722 ON PRICES GENERALLY BETWEEN 1401 AND 1582. 



sale of materials. Such a cause as the last very likely affected 

 the price of concave tiles and planks. Bricks were probably, too, 

 manufactured more cheaply as the use was diffused, and the 

 same may have occurred with plain tiles. 



Home-made English nails, as we can see from the facts 

 collected in Vol. Ill, were open to the competition of Flemish 

 nails even before the rise in prices. The rise in the price of 

 lime is also remarkable, for it is nearly the only article which is 

 affected in as considerable a degree as that of provisions. That 

 in the price of slates is less significant, as the price of slates 

 varies so considerably, according to their size and their distance 

 from the quarry. 



Glass, as I have stated above, actually falls in price, the 

 figures being yd., 6\d.> "93. Hurdles, now mainly used for 

 building, especially in the later period, are is. iod,, 43. 5f^., 

 2*39 ; and rope, 13,$-. i\d^ 26s. \d.> 2^03. Glass is lowered in 

 price, despite the general rise, entirely in consequence of im- 

 provements in manufacture. Millstones stand thus : 64^. io^/., 

 130^. lid., 2'C2. The price of metals is also suggestive. 



s. d. s. d. 

 Iron (raw), cwt 5 4^ 10 6| 1-94 



Do. (wrought), cwt. 15 7| 26 2| 1-96 



Lead (pigs), fother... 74 9 159 2 2-13 



Do. (rolled), fother 134 o 219 8 1.63 



Solder, doz. Ibs. ... 3 5^ 6 5 1-86 



Pewter, doz. Ibs. ... 3 io 7 3$ 1-89 



Brass, doz. Ibs 3 9^ 6 8| 1-78 



Silver (wrought), oz. 3 4! 5 IO 1-85 



Here, again, the average of the whole is r88, an excess, as 

 might have been expected, over those articles which depend for 

 their value on labour only, but considerably less than that 

 witnessed in provisions. 



There is a further set of articles, partly of foreign, partly 

 of English origin, the various kinds of textile fabrics, linen for 

 table and wear, and cloth. The following are the averages, 

 treated in the same manner : 



