[246] Hist. MSS. Comm., Sixth Report, p. 299. This document is dated 27th May, 1366, and consequently may refer also to the effects of the plague of 1361.
[247] R. O., Duchy of Lancaster, Mins. Accts., Bundle 288, No. 471.
[248] It was this church which some years later was declared to be in a ruinous state.
[249] Cole MS., 5824, fol. 81.
[250] R. O., Originalia Roll, 23 Ed. III., m. 6. Among the Ministers' Accounts (Q. R., Mins. Accts., General Series, 874, No. 9) is a set belonging to a Ramsey manor at this time. "Many holdings of natives" are said to be in hand "on account of the pestilence," and in one place "22 virgates of land" for the same reason.
[251] R. O., Chancery Inq. p. m., 23 Ed. III., No. 88.
[252] The following table will show the number of Institutions in Northamptonshire for some months; before May and after October, 1349, some 34 institutions are recorded:—
| 1349. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May. | June. | July. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. |
| 8 | 15 | 25 | 36 | 10 | 7 |
[253] R. O., Rot. Pat., 28 Ed. III., pars 1, m. 16.
[254] R. O., Chancery Inq. p. m., 23 Ed. III., No. 88.