A chronicle of the Kings of England, from the time of the Romans goverment [sic] unto the raigne of our soveraigne lord, King Charles containing all passages of state or church, with all other observations proper for a chronicle / faithfully collected out of authours ancient and moderne, & digested into a new method ; by Sr. R. Baker, Knight.

Casualties happening in his time.

IN the the two and twentieth yeare of his Raigne, a contagious Pestilence arose in the East and South parts of the world, and spread it selfe over all Christen∣dome; and comming at last into England, it so wasted the people, that scarce the tenth person of all sorts was left alive. There died in London (some say in N••r∣wich) betweene the first of Ianuary, and the first of Iuly, 57374. persons. In Yar∣mouth, in o••e yeare, 7052. men and women: before which time, the Parsonage there was worth 700. Markes a yeare, and afterwards was ••carce worth forty pounds a yeare. This Plague beganne in London about Alhollan••ide, in the yeare 1348. and continued till the yeare 1357. ••here it was observed, that those who were borne after the beginning of this mortality, had but twenty eight teeth, where before ••hey had two and thirty. In the twelveth yeare of his Raigne, a sudden ••••undation of water, at New-castle upon Tyne, bare downe a pi••ce of the Towne

w••ll, and sixe pearches in length, neare to a place called Walkenew; where a hun∣dred and twenty men and women were drowned. In the five and thi••••ieth yeare of his Raigne, another Pestilence h••pp••ned in England, which was called the se∣cond Pestilence, in which died Henry Duke of La••caster, also Regin••ld Lord C••••ha••••, and Walter Fits-warren, two famous men; and five Bishops, of W••rcester, of Lon∣don, of Ely, of Lincolne, and of Chich••ster. In this Kings time, a Frost lasted from the midst of September, to the moneth of Aprill. In the fourth yeare of his Raigne, a solemne Justing or Turnament was holden at London in Ch••••pside, be••wixt the great Crosse and the great Conduit, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 S••per-la•••••• which lasted three dayes; where the Queen Philippa, with many Ladies, fell from a Stage, set up for them to behold the Justing; and though they were not hurt at all, yet the King threa••••ed to p••∣nish the Carpenters for their negligence, till the Que••ne in••••••ated pardon for them upon her knees: as indeed she was alwayes ready to doe all good offices of mercie to all people. In the eleventh yeare of his Raigne was so great plenty, that a quar∣ter of Wheate was sold at London for two shillings, a fat Oxe for a Noble, a fat Sheepe for sixe pence, and sixe Pigeons for a penny, a fa•• Goose for two pence, and a Pigge for a penny, and other things after that rate.