The Great Pestilence (A.D. 1348-9), Now Commonly Known as the Black Death

by Francis Aidan Gasquet

[293] Rot. Pat., 23 Ed. III., pars 3, m. 25.

[294] e.g., Escheator's Inq. p. m., series i, 430.

[295] R. O., L. T. R. Memoranda Roll, 28 Ed. III., m. 9.

[296] R. O., Rot. Claus., 25 Ed. III., m. 16.

[297] R. O., Durham Cursitor Records, Bk. ii, ff. 2b, seqq.

[298] Rot. Claus., 27 Ed. III., m. 10d.

[299] Rot. Claus., 24 Ed. III., pars 2, m. 5.

[300] B. Mus. Cott. MS., Vitell., E. xiv, fol. 256.

[301] Dr. Creighton (History of Epidemics in Britain, p. 119), speaking of Scotland, says: "The winter cold must have held it in check as regards the rest of Scotland; for it is clear from Fordoun that its great season in that country generally was the year 1350."

[302] B. Mus. Cott. MS., Vitell., A. xx, fol. 56.