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1431 Prices low. Oats have not been so cheap since 1387. 

 Wheat, 4s. Sd.' } barley, 3^. id. ; oats, is. g\d.; rye, 



4S. ; peas, 3^. ; malt, $s. ii^d. per qr. (Rogers). 

 No fruit at Alton Barnes. 

 Wool, 7J. n\d. per tod (Rogers). 



1432 A considerable rise in prices. Wheat recorded up to 

 i os. per qr. 



Wheat, 6.r. nd. ; barley, 3^. %\d. ; oats, 25. $d.\ rye, 

 45. Sd. ', beans, 6s. Sd. ; malt, 4s. $\d. per qr. (Rogers). 

 No fruit at Alton Barnes (Rogers). 

 Wool, 6s. ^\d. per tod (Rogers). 

 Severe frost in England (Lowe). 



1433 The harvest must have been a good average. 

 Wheat, 5$. io\d.' } barley, 4^. 2\d.\ oats, 25. $d. ; rye, 



5-f. 4d. ; beans, 4$. ; malt, 4s. 6\d. per qr. (Rogers'). 



Wool, 4-f. lod. per tod (Rogers). 



June 17. A terrible eclipse of the sun at three o'clock 

 at afternoon, the day being darkened overhead for the 

 space of one half-hour together as though it had been 

 night, and thereupon it was called the black hour 

 (Holinshed). 



1434 Wheat lower. Barley cheap. Evidently an abundant 

 harvest. 



Wheat, 5f. 4\d. barley, 2s. ivd. ; oats, is. n^d. ; rye, 

 3-r. $d. ] peas, 3.?. $%d. ; malt, 3^. 4\d. per qr. (Rogers). 



The winter very severe. The Thames frozen from 

 24th November, 1434, to loth February, 1435, so that it 

 bore heavy waggons on its surface as far as Gravesend 

 (Holinshed). 



Wool, 5^. 4*/. per tod (Rogers). 



1435 Wheat an average price. All other grain cheap. 

 Wheat, 5-r. 6\d. ; barley, 2s. $d. ; oats, is. &\d. ; rye, 



3-?- 5^d. ; beans, 4s. ; malt, 2S. &d. per qr. (Rogers). 



Wool, 4^. lod. per tod (Rogers). 



The frost was so extreme this year, beginning about 

 25th November, and continuing till loth February, that 



