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Wheat, 3^. 2\d. ; barley, 2S. id. ; oats, is. 6d. ; beans, 

 i s. 1 i^d. ; peas, i s. 8Jdl per qr. (Rogers). 



Wheat, 3-y. ^d. per qr. (Smith]. 



Wool, 6.$-. yd. per tod (Rogers). 



Wheat, 3-r. per qr. ; barley malt, 2s. ; oat malt, is. 8d. 

 per qr. (Accounts of Mynchin Buckland Priory). 



1339 Wheat rises 100 per cent, at a bound. It reached 

 8s. %d. per qr. 



Wheat, 5.$". lof*/. : barley, 3^. i\d. ; oats, is. 8^d. ', 

 beans, 3*. o\d. ; peas, 2s. g\d. (Rogers). 



Wheat, gs. per qr. (Smith). 



Wool, 6s. per tod (Rogers). 



From the beginning of October to the beginning of 

 December fell such abundance of rain that it hindered 

 greatly the husbandmen in sowing their winter corn. In 

 the beginning of December came such a vehement frost, 

 continuing the space of twelve weeks, that it destroyed 

 almost all the seed that was sown, by reason whereof 

 small store of winter corn came to proof in the summer 

 following, yet all kinds of grain were sold at a reasonable 

 price through want of money (Holinshed). 



Famine in Scotland. Crops failed and such a famine 

 ensued that the poorer sort of people were reduced to 

 feed on grass, yet at this time wheat in England was only 

 3.?. 4d. per. qr. (Lowe). 



1340 Wheat again low, down to 3.?. zd. ; barley, 2s. 

 Wheat, 35. 6\d. ; barley, 2s. g\d. ; oats, is. nd. \ beans, 



2s. n\d. peas, 2s. $\d. (Rogers). 

 Wool, 6^. per tod (Rogers). 



1341 Wheat very low. A rise in summer in anticipation of 

 higher prices. 



Wheat, 35-. 9^. ; barley, 35. o\d. ; oats, is. iof</. ; 

 beans, 25. 6\d. peas, 2S. i\d. per qr. (Rogers). 



Wool, js. \d. per tod; fleeces at Bretham, i Ib. 9! oz. 



A miserable famine both in England and Scotland, or 

 according to some in the year following, that the people 



