( no) 



Great tempest of wind in January (Aubrey). 



A comet, August zoth, giving great light in the night- 

 season, like to the sunbeams (Holinshed). 



There were seen in the night in Pouille three suns in 

 the midst of the firmament, but many clouds about them 

 with right fearful thunders and lightnings (Holms hed). 



River Thames, London, bore carriages throughout 

 January (Lowe). 



1507 Wheat, 5J.6J^. ; barley, 2s. g$d.; oats, 25. id.; beans, 

 3-r. $\d. ; peas, 5^. 4^. ; malt, 2s. lod. per qr. (Rogers). 



Wool, 4-f. $d. per tod (Rogers). 



Unskilled labour, 4^. per day ; carpenter, 6d. ; tiler, 

 6d. (Rogers). 



The sweating sickness returned (Holinshed). 



The use of hops and the planting of them introduced 

 from Flanders about this time (Hume). 



1508 Wheat, $s. io\d.- } barley, 25. io</.; oats, 2s. id. ; beans, 

 2s. i\d. ; peas, 2s. *]\d. ; malt, 3.$-. z\d. (Rogers). 



Prices are low in the autumn, and in March begin to 

 sink, till in September, 1509, they reach a rate which has 

 not been known for years (Rogers). 



Wool, 3^. id. per tod; unskilled labour, ^d. per day; 

 reaping wheat, is. per acre (Rogers). 



September 19. A great earthquake in many places, 

 both in England and Scotland (Holinshed). 



A very plentiful harvest (Pigott). 



1509 Prices exceedingly low (Rogers). No doubt this was 

 an abundant harvest. The years 1509-1 o are characterized 

 by remarkable plenty. 



Wheat, 35. ; barley, 35. 2d. ; oats, is. *j\d. ; beans, 

 2^. 5f< ; peas, 3*. nd. ; malt, 3^. i^d. per qr. (Rogers). 



The price of wheat in 1509-10 is the cheapest recorded 

 in more than two centuries (Rogers). 



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



Thrashing and winnowing i qr. of barley, $\d. (Rogers) 



Wheat, 5*. Sd. per qr. ; malt, 4^. per qr. ; fat beasts at 



