How Did the Black Death affect England

Effects of Black Death in England
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Black Death is an epidemic that swept across Europe and parts of Asia in the mid-14th century. It had a devastating effect that was never seen before. Black Death came to Europe through the port of Sicily from the Black Sea in 1347. The port residents were petrified when twelve ships docked at the port with dead bodies and ill patients. The local authorities ordered the ships to go back, but the plague had already anchored at Sicily. Europe was going to change radically in the next five years after the incident in Sicily. Black Death swept across continent Europe at a faster speed killing over 20 million inhabitants. England was never spared the disaster either. It arrived in England through the ports of Plymouth and Bristol. It killed almost half the population of England and had a massive effect on the left behind society. Black Death had a revolutionary impact on the England society.[. Stuart, J. Borsch, The Black Death in Egypt and England: a comparative study. (University of Texas Press, 2005), 1.] [. Ibid., 2.] [. Colin, Platt, King Death: The Black Death and its aftermath in late-medieval England. (Routledge, 2014), 2.] [. Frank, Robert, "Effects of the Black Death in England An Essay Review." Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences 54, no. 4 (1999), 597.] [. Platt, King Death, 5.] [. Borsch, The Black Death, 2.]
The origin and causes of the Black Death are yet to be uncovered. Before the ships docked over at a Sicilian port, they were already rumors of the Black Death in Asia, where it had already killed many people. It came to Europe through trading routes and ships. Some people at the time taught that it was a punishment from the heavenly deity who was punishing them because of their sins. The Black Death symptoms started with a swelling on the armpits and other parts of the body. Pus usually came out of the swellings accompanied by fever, diarrhea, pain, and shortly afterward, death came last. Black Death was highly contagious, which was the main reason for its fast spread across Europe. In England, the Black Death killed almost half the population at that time, and it had a significant effect on the England society.[. Borsch, The Black Death, 1.] [. Borsch, The Black Death, 2.] [. Platt, King Death, 5.] [. Platt, King Death, 2.] [. Platt, King Death, 5.]
The mortality rate during the Black Death period was very high. Black Death had no cure at the time. Everyone who was infected had a low chance of survival. The mortality rate in England during the epidemic was about thirty to fifty percent of the general population. Death rates during that time were hard to account for due to no one was keeping records. It is generally agreed between 1348-1350, England lost 40% of its population. This figure was reached after the priests recorded a low turnover in their churches which served a locality of around 10,000 and 12,000 adults. The priests experienced a mortality rate ranging from 20%-80%, with an average of 50%. In the town of Halesowen, the mortality rate was at 60%, and mostly men died compared to women. Villages started turning into ghost towns because many people died, a...