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oats, 2s. ^\d. ; beans, 4?. 7^. ; peas, 45. ^d. per qr. A 

 very dry year (Rogers). 



Wool, 3fdTper Ib. Fleeces, i Ib. 4 oz. each at Leather- 

 head (Rogers). 



1284 Wheat considerably lower. Barley, oats and pulse 

 low. Drought in spring and summer. Wool, Ss. id. per 

 tod. Wheat, 4^. nf^/. ; barley, 3^. i^d. ; oats, is. 9^. ; 

 beans, 2S. q%d. ; peas, 2$. iof</. per qr. (Rogers). 



On Easter Day (gth April), being also Leap Year, in the 

 morning, about the rising of the sun, the element was 

 shadowed with such darkness and thickness of air that 

 it seemed to wax night again, and suddenly rose an hor- 

 rible tempest, first of hail and rain and after of snow, that 

 covered all the earth, and then followed such thunder 

 and lightning that men were marvellously amazed there- 

 with, considering it seemed to be against the nature of 

 the season, for scarce in April shall ye hear any such 

 thunder. Yet at length it brake up, and the element re- 

 covered her accustomed clearness (Holinshed). 



Earthquake in England (Mallet). 



1285 Wheat rising, other corn low. 



Wheat, $s. ^\d. ; barley, $s. 6^d. ; oats, 2s. \\d. ; beans, 

 y. 6f ; peas, 3*. $d. ; vetches, 2s. ^d. rye, 4*. if </.; 

 malt, 4-r. per qr. (Rogers). 



Wool, 8.r. &d. per tod. Fleeces, i Ib. 6 oz. at Gamlin- 

 gay (Rogers). 



A great thunderstorm in London (Hoveden). 



1286 All corn low, malt dear (Rogers). 



Wheat highest in spring. Wheat, 45. gd. ' barley, 

 3^. 3^. ; oats, 2s. of*/. ; beans, 3^. of ^/. ; peas, 3*. if </. 

 per qr. Wool, 9^. 3^. per tod. Weight of fleece, i Ib. 

 2 oz. at Stratton. (Rogers). 



Wheat, according to Smith, ranged from 2s. &d. to 16^. 

 per qr. this year, and averaged 9^. 4^. 



1287 Wheat lower than at any period between 1260 and 

 1400. The rate appears to have been lowest after the 



