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Wheat, 6s. yf^. ; barley, 4^. i\d. ; oats, 35. of^. ; 

 beans, 55-. 6f </. ; peas, 45. $\d. ; vetches, 3^. q\d. (Rogers}. 



Wool, 8.r. lod. per tod. Fleeces, i Ib. 14 oz. each at 

 Eastwood (Rogers). 



1369 Wheat prices commence at moderate rates and grad- 

 ually rise to an excessive height. The opening rate is 

 IQS. up to Christmas, but closes at i6s. in the summer. 

 In Sussex a small quantity is sold at 20.?., and at Wellow, 

 in Hants, the largest sale of the year is at iSs. 8d. Barley 

 rose to 135-. 4d., and oats to 8^. Sd. Quite a famine 

 (Rogers). 



Wheat, us. io^d. ; barley, 8s. $\d. ; oats, 4^. 2\d. \ 

 beans, 7^. io|^. ; peas, 6s. Sd. ; vetches, 5.?. yd. per qr. 



Wheat, 22s. per qr. (Adam Smith). 



Butter dear (Rogers). 



Mortality exceeding great, both of men and beasts, that 

 the like had not been heard of (Holinshed). 



Wool, 9.$-. id. per tod. Fleeces, i Ib. 8f oz. at East- 

 wood (Rogers). 



1370 Wheat prices still high. They commence at 12^. in 

 the autumn and fall to 8^. by the summer ; barley much 

 cheaper ; oats dear ; wheat, gs. 4|//. ; barley, 4*. 6d. ; 

 oats, 35. 6^d. ; beans, 6^. $^d. \ peas, 5^. id. ; vetches, 

 3* &/. (Rogers). 



Great pestilence in Ireland (Holms hed). 



By reason of the great wet and rain that fell this year 

 in more abundance than had been accustomed, much 

 corn was lost, so that the price thereof was sore enhanced, 

 insomuch that wheat was sold at 3^. $d. the bushel. The 

 west parts of the realm were sorest afflicted with the 

 mortality (Holms hed). 



The furniture of a manor house about this time con- 

 sisted of a table put on tressels, laid aside when out of 

 use, a few forms and stools, or a long bench stuffed 

 with straw or wool, covered with a straw cushion, worked 

 like a beehive, one or two chairs made of wood or straw, 



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