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Title: The counties of England, their story and antiquities
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson), 1854-1930
Subjects: Great Britain -- History England -- Antiquities
Publisher: London : G. Allen
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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e ravages made by the BlackDeath, which, towards the middle of the fourteenthcentury, made its appearance, and in some places carriedoff a very large percentage of the inhabitants. In tenparishes of Amounderness alone 13,180 perished in aboutfour months. It will not be necessary here to give anaccount of the Dukes of Lancaster, but we should notomit to mention that in 1353, Henry, the son of Henry,Earl of Lancaster, was created the first Duke of Lancaster,and was empowered to hold a Chancery Court for theDuchy and enjoy all the liberties and regalities belongingto a County Palatine. He was succeeded by his son-in-law, John of Gaunt, who died in 1399; during his timeLancaster Castle was partly rebuilt. It may be well tonote here that the County Palatine and the Duchy arenot identical—to the former belong many places not inthe latter. Lancashire was first represented in Parliament in1259, when the shire returned two members; but in 1295two burgesses were sent from each of the towns—
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Lancashire 99 Lancaster, Preston, Wigan, and Liverpool. At thisperiod the only two seaports of any importance wereLiverpool and Preston, but at neither place was theremuch shipping beyond what was used for fishingpurposes. The beginning of the fourteenth centurywitnessed a rapid increase in the prosperity of some ofthe towns, as, for example, at Preston the influx of peoplefrom the surrounding districts was so great that it wasfound necessary to pave the streets; and to enable theCorporation to do this, Royal Letters Patent were issuedin 1314, empowering them to levy toll upon all goodsand merchandise brought into the town for sale. Thearticles which thus became taxable serve well to indicatethe every-day wants of the community of this risingtown. The following examples are also of interest asshowing the amount of toll paid: — A horse-load of corn, jd.; horses, cows, and oxen, ^d.;hides of horses, cows, or oxen, fresh, salted, or preserved,^d.; any kind of carts bringing flesh, fres

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