( "7 ) 



Wheat, ?s. ; barley, 4S. ; oats, y. Sd. rye, i6s. ; beans, 

 Ss. j malt, 3^-. gd. per qr. (Rogers). 



Rye is probably a double qr. 



Wool, 6s. per tod (Rogers). 



Great frost from November till February. The river 

 Thames frozen some miles below Gravesend. Goods 

 carried by land across Essex and Kent to London (Lowe). 



1535 Far higher prices. In May, 1536, wheat is sold at 

 1 7.$-. ^d. per qr. 



Wheat, IQS. $\d. ; barley, 4s. $d. ; oats, 3*. ^\d. ; rye, 

 6s. 6\d. ; beans, 8s. ; malt, 6s. per qr. (Rogers). 



Wool, 8s. 2d. per tod (Rogers). 



This was evidently a very deficient harvest (T. If. .). 



Oxen, 6s. 8d. each ; cows, $s. ; yearlings, $s. ; calves, 

 is. ; ewes, 6d. ; lambs, 6d. ; horses, 17^. id. ; wheat, 55. 

 per qr. ; barley, 35. \ oats, i^. ^d. ; ploughs, 6^. 8d. each ; 

 carts, 3^. ; pigs, i^. ; mules, $s. : asses, 2s. Arable land 

 let at $d. per acre ; pasture, at 2s. ( Wilts Mag., Monkton 

 farleigh, vol. xx.). 



Floods in haymaking time (Rogers). 



1536 The prices begin with those of the previous year, and 

 continue till September with slight variation, when it 

 became evident that an abundant harvest was at hand, 

 and the price of wheat falls to the old average. 



Wheat, los. i\d. ; barley, 4$. i\d. oats, 3^. iof//. ; 

 rye, 8.?. ; beans, $s. gd. malt, 5^. $d. per qr. (Rogers). 



Wool, *]s. yd. per tod (Rogers). 



The eve of St. Simon and St. Jude there fell a rain not 

 great to speak of, but yet the river Dem rose suddenly to 

 such a height that seldom had been seen there the like 

 hugeness of water (JFfolmshed). 



Another defective harvest (T. H. .). 



In December the Thames frozen over ; insomuch that 

 the king and queen rode through London to Greenwich 

 (Holinshed). 

 1537 Wheat down to 45. nd. at Cambridge. 



