20 



Sir Robert Phellips and Sir Edward Hext, on the 28tli Feb., 

 certified as having in bushels in the hundreds of 



were " careful to prevent" and although prices were higher, the 

 " poor did not yet much complain, "t From Bridge water, 28 Feb., 

 George Gray, mayor, Hum. Blake and AVilliam Hill, aldermen, 

 reported that the few corn sellers within the borough, sold in the 

 open market, but the quantity to be spared was small. The 

 county round was well stored, and with the consent of the 

 magistrates and Customs, 600 bushels of beans and 119 of peas, 

 had been passed by water to Bristol, Barnstaple, Cardiff and 

 Carlion. Small quantities had also been allowed to certain 

 Irishmen for their own provision. The prices were somewhat 

 higher but the poor had "no great cause to complain." Badgers 

 and bakers were watched, to prevent the " inconveniences which 

 they were accustomed to cause. "J 



# Oats and dredge. f 1623, Vol. cxliv., fol. 21, No. 3. 



X 1623, Vol. cxliv., fol. 2i. No. 4. 



