268 ON THE PRICE OF GRAIN. 



upward prices. Oats are dear in Oxford, but at moderate prices 

 in Cambridge and London. Meal is not so dear as in the previous 

 year. Beans have not been found. Peas are a little cheaper at 

 Cambridge. 



1576-7. The price of wheat rises greatly. The information is 

 unfortunately not very extensive, though it is copious from Cam- 

 bridge. Here, however, there is great variety. The King's College pur- 

 chases are made, all in the market, at an average of 2 is. n</., those 

 of Pembroke at 1 6s. 4 \d., a particular purchase at the latter College 

 being effected at a higher rate than that made by the other 

 College. Barley has not been found. Malt rises with wheat. Oats 

 are not dear, proportionately to wheat, nor are beans and peas. 



1 57 7-8- Wheat on the whole is slightly cheaper than it was in 

 the previous year, but in one locality it is high. The Cambridge 

 average at King's College is 17^. 6%d., and the purchases appear to 

 have generally been made after Lady Day. The Pembroke average 

 is 17-$". 3</., the Oxford, 19^. iod., the entries being numerous. But at 

 Faversham it is 26s. 6^d., the general average being 20^. 2d. Barley 

 has not been found. Malt is fairly proportioned to wheat, the entries 

 containing prices from Oxford, Cambridge, and Faversham. Oats are 

 dear at Cambridge and cheap in London, and meal, to infer from one 

 entry at Oxford, was cheap in that city. Beans and peas are rather 

 cheaper. 



1578-9. Wheat prices are rather lower. The King's College 

 average is 13.?. 4\d. y the Pembroke, 13^. n\d. But the Oxford price, 

 two entries only having been found, is iSs. 8d., and the general 

 average, i7-r. 2\d., is further heightened by similarly full prices at 

 Rotherham and Sheffield Mills, a full account of the takings of which, 

 they being the property of the Earl of Shrewsbury, is in the British 

 Museum, every page of the volume being audited by the Earl. 

 Barley has been found at Cambridge, where the price corresponds 

 to the local value of wheat. Malt follows the general average. Oats 

 are cheap at Cambridge, but meal is very dear at Oxford. Beans and 

 peas are at relative prices. Rye, coming from Yorkshire only, con- 

 forms to the local price of wheat. 



1579-80. The average price of wheat is hardly changed. The 

 average of the two Cambridge Colleges is 13^. \\d. But the general 

 average is heightened by the Yorkshire prices, where rye is similarly 

 affected. Barley has not been found. Malt is at a natural price. 

 Oats are dear at Cambridge ; oatmeal cheaper at Oxford. Beans have 

 not been found. Peas are a little dearer. 





