PREFACE. 



opportunity it has given for further research an aid 

 which has been more valuable than a liberal endowment. 

 A book containing so vast a mass of figures could not 

 of course be printed all at once. It has been necessary 

 to prepare the work in parts, and to use the same type 

 over again. Consequently some of these pages were 

 printed off ten years before the index. This system has 

 compelled me to put certain figures into an appendix, 

 and has prevented me from correcting certain errors made 

 when I was beginning the work. It has, however, given 

 me the opportunity of discovering other mistakes and 

 preparing the following table of corrections : 



The sentence on p. 3 about the Eton prices should be deleted. There 

 are no Eton prices in this volume. 



On p. 4, line 2, the sentence should read 'the account is in combs, 

 apparently equal to four bushels/ not one bushel. 



On p. 7, column i, under Dec. 24, for i load @ 65 read i load 



On p. 23, col. 4, under London Bear Key, for Sept. 31 read Oct. 31. 

 On p. 35, cot i, under Harting, read 18 loads, i qr. @ qr. 25/2^ for 



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On p. 43, col. i, last line, before @ 407. 42/8 read M. for N. 



On p. 53, col. 2, under Harting, delete the word ' load ' in Nov. 



On p. 65, col. i, under London Bear Key, delete Dec. 22. @ 307. 367. 



On p. 90, col. 2, under London Bear Key, for June 12 following 

 Dec. 1 5 read Jan. 1 2. 



On p. 130, col. 2, before Oct. 8, insert Malt. 



On p. 156, col. i, under London Mark Lane, at the foot, delete Malt, 

 and insert it before ' Oct. 3 ' in col. 3. 



On p. 185, col. i, under Rye, read Sept 30, @ 227. 247. 



On p. 241, under heading Rape Seed, 1. 3, for the entries read but 

 entries. 



On pp. 249-51, under the heading Brandsby, instead of pt. read 

 ounce. Where no measure is quoted the price is generally by the bushel. 

 London prices, however, are by the quarter. 



On p. 249, col. 3, last line, for molotto read moratto. 



On p. 250, and throughout the book, for Whareham read Wharram, 

 which is the modern spelling of the village. 



On p. 250, col. 4, for nonpareil peas read nonpareil beans. 



On p. 356, col. 4, under 1734, London, for Amadea read Annadea. 



