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cester's estates in Glamorganshire. The price of wheat is low over 

 the whole country, the highest price being found in the place referred 

 to. It is clear, however, that this sale was effected early in the 

 financial year, and therefore the effect of the last year's prices. Rates 

 are rather higher in the eastern counties. At Cuxham the sales 

 commence at prices far below those at which they stopped in the 

 year below, and drop till the beginning of April, when they reach the 

 lowest point, 4$. Then they experience a slight rise. Barley is pro- 

 portionately cheap. Oats are almost universally dear. Rye follows 

 the rate of wheat. The crop of beans must have been a failure, 

 for they were sold at BJ-. a quarter in Cuxham. Peas and vetches 

 are also dear. The price of malt is nearly as high as that of wheat. 



1306. The information is scanty (the Bigod accounts having 

 ceased), and chiefly confined to the south-east. It is plain, however, 

 that wheat was still lower in price, falling in the spring at Cuxham to 

 3-r. 6d., from which it recovered. Rates of barley and drage are low. 

 Oats of good quality are still high. Rye follows wheat. Malt is 

 proportionate. Beans and vetches are much cheaper, but peas are 

 still high. 



1307. The information becomes more plentiful. The price of 

 wheat rises considerably, reaching fts. lod. at Cuxham on April I2th, 

 from which rate, however, it declines again. The price, however, 

 is highest in South Wales, reaching los. at Lyswere.in June. Barley, 

 however, does not rise proportionately, and oats are relatively cheaper. 

 Rye too is not so high as might have been expected. The evidence 

 on the price of malt is scanty and unimportant. Beans, &c. are low. 



1308. The information is of the same character as before. Wheat 

 is still rising, having reached 8^. 8d. on July 7th at Cuxham, the 

 increase being steady from the prices of the previous year. Its 

 highest price is in the neighbourhood of London. The rate, how- 

 ever, is not so high in Warwick and Notts. A similar rise is ob- 

 servable in the price of other kinds of grain. 



1309. The information is still abundant, and prices in some 

 localities are advancing. The rate at Cuxham is not quite so high 

 as in the previous year, reaching 8^. in April, but in South Wales 

 it is considerably in excess of previous prices. In Northumberland 

 it reaches us. yd., at one manor in Hampshire los. Barley partakes 

 in these advanced rates, as also oats and rye. Beans are dearer, 

 reaching 8s. at Cuxham. Peas and vetches are also sold at enhanced 

 rates. The entries from Clare placed under the year 1275 belong 

 actually to this year, the transcriber of the account having been led 



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