344 THE PRICE OF LIVE STOCK. 



Towards the conclusion of the period several entries of turkeys 

 are found, the earliest date being 1560, when one is bought for 

 5^., the price declining considerably in subsequent years, and 

 implying that the bird must have been a comparative rarity 

 in the beginning of Elizabeth's reign. An average of seven 

 entries gives a little more than $s. In 1574, 1579, I 5^j 

 turkeys are sold at from 2^. to is. Sd. 



There are eight entries of peacocks, the price of the bird 

 varying greatly. It is bought for yd. in 1467, for is. lod. in 

 1473. But in 1504, King's College, Cambridge, giving a feast 

 to the King's mother, Margaret of Richmond, paid 5^. Sd. for 

 a peacock. In 1507, two are bought for is. and is. respec- 

 tively; in 1555 one costs is. 3d., and in 1569 three are bought 

 for 4^. 6d. and three at 13^. 4d. each. These are on the occa- 

 sion of great feasts at Oxford. 



GAME. There are not many entries of the price of game, 

 but the following will be found. Five entries of pheasants, 

 the earliest date being 1467, when the bird is bought for is. 

 In 1475 it cos ts yd. ; in 1507 (a very cheap year), 6d. ; in 

 1538, is. ; in 1542, 4d. Three entries of partridges, in 1419, 

 at id. ; in 1507, at 4^.; in 1561, at $d. Two of woodcocks, 

 in 1507, at id. ; in 1555, at $d. ; two in the same year of snipe, 

 when twenty were bought for Sd., 11 for is. Seven of plovers, 

 by the dozen, at is. in 1440 ; at 3.$-. in 1509 ; at i s. lod. in 

 1528 ; at 3^. <)d. in 1555 ; at is. in 1561 ; at %s. 4d. and is. lod. 

 in 1572. Pewits are bought in 1569 at is. $d. and 3.$-. 4d. 

 each, and cannot be the birds to which the name is now 

 applied. They are perhaps bustards. Thirteen quails are bought 

 for 4^. 4d. in 1522, a dozen in 1533 ^ or ISm II ^^-> an ^ fi ye f r 

 is. in 1569. Curlews are purchased at yd. in 1422, and at Sd. 

 in 1481 ; herons or grues at is. in 1458, Sd. in 1507, 6d. in 

 1510, is. Sd. in 1521 ; egrets in 1411 at is. id. 



Stints, dunlings, and knots are bought in the North, the 

 first in 1422 at 4^., and in 1531 at id., the next in 1531 at 

 id., and the third in 1422 at a halfpenny. Coots are bought 

 in 1510, 1511, 1512, 1515, 1518 at a halfpenny, as are also 



