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1529 Price higher this autumn than the following summer. 

 Wheat, 8s. lod. ; barley oats, 25. 4\d. ; beans, 5*. 4^. ; 



peas, JS. i\d. ; malt, 55-. iQ\d. per qr. (Rogers). 

 Scarcity (Rogers). 



1530 Wheat a little lower in price. Prices were high in 

 the west and south, and low in the east of England. 

 Highest price registered is i is. 4^., and this apparently 

 late in the year. 



Wheat, 8s. $d. ; barley, $s. o\d. ; oats, 2s. io\d. ; rye, 

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



November 4th and 5th was a great wind that blew 

 down many houses and trees, after which wind followed 

 so high a tide that it drowned the marshes on Essex side 

 and Kent, with the Isle of Thanet and other places, de- 

 stroying much cattle (Holinshed). 



1531 Wheat still dear at Cambridge ; average here being 

 los. 2\d.j and at one time up to 15^. In London the 

 average for the year is gs. 6d. In other places it is much 

 cheaper. Barley and malt very dear. 



Wool, 55-. $d. per tod. 



Wheat, 8s. 2\d. ; barley, 'js. ^d. ; oats, 3.?. $\d. malt, 

 8s. id. per qr. (Rogers). 

 A comet (Townsend). 



1532 Wheat, 8^. ; barley, 5^. $\d. ; oats, 3^. 2\d. ; beans, 

 6s. 4\d. ; peas, gs. ^d. ; vetches, 7^. ^d. ; malt, 6s. io|^. 

 per qr. (Rogers). 



Wool, 6s. 6d. per tod. 



Highest price quoted for wheat, 10^. 6d. (Rogers). 



A comet (Townsend). 



1533 Prices fall towards the harvest of 1534. 



Wheat, 7.?. 8d. ; barley, 4?. i^d. ; oats, 2s. g^d. ; beans ? 

 $s. $d. ; peas, 45-. 7^. ; malt, 5^. $\d. per qr. 

 Wool, 6s. 8fdT. per tod (Rogers). 

 Unskilled labour, 4^. per day (Rogers). 

 Beef and pork sold at a halfpenny per Ib. 



1534 Wheat cheaper. 



