962. "A very great mortality"; great fire in London
The mortality and the fire are mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, and the plague also appears in the Irish annals. One of Edgar's law codes (IV Edgar: see EHD 41) is presented as a response to the sudden pestilence which caused great hardship far and wide in the kingdom; it is tempting to associate it with this plague, and so date it to 962 or shortly afterwards.