196 ON THE PRICE OF GRAIN. , 



into error by the omission of the " filii regis Edwardi" from the style. 

 This omission is frequent. 



1310. The information is not very abundant. Wheat is still very 

 high, standing almost continuously at Cuxham at from &s. to 8s. 6d. 

 At Basingstoke it is as high as qs. \d. In Northumberland it reaches 

 ios., but it is lower in other parts of England, especially in the east 

 and south-eastern counties. The rate, too, is easier in South Wales. 

 The price of barley is very little less than in the previous year, but is 

 singularly uniform over a very wide area. A note from the Holywell 

 manor in Oxford informs us that the price was lowered at the end of 

 March. Oats are still very dear. Rye is high, but beans, peas, and 

 vetches have considerably fallen. 



1311. The information is scanty but sufficient. The price of 

 wheat is fallen considerably, though unfortunately the Cuxham 

 account failing for this year, and no other giving the course of the 

 market, it is not possible to explain the facts fully. The dearest 

 rate is in the neighbourhood of London. The entry from Merton 

 College is in all probability to be really referred to the preceding 

 harvest, since the price is so discrepant from that which ruled in 

 the neighbourhood of the city of Oxford ; Merton, at which sales 

 were effected at 4,?., being only about eight miles from Oxford. Barley 

 is rather high, as also oats. Rye follows the rate. Beans, &c. are 

 of very variable values, but are rather low. 



1312. The evidence is derived from the midland counties, the 

 neighbourhood of London, South Wales, Notts, and York. Prices 

 of wheat are below the average. At Cuxham the price falls at first, 

 then rises till March, and then suffers a slight fall again. Rates are 

 highest, on the whole, in the immediate neighbourhood of London. 

 Barley follows the price of wheat. Oats are moderate. Rye low. 

 Beans, &c. low. 



1313. The evidence is abundant, and of the same character as 

 before. The price of wheat at Cuxham commences at a low rate, 

 and gradually rises to nearly double by July. This course of the 

 market is also discernible at Letherhead and Maldon, both of which 

 places are near London. Barley does not surfer an equal rise, but oats 

 fully participate in the increased rate. Rye is affected by the same 

 causes, but beans, &c. are low. 



1314. The evidence is abundant, being increased by accounts 

 from South Wales. Wheat is high, and rises rapidly towards the 

 end of the year, being affected by the prospects of the next harvest. 

 Where, however, sales are made or purchases effected early in the 



