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of convenient liquor to assuage their vehement thirst 

 (Holinshed). 



1326 Prices of wheat very low, especially in the summer, 

 falling in many places down to 2S. %d. At Hamslap, in 

 Bucks, wheat is sold at 2$. ^d. Barley not so low, oats and 

 rye cheap, beans and vetches rather dear, peas cheap. 



Wheat, 35-. 7 1//. ; barley, $s. o^/. ; oats, is. nf</. ; 

 beans, 45. ; peas, 2S. g\d. per qr. (Rogers). 



Wool, loj. 6d. per tod; fleeces, i Ib. 12 oz. at Gam- 

 lingay (Rogers). 



1327 Wheat gradually rises as the summer comes on till it 

 reaches 6.?. ; barley never above 35., oats cheap. 



Wheat, 3.$-. nd. ; barley, 2s. iof</. ; oats, 2s. o^d. ; 

 beans, 3.$-. qd.; peas, 2s. 6f</. per qr. (Rogers). 



Wool, los. &?. per tod; fleeces, i Ib. 8| oz. at Leather- 

 head (Rogers). 



Owing to a succession of cold rainy harvests the whole 

 kingdom experienced a most grievous famine (Orange). 



1328 Considerable rise in price of wheat. It touched 95-. 6d. 

 in August. Other corn follows. Rainy hay harvest. 



Wheat, 6s. $\d.; barley, 4^. $\d. ; oats, 3*. \d.\ beans, 

 5-f. ^d. ; peas, 45. nf^. per qr. (Rogers). 



Wool, &y. lod. per tod; fleeces, i Ib. 3! oz. at Sweyn- 

 stone (Rogers). 



November 14. Greatest earthquake ever known in 

 England (L. Townsend). 



1329 Prices of wheat commence at 8^., and though a fall 

 occurs in the spring it gradually reaches yj. in July. 

 Barley participates in the rise. 



Wheat, 6s. 6f</. ; barley, 45. 6^d. ; oats, 2s. $%d. ; beans, 

 45. ; peas, 35-. 6^d. per qr. (Rogers). 



No apples. 



The harvests in the earlier years of Edward III. reign 

 were on an average abundant (Rogers). 



Wool, 75. 4^. per tod (Rogers). 



1330 Wheat still dearer. After May it reaches IQS. %d. 



