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Average price of wheat, los. i^d. per qr. ; lowest, 2s. ; 

 highest, 2 os. (Smith). 



July 9. Fell a wonderful tempest of hail that the 

 like had not been seen or heard of by any man then 

 living. And after there ensued such continual rain so 

 distempering the ground that corn waxed very dear, so 

 that wheat rose from threepence to two shillings a bushel, 

 and so the dearth increased still almost by the space of 

 forty years, insomuch that sometimes a bushel of wheat 

 was sold at ten shillings (Holinshed). 



July 15. An earthquake throughout the whole world 

 (Mallet). 



1290 Wheat dear in anticipation of a scanty harvest, other 

 corn dear (Rogers). 



Wheat as high as 9^. in two places, and to 14*. tod. in 

 another. Wheat, 6s. 5^.; barley, 4^. 5f<; oats, 25. b\d.\ 

 beans, 4^. 4^. ; peas, 4^. per qr. (Rogers). 



Wheat, i6s. per qr. (Adam Smith). 



Wool, 8s. IT d. per tod ; weight of fleece, i Ib. $J oz. at 

 Lopham (Rogers). 



Earthquake nearly universal throughout Europe (Mallet). 



1291 Corn fell steadily to the end of April, and then slightly 

 rose. Wheat, $s. i\d. ; barley, 45-. $\d. ; oats, 25. 2\d. ; 

 beans, 4^. 8|^. ; peas, 4*. 6d. ; vetches, 4*. 7^. ; rye, 

 41. 3J^. ; malt, 5* id. per qr. (Rogers). 



Wool, JS. 2d. per tod; weight of fleece at Pevensey, i Ib. 

 9 oz. (Rogers). 



1292 Wheat and barley lower, oats high, peas low. 

 Wheat, 5-r. 4^. ; barley, 3-r. nf^. ; oats, 2s. 4|v/. ; 



beans, 5*. ; peas, 3^ 6d. per qr. (Rogers). 

 Wool, 8s. per tod Rogers). 

 The Rhine was frozen (Chambers). 



1293 Wheat very high, reached los. 6d. per qr. ; barley 

 equally high. Wheat, 8s. $\d. ; barley, $s. id. ; oats, 

 2S. <^\d.\ beans, 4^. ii\d. ; peas, 55. 2\d. per qr. Rainy 

 harvest (Rogers). 



