264 ON THE PRICE OF GRAIN. 



bought in July at 18^., when perhaps also another quantity was bought, 

 which is entered at i6.r. Sd. The College, owing to the generosity 

 of Lord Peters, gets 2 2 quarters at a nominal price of 6 s. The 

 average price of the thirty-six King's College entries is 31^. %d. The 

 price of meal at Oxford is also high. Barley and malt are very dear. 

 Oats, however, are not represented, but meal is at a moderate price. 

 Beans and peas are dear. An entry in the Norfolk register declares 

 that wheat, barley, and oats reached the rates of 53^., 32^., and i6s. 

 the quarter respectively. 



1557-8. A great fall takes place in the price of wheat. The 

 King's College entries begin at rather high rates, but at little more 

 than a third of the rate which prevailed in the previous year. The 

 price gradually sinks till it reaches 6,r. 8d. in November, at which it 

 stands with a few fluctuations to August, when it rises slightly. The 

 average is gs. 2\d. It is cheaper in Oxford, the Magdalen College 

 price being at an average of >\s. >jd. Barley falls, though not so fully, 

 at Cambridge and Oxford. Oats are a little cheaper. Peas are still 

 dear. Beans are not found. In this year the Norfolk register states 

 that wheat, barley, and oats sank to ios., 6s. 8d., and 4$. Sd. the 

 quarter respectively. 



1558-9. Prices are still low. The Cambridge account begins at 

 the prices of the previous harvest. But the rate gradually rises till it 

 reaches 13,?. 4d. in June, and 14$. 2d. in September. But barley and 

 malt are very dear. Oats, too, and meal are much enhanced in price, 

 especially in Cambridge. Beans are dearer than wheat in Oxford, 

 where, to judge from the price of meal, corn was dear. 



1559-60. Wheat is dearer in Cambridge and Oxford, though 

 prices are, by the new standard of experience, far from excessive. 

 King's College fails this year, but entries are given from Pembroke, 

 Cambridge, and Magdalen, Oxford, the average being 13^. from the 

 former, and i$s. 2\d. from the latter, the general average being 

 1 1 s. o%d. Barley is cheap. Malt is not found. Oats are dear. 



1560-1. Prices are rising, though not seriously. Only one entry 

 is found at Cambridge. The College has now adopted a practice of 

 receiving some of its rents in corn at a nominal price, 6s. Sd. The 

 average at Magdalen College is 15^. 5%d., the general average being 

 14$. 2\d. The Magdalen average is heightened by the purchase of 

 one quarter at the exceptional rate of 23.?. \d. Barley and malt, 

 though but little information has been found, correspond to wheat. 

 Oats are dear. Beans have not been found. Peas at Cambridge are 

 cheap. 



