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flour. Barley and barley-meal, both cheap, are found at Theydon ; 

 bigg as usual at Worksop. Malt is very cheap at Cambridge, Eton, 

 and Oxford, the price rising slightly at the latter place late in the year. 

 Oats, for which considerable evidence is given, are also cheap. Groats 

 and oatmeal are found at Wormleighton, the former being dearer, 

 though in a different month than the latter. Rye, only found in one 

 place, is at a relative price to wheat. There is one entry of beans at 

 Oxford ; several of peas at Cambridge, and at Worksop. The price 

 of both is low. 



1604-5. The evidence is not so copious, but prices have risen; 

 not indeed considerably, but notably. Wheat is dearest in all localities 

 about Lady Day. It is at 27*. Sd. on an average at S. John's, at 

 2$s. 2\d. at King's College. It is at 34,?. \d. at Eton, at 30^. id. in 

 the Oxford rents, the New College purchases failing this year, and the 

 prices therefore being always at the maximum. The general consumer's 

 price is probably that of Wormleighton, an average of 26s. oj</., some 

 of this being also seed. One entry only of barley has been found, this 

 being seed. The price of malt corresponds to that of wheat, but rises 

 markedly at the termination of the agricultural year. Oats are almost 

 uniformly cheap, and oatmeal is at its natural price, as are also beans 

 and peas. The entries for this year supply me with other evidence of 

 the local measure at Gawthorp. Here six mets make a quarter, two 

 pecks a met, and four aighendoles a peck. The sieve of oats is two 

 quarters, and is identical with the older crannock. 



1605-6. The average of the wheat rents in King's and S. John's 

 Colleges is in this year 23.?. 8J</., a slight decrease on the last year. 

 It is cheapest about Lady Day, and rises at Lammas to the price at 

 which it stood at Michaelmas. At Eton wheat is 32^. +d. At Oxford 

 it is 275. id., the price being highest in the second All Souls rent. 

 Wheat-floor is at corresponding prices. I have prices of barley, one 

 in Lancashire, the other in Essex. It is a little, but only a little 

 dearer in the former than in the latter. Malt is 151. *j\d. at Cam- 

 bridge, 2u. Sd. at Eton, iSs. s%d. at Oxford, and is at the natural 

 comparative price. Oats are found at Cambridge and in Essex. 

 Oatmeal is cheap. Beans as usual at Oxford; peas at Cambridge. 

 The year is a cheap one. 



1606-7. The Cambridge price of wheat is 26^. nj</., the whole 



of the entries being corn rents. There is very little change through 



year, though prices are a little higher at Lady Day. At Eton it is 



38*., where the same exaltation at Lady Day is marked. The account 



of the New College purchases for this year is preserved, and the price 



