Degree Type
Thesis
Date of Award
1997
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
History
Abstract
Evidence put forth by John Hatcher in Plague Population and the English Economy, and by Rosemary Horrox, editor of The Black Death, shows that in the years of 1348-49, 1361, 1369,1375, and 1390-93 plagues of varying strengths struck England. By examining the Calendar of the Close Rolls, the death rates of coroners and verderers during these outbreaks can be determined. This in turn allows a death rate to be obtained for the county gentry from which these officials were drawn. The plagues of the latter fourteenth century also had an effect of the offices of coroner and verderer themselves. As the plague removed large numbers of people from the offices, Chancery found it increasingly difficult to maintain suitable people within them. This in turn led to less effective county and forest administration.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.31274/rtd-180813-7679
Publisher
Digital Repository @ Iowa State University, http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/
Copyright Owner
Kevin Christopher DeLange
Copyright Date
1997
Language
en
OCLC Number
38423253
File Format
application/pdf
File Size
73 pages
Recommended Citation
DeLange, Kevin Christopher, "The effects of the Black Death on the lower gentry and offices of coroner and verderer in fourteenth-century England" (1997). Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. 16996.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd/16996
