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Burford stone is is. yd. the foot, carried. But in 1680 

 Magdalen College buys at id. the foot, an inexplicable price. 

 This is the last Oxford entry. 



It seems then that during the whole period rag could be 

 bought by the load or ton at about is., freestone at about 

 3j. icd., and Burford stone at about $s., an< ^ that no great 

 change takes place in the price except when some purchase is 

 made at abnormally low or high prices. 



In 1585 stone is 43. the load at Cambridge, in 1586 paving 

 stone is at 3^. 4*/., in 1587 Lord North buys Burwell stone at 

 is. 6d. the ton. In 1589 paving-stone is much higher, $s. $d. 

 to 4s. 4d. ; in 1591 it is 35. 8d., when stone is bought at 2s. id. 

 the ton, and freestone at a little under ^d. the foot. In 1592 

 freestone is 55. the load, in 1593 paving is at 4^. 6d., in 1594 

 paving is at IQS. the hundred, in 1595 at 4^. 6d. and 55. the 

 load, and in 1596 rag is 4s. the load. In 1599 paving is 

 3^. 6d. the load, and in 1602 it is 6d. a foot. In 1603 a tennis- 

 court is built at Cambridge, and 1790 feet of stone are used in 

 it at 6\d. In 1604 three loads are at is. 6d., in 1607 one at 

 5*., as are twelve in 1610, while one is at 4^. 6d. In the same 

 S. John's College, Cambridge, gives 14$-. a ton for freestone. 

 In 1611, stone is yj. a load ; and in 1612, 5^., S.John's College 

 giving Js. a ton for sea-pebbles. In 1613 stone is Sd. a foot, 

 and pebbles from 6s. i\d. to 6s. 8d. a load. In 1620 freestone is 

 35. a ton, and $s. a load; in 1621, ys. a load. In 1623 great 

 paving-stones are at 6s. 8d. and *js. 6d. a load; in 1627, 8s. 

 carried. At S. John's College freestone is in the same year 

 i6s. a ton, or a little over yd. a foot. In 1631 freestone is Sd. 

 a foot, and pebbles carried los. a ton. In 1634 pebbles are 

 from 6d. to ^d. the bushel. 



In 1636, stone is 8d. a foot; in 1646, iSs. a ton; Welden 

 stone being nearly is. a foot, as it is in 1647. In 1648, free- 

 stone is is. a foot; in 1651, icd. In 1655 paving-stone is 

 7^. a ton, and in 1659 freestone is nearly is. i\d. the foot. In 

 1661 squared stone is 2Os. a ton, and Kctton stone still dearer. 

 In 166^, white stone is 8d. a foot; and in 1665, 2U. lod. the 



