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Rh also was noted and credibly informed thence as a remarkable providence of the Lord. That in the plundering and burning of this Town the greatest losse was to the malignant partie of that Town who inhabited among them, most of the honest and godly men there, having by Gods mercy and good providence carryed and conveyed away their best goods into Coventry before the Cavaliers came to their Town.”

 In 1665, London was not only visited with the plague, but many other parts of England, among which Birmingham felt this dreadful mark of the divine judgment. The infection is said to have been caught by a box of clothes, brought by the carrier, and lodged at the White-hart. Depopulation ensued. The church-yard was insufficient for the reception of the dead, who were conveyed to Lady Wood Green, one acre of waste land, thence denominated the Pest GoundGround [sic].