ON THE PRICE OF GRAIN. 343 



1470-1. The evidence is scanty, but prices are clearly lower 

 except in the eastern counties. Barley and malt are not dear. The 

 King's College account is lost, but King's Hall buys at 3^. iof</., 

 and Ormesby sells 585 quarters of malt at %s. %\d. 142 quarters are 

 sold also from Hinton at 3^. $\d. Oats and oatmeal are cheap. One 

 entry of rye malt from the east puts this article high. I have found 

 no entry of beans, peas, or vetches for this year, beyond one of green 

 peas, on which, with similar entries, I purpose commenting hereafter. 



1471-2. The evidence is scanty, but it appears that wheat was at 

 an average, or near an average price. Barley and malt are higher, 

 Ormesby selling 455 quarters of malt at ^s. o\d., and Cambridge 

 buying barley at 3.5-. 8d., and selling malt at 4*. nd. Oats are 

 unchanged in any particular degree, but meal appears to be a little 

 dearer. I have found no entry of rye, and only one of beans and 

 peas. 



1472-3. The evidence is more abundant. The King's College 

 account is preserved as well as that of King's Hall, and the entries 

 in the former are dated. Prices of wheat are low, and low uniformly. 

 King's Hall buys at an average of 3^. 8^d., King's College at an 

 average of 3^. 8f</. Barley and malt are rather dearer, the price of 

 the latter being very uniform. King's Hall buys malt at 3^. of</., 

 King's College at 3^. $\d. The price of oats and oatmeal is un- 

 changed. Beans and peas are also cheap. I find no entry of rye. 



1473-4. The price of wheat is low. The King's College entries 

 are dated, and the average is 3^. 1\d., none purchased being at a 

 higher rate than 4$. the quarter. The average of the King's Hall 

 purchases is $s. *\\d. As these purchases are frequently made in 

 distant localities, especially when the corn is bought in considerable 

 quantities and not in the Cambridge market only, the entries have 

 a higher importance than that of the mere place of purchase. 

 The Heyford price is 3^. 6d. The dearest market is that in the 

 west. Barley is not so cheap. The localities are only four, Can- 

 terbury, Yeovil, Finchale, and Wearmouth, but the quantities pur- 

 chased are considerable. The two Cambridge colleges alone supply 

 malt prices; the King's Hall malt being bought at 2s. nf</., the 

 King's College at 3^. 2\d. Oats are dear, except at Finchale, where 

 1 06 quarters are bought at is. gd. Rye is at its natural price, though 

 only one entry is found. Beans and peas are rather dearer than 

 might be expected. 



1474-5. The evidence is wider than that of the previous year, but 

 not so useful, since the King's College record is lost. The King's 



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