37 8 THE PRICE OF WOOL. 



on this estate in the previous year. Lambs' wool does not seem to 

 vary in any notable degree. The Cheddington fleece is high. 



1356. The prices are so scanty that no inference can be securely 

 arrived at. It would seem, if Apuldrum may be considered to 

 suggest rates elsewhere, that there was a slight rise both in sheep and 

 lambs' wool, and that the real rate was that of the year following. 



1357. The price of wool is certainly higher. It rises at Apuldrum, 

 but on lambs' wool only. It is considerably dearer at Cuxham than it 

 has been in general, and reaches a still higher rate at Wolford. The 

 Whaddon fleeces are heavy, the Cheddington low. An entry occurs 

 from Northumberland, which has not however been estimated. 



1358. Prices are somewhat lower, as we see from the Apuldrum 

 sales, both of sheep and lambs' wool. Farley wool is also low. But, 

 on the other hand, the Somerton clove is high, reaching 2s. 6d. 

 I cannot identify this place with any precision, as the name is 

 common. 



T 359- The evidence is more copious, and the price is higher. 

 Apuldrum sheep's wool is higher, and lambs' still more so. Somerton 

 wool is at previous prices. Wolrichston gives an entry also, which is 

 at enhanced rates. The sales too are large, and derived from 

 a wide area. 



1360. Very little information has been found. Apuldrum prices 

 are lower, except as regards lambs' wool. The Appendix contains a 

 considerable sale from Bicester, in which the price, though not high 

 for Oxfordshire, rectifies the low Sussex rate to some extent. The 

 Cheddington and Whaddon fleeces, though considerable, are lower 

 than on previous occasions. 



1361. The information is more copious, and the price is higher 

 than in the previous year. The Overton sale, i. e. from Rutland, is 

 effected at the highest rate ; those from Eastwood and Wolrichston 

 at the same amount. There is an entry from Ponteland in North- 

 umberland, but it has not, as before, been reckoned among the 

 averages. The Whaddon fleece is sold at full rates, as also that 

 from Market Overton. 



1362. The information is not very abundant, but prices are lower 

 than in the preceding year. The Eastwood prices are, as we shall 

 see, much lower than the rates at which sales are effected hereafter. 

 The fleeces, too, are somewhat cheaper. 



1363. There is but little alteration from the prices of the previous 

 year. The Eastwood wool is sold at the same rate, Apuldrum at a 

 little less, while the Wolford tod is rather high. There is again an 



