[185] Some six miles from Rochester. [186] Nine miles from Maidstone. [187] Wharton, _Anglia Sacra_, i, pp. 375-6. This is an abstract of Dene's account in the Rochester cartulary, B. Mus. Cotton MS., Faust. B. v, ff. 96 _et seqq._ _Cf._ also Vitell. E. xiv, ff. 375 _et seqq._ [188] B. Mus. Faust. B., v, f. 98. [189] _Ibid._, fol. 99. [190] For the use of his transcripts of the Bishop's Register, as well as for assistance in all that relates to the Winchester diocese, I am indebted to the kindness of F. J. Baigent, Esq., of Winchester. [191] Reg. Edyndon, ii, fol. 17. [192] _Ibid._, ff. 17b-18. [193] _Ibid._, fol. 19. The Indulgence was to last until Easter, but the time was subsequently extended to the feast of St. Michael. This extension was notified from Avignon by letter dated 28th April, 1349; the Pope here granted the extension verbally. On 25th May Bishop Edyndon sent out the announcement of the extension, and ordered it to be made known at once. [194] Reg. Edyndon, i, fol. 19b. [195] Any doubt about the pestilence to which this letter refers is removed by the dates of the deaths of these last two named. John de Hampton died 4th August, 1356, and William Fyfhide on 18th May, 1361. [196] Winchester Cathedral Archives, Book ii, No. 80. In Book i, No. 120, is an "Exemplification of the record and proceedings by the Bishop of Winchester against the Mayor and others concerning the limits and boundaries of the churchyard, where the abbey of Hyde once stood, called the cemetery of St. Peter," Anno 23 Ed. III. (1349). [197] The following table will give the Institutions for Hants:— +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | 1349. | +------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+ | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. |April.| May. |June. |July. | Aug. |Sept. | +------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+ | 5 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 5 | +------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+ [198] Table of Institutions for Surrey:— +-----+---------------------------------------------------------+ |1348.| 1349. | +-----+----+-----+-----+-------+-----+------+------+-----+------+ | Dec.|Jan.| Feb.| Mar.| April.| May.| June.| July.| Aug.| Sept.| +-----+----+-----+-----+-------+-----+------+------+-----+------+ | 7 | 12 | 19 | 33 | 46 | 29 | 24 | 18 | 11 | 12 | +-----+----+-----+-----+-------+-----+------+------+-----+------+ [199] Reg. Edyndon, i, fol. 38. [200] R. O., Originalia Roll, 23 Ed. III., m. 37. [201] Pipe Roll, 23 Ed. III., m. 23. [202] R. O., L. T. R. Memoranda Roll, 28 Ed. III. [203] B. Mus. Cole MS., 5,824, p. 78 (from Reg. Lisle, fol. 24). [204] Rot. Pat. 27 Ed. III., pars. 1, m. 4. [p116] CHAPTER VII. THE EPIDEMIC IN GLOUCESTER, WORCESTER, WARWICK, AND OXFORD.