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end of July. The following year corn waxed scant, and 

 the price began this year to be greatly enhanced. Also 

 beeves and muttons waxed dear for want of grass, both 

 in England and France, so that this was called the dear 

 summer. The Earl of Zetland brought many ships into 

 London fraught with rye for relief of the people who 

 otherwise had, through their present pinching penury, if 

 not utterly perished, yet pitifully pined (Holinshed). 



1354 Corn thrashes badly. No fruit at all. No acorns. 

 Wheat, 5^. 3! d. ; barley, 3^. $d. ; oats, 2s. o|^/. ; beans, 



$s. o\d. ; peas, 2s. 6^d. per qr. (Rogers). 



Wool, yj. 2d. per tod. Weight of fleece, 2 Ib. 9! oz. 

 at Wolford (Rogers}. 



At Nottingham no rain fell from the end of March to 

 the end of July. Nottingham suffered very severely 

 from this great drought (Lowe). 



1355 All corn dearer. Wet season. 



Wheat, $s. n^d. ; barley, $s. icW. ; oats, 2s. <)\d ; 

 beans, 3$. 4^. ; peas, $s. per qr. (Rogers) . 



Wool, 6s. 4d. per tod ; lamb wool, 3.?. 8d. (Rogers). 



1356 Corn still rising in price. Wheat reached 8s. per qr. 

 Wax dear. Wet year. 



Wheat, 6s. ; barley, 4*. $d. ; oats, 2s. iof*/. ; beans, 

 $s. 6%tt. } peas, 55. $%d. ; vetches, 5*. 9}^. (Rogers). 



Wool, 5^. per tod (Rogers). 



The rivers and other waters rose on such height, through 

 abundance of rain that fell in the latter end of harvest, 

 that, breaking forth of their common channels with their 

 violent stream, many houses and towns were borne down 

 and destroyed (Holinshed). 



1357 Wheat still dearer, reaching 9^. ^d. per qr. in Bucks. 

 Wheat, 6^. iof^. ; barley, 4s. 5^. ; oats, 2s. lod. ; 



beans, 49. 2\d. ; peas, 45. of^/. ; vetches, 4^. 2^/. (Rogers). 

 Wool, 7-r. 4d. per tod. Fleeces, i Ib. 12^ oz. at Cux- 

 ham (Rogers). 



1358 Price of wheat lower, and decreases towards summer. 



