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The average of the former at Oxford is 2 is. id., at Harting 19,$-. 3^ 

 Malt rents at Cambridge are 24^. 4</., at Eton 29^.4^., at Oxford 24^., 

 while the market averages at Oxford are 24^. 2 \d. There is a series 

 of malt prices at Harting from December to April at 20 s. >j\d. Oats 

 are at moderate and very uniform prices, 125. >j\d. at Cambridge, 

 where purchases are made in all four quarters of the year ; but oatmeal 

 is excessively dear. Beans are dear at Harting and Oxford. Peas 

 cheap at Cambridge, dear at Harting. 



1632-3. The character of the harvest is very like that of 1631-2. 

 The average of the Cambridge wheat rents is 42-$-. 5f </. The bakehouse 

 buys 224 qrs. i bsh. at a cost of 482 14-$-. n\d., making purchases 

 every four weeks, with one exception at 43$. of</. a quarter, for once 

 paying prices above the market maxima of the rent days. At Eton 

 the average is high, 57^. \d. There is again a series of sales from 

 Harting, the highest price being 47.$-. in July. The record informs 

 us that on certain occasions the best sold at 5^. the bushel, the tail 

 at 4-r. 4</., the worst at 4*. The average is 41$. 2d. The New 

 College account is preserved for this year, and gives an average of 49^., 

 and 55-r. id. for flour. The Oxford wheat rents are at 48 s. gd. y and 

 the market averages at 45 s. 6J</. The Oxford price of barley is 

 23*. 2</., but two entries of seed at Harting give 20^. 6^d. The 

 Cambridge malt rents are at 22^. 2%d., the Eton 2$s. Sd., the Oxford 

 malt rents 255". The Oxford market average is 25^. 8d., while some 

 sold from Harting between November and May is at an average 

 of 19^. ioj</. Oats are a little dearer, but oatmeal is much cheaper. 

 Beans are cheap at Biggin, moderate at Harting, and full-priced at 

 Oxford. Peas are on the whole cheap at Cambridge, the average 

 being 16*. 2j</., but a larger price is given for seed peas at Harting. 

 Vetches are found in this year, and house peas. 



1633-4. The harvest of this year is very like that of the last. The 

 Cambridge corn rents are at 41$. $\d. The bakehouse buys 231 qrs. 

 i bsh. for 452 1 5$. 4 \d., i.e. at 39^. 2d. a quarter. The Eton average is 

 581. The Harting sales are at 42*. gd. The Oxford rents are at 

 49$. 9f</., and the market averages at 47$. A series of entries at 

 Mendham give an average of 39^. ftd. On the whole these prices are 

 slightly easier. This year begins a short series of the accounts of 

 D'Ewes. Barley and malt are dearer than last year. The Oxford 

 average of the former is 28*. 6{d. The malt rents at Cambridge 

 are 28*. 7j</., at Eton 321., at Harting 25*. i<x/. The Oxford malt 

 rents are at 29*. io^/., and the malt average 29*. g\d. Three sales 

 of D'Ewes give a low average, 221. &{d. Oats arc rather dearer, 



