April 20 1582

Title

April 20 1582

Subject

April 20

Description

Sir Warham Sentleger informs Burghley that there are some sixty to seventy deaths every day due to plague and famine in Cork, "which is but one street not half a quarter of a mile in length." (CSPI 91.41) (Maley, 32). Compare with descriptions of famine in the Munster countryside in A View.

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“April 20 1582,” Collections @ ECU, accessed November 22, 2024, http://collections.ecu.edu/items/show/673.

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