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the evidence is not very copious. Rye is sold at Oxford only, and 

 corresponds to the wheat prices in that locality. Beans, &c. are 

 equally low. 



1378. Prices of wheat are still very low, particularly in some 

 places. The largest purchase of the year is extracted from an 

 account of the victualling and munitions supplied to Cherbourg, 

 then in the possession of the English. The entry headed " Wardrobe" 

 is, as on some other occasions, the debit of the Controller on the 

 quantity in excess of measure in the purchases made for the king's 

 use. Barley prices are also very low. The same fact applies to oats. 

 No entry of the price of rye has been discovered for this year. 

 Beans, &c. are exceedingly cheap. 



1379. Wheat prices sustain a considerable rise, the Wardrobe 

 calculation being a little below the average. Barley, however, is still 

 very cheap, the sales at Aylesham, Lullington, and Oxford being 

 very large, and all at low rates. Oats are also cheap, scarcely varying 

 from the previous year. Rye is not so dear as* wheat, and beans, &c. 

 though rising, do not correspond to wheat prices. 



1380. The price of wheat is somewhat higher. The average 

 taken in the credit of the Wardrobe account represents very nearly 

 the general average from the evidence. But there is nothing re- 

 markable in the year except the high rate in Northumberland. 

 Barley is cheap, falling below the relative value. Oats are rather 

 dearer. Rye corresponds with wheat. Beans, peas, and vetches 

 are cheap. 



1381. The Wardrobe average of wheat is again closely agreeable 

 to that of the general average. Prices, though a little above the 

 ordinary rate, vary very slightly. There is a singular uniformity in 

 the price of barley, though the localities are distant. Oats are low. 

 The single locality for rye is not very suggestive. Beans are found 

 in only one place, and are probably seed. Peas and vetches are low. 



1382. Wheat prices vary very little from those of the previous 

 year. Barley is a little lower than in the previous year. Oats are 

 cheap. No rye price has been found. Beans are also wanting. 

 Peas and vetches are cheap. 



1383. The Wardrobe credit is rather higher than the average. 

 Wheat is lower, but to no very marked extent. Barley is dearer, 

 though not very much so. Oats are rather higher. Rye is bought 

 at Oxford at a price corresponding to that of wheat. Beans, &c. 

 are dearer. 



1384. Wheat is on the whole lower, though one or two entries 



