WOOL AND HIDES. 3! I 



another at 6d. Woolfells range from 4^. 6d. to 3$. the dozen, the 

 latter as usual being the skins of ewes and hoggs. 



1410. Wool is a little dearer at Alton Barnes and Stert, being 

 gs. 6%d. It is cheaper atWeedon, 9^. ^d. At Bromham it is Ss. iod., 

 some broken wool being also sold here at 6s. 6d. Lambs' wool is 

 5J. lod. at Alton and Stert, 4^. Sd. at Bromham. The Hornchurch 

 sheep and lamb clips are sold at s. and is. 6d. the dozen. Wool- 

 fells range from 4.?. 6d. to 4^. for wethers, to 3^. for ewes and hoggs, 

 and 6d. for lambs. 



1411. Wool has fallen to Ss. 2\d. at Alton, to Ss. iof</. at Stert, 

 and to Ss. at Weedon. Lambs' wool is 5^. at Alton, and 5^. iod. at 

 Stert. The Hornchurch fleeces are sold, a few at s. 6d., and a large 

 quantity at 4s. 6d.; lamb-fleeces remaining as before. Those of Wye 

 go for about 3^. Sd. Woolfells range from 4^. to %s. and 25. the 

 dozen. Lambfells are at 6d. 



1412. Wool is a little higher again. It is 8j. io^d. at both Alton 

 Barnes and Stert, gs. gd. at Weedon. Three entries at Bromham give 

 gs. 4d., Ss., and $s. iod., the last being probably lambs' wool, as the 

 quantity is small, and this is the price of lambs' wool at Alton and Stert. 

 A considerable entry from Coldingham, a place which I cannot identify- 

 under this name, gives a sale at 13^. Sd. the stone. Here the petra 

 must be the tod, though with this explanation the price is exceedingly 

 high. Fleeces are sold at Hornchurch and Takly at 4$. 6d., at Farly 

 at 3.?. 2d., which seems to imply that the Wilts fleece was good but 

 light. We are told that in the first place they were reckoned at 

 twenty-one to the score, probably a temporary bargain. Lamb fleeces 

 are at u. Woolfells range through 4^., 3^. gd., and 3.?. the dozen. 

 Lambfells are at 6d. 



1413. Prices are unchanged at Alton, are a little lower at Stert, 

 Ss. Sd., and a good deal lower at Weedon, 8j. *]\d. But at Bromham 

 the tod is gs. 6d. Lambs' wool is 5^. at Alton, 5^-. iod. at Bromham, 

 and 45. Sd. at Stert. The Hornchurch fleeces are at 4^. and 2s. 6d., 

 the quality having apparently fallen off. Lamb clips are at is. 

 Woolfells range from 4S. to $s., 2s. gd., and 2s. the dozen. A small 

 quantity of wool is sold at Stert at gs. 4^. 



1414. There are no sales of sheep's wool at Alton and Stert this 

 year. Prices were plainly falling, and perhaps the College bursar 

 had the stock removed to some market of his own choosing, in hopes 

 of a better price. But at Bromham, which belonged to Battle Abbey, 

 wool is sold at 8j. io|</., and at Weedon at Ss. Sd. The Alton 

 Barnes bailiff sells his lambs' wool at 5$. The Stert official makes a 



