266 ON THE PRICE OF GRAIN. 



the period. Barley is at corresponding prices in Oxford. Oats are 

 dear. Beans and peas are dear both at Oxford and Cambridge. 



1566-7. Prices rise considerably, though unequally. Wheat is 

 cheap at Cambridge, or not materially dearer, the average being 

 us. ii^d., though it must be remembered that the practice of re- 

 ceiving rents in wheat, now become traditional at Cambridge, gave 

 the corporation considerable advantages. The average at Magdalen 

 College is high, igs. id., the general average being i6s. ^d. A 

 very large quantity of wheat, barley, rye, and beans is bought on the 

 Ordnance account. These prices fairly correspond with the general 

 average, and with each other. Oats are dear, but peas, beans, and 

 rye (now appearing again after the lapse of many years), are relative to 

 the rates at which they ordinarily stand to other kinds of grain. 



15678. The entries of wheat are from the two Cambridge 

 Colleges, Pembroke and King's, the average from them being 

 i2s. io^d., from Oxford, at Magdalen, where the average is 9.9. oj</., 

 and from four other places. The general average is nj. id., and 

 represents a general and considerable fall as compared with the 

 previous year. Prices are higher in Cambridge than in the midland 

 counties. Barley on the other hand is dear, and so is malt. Oats 

 are only a little cheaper, and peas, of which there are twelve entries 

 from Cambridge, are dear. 



1568-9. The price of wheat rises slightly, the entries being 

 numerous. The rate is higher in Cambridge than in Oxford, being 

 12.?. g\d. in the former, and 7.?. g\d. in the latter, against an average 

 generally of 1 1 s. ^\d. Barley is again dear, if one can trust the entry 

 of a small parcel from Oxford. Oats are dearer, and peas cheaper 

 than before. There is no price of malt. 



1569-70. There is a further slight rise in wheat. It is again 

 dearer at Cambridge, where the average is 1 2s. 8%d., than at Oxford, 

 where it is 9^. od. The wheat harvest of this year must have been 

 generally like that of the two which preceded it. There is no price 

 of barley, but malt is cheaper in two localities. Oats, derived from 

 the Wardrobe account only, are a little dearer. Peas on the contrary 

 are a little cheaper. 



1570-1. Wheat is cheaper again. The Pembroke College average 

 is 13-r. 3%d., the King's College, 12.?. 4^. But the Magdalen College 

 entries average 8s. 8d., the general average being 9^. lod. There is 

 no price of barley, but malt stands at its natural price to wheat. 

 Oats are cheaper, but oatmeal is dear. Peas are dear. There is no 

 entry of beans. 



