In the winter of 1630 Preston suffered a …”visitation of almighty God, the plague”. The parish registers for the town, record the grim progress of the disease…
In the winter of 1630 Preston suffered a …”visitation of almighty God, the plague”. The parish registers for the town, record the grim progress of the disease. By the summer of 1631 almost 400 people a month were succumbing to a disease similar to Anthrax. That was when the population of the town was only about 4000. The disease had struck Manchester in 1601, where over 2000 people died.
All markets had been stopped and with no income a relief fund was setup by the council. This has interesting parallels with the Covid outbreak. Even fuel was in short supply, as no one was allowed to leave town to gather it, and no one was allowed in. Close to 400 deaths were reported for July and August 1631. A letter states:
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