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and 39th years of Edward III., the nth and 22nd of Richard 

 II., and the 8th and 9th of Henry IV. It is as well, however, 

 that I should state that every presentment on the Rolls relating 

 to murrain was extracted, and remains in my possession, so that 

 the figures of the general statement can be tested at any time) — 

 and will now merely state that during the 21st year of Edward 

 III. there appears to have died on this farm i horse, 7 bullocks, 

 2 cows, a calf, 48 sheep and 36 lambs, 3 sows, and 43 pio-s. 



* In the 22nd year, i horse, 5 bullocks, a cow, 3 calves, 60 

 sheep, and 40 lambs. 



' In the 23rd year, the year of the pestilence, there is but one 

 presentment, recording the death of 1 1 ewes and 6 pigs. 



^ In the following year but a single death, that of a ewe, and 

 in the 25th year nothing whatever, and it might fairlv be sup- 

 posed to have ended. The Rolls for this year and the 29th are 

 not complete; and, since the above was written, a small frag- 

 ment of one of this year, with the remains of a murrain entry 

 on it, has been found, but too much decayed to make out any- 

 thing but the marginal note. In the 26th year it begins again, 

 commits more havoc in the 27th year, but less again in the 28th, 

 and the 29th year is again a blank ; once more it is rife in the 

 30th ; and in the 31st, 129 sheep and 96 Iambs are on the death 

 roll ; it has again nearly spent itself in the 35th year, but deaths 

 by it continue in each successive year; and in the 39th the 

 numbers rise again to 152 sheep and 190 lambs. In the nth 

 year ofT^ichard II. 143 sheep and 113 lambs died. 



'During: all this time other cattle suffered, but not at all in 

 like proportion to the sheep. 



' The effect of its ravages will be better understood by the 

 statement I have carefully prepared from the presentments, which 

 shows the total of deaths of each kind of stock in every year 

 durincr the continuance of the murrain. It will be seen from it 

 that so late as the 8th year of Henry IV., 8 bullocks, 13 cows, 

 and 66 sheep died, and the account closes in the 13th year with 

 a sow and 3 pigs. 



' It will be seen, too, from this account, that among the 

 sheep, the lambs, ewes, and hoggets were most affected by it, and 

 the calves and cows more in proportion than the other stock. 



