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Wheat, js. o\d. ; barley, 55-. id. ; oats, 25. 7 Id. ; beans, 

 45. $\d. ; peas, 3^. 7\d. per quarter. 



Wool, Ss. id. per tod ; fleeces, i Ib. 9! oz. at Ched- 

 dington (Rogers'). 



1311 Wheat considerably lower; barley and oats rather 

 high ; wool lower, ^d. 



Wheat, 45. $\d. ; barley, 35. gd. ; oats, 2S. $%d. ; beans, 

 3f. i\d. ; peas, 25. iof*/. per quarter. 



Wool, 7-r. 4^. per tod ; fleeces, 2 Ib. 2 oz. at Maldon 

 (Rogers}. 



1312 Wheat below average ; barley follows the price of 

 wheat. 



Wheat, 4-r. ii\d. ; barley, 3^. nd. ; oats, 2s. 4^.; 

 beans, 2s. \\d. ; peas, 2s. yd. per quarter; vetches, 2^. 

 $\d. ; rye, 3^. 6d. ; malt, 35-. 5^. per quarter. 



Wool, Ss. yd. per tod; fleeces, i Ib. ijoz. at Leather- 

 head (Rogers). 



1313 The price of wheat commences at a low rate and 

 gradually rises to nearly double in July. Barley does 

 not suffer an equal rise, but oats do. There was a general 

 scarcity from 1308 to 1322 caused by incessant rain and 

 cold stormy summers. Numbers of cattle perished from 

 disease and want. A fat ox worth 2 i2s. ; a sheep, 5 j. 



Wheat, 5.?. 6f</. ; barley, 4-f. o|</. ; oats, 25. &\d. ; 

 beans, 3^. 4^. ; peas, 3*. 3^. per quarter. 



Wool, ii5. 2d. per tod ; fleeces, i Ib. oj oz. at Steven- 

 age (Rogers}. 



1314 Wheat is high and rises rapidly towards the end ot 

 the year, being affected by the prospects of the next 

 harvest. The highest quotation is near London, where 

 sales were made in June at us. 



Wheat, Ss. ^\d. barley, 55. ^d. ; oats, 2S. 8f </. ; beans, 

 5J. 4\d. ; peas, 45. i\d. per quarter. 



Wool, 9-r. id. per tod ; fleeces, i J Ib. at Westhene(^^rj). 

 All the rivers in Italy were frozen (Chambers}. 



1315 First year of the great famine. It appears that for 



