372 THE PRICE OF WOOL. 



1292. Wool is a little dearer in some places and stationary at 

 others. There is, however, a notable fall in the eastern counties. 



1293. Wool is at a full price in Oxfordshire, but it is unchanged 

 in the eastern counties. Fleeces are generally very light. 



1294-5-6. The price is seriously depressed, wool selling at lower 

 rates than in any previous year. This depression is not paralleled 

 till the years which followed the Great Plague. In 1296, on one 

 estate (Maldon), black wool is dearer than white. 



1297. The price recovers to some extent. The fleeces were light. 



1298. Wool is very dear, rising apparently in the course of 

 the year. 



1299. In some places a considerable variation takes place, but 

 the price is equal to the general average. It is possible that the 

 temporary causes which affected the currency may have caused some 

 difficulty. 



1300. The price is at about the average, the evidence being wide 

 and somewhat large. 



1301-2-3. Very little variation occurs in these years. The 

 Stanham fleece in the first year seems to be very heavy, as also the 

 Cheddington in the second. The sale at Halvergate in 1303 re- 

 presents, no doubt, transactions in a considerable accumulation of 

 produce. 



1304. The price is singularly uniform in all the localities, no 

 variation of any importance occurring. 



1305. Prices are a little lower. The Ponteland sacks were sold at 

 a higher rate than the odd stones. 



1306. Wool is a little dearer. Great variation exists in the 

 Northumberland prices. The Southampton wool is above the 

 ordinary price attained in that district. 



1307. Wool is much dearer, though the evidence is not very 

 varied. The Foxlete sack is dearer than the stone. Hog wool is 

 dear, it would seem, at Mulbrook, a place whose county I cannot 

 identify. 



1308. The price is still more enhanced. Wolrichston wools 

 occur for the first time. The produce from this place, situated in 

 Warwickshire, is evidently of high quality, and, as a rule, commands a 

 price considerably in excess of that in most other localities. Fleeces 

 at Thorp Waterville are very dear. 



1309. The price, as far as the places from which it is given 

 suggest, is considerably lower than in the previous year. In the 

 north, black wool is dearer than white. 



