200 ON THE PRICE OF GRAIN. 



but oatmeal at Mendham is very cheap. Rye is found in two places, 

 and in each is at a proportionate rate to wheat. Beans are not found. 

 Peas are rather dearer, 2os. \\d. at Cambridge ; and two entries at 

 Harting are so high that I am convinced that the second, like the 

 first, is either of garden or of porridge peas. 



1634-5. The price of wheat is a little lower. The Cambridge 

 corn rents are at 42$. 9%d., while the bakehouse purchases, amounting 

 to 165 qrs. 7 bshs., are bought for 324 i6.r. 6d., or 39^. 2\d. a quarter. 

 D' Ewes furnishes a series from November to September with an 

 average of $8s. \\d. The Eton average is 54^. The Oxford corn 

 rents are at 44^. 5f ^., the market averages at 41^. 8d., both lower than 

 last year. The general average is further depressed by a rather low 

 price in January on Lady Leicester's lands. Barley and malt are 

 cheaper everywhere. The former, found only in Oxford and Wigginton, 

 is at 23-?. z\d. in the former, at 24^. in the latter locality. The Cam- 

 bridge malt rent is at 24^. ^\d. D'Ewes' account gives the low 

 average of 19^. 6d., Eton one of 29,?. lod. Oxford malt rents are at 

 25^. 2d., and the market averages at 25.?. 2\d. Oats are cheap, but 

 oatmeal has not been found. Rye is found in two localities, and is 

 rather cheap, the price being nearly the same in both places. Peas 

 are found in Cambridge only, at an average of 19^. \\d. 



1635-6. Wheat is a little dearer in Eton and Oxford. The 

 Cambridge corn rents are at 40.?. n^d. The bakehouse purchases, 

 191 qrs. i bsh. in quantity, cost 363 2s. 3^., or 38^. a quarter. D'Ewes 

 gives an average between November and July of 37^. 2\d. The 

 Eton rents are at 56^. 8d. The Oxford rents are at 48.?. id., and the 

 market averages at 43^. gd. There is very little variation in prices 

 throughout the year. D'Ewes sells barley at iSs. iod t ; the Oxford 

 average being 22*. 2\d. The malt rents at Cambridge are 23-$-. 8d., at 

 Eton 2 8s., at Oxford 2 4^. 8d., the market averages being 2 33-. Sd. D'Ewes 

 sells malt at iSs. ii\d. Oats are very dear at Cambridge, the average 

 being 19^. $d. : a few are found in D'Ewes at an average of 13^. 2\d. 

 Rye is found in D'Ewes, but the price, combs being printed for quar- 

 ters, is very low. Beans are not found, and peas are very full-priced. 



1636-7. Prices on the whole suffer little change. They are 

 lower in Cambridge, and on the whole in Oxford. The wheat rents 

 are 38.$-. nd. at Cambridge. The bakehouse buys 161 qrs. 5 bshs. for 

 273 is. %\d., at 33,$-. 5<?., buying judiciously. The Eton average is 55,?., 

 the Oxford 47^. 8^. There are some purchases by D'Ewes at 34^. 6d. 

 But the New College account is very puzzling. For half the year it 

 buys at 64^. ; and I cannot but think that the crop was not 



