and sharp rise, due probably to anticipations of a defective 

 harvest. 



Wheat, 4-r. n|^. ; barley, 2s. io^d. ; oats, 2s. ; rye, 

 3J. 4^. ; beans, 3*. ; malt, 3^. id. per qr. (Rogers). 



Wool, 5-r. per tod (Rogers). 



Two comets (L. Townsend). 



1457 Deficient harvest. 



Wheat, 5-r. g\d. ; barley, 2s. io\d. ; oats, u. io|</. ; rye, 

 3J-. 9 3 */. ; beans, 2S. n\d. ; malt, 3^. 3^. per qr. (Rogers). 

 Wool, 4-r. per tod (Rogers). 

 Wheat, 7^. 8^/. per qr. (Adam Smith*). 



1458 Probably a good harvest, as prices declined as summer 

 advanced. 



Wheat, 5J-. g\d. ; barley, 3^. 6d. ; oats, i^. 9^. ; rye, 

 4S. ; vetches, 3^. <\d. ; malt, 2s. 8|^. per qr. (Rogers). 

 Wool, 4s. ^\d. per tod (Rogers). 



1459 Wheat dear in the midland district, 6s. 8d. at Lulling- 

 ton. Cheap at Cambridge ; average of this locality, 

 4s. $\d. Beans, peas, and vetches cheap. 



Wheat, 55. i^d. ; barley, 3^. i\d. ; oats, is. lod. ; rye, 

 3*. 4</. ; beans, 35. ; malt, 3^. i\d. per qr. (Rogers). 



Wool, 3-f. 6|^/. per tod (Rogers). 



In a little town in Bedfordshire there fell a bloody rain, 

 whereof the red drops appeared in sheets, the which a 

 woman had hanged out for to dry (ffolinshed). 



Wheat, 5r. per qr. (Adam Smith). 



The Baltic frozen so that people travelled on ice from 

 Denmark to Lubeck, Wismar, Rostock, and Stralsund 

 (Z. Towns end). 



1460 The price of corn much higher. Wheat quoted up to 

 8s. $\d. ; barley, 55. 6d. 



Wheat, JS. o\d. ; barley, 4^. o|^. ; oats, 25. of*/. ; rye, 

 5-r. ; vetches, 65-. 8d. ; malt, 4^. 4^. per qr. Malt is 

 quoted up to 'js. 6|^., indicating considerable local 

 scarcity (Rogers). 



Wool, 4s. Sd. per tod (Rogers). 



