The Great Pestilence (A.D. 1348-9), Now Commonly Known as the Black Death
CHAPTER VIII.
STORY OF THE DISEASE IN THE REST OF ENGLAND.
Dr. Jessop's account of Norfolk and Suffolk — Institutions in the diocese of Norwich — Evidence of the court rolls — Norwich and its population — Yarmouth — The diocese of Ely — Preparations by the bishop — Institutions in the diocese — Cambridge — Decay of parishes consequent upon the mortality — Straits of the clergy — Huntingdon — Institutions in the county of Northampton — Effect on religious house of the county — Fall in the value of land — Leicestershire — Knighton upon the plague in the city of Leicester — Fall in prices — Labour difficulties — Staffordshire — Institutions in the diocese of Hereford — Shropshire — Evidence of _Inquisitiones post-mortem_ — Chester — Accounts of the County Palatine — Derbyshire — Derby — Monasteries — Wakebridge and Drakelow — Nottinghamshire — Lincolnshire — Louth Park abbey — Yorkshire — Archbishop Zouche — Vacant livings — Deaths among superiors of religious houses — Meaux abbey — Deanery of Holderness — Doncaster — Hull — Lancashire — Amounderness — Westmoreland — Cumberland — Carlisle — Durham — Northumberland — Alnwick 128-161