The work describes the area around the abbey for 20 -- 30 miles ( 32 -- 48 kilometres ) as being filled with unburied corpses .
That the price of a bushel of grain rose to 200 pence .
The work describes the area around the abbey for 20 -- 30 miles ( 32 -- 48 kilometres ) as being filled with unburied corpses , and that the price of a bushel of grain rose to 200 pence .