any day next after, rose so great winds with storms of such 

 great hailstones that many towns were thrown down 

 (Holinshed). 



Wheat, 5-f. ; barley, 3*. id. oats, is. *i\d. per qr. 

 Horses, los. to 14^. each; cattle, 6s. to i2s. each. 



Wool, i>d. per lb.; weight of fleece, ijlb. (Rogers}. 



Great frost in Scotland (Lowe). 



1270 Wheat high, 6s. ^d. ; barley, 45-. o^d. per qr. (Rogers)- 

 Wheat, ii2j. (Smith). 



Equal to sixteen guineas a quarter in money of present 

 time (Smith). The high prices are due to the unfavourable 

 prospects of the coming harvest rather than to the scanti- 

 ness of the actual crop, prices rising rapidly towards the 

 summer of 1 2 7 1 (Rogers). 



A very rainy season during Lent (M. of W.). 



1271 Wheat IQS. per qr. at one time, average 6^. io^d. ; 

 barley, 5^. i\d. ; vetches, 5$. iod. ; wool, $%d. per lb. 

 (Rogers). 



1272 Wheat, 6s. 4^d. ; barley, 4^. ^d. ; oats, 25. ^\d. ; beans, 

 4^. i\d. j peas, 45-. $\d. ; vetches, 35-. 4^. Wool, 3^. per 

 lb. ; weight of fleece, i lb. at Lopham (Rogers'). 



1273 Prices considerably lower. Wheat, 5* $^d. ; barley, 

 4*. Q\d. ; oats, 25. 4^d. ; beans, 3^. 6d. per qr. (Rogers). 



1274 Prices high. Wheat, 6^. g^d. ; barley, 4*. 8|^. ; oats, 

 2S. *j\d. beans, 4^. g%d. (Rogers). 



On St. Nicholas' even there chanced such an earthquake, 

 with lightning and thunder, and a blazing star called a 

 comet, that the people were brought into no small fear 

 upon consideration thereof (Holinshed). 



1275 Wheat, 55. o^d. ; barley, 3^. lojdl ; oats, 2s. 2\d.\ beans, 

 3.$-. 3f d. per qr. (Rogers). 



A disease amongst sheep introduced from Spain 

 (Stowe). 



Probably small pox (T. H. B.\ 



Wool, 6.r. 4^. per tod ; fleeces, i lb. 5 oz. each at Lop- 

 ham (Rogers). 



