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rents remitted for one, two, and three years. Flocks and 

 herds wandered about at will on account of the scarcity 

 of labour. Wheat much lower. Wax dear. Wheat, 

 4s. 2d. ; barley, 2s. 6\d. oats, is. $%d. ; beans, 35. $\d. ; 

 peas, 2s. $d. per qr. (Rogers). 



Wool, 5-f. Sd. per tod (Rogers'). 



From Midsummer to Christmas, for the more part it 

 continually rained, so that there was not one day and 

 night dry together ; by reason whereof great floods ensued, 

 and the ground therewith was sore corrupted, and many 

 inconveniences ensued, as great sickness and other. 

 Neither sea nor land yielding such plenty of things as 

 before. Whereupon victuals and corn became scant and 

 hard to come by. About August the death began in 

 divers places of England, continuing so for the space of 

 twelve months following (Holinshed). 



The plague visited England, and swept away half the 

 people according to some estimates. 



Dry fog with earthquake and volcanic eruptions (Lowe). 



1349 Wheat much dearer, though it falls slightly towards 

 the summer. Wool lower than it has been in memory of 

 man, about if*/, per Ib. Wheat 5^. $^d. ; barley, 

 35. i.o\d. ; oats, 2s. 6\d. ; beans, 45. $d. ; peas, 3^. $\d. 

 per qr. (Rogers'). 



Wheat, 2s. per qr. (Smith). 



Wool, 4s. per tod (Rogers). 



Pestilence in Scotland slew near the third part of all 

 the people (Holinshed). 



This year opened with a severe earthquake at Waghen, 

 East Riding of York, which threw the monks from their 

 stalls (Paulson). 



1350 A year of great and general dearth. Cold and wet 

 summer. Wheat is sold in April at us. 6d. and I2S. n 

 quarter. Barley, js. per qr. in March. Wheat, 8^. 3^. ; 

 barley, 6^. 4^.; oats, 3^. Sd. ; beans, 4^. n\d. ; peas, 

 4s. $d. per qr. (Rogers). 



