( 70) 



1333 All corn low. A drought. Carcase of an ox worth 

 about i os., or \d. per Ib. 



Wheat, 45. 2%d. ; barley, 35-. ^d. ; oats, 2s. 2\d.; beans, 

 35-. $\d. ; peas, $s. of< ; vetches, 3^. 4^. per qr. 



At Maldon more than half the sheep and lambs are 

 lost from " murrain " (Rogers'). 



At Leatherhead about the same percentage of deaths 

 took place, at Farley 25 per cent, and at Wolford and 

 Basingstoke 34 per cent. (Rogers). 



Wool, 5^. lorf. per tod. 



November 23. At night through a marvellous inun- 

 dation and rising of the sea all along by the coasts of 

 this realm, but especially about the Thames, the sea banks 

 or walls were broken down with violence of the water, 

 and infinite numbers of beasts and cattle drowned, fruit- 

 ful grounds and pastures were made salt marshes, so as 

 there was no hope that in long time they should recover 

 again their former fruitfulness (Holinshed). 



1334 Fall in wheat continues till the summer, when a rise 

 in July anticipatory of the coming harvest. Barley and 

 other corn low. 



Wheat, 4-r. o\d. ; barley, 2s. io|^. ; oats, is. iof^/. ; 

 beans, $s. 6d. ; peas, $s. of^l per qr. (Rogers). 



Wool, yj. id. per tod. 



Great frost. It lasted at Paris two months and twenty 

 days (Chambers). 



The produce of wheat about this time seldom reaches 

 two quarters per acre, and is generally no more than one, 

 and sometimes less than this ; barley about two quarters 

 per acre, and oats about the same, seem to be average 

 crops. Winter roots and artificial grasses were entirely 

 unknown. Hence stock was always starved in winter 

 (Rogers). 



1335 Wheat rises considerably ; one quotation in April at 

 6s. 8J. Barley, oats, and rye follow, vetches particularly 

 cheap (Rogers). 



