ON THE PRICE OF FARM PRODUCE. 375 



Cambridge, considerable outlays being incurred at both places. 

 See also vol. iii. p. 683 for that at Barking in 1540. 



Saffron was largely cultivated in England, especially in the 

 south-east, but it will be convenient as before to deal with this 

 article when comment is made on spices. 



There are seven entries of the price of feathers by the pound, 

 three before 1540, four after that date. By the dozen pounds 

 the first average is 3.$-. ICY/. ; the second ^s.yd. Once, in 1533, 

 they are bought at 48^. the cwt. There are also four entries by 

 the stone at an average of 2s. l\d. between 1456 and 1547. 



In the following tables are given, as far as the accounts 

 supply, the following articles. Table I gives the annual value 

 of wool by the tod, woolfells by the dozen, fleeces by the dozen, 

 and the highest prices of ox-hides ; prices of the dozen of 

 candles, the dozen of wax, the cwt. of wax, the gallon of oil 

 and the gallon of honey. 



In Table II are given the decennial averages of candles, 

 wax, by both weights ; oil, honey, cheese by the wey, butter by 

 the gallon and dozen Ibs., and eggs by the hundred. 



In Table III are given the annual prices of various kinds of 

 fuel. Faggots by the hundred and load, firewood by the 

 hundred and load, charcoal by the quarter and load, and sedge 

 by the thousand. 



In Table IV are the decennial averages of these articles. 



