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wheat rose from 8.r. to 53^. per qr. At Chester the price 

 of wheat was i6s. a bushel; barley, i2S., very dear 

 (Pigotfs Chester). 



1557 A great fall in the price of wheat ; it reaches 6s. %d. 

 in November. 



Wheat, 8s. ^\d. ; barley, 6s. 6d. ; oats, 5^. 8d. peas, 

 9*. $d. per qr. (Rogers). 



In the Norwich Register it is recorded wheat fell to los. ; 

 barley to 6s. %d. ; oats to 4^. %d. per qr. (Rogers). 



A comet (Townsend). 



Wheat began at 4^. per qr. and got up to 53^. 4^. per 

 qr. (Adam Smith). 



This year, before harvest, wheat was sold for four marks 

 the qr. ; malt, at 44^. ; beans and rye, 40^. ; peas, 465-. %d. ; 

 but after harvest, wheat, 5^. ; malt, 6s. %d. ; rye, at 

 3-f. Afd. per qr. ; so that the penny loaf, which weighed in 

 London the last year but eleven ounces troy, weighed 

 now fifty-six ounces troy. In the country wheat was sold 

 for 45. the qr. ; malt, 4^. %d. ; and in some places a 

 bushel of rye for a pound of candles, which was fourpence. 

 September 7. At 7 o'clock at night, in a black rainy 

 cloud in the west, was seen a rainbow, the moon in the 

 east risen one hour before and fair shining, and at the full 

 the day before (ffolinshed). 



Unskilled labour, i\d. per day (Rogers). 



1558 After harvest the price of wheat gradually rises till 

 it reaches 13^. ^d. the following June, and 14^. 2d. in 

 September. Barley very dear. 



Wheat, 95. 3i/; barley, us. 4^.; oats, $s. $\d. ; beans, 

 IQS. ; malt, us. ^d. per qr. (Rogers). 



Wool, 9^. per tod (Rogers). 



Wheat, 8.$-. per qr. Exportation of wheat prohibited 

 when above 6^. %d. per qr. (Smith). 



July 7. Within a mile of Nottingham was a marvellous 

 tempest of thunder, which, as it came through two towns, 

 beat down all the houses and churches ; the bells were 



