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iod., which gives %s. 4d. the tod. The Spilling fleeces are of very 

 various weight. The Coleshull woolfells are at 2s. S$d. the dozen. 

 Those of Sion are from 4.$-. to 3.?., 2s., and is. iod. ; lamb-skins, is. 

 Some woolfells are sold from Sutton at 2s. 



1450. A new weight called ' wyghte' is found at Brixton Deverell, 

 in Wilts. This is undoubtedly the local pond of other places in the 

 same county. This gives 5^. io%d. the tod. The Finchale petra 

 gives a tod of %s. Sd. The Wearmouth stone is i s. ^\d., which, if it 

 means a clove, is $s. 6d. The Sion woolfells are from 4^-. to 2s. 6d. 

 and 2s. ; lamb-skins u. the dozen. 



1451. The Apuldrum tod is at 3.?. 4^., and remains at this price 

 till 1457. The tod of lambs' wool from the same place is only 2,$-. 

 The Bicester tod, a considerable sale being made here, is at 7^., a 

 little less than the Oxfordshire estimate in the schedule. 52 clove are 

 sold at Selborne at $s. the tod; and one at 6s. Here lambs' wool 

 is at 3^. 4d. At Wiveliscombe some broken wool is sold at a low 

 price, and some lambs' wool at 3^. 6d. The Apuldrum fleece 

 weighs 13-9 oz. ; the lamb fleece 3-54 oz. ; the Wiveliscombe 

 nearly 6 oz. There are some sales of woolfells, but they are un- 

 important. 



1452. The Apuldrum tod of sheep's wool is 3-r. 4</., of lambs' wool 

 2s. That of Spitling is 4$. ; that of Jarrow and Wearmouth, where 

 the petra seems now to be the legal weight, 3^. \d. A few woolfells 

 are sold at Alton Barnes at 2,$-. The Sion skins are at 4^., 3^., 2s., 

 and is. lod. the dozen. The Apuldrum fleece weighs i3'4oz. ; 

 the lamb fleece 4-28 oz. 



1453. The Apuldrum tod, sheep and lamb, is unchanged. There 

 is an entry from Hodynton, which appears to be Heddington in 

 Wilts. Fortunately the entry gives the number of fleeces to the 

 ' petra/ To take it at 14 Ibs. would make the fleece impossibly light. 

 The weight is no doubt the local pond, and the price by the tod will 

 be 6.f. Sd. A large sale is made at Sion at &s. 2d. the tod, and 

 692 fleeces are sold at 2s. 6d. the dozen. The Hodynton fleece is a 

 little in excess of looz. Woolfells are sold at Coleshull at %s. the 

 dozen; in Sion at 3^., 2s., is. 6d., and lod. Lamb-skins at is. The 

 Apuldrum fleece is 14 oz. ; the lamb-fleece nearly 5-18 oz. 



1454. The Apuldrum sheep's wool is still at 3*. \d. ; lambs' wool 

 at 2s. \d. The Jarrow tod is at 3.?. \d. also. Woolfells at Coleshull 

 are at 3$. 6d. the dozen. At Cambridge sheep-skins are sold at 

 is. Sd.', lamb at is. 160 fleeces are sold at Beddington (Surrey) at 

 25. 6d. the dozen. If we take the fleece to weigh at an average a 



