with the plague of pestilence [a sume or sesse of 24 weeks ordered], collected … rased at Yorke, 3 s. 8 d. In the next year the scourge of Pestilence was added to that of War. 1645. Received at the …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… shepherd dead, and his flock thinned, by the ravages of pestilence. The surviving brethren had elected Sigfrid, a man … who on this occasion, not withstanding the late ravages of pestilence, mustered six hundred Monks in St. Peter's alone, …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… Ann Hodgson; plague 14 Nov. 1646. Entries of the pestilence still occur in 1647. Robert Moores and a child …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… ruined by the poor who inhabited it in the late war and pestilence. 57 The town has never recovered its former …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… of Wykeham, and used by the Oxford scholars in times of pestilence. 2 The rectory-house to which he alludes may be …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… century. 187 Tan Hill fair was not held in 1637 because of pestilence. 188 In 1792 and later the fair was held on 6 …