ON THE PRICE OF GRAIN. 2$l 



only, and are cheap for the neighbourhood of London. Beans and 

 peas are cheap. 



1506-7. The evidence derived from Cambridge is copious, and 

 that of King's College is, as before, dated, the purchases being con- 

 tinued from Oct. 1506 to Sept. 1507. Prices are low in November, 

 but during a short part of July and August they are high, probably 

 in consequence of alarm at wet in the early days of the harvest. 

 The King's College purchases are made at an average of 5^. 5j^/., 

 against a general average of $s. ^\d. The Sion purchases, some of 

 which are preserved, are effected at low prices, an average of about 5.$-. 

 Barley from Sussex, Norfolk, and Middlesex is equally low, and malt, 

 from Norfolk only, corresponds to the general average. Oats are 

 uniformly cheap. Beans, peas, and tares are cheap. The price of 

 peas is however unduly heightened by an entry from Stamford. 



1507-8. The price of wheat is derived from Cambridge and 

 Isleworth only. But the entries from the two Colleges are numerous, 

 and that from King's College is, as before, carefully dated from 

 Nov. 12 to Sept. 27. The average of the King's College entries is 

 5,r. iod., as compared with the general average, $s. 6\d. There are no 

 notable fluctuations in the price, but the highest rate was in February. 

 Barley at Isleworth is very cheap, and malt is equally cheap at 

 Cambridge. Oats are a little dearer, and oatmeal is higher (8s. 8d.) 

 than the price of the grain should suggest. Beans, from the dated 

 account of Cambridge extending from October to September, are at 

 nearly the prices of the previous year. But peas, of which there is 

 no account except from Isleworth, are very dear, nearly at the price 

 of wheat. 



1508-9. Corn is very much cheaper, the price falling greatly as 

 the character of the harvest of 1509 becomes manifest. Prices at 

 Cambridge, from which almost entirely the evidence of the year is 

 derived, are low in the autumn of 1508, and sink in March and 

 April, till in September they reach a rate which has not been seen 

 for many years. The Cambridge average is 3^. g^d., the general 

 average %s. io^d. Barley is also cheap, though both it and malt 

 appear to be slightly dearer than in the preceding year. Oats are 

 a fair price. Beans and peas, of which full prices are given from 

 Cambridge throughout the year, are cheap. Only one entry of rye 

 has been found, but this is misleading, as is also an entry of wheat 

 from the same place, which has been omitted from the averages. 

 Oatmeal is cheap. 



1509-10. Wheat is still lower in price. The average at King's 



