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bushel, wine at twelve pence the gallon, bay salt at fourteen 

 pence the bushel, and malt at 13^. \d. the qr. (Holinshed). 

 Unskilled labour was for many years about fourpence 

 per day (Rogers}. 



1440 Price of wheat uniformly low. 



Wheat, 3*. iof^.; barley, 3* ; oats, is. i\d.\ rye, 3*.; 

 peas, 2s. 6d. ; malt, 25-. n%d. per qr. (Rogers). 

 Wool, 6.r. 9f</. per tod (Rogers). 

 Wheat, 245-. per qr. (Adam Smith). 



1441 Plentiful harvest, evidently from the low price of corn. 

 Wheat, 4s. o\d. ; barley, 2s. 4\d; oats, is. iQ\d. ; peas, 



25. $d. vetches, 2s. Sd. ; malt, 2 s. 6d. per qr. (Rogers). 



Wool, 45". Sd. per tod (Rogers). North country wool, 

 6s. per tod ; Wiltshire wool, 1 1 s. per tod. 



1442 The harvest must have been abundant. Prices were 

 uniformly low. 



Wheat, 3^. ii\d. ; barley, $s. 2\d. oats, 2s. i\d. ; rye; 

 2s. Sd. peas, 2s. Sd. ; malt, 3^. *j\d. per qr. (Rogers). 

 Wool, 5^. gd. per tod (Rogers). 



1443 Wheat prices are still very low, barley is also cheap. 

 Wheat, 45. 2d. ; barley, 3^. \\d. ; oats, is. gd. ; peas, 



3 s - S^d- ) vetches, 35-. Sd. ; malt, 3^. ^d. per qr. (Rogers). 



Wool, 55. 4d. per tod, 



On Candlemas Eve, by lightning in a tempest that fell 

 with claps of thunder, at afternoon, Paul's steeple was set 

 on fire in the midst of the spear or shaft in the very timber 

 work (ffolmshed). 



Waltham Cross fired by lightning same day (Townsend). 



1444 The harvest must have been abundant, and of good 

 quality. One quarter of wheat is sold at Abingdon for 

 one shilling. Other corn cheap. 



Wheat, 35. n%d. ; barley, 2s. 5 --</. ; oats, is. S%d. ; rye, 

 2S. ; beans, 4^. ; malt, 2s. i\d. per qr. (Rogers). 

 Wool, 5^. Sd. per tod (Rogers). 

 Wheat, 45. 2d. per qr. (Adam Smith). 



1445 Bad wheat harvest, especially in the south and east. 



