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14: The Black Death & Peasant's Revolt
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It was the feast of John the Baptist - 24th June 1348.
The busy little port of Melcombe Regis sits on the north side of Weymouth Harbour in Dorset.
It had only received its charter 80 years before hand but in that time it had established itself as a busy port in this part of the south west of England.
That day boats were arriving from France, bringing back soldiers who had been engaged in King Edward III’s Hundred Years War.
Some of these men were possibly veterans who had stood and fought alongside the king at his incredible victory over the French…
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