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Wheat, 3*. 6d. ; barley, 2s. g%d. ; oats, is. <)\d. ; beans, 

 2s. ii\d.- } peas, 2S. $d. per qr. (Rogers). 



Wool, JS. &d. per tod ; fleeces, 2 Ib. each at Market 

 Overton {Rogers). 



1345 The general character of the wheat crop very similar 

 to that of last year ; prices rise towards the close of the 

 summer. 



Wheat, 3-r. q^d. ; barley, 25. g\d. ; oats, 2S. v\d. ; beans, 

 3-r. ; peas, 2s. 3^. per qr. (Rogers). 



The scab very prevalent. 



Wool, 75. ii d. per tod. Fleeces, i Ib. nf oz. at Odi- 

 ham (Rogers). 



This was called " the dry summer," as from March till 

 the end of April little or no rain fell, by reason thereof 

 corn was very scant the year following (Pigotfs " Chester"). 



1346 Price of wheat rises rapidly, towards the summer 

 reaching IQS. Sd. at Wellovv in Hants, where barley also 

 makes 7^. per qr. A scarcity. Wheat, 6s. io\d. ; barley, 

 3*. nj</. j oats, 25. 7j^.; beans, 5.?. 5^.; peas, 3*. i\d. 

 (Rogers). 



Wool, 6s. i id. per tod. 



A great rain and an eclipse with a terrible thunder 

 (Holinshed). 



1347 Corn yields badly. 



Wheat, 6s. j^d. ; barley, 45. q\d. oats, 2s. 4^d. ; 

 beans, 3^. 6%d. ; peas, 35". 2^d. (Rogers). 



Wool, is. 6\d. per tod. Fleeces, i Ib. 6 J oz. at Whad- 

 don (Rogers). 



All the ewes in the country barren and brought no 

 lambs (Holinshed). 



Crows, ravens, and pies in the winter season brought 

 forth their brood and ceased in summer and spring time, 

 contrary to their kind. There was such plenty of rats 

 and mice, both in houses and abroad in the fields, that 

 they might not be destroyed (Holinshed). 



1348 Labour dear on account of the pestilence. Tenant's 



