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of a pottle of butter weekly, and the gross annual return 

 from the animal is worth gs. ( Walter de Henley]. 



1318 Wheat falls considerably below the average. The 

 effect therefore of the scarcity has ceased. Hay scarce. 

 Murrain among oxen. Wheat, 4$. 6\d. ; barley, 3^. $\d. ; 

 oats, 2s. id. ; beans, 3^. lo^d. peas, 3^. 6%d. per qr. 

 (Rogers). 



Wool, gs. lod. per tod; fleeces, i Ib. at Langley (Rogers). 

 November 14. An earthquake in England (Mallet). 



1319 Prices below the average. Rise in wool. Wet harvest 

 time. Wheat, $s. g^d. ; barley, $s. $%d. ; oats, 2s. 2\d. ; 

 beans, 35. ^d. ; peas, 3^. ^\d. per qr. (Rogers). 



Wool, 1 1.?. yd. per tod ; fleeces, 2 Ib. 2 oz. at Cuxham 

 (Rogers). 



A great murrain and death of cattle through the whole 

 realm (Hoi ins bed). 



1320 A rise in the price of wheat anticipatory of the coming 

 harvest. Wheat, 6^. 5^. ; barley, 4^. i^d. ; oats, 2s. $d. ; 

 beans, 41. i|</. -, peas, 3^. g\d. per qr. (Rogers). 



Wool higher than at any time during the century, up 

 to <)\d. per Ib. (Rogers}. 



Ffarsine prevalent among horses in the summer 

 (Holinshed). 



Wool, i3-y. 7^. per tod ; fleeces, i Ib. if oz. at Leather- 

 head (Rogers). 



Earthquake in England (Mallet). 



1321 Wheat excessively high. It reaches 2 1^. ^d. in Sussex. 

 The scarcity is universal. It does not quite come up to 

 the famine of 1316, still less to the unprecedehtedly high 

 prices of May in 1315-16, but the general result must 

 have fallen little short of the distress experienced at these 

 periods. On the whole the highest prices in this second 

 famine are about three and a half times above the average. 

 Butter, dear. 



Wheat, 1 1 s. y-f */. ; barley, 8s. $d. ; oats, 4^. o-f</. ; 

 beans, gs. i i^d. ; peas, gs. $%d. per qr. (Rogers). 



