236 ON THE PRICE OF GRAIN. 



recorded at Boreham at los. id., at Cambridge at Ss. iod., at Elham 

 in Kent at Ss., and two at Westfeld at IQJ. Barley however remains 

 very cheap, even in some of the places at which wheat was dear, and 

 malt is as cheap as barley, taking into account the cost of manu- 

 facture. Oats are only a little dearer, and the price of meal is low. 

 Beans, peas, and vetches are cheap. 



1 446-7. The wheat harvest of this year, the information for which 

 is of the same character with that of the preceding year, appears 

 to have been similar to that of 1445-6, except that the crop was 

 nowhere very bad and nowhere very abundant. The highest price 

 is at Lullington, and the lowest at Apuldrum in the same county. 

 As the crop was fairly large at the former and scanty at the latter, 

 I conclude that the quality at the latter was very inferior. Barley still 

 remains cheap, though the market rises slightly. Oats too are a little 

 dearer, though oatmeal is cheap. Rye is found in one place. Beans, 

 peas, vetches, and pulse are cheap. 



1447-8. The information is rather more copious than usual. 

 Wheat has fallen to the average price, though it is dear at Yeovil, 

 as are all other kinds of grain in this place. Barley is a little 

 dearer, as is also malt, the entries being numerous and the sales 

 large, upwards of 220 quarters of malt being sold at Ormesby. 

 Oats and rye fairly correspond to the prices which might be expected, 

 and oatmeal is cheap. Beans, peas, vetches, and pulse are cheap, 

 the information being unusually abundant. 



1448-9. Wheat is a little dearer. The number of localities fur- 

 nishing information is large, and the range wide. The highest rates 

 come from the south-west, as Yeovil and Budleigh. In this year occurs 

 the first entry from Sion Abbey, founded by Henry VI, near Rich- 

 mond, and from King's College, founded by the same king at Cam- 

 bridge. The quantity purchased at Sion is large. The Sussex prices 

 are considerably lower than the average. Barley is slightly lower, the 

 price being very uniform throughout the county. Malt is a little 

 dearer, large purchases being made at Sion. Rye corresponds to 

 wheat. Oats are a little cheaper, a considerable quantity being bought 

 at Sion, Middleham, and Finchale at low prices. Beans and vetches 

 are cheap. The price of oatmeal at Cambridge is low. 



1449-50. Wheat is again a little cheaper, the highest prices being 

 those in the south of England, and the price rising towards the end 

 of the year. Barley is abundant and cheap, as is also malt, very large 

 sales being made both of raw and malted grain from the eastern 

 counties. The price of oats falls with that of other kinds of grain. 



