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&S. 2d. Malt is &s. id. at Cambridge, 5^. 2d. at Hunstanton, and 

 gs. i^d. at Sion, at which there are 40 entries, rising from is. 6d. 

 to ios., and rising steadily throughout the year. Rye is not so dear 

 as wheat. Oats are much dearer, but oatmeal, though at a full price, 

 has not risen so considerably. Beans are not found, and Sion peas 

 are again too dear to be estimated. 



1521-2. Wheat has fallen in price, though it is still dear in 

 London, where one price in the Sion account is as high as 13^. $d. 

 The average at Sion is 8s. 8%d., against is. S^d., the general average. 

 It is cheap at Cambridge. Barley is dear at Sion, though not con- 

 stantly so high as in the previous year. Malt at Sion, from an average 

 of 42 entries, is at 6s. g\d., at Cambridge is at 4^. \\d. Oats are also 

 cheaper, as is also meal, the average of which is about gs. gd., but 

 less than gs. at Sion. Rye, beans, and peas, i.e. field peas, have not 

 been discovered. 



1522-3. The average price of wheat is 6s. o^d. The Sion entries, 

 unfortunately mutilated, give an average of 6s. 3^., and probably, 

 as the price scarcely varies through the 38 entries which remain, the 

 recovery of what is lost would have made no difference in the result. 

 Barley, derived from four entries, is 3^. i id. the quarter. Malt, from 5 1 

 entries at Sion and 6 at Walsham, is 4$. %^d. The Cambridge malt 

 is bought by contract at 2s. id., but I have thought it better not to 

 include it in the averages. Oats are cheaper, especially at Hunstanton, 

 where they are bought at a little over 5^. the chaldron. Oatmeal 

 varies from 8^. \d. at Sion to i2s. in London. Beans are cheap, but 

 Sion peas are too dear to suggest field produce. 



T 5 2 3~4- Information is very scanty. The average price of wheat 

 is 4s. 1 1|</. at Cambridge, while the general average is 5.9. 6d. Barley 

 and malt are %s. and %s. 4</., oats 2s. %d. Neither rye, beans, nor peas 

 have been found. 



1524-5. The King's College and Sion entries, the former, as 

 usual, dated, are full. The average price is 5^. i^d., that of Cambridge 

 being 5.5-. 5f </., and that of Sion 6s. ^d. The price of Sion wheat 

 scarcely varies throughout the year, but that of Cambridge falls 

 towards September, 1525. Prices have fallen considerably below the 

 average. Barley is 4*. at Sion, at which place alone I have found it. 

 Cambridge contracts for its malt at 2s. S^d. Sion procures 35 quanti- 

 ties at an average of 4S. 8d. Oats are dearer, though meal at 9^. 6d. 

 does not rise greatly. Beans and peas are cheap. Rye has not been 

 found. 



I 525-6. Wheat is represented by the Sion series and a purchase 



