Ian Wright from Brilliant Maps has a map and accompanying notes drawing upon on the evidence contained in the records of the first of the Poll Taxes, that of 1377. The information is then used to calculate the population and relative ranking of English cities and towns in the year King Edward III died and was succeeded by his grandson King Richard II.
Such tables of relative size are quite common in books on economic history and historical geography but I suspect are not that well known to the wider reading public, so sharing this map and the statistics seems to be a good idea.
The article can be seen at Map Of The Largest Towns And Cities Of England In 1377
The tax was a uniform levy of 4d a head for adults and teenagers. A single groat, valued at 4d would be the sum paid for an individual or in a mixture of pennies and half-groats or the fractions of a silver penny.
A groat issued under King Edward III in the years 1369 to 1377, and minted in London at the Tower
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