The Black Death and Pastoral Leadership: The Diocese of Hereford in the Fourteenth Century Book

	List of Figures and Tables
	Preface
	List of Abbreviations
	Introduction	1
1	The Diocese of Hereford in the Fourteenth Century	12
	The Diocese of Hereford and Its Leadership	13
	The Parishes of Hereford	20
	Religious Communities and Pastoral Care	29
2	The Black Death in Hereford	34
	General Mortality in Hereford Diocese	37
	Clerical Mortality in the Diocese	40
	Pastoral Challenges and the Bishop's First Response	55
3	Diocesan and Parochial Administration After the Black Death	61
	The Diocese in the Decade Following the Black Death	63
	Lewis Charlton (1361-1369) and the Second Plague	78
	Religious and Economic Discord Following the Black Death	81
4	Clerical Recruitment and Pastoral Provision	89
	Patterns of Clerical Recruitment in Fourteenth-Century Hereford	91
	Factors Behind the Changes	103
	Clerical Patronage and Placement in the Late Fourteenth Century	109
5	Hereford Parish Clergy at the Century's End	118
	Parish Priests and Instruction for the Cure of Souls	120
	Clerical Residence and Management of the Cure	126
	Clerical Life and Conduct	137
	Conclusion	149
	Appendix: Statistics and Their Sources	157
	Notes	163
	Bibliography	181
	Index	193