History Y7 - Black Death

Black Death

When did the original outbreak of the Black Death occur in China and spread westwards along the Silk Roads?

1346

When did the Black Death reach Constantinople?

1347

When did the Black Death arrive in England at the southern port of Weymouth on a ship from the Med?

June 1348

When did the Black Death reach London?

October 1348

When did the Black Death reach Walsham?

1349

When did the Black Death outbreak end in England?

1350

When did Parliament pass the Statute on Labourers?

1351

When was the Peasants Revolt against the Statute on Labourers?

1381

What disease was the Black Death an outbreak of?

Bubonic plague

What is a Catholic ceremony conducted by a priest before death?

Last rites

What is a social system based on exchanging land for services?

Feudalism

What is land managed by the local 'lord' or 'lady'?

Manor

Where do Christians believe the soul goes before heaven?

Purgatory

What is a peasant who owed labour and military service to the local lord?

Serf

What was the tax paid to support the Church equal to 10% of earnings?

Tithe

What was the law that made asking for higher wages illegal?

Statute on Labourers

Who was the Lady of Walsham manor the larger of the two manors in Walsham?

Lady Rose de Valognes

Who was the Lord of High Hall manor the smaller of the two manors in Walsham?

Sir Edmund de Welles

Who was a middle-aged widow prosperous free peasant and a devout Christian?

Margery Woodbite

Who was an elderly widow and prosperous free peasant?

Catherine Pynfoul

Who was the reeve of Walsham Manor employed by Lady Rose to manage her lands?

Walter Osbourn

Who was a serf who worked for Sir Edmund?

John Chapman

Who was a young serf who worked on Lady Rose's farm?

Thomas Bec

Who was a lazy serf who worked for Lady Rose often found in the alehouse?

Fat Simon