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During the period 1261-1400 the average price of barley is 

 45-. 3!^. 



It is considerably below this rate to 1270. It rises above 

 this amount twice only between 1271 and 1280, and twice only 

 up to 1290. During the next decade it is only twice above the 

 average, and in the next it rises in the last three years only. 

 Between 1311 and 1330 it is ten times above the average. 

 Between 1331 and 1350 three times. In the period from 1351 

 to 1370 it is thirteen times in excess. But in the remaining 

 thirty years it exceeds the average only six times. 



The average price of drage, or bere, is 35-. 4! </. 



During the first twenty-two years the evidence supplied for 

 this kind of grain is not abundant, but it does not during the 

 twelve years for which we have information rise above its 

 average more than twice, though in all likelihood it followed 

 the rate of barley. Between 1281 and 1300 it is five times in 

 excess, and these are the same years as held dear barley rates. 

 From 1301 to 1320 drage is five times in excess, and presents 

 uniform characteristics with barley. From 1321 to 1340 it is 

 seven times in excess. From 1341 to 1360 eight times. From 

 1361 to the end of the period fifteen times, evidence being 

 wanting for the five years 1384, 1390, 1393, 1395? 1397* 



The average price of oats is 2-r. 5f^ 



During the first twenty-two years it is five times in excess. 

 In the next twenty, four times. In the next twenty, nine times. 

 In the next, seven times, and once, in 1329, exactly the 

 average. From 1341 to 1360 ten times. From 1361 to 1380 

 thirteen times, and once at the average. From 1381 to the 

 conclusion of the period it is only three times above it. 



The average price of rye is 45-. 4!^. 



The entries of rye, as has been elsewhere stated, are scanty 

 and interrupted. It was grown in particular localities only, and 

 generally in small quantities. During the first twenty-two 

 years it is eight times above the average. In two of these 

 years it is quoted at a higher price than the average of wheat. 

 In the next twenty, seven times. Between 1301 and 1320 it is 



