794 - v PRICES GENERALLY BETWEEN 1583 AND 1702. 



No important information can be derived from the price 

 of three kinds of foreign produce, ordinary Bordeaux wine, 

 sweet Spanish, and refined sugar, for the fiscal arrangements 

 made at the end of the century materially affect the price 

 of these articles. 



It may now be convenient to give the 

 one case, fall), from the prices of 1541 

 1583-1702. 



CORN. 

 "Wheat ............... 209 



Barley .................. 162 



Malt .................. 129 



Oats .................. 179 



Oatmeal ............... 153 



Average ......... 166 



ANIMAL FOOD. 

 Beef .................. 109 



Sheep .................. 290 



Capons ............... 118 



Geese .................. 260 



Hens .................. 226 



Butter .................. 128 



Cheese ............... 154 



Average ......... 184 



LIGHT AND HEAT. 

 Candles ............... 99 



.Sea-coal ............... 66 



Charcoal ............ 135 



Firewood ............ 55 



Average ......... 89 



FISH AND SALT. 



54 



105 



Salt 



METALS. 



Iron 48 



Lead 60 



Solder 77 



Pewter 77 



Average 65 



MATERIALS. 



Lime, load 223 



Lime, quarter 60 



Tiles 88 



Crests 86 



Bricks 61 



Laths 49 



Average 94 



PAPER, ETC. 



Paper 56 



Parchment 114 



Rope 20 



Average 60 



FOREIGN PRODUCE. 



Claret 173 



Muscadine 297 



Sugar 2 



rise per cent, (or in 

 -1582, to those of 



LINEN. 



Table 50 



Inferior Napkins ... 38 



Superior ditto 51 



Shirting 29 



Average 42 



WOOLLEN CLOTH. 

 Choristers' 46 



LABOUR. 



Carpenter, highest. . . 8 1 

 Carpenter, average 104] 



Mason 108 



Sawyers, pair 117 



Sawyer, hundred ... 96 



Tiler or Slater 99 



Tiler and man 97 



Plumber 195 



Bricklayer 134 



Joiner ....141 



Mason's Labourer... 97 

 Agricult. Labourer 97 

 Woman's Labour ... 15 



Average 79 Average 156 Average 106 l 



1 These percentages have been calculated by my son, Leonard J. Rogers. 



