The First Princess of Wales
“From the squalid ports of the Mediterranean, it had swept Italy and devastated France—hitting the coasts of English Dorset in August of 1348. In Devon, Somerset, Oxford, the pestilence glutted its greedy maw on rich and poor alike until it crashed through the gates of teaming London on All Saints’ Day in November. Those in London’s populous tenements, crowded monasteries, and busy merchants’ halls prayed for deliverance, but stayed for death. The rich and noble fled the city for the sanctuary o...f their great country homes, out of reach of the grim-fisted devourer called in whispered tones simply—the Death.
King Edward, his queen, and youngest children took their retainers to the hunt lodge at wooded Eltham Manor in Kent, a small house, but evidently these last two months, a safe one. The Prince of Wales and his large retinue hunkered down at Sonning Manor for the duration, while the Princess Isabella and most of her ladies settled in at Woodstock in Oxfordshire. None of the places were large enough to house the whole court for a long stay, but fear was on the land as Yuletide approached, and so, they stayed.MoreLess
King Edward, his queen, and youngest children took their retainers to the hunt lodge at wooded Eltham Manor in Kent, a small house, but evidently these last two months, a safe one. The Prince of Wales and his large retinue hunkered down at Sonning Manor for the duration, while the Princess Isabella and most of her ladies settled in at Woodstock in Oxfordshire. None of the places were large enough to house the whole court for a long stay, but fear was on the land as Yuletide approached, and so, they stayed.MoreLess
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