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February i8th, and was placed between the Pole and 

 the Pleiades (Holinshed). 



Very hot summer; the whole earth seemed on fire (Lowe). 



1474 Wheat higher, other corn lower. 



Wheat, 4*. 6d. ; barley, 3*. 2\d. ; oats, is. 5^. ; beans, 

 2s. 8f d. ; malt, 3*. oj (Rogers). 

 Wool, 4,5-. per tod (Rogers). 

 Very hot summer, similar to the last (Lowe). 



1475 Wheat still dearer ; barley cheaper. 



Wheat, 55. $\d. barley, 35-. zd. oats, is. n\d. rye, 

 4$. ; beans, $s. ^d. ; malt, 2$. ^d. per qr. (Rogers). 



Wool, 7*. id. per tod (Rogers). 



Several villages destroyed near the mouth of the Hum- 

 ber by inundation (M. Hoff). 



1476 Wheat, $s. i\d. \ barley, 35. zd. ', oats, is. n\d. ; rye, 

 35. $d. ; beans, 3,$-. 5^. ; malt, 2S. ^\d. per qr. (Rogers). 



Wool, 8s. 8d. per tod (Rogers). 



1477 Wheat much dearer, it reaching 7^. $d. at Coleshull. 

 Wheat, 6s. 8d. ; barley, 35-. 2\d. ; oats, i^. %d. ; beans, 



2s. &d. -, malt, 2S. 6\d. per qr. (Rogers). 



Probably a wet summer. Wool, 6s. per tod (Rogers). 



By reason of great heat and distemperance of air hap- 

 pened so fierce and quick a pestilence that fifteen years 

 war past consumed not the third part of the people that 

 only four months miserably and pitifully despatched and 

 brought to their graves (Holinshed). 



1478 Wheat still at a high price, and universally so. Barley 

 cheap, but malt high, indicating that the quality of the 

 grain was low. This summer, as well as the last, was 

 probably wet, and the quality of the corn inferior. 



Wheat, 6s. 7\d. \ barley, 2s. gd. ; oats, i^. lod. ; rye, 

 4-f. beans, 45-. ; malt, 4^. $\d. (Rogers). 

 Wool, 4s. per tod (Rogers). 



1479 Wheat cheaper. 



Wheat, 5^. io\d. ; barley, $s. \\d. ; oats, i^. 7^. ; rye, 

 3^. 4^. ; beans, 4$. ; malt, 3*. 6^d. (Rogers). 



